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1. stumpcrash
   Member
   Posted 5 months ago #

   http://www.stumpcrash.com

   I want to reply to my visitors who comment on my blog and I want the comment structure (or the style) to be different when I'm logged in and I reply.

   How do I do so?

2. Kafkaesqui
   Moderator
   Posted 5 months ago #

   You can define a class (let's say 'comment-admin') you can style in your theme's style.css. In the comments loop (of your comments.php):

   <?php
   $comment_class = (1 == $comment->user_id) ? 'comment-admin' : 'comment';
   ?>

   Make sure to change the 1 to the user ID of your login if different. Then where you want to insert the class (for example we'll use a div, but it can be any element you plan to modify):

   <div class="<?php echo $comment_class; ?>">

3. stumpcrash
   Member
   Posted 5 months ago #

   <div class="<?php echo $comment_class; ?>">

   Where will I place this?

   In the loop?

4. Kafkaesqui
   Moderator
   Posted 5 months ago #

   As I note it is an example. You would want to echo $comment_class as a value for 'class' on whatever HTML element you need to affect. This can be a div, and span, a paragraph (<p>) tag. Whatever.

   But yes, it would certainly be in the comments loop of your comments template.

5. Thomas-DK
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   Why not keep it even more simple :)

   <div class="author-id-<?php echo $comment->user_id; ?>">

   And then just style .author-id-1

6. natalie
   Member
   Posted 3 weeks ago #

   I came across this thread in a search for something else, but I have a solution for anyone who has multiple blog authors.

   This will allow you to set the class for a comment based on who wrote a post instead of just the blog owner:

   Different Content for Different Authors

7. wyldwolf
   Member
   Posted 2 weeks ago #

   I'm using the following:
   

   <?php// Comment loop
   if ($comments):
   	foreach ($comments as $comment):
   	// Test if Comment Author == Post Author
   		if ($comment->user_id == $post->post_author):
   			$CommentAuthorIsPostAuthor = True;
   		else:
   			$CommentAuthorIsPostAuthor = False;
   		endif;
   
   	// NoFollow sucks, we need an "alt" tag
   		$AuthorName = $comment->comment_author;
   		$AuthorURL = $comment->comment_author_url;
   		if ( ($AuthorURL == '') || ($AuthorURL == 'http://') ):
   			$AuthorData = "Comment by $AuthorName";
   		else:
   			$AuthorData = "Comment by <a href='$AuthorURL' alt='URL for comment author $AuthorName'>$AuthorName</a>";
   		endif;
   ?>

   So this chunk of code does the following:

   1. Identify the author based on user id. This means you will only be identified as the author if are actually logged in. (keeping email high-jackers from being identified as the author erroneously).
   2. Allow for custom comment author links. In my case I'm adding an "alt" tag, and removing the "rel" tag.

   Kevin

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