[wp-hackers] bypostauthor class disappears on comments page

[Dion Hulse (dd32)]

This might be of interest to someone here:
 * There's a trac ticket to verify the emails of comment authors when the
email is in use by a user: http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/10931

On 13 April 2011 21:04, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net> wrote:

> WordPress only has one method of login. One does not "log in" via the
> comments form.
>
> If the comments form presents the author fields (Name, Email, Website),
> then
> the current user isn't logged in; otherwise, the comment form would consist
> solely of the comment textarea.
>
> The Gravatar comes from email alone. If the user provides the same email in
> the comment form as the one configured in that user's profile, the Gravatar
> will be the same.
>
> Chip
>
> On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 10:03 PM, RePost <repost_08 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > Chip. Very astute, and thanks!
> >
> > I've let the site author know she must log in via admin before addressing
> > her audience via the comments form.
> >
> > This must be a common problem for unsophisticated users. The admin
> doesn't
> > know any different, because WordPress recognizes her Gravatar both from
> the
> > admin page and the comments page, even though she's logging in two
> different
> > ways. I wonder if WP could be made to recognize the two different states
> and
> > serve up the bypostauthor class in each case?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 4/12/11 9:19 PM, Chip Bennett wrote:
> >
> >> It appears you posted those comments while not logged in to your site.
> >> Notice the differences in the classes assigned to your last
> .bypostauthor
> >> comment, and your first non-.bypostauthor comment:
> >>
> >> .bypostauthor:
> >>
> >> comment byuser comment-author-kathysena bypostauthor odd alt thread-even
> >> depth-1
> >>
> >>
> >> not .bypostauthor:
> >>
> >> comment even thread-odd thread-alt depth-1
> >>
> >>
> >> Try logging into your site again?
> >>
> >> Chip
> >>
> >> On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 9:10 PM, RePost<repost_08 at yahoo.com>  wrote:
> >>
> >>  I have .bypostauthor set to provide a tan background color to the
> >>> author's
> >>> comments. Seemed to be working, until it wasn't.
> >>>
> >>> As you can see in this thread, the .bypostauthor class goes away
> sometime
> >>> after about about noon today. I didn't make any changes to the
> stylesheet
> >>> and I've tried disabling plugins, but can't pinpoint the cause. Same
> with
> >>> the other comments page on this new blog.
> >>>
> >>> http://bit.ly/fM0jhO
> >>>
> >>> My styles for .bypostauthor:
> >>> ol.commentlist li.bypostauthor { background:#ebc094 !important; }
> >>> ol.commentlist li.comment ul.children li.bypostauthor {
> >>> background:#ebc094
> >>> !important; }
> >>>
> >>> I would appreciate any suggestions!
> >>>
> >>> Thanks.
> >>>
> >>
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