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Comment Connection is a plugin that turns an element of comment text to a link for a previous comment. Whenever an author uses @commenter, the text after @ is automatically linked to the previous comment it refers to.
The plugin works by searching each comment for an occurance of @. Where it finds one, the plugin searches the comment database for a comment on the same post written by the person being referenced. By doing it this way, the plugin only adds one database query for each referencing comment.
If the type after the @ symbol does not correspond to a comment, no changes are made.
Currently tested successfully with the most current version of WP, 2.7. If you have trouble with earlier versions, or even have it work properly on earlier versions, please let me know.
For a complete list of the changes from each version, please visit <a href="http://www.wesg.ca/2008/04/wordpress-plugin-comment-connection/#changelog" rel="nofollow ugc">the plugin homepage</a>.
Be sure to check out my other plugins at <a href="https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/profile/wesg" rel="ugc">my WordPress profile</a>.
<h4>USAGE</h4>
Inside a comment, write @commenter where commenter is the name of the author you are replying to. The plugin will successfully find a link when the commenter text is followed by a new line, colon (:), comma (,) or a dash (-).
<h4>LIMITATIONS</h4>
<ol>
<li>Commenter must be an exact match of the original author’s name.</li>
<li>Many database queries can occur for a post with many referencing comments.</li>
<li>Only links to the last comment made by commenter (ie. if the commenter writes many comments before the @, the most recent one is linked to).</li>
</ol>

Comment Connection

Comment Connection is a Wordpress plugin that automatically links comments as authors reply to each other.

Tosh

Adds CubePoints support to Buddypress. Reward members using your BuddyPress portion of your website by giving them points and awards! IMPORTANT: You will need to install <a href="https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/cubepoints/" rel="ugc">CubePoints</a> (at least version 3.0.1) first.
Integrates with the CubePoints Giveaway & Betting System
See full details on how the system works and how to get it <a href="http://store.slyspyder.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">here</a>. But a brief overview is you can setup a giveaway where your members can enter a giveaway using points. They can get extra entries in the giveaway for sharing it on Twitter, Google+, Facebook and a few other ways and earn points for it!
There is a built in betting system so your members can bet their points against each other. If you have this system installed it displays the number of lotteries or bets they have not entered, in the top BuddyPress admin bar.
Here is what you can get points for. You can change these values or disable them in the BP CubePoints admin menu.
<ul>
<li>Group Creation</li>
<li>Group Deletion</li>
<li>Joining a Group</li>
<li>Leaving a Group</li>
<li>Updates/Replies</li>
<li>If a user deletes their own update/reply</li>
<li>Completed Friend Request</li>
<li>Canceled Friendship</li>
<li>New Group Forum Topic</li>
<li>Group Forum Post</li>
<li>Uploading Avatar</li>
<li>Uploading Group Avatar</li>
<li>Sending a Message</li>
</ul>
bbPress 2.0 Support
<ul>
<li>Give your members points for being active in your bbPress 2.0 forum!</li>
</ul>
Other BuddyPress Plugin Support
<ul>
<li><a href="https://buddypress.org/community/groups/buddypress-links/" rel="nofollow ugc">BuddyPress Links by Marshall Sorenson (MrMaz)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://buddypress.org/community/groups/buddypress-gifts/" rel="nofollow ugc">BuddyPress Gifts by Warut Sudpoothong</a></li>
<li><a href="http://buddydev.com/premium/" rel="nofollow ugc">BP Gallery by Brajesh Singh</a></li>
</ul>
Plugin Authors Can Add Their Own Support for CubePoints!
<ul>
<li><a href="http://blog.slyspyder.com/?p=601" rel="nofollow ugc">Documentation for plugin authors</a></li>
</ul>
Awards
<ul>
<li>Give your members another reason to be active on your website. </li>
<li>Have anywhere from 1 – 70 awards! Plus 1 more for earning all the awards on your site.</li>
<li>Customize each award image and title and the criteria for earning the award. </li>
<li>You can turn this feature off as well. </li>
<li>Simple:Press Forum Support.</li>
</ul>
Members can earn awards for a variety of things:
<ul>
<li>Groups</li>
<li>Friends</li>
<li>Posting Updates</li>
<li>Replies</li>
<li>Group Forum Topics</li>
<li>Group Forum Replies</li>
<li>Comments</li>
<li>Blog Posts</li>
<li>Blog Posts in a Category</li>
<li>Donations</li>
<li>Logging In</li>
<li>Points</li>
<li>Simple:Press Forum Posts</li>
</ul>
Adds CubePoints to the BuddyPress Profile
It shows the points the member has earned. Donate link and rank (if enabled).
Adds Points to the BuddyPress Admin Bar
It shows the points the member has earned. If you click on the points you can donate right from there. But only if “Enable user-to-user donations” is enabled.
Public Points Log
<ul>
<li>You can view the points you have earned right from your BuddyPress profile. Or view the logs of others on your BuddyPress site.</li>
<li>There is also a Sitewide Points log that displays the points everyone has earned.</li>
<li>You can choose how many point logs show up per page.</li>
</ul>
Point Legend
<ul>
<li>Shows all the ways to earn points on your site dynamically on what you enter from the admin menu.</li>
<li>Plus an option to put other ways to earn points on that page as well.</li>
<li>Simple instructions on how to enable a [earnpoints] shortcode for use in posts and pages.</li>
</ul>
Point Blocker!
You can enter in the User ID(s) of people that abuse the system just to earn points. After they are blocked, they will not be able to earn any points on the BuddyPress portion of your website.
Spam Control
<ul>
<li>Limit only members with a certain amount of points access to send new messages to other members.</li>
<li>Limit only members with a certain amount of points access to create new groups.</li>
<li>Limit only members with a certain amount of points access to updates & replies.</li>
</ul>

CubePoints Buddypress Integration

Adds CubePoints support to Buddypress. Reward members using your BuddyPress portion of your website by giving them points and awards!

Comment Connection vs CubePoints Buddypress Integration