Comments on: Smiley Bug: Comment Moderation Problem in WordPress 2.7

By: Donace | The Nexus

Donace | The Nexus — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 20:44:22 +0000

yea its not clickable (may be I messed up in editing) but it works they can sneak in ;) Askimet has started to spot these now and blocking them but still need to be careful :D Donace | The Nexus´s last blog post - Traffic Android Review

By: Kim Woodbridge

Kim Woodbridge — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 18:33:18 +0000

Hi Davina – Comments that should be approved aren’t going into moderation for me anymore and I am running 2.7.1 – I was when I was having the problem. I hope it corrects it for you too – it’s such a minor thing but annoying.

By: Davina

Davina — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 04:37:48 +0000

Hi Kim. Thanks for posting this. I was having the same problem, although I can't say for sure if everyone who was going into moderation was using smiley faces. Since upgrading to 2.7.1 I haven't noticed this problem, but just in case, I turned off the conversion of smileys into images. Davina´s last blog post - When Surgery is a Laughing Matter

By: Kim Woodbridge

Kim Woodbridge — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 23:59:44 +0000

Hi Donace – Hmm … interesting. The link isn’t clickable though.

What is the solution – have all comments with links go into moderation?

By: Donace | The Nexus

Donace | The Nexus — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 16:37:24 +0000

I noticed this also; i think this is mainly because you can attribute 'links' to the smilies. let me try and example: :D This can slip through without you noticing. Donace | The Nexus´s last blog post - Traffic Android Review

By: Kim Woodbridge

Kim Woodbridge — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 12:07:14 +0000

Hi Palma – It’s hard to tell when you’ve been changing a lot of things. I guess you could at least turn the emoticons off and see if that makes a difference. And I would be SO frustrated if my own comments went into moderation – LOL

By: Palma | Buddha Trance

Palma | Buddha Trance — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 18:08:50 +0000

This is good to know! I didn't think the smileys were giving me a problem, but I have also been changing spam plugins, so I may not have noticed. One plugin started giving me false positives, where even my own comments went into moderation, maybe this was triggered by the smiley bug... Right now things are fine... or so it seems, I will keep an eye open! :-) Palma | Buddha Trance´s last blog post - Clearing your body and mind, through your bare feet

By: Kim Woodbridge

Kim Woodbridge — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 13:37:04 +0000

Hi Tracy – You know, I’m really glad that I wasn’t the only one being affected by the smiley bug. :-)

By: Tracy

Tracy — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 13:15:33 +0000

Oh! That must explain it, I just figured when I upgraded my approved list was lost or something. Tracy´s last blog post - I’d like to introduce you to my son

By: Kim Woodbridge

Kim Woodbridge — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 03:46:53 +0000

Hi Mike – It’s interesting that you had them turned off for a different reason. I guess smileys are really just grinning at us about the mischief they are about to cause ;-)

I recently sent out a tweet about Stratos’ footnotes plugin and it seems like a lot of people were interested – he did a great job with it.