WordPress tip of the month

Posted by Jean Egan on September 24, 2012 | No Comments

CSS, is there anything you can't do?

If you have a blog on your website and get a fair amount of comment traffic, this is a great tip passed on from +Sallie Alys Montuori, where you can very easily visually distinguish the post Author's comments from other comments in the comment string by using CSS (Cascading Style Sheets). This can help visitors to immediately know the comment author is responding. It is especially helpful when questions are posed in the post's comment thread and people can quickly see if the post author responded.

The CSS class you call:
.bypostauthor

If you have a blog and would like your own comments to stand out but need help implementing it, let me know & I can help!

Thanks again for sharing, Sallie!

Reshared post from +Sallie Alys Montuori

Did you know about this feature already, +Jean Egan?

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Highlight author comments in WordPress
Most WordPress themes iterate between two different comment background colors but do not highlight author or user comments in other ways. It may make sense to highlight author comments in the comment section of the blog to make it easier to distinguish between reader and author comments. This not only highlights “official” answers in the comment section, as it is also a way to prevent impersonation attempts on the blog. You may have noticed that …

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