Installation

¶ 1 Leave a comment on paragraph 1 2 You can download and install CommentPress Core using the built in WordPress plugin installer. If you download CommentPress Core manually, make sure it is uploaded to “/wp-content/plugins/commentpress-core/”. The WordPress plugin directory page has the latest detailed installation and upgrade instructions.

¶ 2 Leave a comment on paragraph 2 0 Below are legacy instructions for versions up to 3.3.x.

¶ 3 Leave a comment on paragraph 3 0 Before you use Commentpress, you need to have WordPress or WordPress Multisite properly installed and configured, FTP access to your server, and permissions to install themes and plugins. Please note that 3.0 will not upgrade previous versions.

To install Commentpress on WordPress:

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Download the .zip or .tar.gz files from Github and extract the folders.
Connect to your web host with an FTP client and access the directory ‘wp-content’ in your WordPress directory.
Upload the plugin folders into ‘wp-content/plugins’.
Upload the theme folder into ‘wp-content/themes’.
Log in to your WordPress Administration Panel.
First, activate the theme:
Select “Appearance” and then “Themes” from the administrative menu.
Under “Available Themes,” select “Commentpress”.
Second, activate the plugin:
Select “Plugins” and then “Installed” from the administrative menu.
Activate the “Commentpress” plugin.
A new sub-tab will appear under “Settings” called “Commentpress”.
Select “Settings” and then “Commentpress” from the administrative menu.
~~Check the “Create Special Pages” checkbox and then “Save Changes”.~~

¶ 5 Leave a comment on paragraph 5 3 And that’s it! Your basic installation is complete, although there are plenty of options on the Commentpress settings page for you customise how your installation works. Click on “View Site” in the header to see things in action.

To install Commentpress on WordPress Multisite:

¶ 6 Leave a comment on paragraph 6 2 WordPress Multisite introduces an extra level of complexity for Commentpress and what you want to do with it determines how it ought to be set up. The following details what can be done in a multisite environment, but is by no means exhaustive. We assume some technical mastery of WordPress if you really want to get the best out of Commentpress.

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Download the .zip or .tar.gz files from Github and extract the folders.
Connect to your web host with an FTP client and access the directory ‘wp-content’ in your WordPress directory.
If you want Commentpress to load for every new blog:
Upload the main plugin folder into ‘wp-content/mu-plugins’ and move ‘commentpress.php’ out of the ‘commentpress’ directory and into ‘mu-plugins’.
Alternatively, upload the main plugin folder into ‘wp-content/plugins’ and enable the plugin sitewide by clicking “Network Activate”
Each time a blog is created, it will be a Commentpress blog, with the Commentpress theme auto-activated for that blog.
If you do not want the theme to be activated, you’ll have to edit the plugin file and set CP_ACTIVATE_THEME to false. The default theme will then be activated.
If you only want Commentpress on certain blogs:
Upload the main plugin folder into ‘wp-content/plugins’.
Upload the theme:
Upload the theme folder into ‘wp-content/themes’.
Log in to your WordPress Administration Panel.
On each blog for which you want Commentpress to be active:
First, activate the theme:
Select “Appearance” and then “Themes” from the administrative menu.
Under “Available Themes,” select “Commentpress”.
Second, activate the plugin:
Select “Plugins” and then “Installed” from the administrative menu.
Activate the “Commentpress” plugin.
A new sub-tab will appear under “Settings” called “Commentpress”.
Select “Settings” and then “Commentpress” from the administrative menu.
~~Check the “Create Special Pages” checkbox and then “Save Changes”.~~
Configure Commentpress theway you want it to work.

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Comments

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Martin Castle November 20, 2012 at 6:07 am

I’m wondering where the new version is showcased, as I like the look of it.Lots.

Reply to Martin Castle
1. Christian Wach July 9, 2013 at 5:48 pm
  
  Hi Martin, sorry about the wait – it’s finally here on this site.
  
