A post with comments and trackbacks
Here’s a sample post with 5 comments and 4 trackbacks, showcasing the styling of the comments area. Do the comments have alternating styling, are author / blog owner comments highlighted? Is the comments form styled, are “allowed tags” displayed? Are the trackbacks styled differently, highlighted or toned down? Does the theme have native gravatar support (without the need for a gravatar plugin)?
The comments area is often a weak point especially in mediocre themes. Not a big deal for sites that barely have comments or don’t allow them anyway, but important for “bloggy” blogs with decent comment activity.
May 27th, 2008 | Tags: comments styling | Category: Uncategorized, Yet another category
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June 29th, 2008 at 3:24 pm
This is the first test comment. Here’s a link, too: Sample link in a comment
Trying out strong formatting and
strike throughformatting.June 29th, 2008 at 3:29 pm
Another comment, this time from the blog owner. Some themes highlight comments from the blog owner, a nice and usefull feature, but one that most themes don’t provide. The author of this post has a gravatar, too, which should show up if this theme has native gravatar support built in. If a theme doesn’t have native gravatar support, you can still install a gravatar plugin.
June 29th, 2008 at 3:32 pm
A commenter that didn’t fill out the “Website” field and thus the name shouldn’t be linked. Testing the
blockquotetag:June 29th, 2008 at 3:35 pm
Again a commenter with an active gravatar. Testing the inverse formatting and the code formatting:
< ?php echo "Hello world!"; ?>
June 29th, 2008 at 5:23 pm
Another comment, again with someone with a gravatar. Now a blockquote in a blockquote with a link, and all that within a comment:
End of the comment
June 29th, 2008 at 5:58 pm
Trackbacking other blog posts…
This post sends trackbacks to posts on several other blogs (in this case the other WP Theme Drive test blogs). The blog that you are currently on will get a few trackbacks from other blogs as well. The purpose is to see the styling of trackbacks on the…
June 29th, 2008 at 6:03 pm
Trackbacking other blog posts…
This post sends trackbacks to posts on several other blogs (in this case the other WP Theme Drive test blogs). The blog that you are currently on will get a few trackbacks from other blogs as well. The purpose is to see the styling of trackbacks on the…
June 29th, 2008 at 6:04 pm
Trackbacking other blog posts…
This post sends trackbacks to posts on several other blogs (in this case the other WP Theme Drive test blogs). The blog that you are currently on will get a few trackbacks from other blogs as well. The purpose is to see the styling of trackbacks on the…
June 29th, 2008 at 6:05 pm
Trackbacking other blog posts…
This post sends trackbacks to posts on several other blogs (in this case the other WP Theme Drive test blogs). The blog that you are currently on will get a few trackbacks from other blogs as well. The purpose is to see the styling of trackbacks on the…