Enabling Comments<\/h2>\nBy default, comments are disabled on all chapters, front matter and back matter. If you would like to allow readers to comment, you need to first enable comments globally. To do so:\n

\n \t
• Go to \"Settings\" on the left menu, then \"Sharing & Privacy\"<\/li>\n \t
• Under \"Disable Comments\", select \"No.\u00a0I want to leave comments, trackbacks and pingbacks enabled on all front matter, chapters and back matter unless I disable them manually.\"<\/li>\n \t
• