Editor: On this page is a collection of information pertaining to WebRef's Simple Comments Perl script that allows you to implement a basic comment posting system on the Static pages of your Web site. Here you'll find the latest Simple Comments zipped distribution file, a link to the latest changelog (included in the distribution), basic features and requirements of the system, links to the individual release notes, and whatever else I can think of. To get started with Simple Comments, I recommend that you read this page in its entirety. While not mandatory, the release notes for the versions also provide some potentially helpful bits of information--especially from a developer's perspective--and may be beneficial both from an implementation and an educational perspective, i.e., even if you aren't interested in using the Simple Comments script, you may be interested in reading some of the developmental issues I've encountered while developing it; points that are elaborated upon in the release notes.
Features
The key features and capabilities of the most recent version of Simple Comments include:
* Template-based design: You can craft the HTML output by the scripts by adjusting template files separately from the Perl code.
* Optional Visitor Registration: At the discrection of the administrator, Visitors can register on the site and fill in basic information to be displayed on their profile pages. Administrators can force all visitors to register in order to submit comments, Elect to simultaneously accept comments from both registered and unregistered visitors, or disable the visitor registration system entirely via configuration parameters. The administrator can also configure the system to force all display names to be unique; in which case visitors can login with their display names, as well (default is to login using their E-mail address).
