pelf-ism is contagious

We all know how important it is for us bloggers to communicate with our readers or visitors whenever they leave us a comment. Some bloggers respond to their commentators, and some, well, don’t. And those who respond to their commentators do it either by sending their commentators an email, or replying to their comments directly on their blogs.

But my friend, Owen, had recently developed a very useful plugin that enables bloggers to reply to a comment AND at the same time sends the commentator an exact copy of the comment! This brilliant plugin is called the Comment Email Responder, and can be downloaded for FREE from Owen’s site.

So what does the plugin do, exactly?

The purpose of the plugin is to provide an easy mechanism for a blog administrator to email a response to one of the comments placed on the website. The response becomes a comment in the normal way, but also fires off an email to the commentator with the content of the response and his original comment.

Install Comment Email Responder in 3 simple steps:

1. Download the plugin, unzip the file and drop the contents into your plugin folder.
2. Activate the plugin from your Plugins menu.
3. Configure the plugin from your Options > Comment Email Responder menu.

How do I use the plugin?

Simple. Once the plugin has been activated, you will notice a new envelope icon appearing next to commentator’s name in your comments section (see picture below).

Click on the envelope icon to respond to the comment. You will see a “Replying to” line below your comment box (see picture below) which indicates the comment that you are currently responding to.

When you click SUBMIT COMMENT, a copy of your response will be emailed to the particular commentator.

Brilliant, isn’t it?

So if you’d like to give the plugin a try and see how much time you’ll be able to save from replying to comments, hop on over to official plugin site NOW!

Do you have an Archives page where all your previous posts are listed? This nifty little plugin that I found recently displays your archive listings in a clean and uniform fashion that’s search-engine friendly on a dedicated page or in your sidebar.

Some of the features of the SRG Clean Archives includes the following:

• lists the month or year,
• shows total post count for the month,
• shows the day of the month the article was published,
• shows the title of the article (permalink to article), and
• the number of comments that have been made on each article.

The newest version, i.e. version 4.1 enables you to toggle the “moo.fx” function for collapsing months. If the “moo.fx” function is not enabled, your full archive will be displayed. You can also choose to hide or display your password-protected posts from showing up in your archives list.

How to create an Archives page in 5 simple steps:

1. download the SRG Clean Archives plugin from the Geek With Laptop,
2. unzip the folder and upload the contents into your plugin folder located at “/wp-content/plugins/” ,
3. activate the SRG Clean Archives plugin from your Plugins menu in your Dashboard,
4. customize your Archives page from your Plugins > SRG Clean Archives menu, and
5. create a new page and add this code < !––srg_clean_archives––>.

For more information on the plugin localization, adding styles or adding your archives to your sidebar, please visit the official plugin website. And if you encounter any problems along the way, please do not hesitate to contact Sean, he had been extremely helpful the last time I needed his help

And, please feel free to give it a test drive at my Archives page

I mentioned in one of my earlier posts that I had recently disabled my Math Comment Spam Protection plugin for reasons also mentioned in the post. And eversince I deactivated the plugin, I’ve been clearing my spam folder by browsing through the hundreds of spam comments in case any of your real comments was marked as spam.

So, I thought perhaps you’d alert me if/when your comment does not get published right away? I promise to free it from among the spam as soon as I possibly can

And if you’re interested to get a copy of the plugin-cum-spam-catcher, visit the official Math Comment Spam Protection plugin website for more information.