Enable the Comments

You can give your users the opportunity to comment on your content in some sections of your application: Articles, Photos, Audio, Video, Favorites.

To enable/disable comments:
1. From the left-side menu, click on Design & Structure > Structure > Sections
2. Click on the 3 dots at the end of the selected content section
3. Select "Settings"
4. Enable/disable the Internal comments or the Disqus comments
5. Click on the Save button.

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Edit the Comments design

To edit the layout of the Comments:
1. Go to the left menu Design & Structure > Design > Sections
2. Select the section you want to edit
3. Click the Comments icon

You can edit there the colors, fonts and other options.

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Activate the comments Icon

To enable the comments icon on your page:
1. Go to the left menu Design & Structure > Design > Sections  
2. Select the content section (in this example a Blog section)
3. Click on Edit Article
4. Check the box "Comments"

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5. Update the settings of your app.

The comments button will then be displayed in the list of actions available:

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Manage the Comments

Delete, publish or moderate your comments.

Tab List:
1. Go to the left menu Content > Comments > List .
2. Click the current status to change it to:
Publish
Not published
Moderated

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Note: In the upper right screen, use the drop down menu to filter comments by section or display the comments from all the sections.

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Tab Settings:
1. Go to the left menu Content > Comments > Settings
2. Add an e-mail* where to receive comments notifications. 
*Leave the field empty to use the email address you provided for generating your app.

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3. Select the status of posted comments between: Immediate publication or Pending (you need to review them before posting them manually from your back office)
4. Enable/Disable the Moderation feature.  

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5. Click the Save button
6. Update the settings in your back office.


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Warning

- Sections using a RSS feed, Youtube or Flickr source can't have the comments activated even if the box is ticked, uncheck the box in your back office so your users don't get confused.
- Wordpress.com, Blogger,  and 500px sources allow only to read existing comments, not to post new comments from your app.


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Video tutorial

Note: Menus have changed in the back office, but the behavior explained in the video is still accurate.


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