Hi,

I would like to add the ability for visitors to add comments to each page of my site. I'm not using the blog package (should I?). I simply would like a link (like "Add your comment") at the bottom of each page where the visitor can post additional thoughts about the content they're looking at on that particular page.

I've read about the AutoForm package - maybe I need to use this? I also found this post which was somewhat helpful: http://forum.umbraco.org/extending-umbraco/sitewide-comments

I'm wondering if anyone here knows the best way of doing this. This umbraco implementation is within an secure account environment on ASP.NET so I'm thinking that I should be able to grab the username based on how the visitor is logged in. So really I'm just looking for a simple form that could become a thread of comments on each page.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance,

Sean

You could also write a user control that inserts the document in manually. This way, you could pick up the security credentials that you mention. Currently, the autoform does not pick up these details. (hmm- another idea for AutoForm Plus)

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You should take a look at the galery screencast. It shows how to use the AutoForm.

You can find the screencast here: http://rtk-cv.dk/1050.aspx

/rasmus

Thanks Jesper! I'll take a look.

A couple other possibilities I found are:

JS-Kit and Yak. But JS-Kit, although quite customizable, does not offer a way to host the code yourself. So I'd have to rely on this site to continually host my system's comments.

And I like the Yak option, but I'm running into problems using Yak's dll with an umbraco macro.

Does anyone have experience using custom .NET controls with umbraco? I read that "If you’re using assemblies the assembly should be the name of your dll (without the dll-extension) and the type should be the full name including namespace."

But I keep getting this message when I try to browse properties: Type 'Sloppycode.Yak.WebControls.dll' is null.

Anyone have success with custom controls? I'm really hoping to use Yak, or something like it, because i'm looking for a simple comment form to sit on each page of my umbraco site that someone can enter their name/email/comment and it'll be displayed on that particular umbraco page.

I'd like to avoid any user registration because the user is already logged into a secure site to view the umbraco pages. So I hope to tie in their username with the post.

Thanks,

Sean

Hi Casey,

That would be very helpful. Thank you!