Managing comments

Use this page to manage setting for comments left about content items. Website visitors can leave comments about blog posts, events, and news. When creating a content item, you can specify if you want users to be able to leave comments for this particular item.

You can change the following settings:

1. Under Who can post comments, select one of the following:
   • Anyone
   • Only registered users
     Use this option only if you have user registration on your website.
2. If you want comments not to be publically visible until the responsible user publishes them, select Comments have to be approved before appear on the site checkbox.
   If you select this checkbox, comments that are left on the website are initially saved in status Hidden.
3. If you want users to complete a CAPTCHA when leaving a comment, select Use spam protection image (captcha) checkbox.
4. If you want to disable comments for older content items, select Automatically close comments for items older than <number> days checkbox.
   The form for leaving comments will be hidden from the website for content items created before the days you have specified.
5. Select the fields that are displayed in the form for leaving comments. You can choose to display one or more of the following fields:
   • Name
   • Email
   • Website
   • Message
     
   • When you select a field, you can choose whether you want to make the field mandatory by selecting the Required checkbox that appears.
6. When finished with the settings, click Save changes button.

You can make additional configurations of comments, using the advanced settings. To open advanced settings of comments, on Basic Settings page, click Advanced and in the navigation on the lift, click Comments.