Come and see the new theme at Comluv

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I am the creator of CommentLuv Premium
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You can get your own content published on this site as long as you have CommentLuv installed on your site.

Doing so means you get exposure to thousands and thousands of other CommentLuv users and your posts get sent out to the massive subscriber list.

Google loves this site and indexes it multiple times per day and posts always get lots of comments so you can be sure of some excellent exposure.

See the Write For Us page for more details

btw.. you can get this author box here


It’s here at long last! The new theme for Comluv. It’s taken a while because I wanted to make sure it all worked with the custom pages for additional urls and other unique Comluv additions but, it’s finally here!

What do you think? is it nicer but still feels like ComLuv ?

Some Unique Pages

This particular theme has had to have quite a few custom plugins and modifications added so that it can handle all the unique pages that ComLuv has. Here’s a breakdown;

  • The HomePage
    This is the main page you’ll see whenever you come to ComLuv.com
    It has the top 3 comment makers, top 3 comment receivers and a whole bunch of brand new sites that have just installed the commentluv plugin.
  • There’s another little gem here too, it’s the home page featured site slot (more about that later)

  • Top 50 Comment Makers
    Rather than just recognize the top 3 comment makers, you can now click to see the top 50.
    This page is still brand new but when it matures, there’s a good chance that it’ll get some google juice attributed to it like all the other permanent pages of the site.
    All sites listed on this page have dofollow links!
  • Top 50 Comment Receivers
    Just like the top 3 comment makers, you can now click to see the top 50 comment receivers
    This page is still brand new but when it matures, there’s a good chance that it’ll get some google juice attributed to it like all the other permanent pages of the site.
    All sites listed on this page have dofollow links!
  • Show All Comments
    Not content with just showing you who the top 50 comment makers and receivers are, you can click to see exactly where those comments were made and what last blog posts appear on them!
    Only comments that have received some luv and were approved (and not later deleted) by the admin will be shown here.
    These links are dynamically created so they’ll only show if a human clicks the ‘see who’ or ‘see where’ buttons.
  • The Member Page
    This is where you need to go to register your profile and main url.
    The information that gets shown in your info panel when someone hovers over your last blog post link gets pulled from this page.
    If you don’t have anything saved to your profile or a site description then you don’t get included in the top commenters pages or in the custom search engine.
  • Additional URLs page
    This is where you’ll be able to purchase an additional URL for your main account.
    It will allow you to receive even more posts to choose from when you comment on CommentLuv enabled sites.
    Each additional URL costs just 6 credits per year which goes a little way towards paying for the extra bandwidth and database space needed.
    You will also be able to edit your site details here (except your url and feed url) as well as delete any old sites you don’t need any more
  • Default Links Page
    Here you can add static or default links to your returned list of posts when you commentluv on CommentLuv enabled sites.
    Each link allows you to specify the anchor text to use and can be from anywhere on your registered sites.
    You can delete any links you don’t need.
    Each additional link costs just 4 credits per year.
  • Unban URL page
    This is where you come when your feed causes issues with the comluv server 3 times in a row.
    You can use this page to unban yourself and as long as your feed is fine, you’ll be able to continue getting the luv when you comment on CommentLuv enabled sites.
    Only registered members can unban their URL, this is to prevent bots from destroying all my hard work!
    There are some wise words on this page explaining why a URL gets banned.
  • Buy a featured site purchase page
    This is a brand spanking new page! It allows you to use your comluv credits to buy a short term featured site spot.
    Each spot is individually priced and there are a few rules to follow, things like only being able to book for a maximum 4 days or only being able to book one slot at a time for one of your registered sites.
    Only registered sites will be able to be featured in these spots and each spot is placed on a page that has at least a Google page rank of 4.
class="thickbox" rel="new-pages" href="http://comluv.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/global-commentluv-site-search-page.jpg">Global CommentLuv Enabled Site Search Page
The biggest, fastest and most accurate CommentLuv enabled site search engine on the planet!
Here you’ll be able to search for your niche sites that have the CommentLuv plugin enabled.
Only sites that have given out luv in the past 7 days will be included so you can be sure that only sites that give you a titled link in your comment will appear. Please use this responsibly!
  • Write For Us Page
    Here you’ll be able to read all the guidelines for being a guest poster.
    If you’re going to promote yourself by guest posting at Comluv.com then you’ll need to make sure you understand what is required by reading this page.
  • Help Desk Page
    This is a whopping great page! It took me bloody ages to write up!
    If you’re having a problem getting the site, the plugin or your last blog posts to work then this is the first place (and hopefully last) you need to come.
    CommentLuv has been running for a long time and just about all the common problems that can occur have already occurred and have been fixed. All that’s left are the user errors, site misconfigurations or gremlins and this page is where you’ll find how to fix them!
  • Guest Bloggers
    Here you’ll find every guest blogger post so you can get a feel for how to make your own.
    There are other category based pages like this, just click on the link on the secondary navigation bar to view them.
  • Guest Blogger Post Page
    I’ve made some pretty fancy modifications using some even fancier custom plugins to prepare the site to be opened up for guest blogging. This is the trimmed down edit post screen in the dashboard, I’ve enabled file uploads for contributors and removed any meta boxes that weren’t needed.
    All a guest blogger needs to worry about is to title their post, upload a leader image, set up to 4 tags and write some good content and submit. The categories and other seo stuff will be taken care of by me (and any future staff) at the time of publishing.
  • Custom Plugins

