Comment Area

The Comments Widget allows you to effortlessly add a discussion section to any page, blog, funnel step, and more, enabling members to comment and react to specific elements of your website project. With this widget, members can:

• Share thoughts and feedback directly on pages.
• Engage with content through comments, likes, and reactions.
• Foster discussions by creating interactive conversations within your community.

Below is a quick overview of how the Comments Widget appears on a standard website page, demonstrating its intuitive and user-friendly layout.

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Naming Your Comment Widget

The first step in setting up your Comment Widget is assigning it a name. You can create as many comment widgets as needed, and each one can be given a unique name, allowing you to:

• Use the same comment widget across multiple pages while maintaining consistency.
• Easily identify and manage different widgets within your setup.
• Customize how comments are structured for various sections of your website.

Start by giving your Comment Widget a name, ensuring it’s easily recognizable and aligned with its purpose.

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Who Can Comment

You can add comment permissions simply by selecting one of the options:

• All Members: Logged in members
• Only Admins
• Admins and Moderators

Read more about assigning community roles below Assign Community Roles

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Comment Approval

You have full control over comment approvals, allowing you to turn approval on or off as needed.

• When approval is required, comments will be held for review.
• You can approve them in the moderation area, ensuring only appropriate content is published.
• Once approved, the comment will be published, becoming visible to all users.

This feature helps maintain a well-moderated community while ensuring high-quality engagement.

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Approve Comments

To review and approve comments before they’re published, follow these steps:

1. Navigate to the Community tab and select Moderation.
2. Within the moderation section, click Awaiting Approval.
3. Here, you will see all comments that are awaiting approval or deletion.
4. Approve the comment to publish it, or choose to delete it if necessary.

This process ensures you maintain control over conversations, keeping discussions relevant and well-moderated. Community Moderation

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Allow Images

A simple yet powerful setting allows you to toggle image commenting on or off for members.

• If enabled, members can attach images to their comments, enriching discussions with visuals.
• If disabled, commenting is limited to text-only responses, keeping the conversation streamlined.

This gives you full control over how members interact, ensuring the comment section aligns with your community’s needs.

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Allow Mentions

When mentions are enabled, members can tag others using the @ symbol followed by their name, making interactions more direct and engaging.

• Tagging a member ensures they receive a notification, helping draw attention to specific comments or discussions.
• Enhances engagement, allowing members to interact more efficiently within posts, replies, and discussions.
• Supports community connection, encouraging members to participate in ongoing conversations.
• Automated system email notification – The mentioned user will receive a notification email after 20 minutes, ensuring they are informed about the interaction.

This feature streamlines communication and makes interactions within your Circle more dynamic. To mention a member in a comment:

1. Start typing your comment in the designated comment field.
2. Use the @ symbol and begin typing the member’s name.
3. Select the member from the dropdown list that appears.

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Comment Order

You can control the order in which comments are displayed within your community, ensuring the conversation flows in a way that best suits your setup.

• Ascending Order – Displays the oldest comments first, maintaining a structured timeline from earliest to latest.
• Descending Order – Shows the newest comments first, keeping the most recent discussions at the top for immediate visibility.

Adjusting this setting allows you to prioritize engagement, whether you want to highlight fresh interactions or maintain chronological readability. Below is an illustration when the comment order is set to Descending:

Comment Order - Descending

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Initial Number of Comments to Display

This straightforward setting allows you to control how many comments are visible by default before members need to load more.

• Choose to display 3, 5, 10, or even 20 comments initially.
• Ensures a clean and organized comment section layout.

This feature keeps engagement flexible while allowing for a streamlined experience.

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Use Dark Theme

Enabling the dark theme for comments allows you to maintain a consistent brand aesthetic by switching from a lighter theme to a darker one.

• This option ensures visual harmony with your existing background color.
• Helps enhance readability while aligning with your design preferences.
• Allows for a seamless user experience, making comments feel integrated with your overall layout.

Selecting the right theme depends on your regular background color, ensuring the comments section complements your site’s design.