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Peter June 8, 2013 at 1:19 pm

Hi,

I get the following error when trying to submit a comment:

Ajax error! TypeError: Cannot call method ‘split” of undefined

What am I doing wrong?

thanks

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Peter June 8, 2013 at 1:33 pm

Forget my last comment,

I was trying to comment on a pages that hadn’t been published yet duh!

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Roberto Pettinato November 28, 2009 at 10:39 am

interesting

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demetri December 18, 2009 at 10:42 am

Fatal error: Call to a member function on a non-object in /users/leaf3/users/web/irtemed/web/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/commentpress/class_commentpress_display.php on line 1546

Reply to demetri
1. Kevin Lim January 17, 2010 at 2:32 am
  
  Same problem as demetri. He’s probably using the latest WP install, 2.9.1, like me. Are there any solutions to this?
  
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  1. admin January 22, 2010 at 5:22 am
    
    Thanks to Kevin’s input, we now seem to have fixed this. Download cp_latest.zip for an updated plugin.
    
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steve October 26, 2012 at 10:59 am

so far so good – i am so excited to try out this software. (i tried using digress.it first – very buggy). The installation went well – except – step 12 and 13 and 14. I can’t find the checkbox “create special pages”. ? can anybody help? it seems simple to do, but… i’ve never used WP before, maybe i’m missing something obvious.

Reply to steve
1. Christian Wach October 26, 2012 at 11:09 am
  
  Oops, documentation is out-of-date. No need to create the “special pages” any more – they’re auto created for you when you enable the plugin.
  
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  1. steve October 26, 2012 at 11:12 am
    
    thanks! i was still puzzling over this issue. now i can rest easy :-)this is so interesting!
    
    Reply to steve
    1. Christian Wach October 26, 2012 at 11:15 am
      
      Thanks for pointing out the error, Steve.
      
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  2. David June 10, 2014 at 12:21 pm
    
    Greetings – Is there a way to edit the special pages menu in the current version? Thanks! d-
    
    Reply to David
    1. Christian Wach June 10, 2014 at 2:07 pm
      
      Only by using a child theme or plugin, but either way it’s a little technical. If you want to have a go, it’s the filter ‘cp_template_navigation’ that you want to look at. Return the path to your adapted copy of the special pages menu file and edit away.
      
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M Farrington September 16, 2011 at 11:51 am

I’m wondering how I can get to the CSS to change basic things like the footer color and such. I’ve gone to the Admin dashboard and then to the Editing part of the interface, but the custom CSS appears hidden.

Reply to M Farrington
1. Christian Wach September 16, 2011 at 12:03 pm
  
  I’d recommend creating a child theme to override styles, but if you need to edit the css in the theme from the WordPress backend, you should just be able to add your style overrides in either style.css or custom.css
  
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  1. M Farrington September 16, 2011 at 12:09 pm
    
    Thanks – will try that today.
    
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Mark Pearson November 19, 2012 at 5:26 pm

CommentPress Core version 3.4 (with WP 3.4.2 multisite mode, and BuddyPress 1.6) throws a fatal error when attempting to activate on a system running php 5.4.

Plugin could not be activated because it triggered a fatal error.Fatal error: Call-time pass-by-reference has been removed in /usr/home/markp/www/esp/wp-content/plugins/commentpress-core/commentpress-core/class_commentpress.php on line 530

This is a php 5.4 Call-time pass by reference error (eg http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8971261/php-5-4-call-time-pass-by-reference-easy-fix-available)Here’s the code: 529 // use method in this class
530 $this->options_help( &$screen );
I think that changing to :$this->options_help( $screen );and settingfunction options_help(&$screen)will do the job although I have not tried this yet.

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1. Mark Pearson November 20, 2012 at 11:16 am
  
  The fix in version 3.4.1 fixed this problem a treat! Thanks for the quick response.
  
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