News Comments

Page managers must create news detail pages that contain the following blocks in order for the comments to appear (page managers can customize the news detail pages and styles):

• News Comment Entry: This block allows users to submit their comments (they must enter their first name, last name, email address, and comment).

• News Comment List: This block displays the existing comments for the news story.

A page managers or content manager must enable comments for the news category.

In the category settings, under Allow comments, select one of the following options:

• Disable - Comments cannot be submitted for any news story in the category.

• Default on - When managers add news stories to the category, comments will be enabled for the stories by default (managers can still disable the option for each story).

• Default off - When managers add news stories to the category, comments will be disabled for the stories by default (managers can still enable the option for each story).

In the category settings, under Comments approval type, select one of the following options:

• None - The comments do not require approval and will be posted as soon as they are submitted.

• Admin approval - Page managers or content managers must approve the comments before they are posted.

• Self approval- After submitting their comment, the user will receive an email that contains a link. They must select the link to approve their comment.

After comments have been enabled for the category, page managers and content managers can enable/disable comments for individual news stories. When adding/editing a news story, managers can (de)select the Enabled option for comments.

If admin approval is required, page managers and content managers can approve news comments from the School Website System Dashboard.

1. Select School website.

2. Select Content.

3. Select News.

4. Select News comments to approve.

5. Select the appropriate parameters in the news comments search and select View.

6. In the news comments results, each comment can be viewed and edited. Select each comment and select Save to approve the comments.

If admin approval is required, the News comment submitted - administration notification can be sent to page managers and content managers to alert them when a news comment has been submitted. Page managers can customize this email and specify the recipients.  

If self approval is required, the News comment submitted - confirmation email will be sent to the user who wrote the comment, requesting that they review and approve their comment. Page Managers can customize this email.

Academic group managers can enable comments for class news and establish the approval settings:

1. Select Academics, Content, Class pages, Content category settings, and then for the news category select and then Edit.

2. Next to Allow comments, select Disable, Default on or Default off (see the “School Website System: Enable News Comments” section above for an explanation of each option).

3. Next to Approval type, select None, Admin approval or Self approval (see the “School Website System: Enable News Comments” section above for an explanation of each option).

If admin approval is required, teachers will need to review and approve the comments on the class Bulletin board before they are posted. In edit mode, teachers can use the Manage comments option that appears in the news block to view and approve all comments.

If self approval is required, the News comment submitted - confirmation email will be sent to the user who wrote the comment, requesting that they review and approve their comment. Page managers can customize this email.