He posted a link to his modified file. If you want to give it a try, De-activate the plugin, Backup your original copy of live-comment-preview.php then replace the entire code with this and re-activate.
<?php
/*
Plugin Name: Live Comment Preview
Plugin URI: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/live-comment-preview/
Description: Supply users with a live comment preview. Use the function <?php live_preview() ?> to display the live preview in a different location. Based on version 1.7 by <a href="http://jm.cc/">Jeff Minard</a>.
Author: Brad Touesnard
Author URI: http://bradt.ca/
Version: 1.9
Copyright 2007 Brad Touesnard (http://bradt.ca/)
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
*/
function lcp_output_js() {
global $user_ID, $user_identity;
// Gravatar settings
$gravatar_size = 64;
$gravatar_show = get_option('show_avatars'); // showing or hiding avatars can be set in the admin panel under Settings - Discussion
$gravatar_default = get_option('avatar_default'); // The default avatar style can be chosen under Settings - Discussion
// $gravatar_default = 'http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/ad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536'; // or put a URI to your custom default image here
$gravatar_rating = get_option('avatar_rating');
// Customize this string if you want to modify the preview output
// %1 - author's name (as hyperlink if available)
// %2 - comment text
// %3 - gravatar image url
$previewFormat = '
<ol class="commentlist" style="clear: both; margin-top: 3em;">
<li id="comment-preview" class="alt" style="overflow: hidden;">
<div class="comment-author vcard">';
if ($gravatar_show) {
$previewFormat .= '
<img src="%3" alt="" class="avatar avatar-' . $gravatar_size . '" width="' . $gravatar_size . '" height="' . $gravatar_size . '"/>';
}
$previewFormat .= '
<span class="fn n">%1</span>
</div>
<div class="comment-meta">Posted (date) at (time) <span class="meta-sep">| Permalink</a></div>
%2
</li>
</ol>';
// If you have changed the ID's on your form field elements
// You should make them match here
$commentFrom_commentID = 'comment';
$commentFrom_authorID = 'author';
$commentFrom_urlID = 'url';
$commentFrom_emailID = 'email';
$user_gravatar = '';
// Default name
if ($user_ID) {
$default_name = $user_identity;
$user = get_userdata($user_ID);
if ($user) {
$user_gravatar = 'http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/' . md5(strtolower($user->user_email));
}
}
else {
$default_name = 'Anonymous';
}
// You shouldn't need to edit anything else.
ob_start ("ob_gzhandler"); //compress with gzip if possible
header('Content-type: text/javascript');
?>
function wptexturize(text) {
text = ' '+text+' ';
var next = true;
var output = '';
var prev = 0;
var length = text.length;
while ( prev < length ) {
var index = text.indexOf('<', prev);
if ( index > -1 ) {
if ( index == prev ) {
index = text.indexOf('>', prev);
}
index++;
} else {
index = length;
}
var s = text.substring(prev, index);
prev = index;
if ( s.substr(0,1) != '<' && next == true ) {
s = s.replace(/---/g, '—');
s = s.replace(/--/g, '–');
s = s.replace(/\.{3}/g, '…');
s = s.replace(/<code></code>/g, '“');
s = s.replace(/'s/g, '’s');
s = s.replace(/'(\d\d(?:’|')?s)/g, '’$1');
s = s.replace(/([\s"])'/g, '$1‘');
s = s.replace(/(\d+)"/g, '$1″');
s = s.replace(/(\d+)'/g, '$1′');
s = s.replace(/([^\s])'([^'\s])/g, '$1’$2');
s = s.replace(/(\s)"([^\s])/g, '$1“$2');
s = s.replace(/"(\s)/g, '”$1');
s = s.replace(/'(\s|.)/g, '’$1');
s = s.replace(/\(tm\)/ig, '™');
s = s.replace(/\(c\)/ig, '©');
s = s.replace(/\(r\)/ig, '®');
s = s.replace(/''/g, '”');
s = s.replace(/(\d+)x(\d+)/g, '$1×$2');
} else if ( s.substr(0,5) == '<code' ) {
next = false;
} else {
next = true;
}
output += s;
}
return output.substr(1, output.length-2);
}
function wpautop(p) {
p = p + '\n\n';
p = p.replace(/(<blockquote[^>]*>)/g, '\n$1');
p = p.replace(/(<\/blockquote[^>]*>)/g, '$1\n');
p = p.replace(/\r\n/g, '\n');
p = p.replace(/\r/g, '\n');
p = p.replace(/\n\n+/g, '\n\n');
p = p.replace(/\n?(.+?)(?:\n\s*\n)/g, '<p>$1</p>');
p = p.replace(/<p>\s*?<\/p>/g, '');
p = p.replace(/<p>\s*(<\/?blockquote[^>]*>)\s*<\/p>/g, '$1');
p = p.replace(/<p><blockquote([^>]*)>/ig, '<blockquote$1><p>');