    There are some custom plugins added to the site too! I have written a whole host of customizations and added them to the site as well as taken away some old ones.

    The major ones are :

    • Guest Blogger Notify
      This is a unique plugin to ComLuv.com – now that I have (or will be soon) opened up ComLuv for guest bloggers, I thought it would be nice if they would automatically get notified by email once their submitted article gets published.
      Not only that, they get rewarded with 5 ComLuv credits for every article!
      This plugin also modified the post edit screen so only the metaboxes that are relevant will be displayed and also adds one with the guidelines required of guest bloggers so there’s no excuses!
    • Featured Site Purchase Plugin
      This opens up the featured site spots to anyone with a registered site and gives those guest bloggers who collect credits somewhere to spend them! This plugin takes care of the display, purchase and management of the featured site spots
    • Daily Visit Lists
      This compiles a list of the top 50 comment makers, receivers and new sites every day and allows the custom pages to show them using shortcodes.
    • Limit author dropdown
      Not really a plugin that affects you but it’s helpful for admins and editors. Normally, wordpress multi site will populate the author override dropdown with every single subscriber to the site. That’s normally fine but when you have 30,000 then it takes an awful lot of work just to display a post edit page.
      This plugin replaces the author metabox for editors and above with a similar one but instead of every single subscriber, it shows just those that have the ability to write posts.
    • Dashboard tweeter
      Again, not really a plugin that will affect you (unless you get a copy for your own site) but it’s a neat little widget that appears in the dashboard and allows me (or another admin) to post to twitter using my own registered twitter app.
      It has the advantage of showing whatever text I like in the ‘via xxx’ link that shows on each tweet when viewed online or in apps like tweetdeck.
      It also allows me to reply, DM, Retweet and reply retweet right from within the dashboard. All usernames are linked as well as their location (if specified) that is clickable to show a google map and a human readable time of their tweet with a link to the twitter page where the tweet can be viewed.
      I’m rather proud of this one!

    More to come!

    Well, that’s a long ass post! It took ages to get down to here (imagine how long it took to do the things it took so long to write about)

    I have still got oodles left to put in the site but, right now I’m happy with what I’ve got!

    If you’re reading this via feed or newsletter, please come to the site and let me know what you think! I would be very happy to hear your feedback.

    Famousbloggers!

    A big thanks to Hisham from Famousbloggers who helped tremendously with choosing the theme and customizing it so it was all ComLuvvy :-)

    Guest Posters, I’m waiting!

    I’ll let this new theme settle in for a week and then I’m going to activate the contributor status to all those that have requested it. Please do me a favour and make sure you have your site details and profile registered on the member page. Only fully registered members will get their articles published.

    If you haven’t applied to be a guest poster yet, you can do so by submitting a support ticket.

     

    Comments


    1. Twitter:
      Nicely done! I like the clean, sleek look :)

      You’ve done so much with this site in such a short time! Congratulations on the success of ComLuv, and thanks for sharing your talent with us all! :)
      GingerWench recently posted..New Customized Backgrounds for the New TwitterMy Profile

    2. This is very sweet, Andy. That vacation did you good!

      I’ve been in the top 3 a few times, shouldn’t be too much trouble to get into the top 50. My audience is very cool.

      CommentLuv makes commenting a lot of fun, and I wish Disqus would get on board.
      doolin recently posted..Broken Link Checker plugin for WordPress reviewMy Profile

    3. Wow, it looks great, clean and minimal but so many goodies! Very beautifully done.

      Thank you all for all your hard work, both one this site and of course with the comment luv plugin.

