Fixed: Subscribe to Comments
Posted by Stephen on
January 23, 2007
Yesterday, when I did the upgrade to the latest version of Wordpress version 2.1 (Ella), everything seemed OK till I tried to reply to one of the comments. It appeared that the Subscribe to Comments function was screwed up pretty badly by the upgrade. Later this morning, the folks that made that plugin figured out the problem and posted a new version.
I really love this plugin because I always know when there is a comment that I need to reply to on my blog. The plugin automatically emails me whenever a new comment shows up. It works if you’re the person leaving a comment too. Whenever someone replies to a post that you’ve replied to, you’ll get an email with the link and be able to keep up with the comments right away.
If you’re looking for a bit more interactivity and feedback on your blog, this might just be the plugin for you. If you’re already using it, but had to disable it, go ahead and download the new version to fix the problem caused by the latest Wordpress revision.
hey stephan,
i just installed subscribe to comments the other day, and love it. i am too scared to upgrade to the new wordpress because it took lots of custom coding to get my blog to work on IE6 for some reason…you might want to check that out and make sure it works for you. did you have any other problems?
matt
Hey Matt. Thanks for the comment.
The 2.1 upgrade is MAJOR. I’ve noticed a lot of changes and though they are all good changes, I had the same fear of killing my blog. So far, so good I have to say. Other than the Subscribe to Comments plugin going all weird before the fix, it has been smooth sailing so far. It’s also much faster due to the optimizations they’ve worked on.
The subscribe to comments feature sounds quite valuable, but I’m afraid how bombarded you would be when your blog grows to epic proportions… but I guess that’d be a good problem to have.
I just noticed that there are two Sub to Comment checkboxes! One under the URL fields and one under “Add comment”
I think I’ll kill the one at the top.
Good eye, John. I didn’t notice that.
Got it.
Was that the only problem you had with the upgrade? I guess the question is, was your blog customized in any way before you upgraded? The major fear would be all the work in customizing the blog to work the way I want it to and then have all the effort go away with the upgrade.
The template dictates my changes, so the upgrade would only change the inner workings of the blog software. However, if anything did go funny, I could just reapply my template and systematically troubleshoot for which plugin was wreaking havoc by activating them one by one.
I guess the flurry of releases all of a sudden gave me a lot of practice