diff -pru lib/MT/App/Comments.pm lib/MT/App/Comments.pm
--- lib/MT/App/Comments.pm	2008-08-01 03:13:35.000000000 +0200
+++ lib/MT/App/Comments.pm	2008-04-01 07:52:57.000000000 +0200
@@ -939,7 +957,8 @@ sub handle_sign_in {
         if ($q->param('static') eq 1) {
             require MT::Entry;
             my $entry = MT::Entry->load($q->param('entry_id'));
-            $target = $entry->archive_url;
+				# XXX
+            $target = $entry->archive_url . '#comments-open';
             $target = MT::Util::strip_index($target, $weblog);
         } else {
             $target = $q->param('static');
diff -pru lib/MT/Template/ContextHandlers.pm lib/MT/Template/ContextHandlers.pm
--- lib/MT/Template/ContextHandlers.pm	2008-08-01 03:13:35.000000000 +0200
+++ lib/MT/Template/ContextHandlers.pm	2007-04-17 09:18:04.000000000 +0200
@@ -307,6 +307,7 @@ sub init_default_filters {
         'space_pad' => \&_fltr_space_pad,
         'zero_pad' => \&_fltr_zero_pad,
         'sprintf' => \&_fltr_sprintf,
+		  'strip_proto_host' => \&_fltr_strip_proto_host,
     );
 }
 
@@ -406,6 +407,11 @@ sub _fltr_sprintf {
     my ($str, $val, $ctx) = @_;
     sprintf $val, $str;
 }
+sub _fltr_strip_proto_host {
+    my ($str, $val, $ctx) = @_;
+	 $str =~ s!^[^:]+://[^/]+!! if $val;
+	 $str;
+}
 
 sub _hdlr_entry_if_tagged {
     my ($ctx, $args, $cond) = @_;
@@ -1837,8 +1843,9 @@ sub _hdlr_entry_tb_data {
             unless $at eq 'Individual';
     } else {
         $url = $e->permalink;
-        $url = MT::Util::strip_index($url, $ctx->stash('blog')) unless $args->{with_index};
     }
+	 # XXX
+        $url = MT::Util::strip_index($url, $ctx->stash('blog')) unless $args->{with_index};
     my $rdf = '';
     my $comment_wrap = defined $args->{comment_wrap} ?
         $args->{comment_wrap} : 1;
@@ -2530,6 +2537,8 @@ sub _hdlr_comment_author_identity {
             ? $blog->site_url()
             : _hdlr_static_path($ctx) . "images";
         $root_url =~ s|/$||;
+		  # XXX
+		  $root_url = _fltr_strip_proto_host($root_url, 1, undef) if $args->{cai_img_strip_proto_host};
         qq{<a class="commenter-profile" href=\"$link\"><img alt='[TypeKey Profile Page]' src='$root_url/nav-commenters.gif' /></a>};
     } else {
         "";