From Movable Type

This module generates the form used to allow viewers to enter comments

This module is included by the following:

• Comments
• Comment Preview

<MTEntryIfCommentsOpen>
<div class="comments-open" id="comments-open">
    <h2 class="comments-open-header">Leave a comment</h2>
    <div class="comments-open-content">

If registration has been enabled, write an appropriate greeting to the commenter. writeCommenterGreeting() is located in the Javascript template.

    <MTIfRegistrationAllowed>
            <div id="comment-form-external-auth">
                <script type="text/javascript">
                <!--
                <MTIf name="comment_preview_template">is_preview = true;</MTIf>
                writeCommenterGreeting(commenter_name, <$MTEntryID$>, <$MTEntryBlogID$>, commenter_id, commenter_url);
                //-->
                </script>
            </div>
    </MTIfRegistrationAllowed>

Generate the comment form.

        <form method="post" action="<$MTCGIPath$><$MTCommentScript$>" name="comments_form" id="comments-form" onsubmit="if (this.bakecookie.checked) rememberMe(this)">
            <input type="hidden" name="static" value="1" />
            <input type="hidden" name="entry_id" value="<$MTEntryID$>" />
            <input type="hidden" name="__lang" value="<$MTBlogLanguage$>" />
            <div id="comments-open-data">
                <div id="comment-form-name">
                    <label for="comment-author">Name</label>
                    <input id="comment-author" name="author" size="30" value="<MTIf name="comment_preview_template"><$MTCommentAuthor encode_html="1"$></MTIf>" />
                </div>
                <div id="comment-form-email">
                    <label for="comment-email">Email Address</label>
                    <input id="comment-email" name="email" size="30" value="<MTIf name="comment_preview_template"><$MTCommentEmail encode_html="1"$></MTIf>" />
                </div>
                <div id="comment-form-url">
                    <label for="comment-url">URL</label>
                    <input id="comment-url" name="url" size="30" value="<MTIf name="comment_preview_template"><$MTCommentURL encode_html="1"$></MTIf>" />
                </div>
                <div id="comment-form-remember-me">
                    <label for="comment-bake-cookie"><input type="checkbox" id="comment-bake-cookie" name="bakecookie" onclick="if (!this.checked) forgetMe(document.comments_form)" value="1" />
                        Remember personal info?</label>
                </div>
            </div>
            <div id="comments-open-text">
                <label for="comment-text">Comments <MTIfAllowCommentHTML>(You may use HTML tags for style)</MTIfAllowCommentHTML></label>
                <textarea id="comment-text" name="text" rows="15" cols="50"><MTIf name="comment_preview_template"><$MTCommentBody autolink="0" sanitize="0" convert_breaks="0" encode_html="1"$></MTIf></textarea>
            </div>

Display the MT's built in Captcha if it is enabled.

            <MTIfNonEmpty tag="MTCaptchaFields">
            <MTIfCommentsAccepted><MTIfRegistrationAllowed><MTElse><$MTCaptchaFields$></MTIfRegistrationAllowed></MTIfCommentsAccepted>
            <div id="comments-open-captcha">
            </div>
            </MTIfNonEmpty>

Show the preview/submit buttons and the cancel button if this is the Comment Preview page

            <div id="comments-open-footer">
                <input type="submit" accesskey="v" name="preview" id="comment-preview" value="Preview" />
                <input type="submit" accesskey="s" name="post" id="comment-submit" value="Submit" />
    <MTIf name="comment_preview_template">
                <input type="button" name="cancel" id="comment-cancel" value="Cancel" onclick="window.location='<$MTEntryPermalink$>'" />
    </MTIf>
            </div>
        </form>
    </div>
</div>
</MTEntryIfCommentsOpen>