Could you give me some more details about what you're thinking about? I'm sure MT can be used since there isn't nothing dictating that the system be used for just blogs.
Strip the date, time, title away from an entry and it's just text. Say you don't want text and just want to post photos and receive comments, that can be done as well.
The comments are linked to the particular entry but what you actually put into an entry is very flexible.
Full Version: Comments without a blog entry?
You could create a second blog with just a single entry and use it for comments only (which is what I did to create my "guestbook").
Then, on my blog sidebar, I hard-coded the link to that specific entry ID:
(If you're not using comments already on your blog, you'd also have to include the javascript to make the pop-up work.)
Actually, I guess you could probably just do this within your current blog by allowing comments on any one entry, and using that entry ID for your "permanent" comments link.
Both of these, of course, still require the comments to be tied to a particular entry, which I realize you were looking to avoid, but I just thought I'd suggest them anyway!
Then, on my blog sidebar, I hard-coded the link to that specific entry ID:
CODE
sign <a href="javascript:OpenComments(136)" >my guestbook</a>
(If you're not using comments already on your blog, you'd also have to include the javascript to make the pop-up work.)
Actually, I guess you could probably just do this within your current blog by allowing comments on any one entry, and using that entry ID for your "permanent" comments link.
Both of these, of course, still require the comments to be tied to a particular entry, which I realize you were looking to avoid, but I just thought I'd suggest them anyway!
Yes, along with the javascript code in between your HEAD tags:
It's working for me, so I assume it will work for you too.
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<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
function OpenComments (c) {
window.open('<$MTCGIPath$>mt-comments.cgi?' +
'entry_id=' + c,
'comments',
'width=480,height=480,scrollbars=yes,status=yes');
}
</script>
function OpenComments (c) {
window.open('<$MTCGIPath$>mt-comments.cgi?' +
'entry_id=' + c,
'comments',
'width=480,height=480,scrollbars=yes,status=yes');
}
</script>
It's working for me, so I assume it will work for you too.
I want to use the MT comments system to have users leave comments for somthing else but there is not blog entry "tied" to it. Does anyone know of a way to do this?
I am working on some photo galleries. I dont want the link on those pages. I want the comments link on the front page (where the blog is) on the right where the links to the galleries will be.
So lets say I put an entry in about the galleries. If I take the code you posted and replace the 136 with whatever my post id is, that should work? If so, I think that will be just fine.
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