    4. Lovely page! Looks compact yet powerful!

      More power to ComLuv!

      P.S. I’ll be in that top 50 comment makers soon haha! :P

    5. Very nicely done. I like the clean layout much better – easier to read, find out what’s going on without all the clutter.

    6. Buffalo Dave says:

      Looks great Andy.

      I like that you expanded your list of top commenters and top sites to 50

    7. whoa…..ermm..i hope in blogspot,i can put comment luv without instal intense debate..hu3

      • that would not be possible I’m afraid, blogger do funny things with their comment form which makes it impossible to add commentluv without a 3rd party system. sorry


    8. Twitter:
      Wow! I really like the new commenters and sites view. And I gotta say, a MUCH cleaner layout. The only thing is, you squoooshed the ComLuv logo. I’ll get to making one in the new 260×115 size :)

      Otherwise, FanTABoulous job!
      Byteful Traveller recently posted..How to Increase your Power through TravelMy Profile

    9. The new web theme looks great Andy. And more extra features than you can shake a stick at.

      And I’m loving the Global search idea. That will be great.
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    10. Twitter:
      I love how you put everything together and how it looks so organized and everything just works well together.

      I clicked on the first 2 Screen-Shots the one entitled “The HomePage” and the other one with “Top 50 Comment Makers” and saved both images to my hard drive because if you look closer you’ll see my name and Gravatar icon listed in the top 50 and on the homepage haha, was so cool.

      Thanks for your hard work Andy :)
      sayed recently posted..Best Ad Placement For A BlogMy Profile

    11. They all look awesome Andy! That’s quite a lot of work but I think it is worth it.

    12. Love the new layout looks great, however, to you find that WordPress is a resource hog for such a large site?


    13. Twitter:
      Hi Andy, will you make the custom “Guest Blogger Notify” plugin also available for download? I think it’s very useful plugin.

      • I may do, it would need some attention to make it a public plugin. Right now, i have hard coded all the guidelines and widget code. I suppose I could clean it up and add some settings pages but honestly, settings pages and validation is the longest boringest part of making a plugin and I already have far too much to do in my life! (supporting it would be intense too!)
        maybe if I get around to putting up a premium support type deal for plugins …


        • Twitter:
          I hope you will make it public, because I think it’s definitely functionality you need to run a WordPress based community with guest authors.
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          • Yes, I suppose you are right.
            I have lots and lots of plugins that I would like to release but I don’t because the amount of work it takes to support them and update them makes it not worth it.

            Maybe if I charged a small fee for the plugin and that enabled you to get free updates and support? what do you think, would the guest poster plugin be worth paying 15$ for free updates for life?


            • Twitter:
              An other idea could be to offer the plugin for free and make a paid support / update section like Alex King’s wphelpcenter.com. I don’t know if I would pay for the guest post plugin, but that’s maybe because I’ve never used a payed plugin.

    14. great! hope to see you on the top 50 yourself soon!

    15. thanks! and thanks to Hisham as well, he did some cool css and had some good ideas for making it unique to comluv

    16. well, guest posters are going to have a great opportunity to be seen by even more readers and it’ll really help build the community spirit here at comluv. Glad you like it!

    17. buikspiertips: I suppose so but for me I would only really consider going through all the effort of converting the plugin to be publicly available and making updates if I actually got paid for it! If this was my full time job then I wouldn’t mind but I have to squeeze this site and my other plugins in during the off time between 2 jobs and running a business!

      thanks for your feedback


    18. Twitter:
      You’ve done a great job … a good thing just keeps getting better! And many thanks to Hisham from Famousbloggers from me, too, for giving you a hand.

    19. Wow, must say you’ve done a great work. For some time now I’ve not visited the site. I was one of those that won prizes in the famousblogger.net/comluv.com blogging contest. After the contest I decided to re-work my blog and moved it to a new url. It was my coming here to register the new url that brought me here and was surprised with the new look. I give kudos to your choice. We look forward to greater things.
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    20. Brad Harmon says:

      Wow, Andy! That’s a lot of great features. I didn’t know there was so much here for bloggers. I’ve been using your plugins for quite a while, but haven’t really visited here much. Has anyone done a video walk through of all the site features yet? If so, do you happen to have a link to it? That would be an awesome resource. For now, I’m going to scroll back up and check out some of the features you highlighted. Great work.

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