BM-Comment-Highlight Guide

In my excitement to get the BM-Comment-Highlight plugin out yesterday I forgot to tell you how to actually use the thing. Also since posting it yesterday I have though of another feature for the plugin so I have updated it accordingly.

How to use BM-Comment-Highlight#

To use the plugin all you have to do is include a single php function call in your wordpress loop. This will return to you a string that you can use as a class in any way you see fit.

<?php foreach ( $comments as $comment ) { 
	$commentClass = bm_commentHighlight(); ?>
	<li class="<?php echo $commentClass; ?>">
	<?php comment_text(); ?>
	</li>
<?php } ?>

When the function is called you will get a number of classes returned (most likely more than one). These let you style the comment appropriately.

The classes you get are:

• author – the commenter is the post author
• reader – the commenter is simply a reader of the blog
• user – the commenter is a registered user
• userID_# – the # is the user id of the registered user that has commented
• pingback – the comment is a pingback
• trackback – the comment is a trackback

Updates?#

The update to the plugin is the additional feature of telling you if the comment is a comment, a trackback, or a pingback. This will let you style your incoming links in a more effective way.