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CHAPTER 8 ■ WEB COMMUNITY FEATURES
Figure 8-16. Comments appear as speech bubbles at the bottom of the article.
Configuring and Managing Comments One of the great features of AkoComment is the substantial control it gives an administrator to govern how comments and posters are handled. From the Components menu, the AkoComment submenu has three options: View Comments, Edit Settings, and Edit Language. The View Comments option allows editing of any existing comments. You can also reorder comments and publish or unpublish them. Most of the administration and setup settings are available through the Edit Settings option. When you select that menu option, you see a screen with seven tabs: General: This tab, shown in Figure 8-17, provides the basic commenting options, including where to allow comments and how usernames are presented. Layout: The Layout tab, shown in Figure 8-18, has settings that allow you to configure the display of the comments in the order and fashion that you want. You can modify the interface shown below each article. By default, the “Add as favorites” and “Quote this article on your site” links are presented to the right of the Comments link. On the Layout tab, you can choose to hide these links.
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