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Ezzer & Friends, Here's an example of what I am trying to have my HelpBot personality work:
Bot: Welcome to Uproar Entertainment. How may I help you?
Joe Smith: I'm looking for anything you have by George Carlin.
(After searching the list)Bot: Yes. We have two albums by George Carlin ... Killer Carlin ... Legends of Comedy. (The album names being links to the album pages.)
JS: Thank you.
Bot: You're welcome. Can I help you find another?
JS: Yes. Do you have Jeff Foxworthy.
(After searching a list) Bot: No. We don't have anything from Jeff Foxworthy.

... I'm sure you get the idea.
I have created a plug-in with all of the comedians on the label and I have created a plugin with names of comedians people may search for that people may look for that are NOT on the label.
So, the keyphrase should be "searching|seeking|looking for (*)" right?

muzik: Actually, there are lots more ways people could ask your bot the same thing. And just when you think you've thought of them all, they will throw something new at you, revealing your blind spots.

Yes, for that you DO need a separate keyphrase for each comedian, because of the way this works.

Yes, I also have the holidays turned off, but I got the 'Hulkspeak.'

Okay. I have been beginning to think that. Will it than still be possible for me to have responses as links to a new page?

You can include a url in the bot's response, if that's what you mean. If you want a clickable link it's not possible, at least not that I'm aware of.

Dear Friends:

I just created a shared plug-in, (weathertypes2), which presents various possibilities for weather, phrased so as to complete the phrase, "It will ...", for example, "It will rain." I hope that some of you will find it useful!

Walk in Beauty, Irina

Dear Friends:

Can anyone tell me, please, how to find out just what is in (answerpos) and (answerneg)? Many thanks!

Walk in Beauty, pb

Irina- I found (answerpos) and (answerneg) under the "zother" heading in plugins.

thanks!!!

Dear Friends:

I have created two shared plugins, (answerpos2) and (answerneg2). As compared to (answerpos) and (answerneg), they are more accepting (have more entries). For example, (answerpos2) will pick up not only "yes", but also "absolutely", "right", "correct", "impeccable", and many others. I have classified them under "phrases". I hope some of you will find them useful!

Walk in Beauty, Irina

Um, would I be wrong in saying that naming the different version of a plugin 'plugin2' can be a problem because 'plugin2' already exists so that you can have two responses from the same one. Eg 'So what is your favourite fruit? Is it (fruit) or (fruit2)?' Not that I don't appreciate your efforts Irina, I'm just not sure that plugins like that can work. But then that could be because I'm tired and even fried cheese is too complex a concept for me to handle at this point.

(plugin2) is automatic if you make a (plugin), as far as I know