p = p.replace(/<\/blockquote><\/p>/ig, '<p></blockquote>');
p = p.replace(/<p>\s*<blockquote([^>]*)>/ig, '<blockquote$1>');
p = p.replace(/<\/blockquote>\s*<\/p>/ig, '</blockquote>');
p = p.replace(/\s*\n\s*/g, '<br />');
return p;
}
function updateLivePreview() {
var cmntArea = document.getElementById('<?php echo $commentFrom_commentID ?>');
var pnmeArea = document.getElementById('<?php echo $commentFrom_authorID ?>');
var purlArea = document.getElementById('<?php echo $commentFrom_urlID ?>');
var emlArea = document.getElementById('<?php echo $commentFrom_emailID ?>');
if( cmntArea != null )
var cmnt = wpautop(wptexturize(cmntArea.value));
else
var cmnt = '';
if( pnmeArea != null )
var pnme = pnmeArea.value;
else
var pnme = '';
if( purlArea != null )
var purl = purlArea.value;
else
var purl = '';
if ( emlArea != null )
var eml = emlArea.value;
else
var eml = '';
if(purl && pnme) {
var name = '<a href="' + purl + '">' + pnme + '</a>';
} else if(!purl && pnme) {
var name = pnme;
} else if(purl && !pnme) {
var name = '<a href="' + purl + '"><?php echo addslashes($default_name); ?></a>';
} else {
var name = "<?php echo addslashes($default_name); ?>";
}
<?php
if ($gravatar_show) :
?>
var user_gravatar = '<?php echo addslashes($user_gravatar); ?>';
var gravatar = '<?php echo addslashes($gravatar_default); ?>?';
if (eml != '') {
gravatar = 'http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/' + hex_md5(eml) + '?d=<?php echo urlencode($gravatar_default); ?>&';
}
else if (user_gravatar != '') {
gravatar = user_gravatar + '?d=<?php echo urlencode($gravatar_default); ?>&';
}
gravatar += 's=<?php echo $gravatar_size; ?>';
<?php
if (!empty($gravatar_rating)) {
?>
gravatar += '&r=<?php echo urlencode($gravatar_rating) ?>';
<?php
}
endif;
$previewFormat = str_replace("\r", "", $previewFormat);
$previewFormat = str_replace("\n", "", $previewFormat);
$previewFormat = str_replace("'", "\'", $previewFormat);
$previewFormat = str_replace("%1", "' + name + '", $previewFormat);
$previewFormat = str_replace("%2", "' + cmnt + '", $previewFormat);
if ($gravatar_show) {
$previewFormat = str_replace("%3", "' + gravatar + '", $previewFormat);
}
$previewFormat = "'" . $previewFormat . "';\n";
?>
document.getElementById('commentPreview').innerHTML = <?php echo $previewFormat; ?>
}
function initLivePreview() {
if(!document.getElementById)
return false;
var cmntArea = document.getElementById('<?php echo $commentFrom_commentID ?>');
var pnmeArea = document.getElementById('<?php echo $commentFrom_authorID ?>');
var purlArea = document.getElementById('<?php echo $commentFrom_urlID ?>');
if ( cmntArea )
cmntArea.onkeyup = updateLivePreview;
if ( pnmeArea )
pnmeArea.onkeyup = updateLivePreview;
if ( purlArea )
purlArea.onkeyup = updateLivePreview;
}
//========================================================
// Event Listener by Scott Andrew - http://scottandrew.com
// edited by Mark Wubben, <useCapture> is now set to false
//========================================================
function addEvent(obj, evType, fn){
if(obj.addEventListener){
obj.addEventListener(evType, fn, false);
return true;
} else if (obj.attachEvent){
var r = obj.attachEvent('on'+evType, fn);
return r;
} else {
return false;
}
}
addEvent(window, "load", initLivePreview);
<?php
// Add the MD5 functions using PHP so we only
// need to make 1 request to the web server for JS
$plugin_path = dirname(__FILE__);
$md5_file = $plugin_path . '/md5.js';
@include($md5_file);
// We're done outputting JS
die();
}
function live_preview($before='', $after='') {
global $livePreviewDivAdded;
if($livePreviewDivAdded == false) {
// We don't want this included in every page
// so we add it here instead of using the wphead filter
echo '<script src="' . get_option('home') . '/?live-comment-preview.js" type="text/javascript"></script>';
echo $before.'<div id="commentPreview"></div>'.$after;
$livePreviewDivAdded = true;
}
}
function lcp_add_preview_div($post_id) {
live_preview();
return $post_id;
}
$livePreviewDivAdded == false;
if( stristr($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], 'live-comment-preview.js') ) {
add_action('template_redirect', 'lcp_output_js');
}
add_action('comment_form', 'lcp_add_preview_div');
?>
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