Comments Blocked

  • Resolved Ike Ten

    (@ike-ten)


    9 years, 5 months ago

    Hi @tokkonopapa,
    I just realized today that I have been blocking all comments. I was viewing the log and saw that all comments posted were blocked. This setting was checked Comment post -->Block by country.
    I have restricted all countries and allowed only my country and ip.
    I also have only the Back-end target settings active.

    Are comments blocked when you check/ enable this — Comment post -->Block by country?
    If yes why is it in the back end settings? I suggest it’s moved to the front end settings since comments are front end.

    Thanks.

    • This topic was modified 9 years, 5 months ago by Ike Ten.
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  • Plugin Author tokkonopapa

    (@tokkonopapa)

    9 years, 5 months ago

    Hello again @ike-ten,

    I can understand your suggestion. If you missed some comments which were not spams, I’m sorry about that.

    Actually, I agree the wording of the section “Back-end” and “Front-end” in this plugin is not good. Because for us developer, we use these words as the following meanings:

    • Back-end: Everything on the server. PHP files, .htaccess, … Sometimes process, sometimes hardware.
    • Front-end: All data come from the server on the network (e.g. internet). HTML, image, ….

    The image is like this:

        Back-end (server)
------------------------- boundary
   Front-end (internet)

    For example, I can find the comment form when I visit to your post page. But when I write a comment and push “submit” button, then the comment data would be sent to the back-end (wp-comments-post.php) of your server.

    For another example, I can find the login form when I visit your login page. But when I put my username and password into the form and push “Log in” button, then for data would be sent to the back-end (wp-login.php) on your server.

    So if I categorize the login page (or the form) to the “Front-end” in accordance with the similarity of above’s, you would disagree, wouldn’t you.

    I describe the feature of this plugin:

    Access to the basic and important entrances into the back-end such as wp-comments-post.php, xmlrpc.php, wp-login.php, wp-signup.php, wp-admin/admin.php, wp-admin/admin-ajax.php, wp-admin/admin-post.php will be validated by means of a country code based on IP address.

    So my point is that “the entrances” to receive user’s requests correspond to “Back-end”. And again I agree the current categorization is not good from a user point of view. I think it should not be defined standing on a developer point of view. But I could not find the right wording about topic.

    Every opinion is welcome.
    Thanks.

    Thread Starter Ike Ten

    (@ike-ten)

    9 years, 5 months ago

    Thanks for the comprehensive explanation. Very detailed.
    A simple warning/notice to tell users that it can block comments, logins or access from black listed IPs is enough.
    The login and admin back-end is easy to understand and is the main reason you would need IP Geo Block.
    The comments however falls in a gray area, a notice below it would be great.

    Thank you again.

    • This reply was modified 9 years, 5 months ago by Ike Ten.
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    Plugin Author tokkonopapa

    (@tokkonopapa)

    9 years, 5 months ago

    Dear @ike-ten,

    Thank you so much for your suggestion. I’ll take it into consideration!

    • This reply was modified 9 years, 5 months ago by tokkonopapa.
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