hands and feet

A while back I posted my MooTools powered Wordpress-comment AJAX-ify-er. That is, a Wordpress plugin that uses the MooTools library to make your blog comment form all swooshy. (I’ve discussed why I built it for MooTools and not jQuery in my JavaScript library discussion)

I wrote it because I was suprised no-one else had. And as a first effort, it wasn’t bad. But it could be a lot better- and now it is- I’ve completely remade it for version 1.0 and it now has a smaller namespace footprint, it’s more reliable, and has better failover behaviour.

Here’s some of it’s features:

• It utilises the MooTools JavaScript framework- there’s a 90% guarantee it wont work if you’re using a jQuery powered plugin.
• The new version features a much smaller namespace- it only registers the object MCP and so it much less likely to collide with other functions.
• It’s better than the old version. In every way, under the hood.

As before, it’s available for download from the Wordpress site

The instruction installations:

• Unzip and install to your wordpress folder/wp-content/plugins
• Enable from your admin panel. If you’re not yet using MooTools it should work fine.
• You can use CSS directives to style the throbber: just set a directive for the form.throbbing class.

The support instructions:

• Post a comment here- don’t forget to leave your address!

The ‘gratuity’ beg:

• Find a local charity. Volunteer for them, preferably. If not, give them money. Go home. Look after your kids and your wife. Maybe turn on the computer again after a few days.