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Comments
How members comment on your movies, TV shows and collections: replies, votes, spoilers, formatting and emojis, and how you moderate comments with the settings of WordPress.
Overview
The pages of your movies, TV shows and collections end with a Comments section:
- Members write comments, reply to others and vote.
- Visitors read them. To write, they tap Log in to leave a comment, and after signing in they come back to the same page.
Comments are WordPress comments: you moderate them in Comments of your admin, with the settings of Settings › Discussion.
[SCREENSHOT_HERE: The Comments section of a movie, with comments, replies, votes, a spoiler and the sort options]
Writing a comment
Comments are plain text, up to 2,000 characters. A few extras:
| Tool | How it works |
|---|---|
| Formatting | Select text to show a toolbar: bold, italic, strikethrough and code. On computers, also Ctrl + B, Ctrl + I, Ctrl + Shift + X and Ctrl + E |
| Rating badge | Select a number from 0 to 10, such as 8, to show it as a rating |
| Emojis | The smiley button opens a set of emojis from Dbmovies |
| Spoiler | Mark this comment as a spoiler hides it behind a veil until each reader taps it |
| Links | Up to three links, only to pages of your site. Links to other sites and URL shorteners are rejected |
What the member types is kept in their browser, so a comment they did not send is still there when they come back. After sending a comment, they wait 15 seconds before sending another.
[SCREENSHOT_HERE: The comment box with the formatting toolbar over selected text and the emoji panel open]
Replies, votes and spoilers
- Reply opens a box under the comment. Replies have one level: a reply to a reply goes under the same comment.
- Like and Dislike: members vote on the comments of others, not on their own.
- Their own comments show You.
- Reveal spoilers, at the top, shows all the spoilers of the page at once.
Reading the comments
- Sort by: Newest, the default, Top, with the most likes first, Oldest or Most replied.
- Show all: with more than three comments, the section shows the first three and a button to see them all.
- Load more: comments load ten at a time, and the next ones load as the visitor scrolls down.
- Reload: brings the newest comments without reloading the page, once every 30 seconds.
Moderation
Every comment goes through the settings of Settings › Discussion:
| Setting | What it does here |
|---|---|
| Comment must be manually approved | Every comment waits for your approval |
| Comment author must have a previously approved comment | The first comment of each member waits for your approval. It is on by default in WordPress |
| Disallowed Comment Keys | Comments with these words go to the trash |
| Email me whenever | WordPress emails you when a comment is posted or waits for approval |
A comment that waits for approval is not shown: the member sees Your comment is awaiting moderation. Approve it in Comments.
Members cannot edit or delete their comments: you do it in Comments. A comment keeps the name the member had when they wrote it.
Turning comments on and off
- Movies and TV shows always have comments. Dbmovies opens them even if their editor or Settings › Discussion says otherwise.
- Collections follow the Allow comments option of each collection, in the Discussion box of its editor.
Ads
The Comments section has two ad positions on its right, Comments — Sidebar aside top and Comments — Sidebar aside bottom, of 300×250. They only appear when they have an active ad. See Ad Manager.
Troubleshooting
| Problem | What to do |
|---|---|
| A comment does not appear | It waits for your approval. Approve it in Comments |
| You are posting comments too quickly. Slow down. | The member sent another comment less than 15 seconds after the last one. They can send it again a moment later |
| External links are not allowed in comments. | Only links to pages of your site are allowed |
| Too many links. | A comment can have up to three links |
| Invalid security token. Please reload. | The page was open for too long. Reloading it fixes it |
| A collection has no Comments section | Turn on Allow comments in the Discussion box of the collection |
The product
Wovie – Movie and TV WordPress Theme for Dbmovies
A fast, mobile-ready theme for movie and TV websites built with Dbmovies.
Features and pricing