CHAPTER 17 CUSTOMIZING (Web hosting domain) YOUR BLOG S LAYOUT 471
CHAPTER 17 CUSTOMIZING YOUR BLOG S LAYOUT 471 To install this plug-in, download the zip file, expand the archive, and upload it to your server following the instructions in the readme.txt file found in the plug-in package. Put the plug-in file subscribe-to-comments.php in wp-content/plugins and the user administration file wp-subscription-manager.phpin your main WordPress directory. Go to the plug-ins administration page and activate the plug-in. That s all you need to do. WordPress automatically calls the plug-in when the comments are displayed. The plug-in adds a check box to the standard comment form, giving your reader the ability to sign up to be notified when follow-up comments are posted. Figure 17-7 shows this in action. Figure 17-7. The Subscribe to Comments plug-in in action By default, this plug-in allows your visitors to subscribe only when they leave their own comments. If you prefer, you can allow them to subscribe without leaving a comment. Simply add a call to the plug-in s template tag show_manual_subscription_formin the comments.php theme file (full instructions are in the readme.html file; see step 5 of the installation section). The resultant comment form will have a section named Subscribe Without Commenting, as shown in Figure 17-8. Once your readers have subscribed to the comments on a story, the plug-in recognizes them (via a cookie) when they subsequently revisit the same post. This time, a Manage your subscriptions link is presented, as shown in Figure 17-9.
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