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zenFBComments Plug-in

zenFBComments is a Zenphoto plug-in to enable Facebook comments.  The idea is to incorporate a more social atmosphere by users commenting regularly and those comments being shared to their facebook pages, driving more users to view your website.  It will display those comments on your site in this box.

The comment box is customizable via CSS, and has included css files for lite and dark themes, both with and without the like button included.

Changelog

v1.4.1-Beta [7271]

• Version update after testing with 5/16/2011 Trunk Build.

v1.4.0.3-7031

• Version update after testing with 4/18/2011 Trunk build.
• Updated to utilize Facebook's enhanced Comment plug-in interface, which includes Facebook notification of comments, moderation, and many other options (via the settings box on the comment box).
• Removed old email notification as it was buggy at best.
• Allowed for migration of old comments to new comment system.  Note:  If you do NOT enable that option, all old comments will not be displayed.
• As the styling of the comment box is now handled via options provided by Facebook, the seperate CSS files are no longer needed.

v1.4.0.2-6717

• Added functionality for notifications via email when a user posts a comment to their profile.  This functionality only works for logged-in users, it does not trigger a comment if a user is posting the comment anonymously.
• Code cleanup.
• Added a note stressing the importance for a user in creating their own Facebook Application to obtain their own APP_ID as changes from facebook will start causing plug-ins to cease functioning if their APP_ID does not match the domain it's registered with.  This notebox displays under plug-in options if they have not changed default settings.

v1.4.0.2-6701

• Code cleanup.
• Removal of test code for email notification.  Will re-add if I get it functioning.
• More centralization of options and code into the zenFBcommon portion of the plugin.

v1.4.0-6454

• Added requirement of zenFBcommon plug-in to be enabled. Plug-in functionality will be disabled unless you enable the zenFBcommon plug-in.
• zenFBComments can be disabled for all Album/Image/Page/News pages via admin options.
• zenFBComments adheres to whether comments are enabled/disabled per article/page as designated via the admin interface by checking "Comments On".
• Moved OpenGraph keys from zenFBComments to zenFBcommon.
• Added option interface for specification of application ID & admin ID.
• Plug-in now distributed as pack with other zenFBSuite plug-ins.

v1.3.1.2-6155

• Update to plug-in version numbering.  Plug-in versions will now reflect the version of Zenphoto the plug-in was tested with.
• Change to meta key loading to migrate from old addpluginscript method to Zenphoto's new zp_register_filter 'theme_head' section.
• Better commenting of code.
• Admin option to enable/disable like button included above comment box.

v0.1
Plug-in creation.

• Adds functionality of Like / Comment Box via template calls.
• All currently configurable variables for the Comment are configured in the plug-in settings under admin interface.

Installation

First, review this link and this link to setup/find your Facebook ApplicationID/UserID.  This will be needed for the zenFBSuite of plugins now.

1. Uncompress and upload the plug-in archive.  These should be uploaded to your zenroot/plugins folder, NOT the zenroot/zp-core/zp-extensions folder. You should have the following files:

./zenFBActivity.php
./zenFBComments.php
./zenFBcommon.php
./zenFBLike.php
./zenFBRecommend.php
./zenFBSend.php

1. Login to your administration settings.
2. Activate zenFBcommon & the zenFBComments plugin from the "plugins" tab.
3. Set your options via the admin interface.
4. Place the function call wherever you want to have a comment interface via:

   if (function_exists('zenFBComments')) { zenFBComments(); }

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Support

Support can be reached via the Zenphoto Support forums in the thread listed below:

Support Thread: Linked Here.

Donate

If you enjoy this plugin and find it useful, donate to myself, the Zenphoto developers, or the Zenphoto project! Open source only survives if you help it!

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