Fun with ones and zeros
Django comments
I've tried adding a comments feature to this site, using the stock django.contrib.comments application, mostly following the instructions from the Django Wiki, and also using James Bennet's comment-utils described here.
The Wiki is pretty thorough, but one thing I think it missed was that in the template for displaying comments, you should have a
<a name="c{{ comment.id }}" />
Near the beginning of where your comment starts being output, so the standard get_absolute_url() method for the FreeComment model has a place to point to.
A couple things that were not really talked about in the comment-utils docs were where to get the Python Akismet library, and the need for a comment_utils/comment_notification_email.txt template if you want e-mail notifications. I ended up with something simple like:
Comment: http://127.0.0.1{{ comment.get_absolute_url }} From: {{ comment.person_name }} ----- {{ comment.comment }} ----- Admin: http://127.0.0.1/admin/comments/freecomment/{{comment.id}}/
I'm a bit skeptical about how well the Akismet spam-filtering service will work, but we'll see how it goes.
posted: Saturday, 19 January 2008 15:14 | tags: django
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#1 Barryp commented, on May 2, 2008 at 8:56 a.m.:
Just to comment on my own entry...Akismet does seem to be doing a pretty good job. Several spammers have tried posting here, but Akismet keeps them from being flagged as public, so they don't get shown.