Thanks to the great feedback from our previous post…. we’re happy to announce the new default comments template and a few other things. Here are the big improvements which are in Beta 3 and available now on wordpress.org.
Conversational context in email notifications
We made a major improvement that was so simple as to not be obvious: when a new comment is added to a post we show the recent conversation thread right within the email…. leading up to the prompt for the user to reply to add their own. Now when a Postmatic comment arrives in your inbox you’ll know exactly what people are talking about and what you’ll want to say next.
Other highlights of the new commenting template
- Support for gravatars (even retina ones)
- Simplified wording and improved typography
- A nice big obvious prompt inviting replies
Other changes in Beta 3
- We toned down the colors in the text which requires new users to agree to the email…
- We improved the invitation system so that the text box which lets you write a personalized message supports html, paragraphs, etc
- We’ve added support for internationalization. Official French and Spanish translations are forthcoming but we could use your help with other languages. Get in touch.
- You can now disable widgets in the footer of your template. If you wanted to.
- We simplified the settings screen a bit and are working on improving language all around.
Give this template a try – leave a comment!