Wednesday, 29 June 2016

recent comments

Hi Stephen,
Any luck in restoring the' recent comments' column.

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  1. Thanks for the reminder Linda,
    I had spent several hours trying to fix this without success when it first stopped working. I just found a new version online that seems to be working. Success!

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  2. Recent comments disappeared from the recent comments widget. I haven't the slightest idea why.

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    1. The last comment to be posted before the recent comments disappared from the sidebar was some spam selling cannabis oil. I know this as all comments get sent to my email as well. Possible correlation between spammers and comments disappearing from the sidebar?

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  3. The sidebar comments disappear following anonymous comments.

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  4. I think I've figured out why the recent comments periodically disappear from the sidebar - it seems to happen after anonymous comments are left. So I encourage people not to leave Anonymous comments, but click on one of the other options in "Reply/Comment as" under the comments box, including the "Name/URL" option (you can leave the URL blank).

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    1. Hi Stephen,

      Good sleuthing!! I do not have any IT knowledge (and I do not mean to create more work for you) but I wonder if anyone knows if the Anonymous profile option could just be deleted or blocked off/inactivated?

      Thanks for all your time spent figuring this out,
      Mike B.

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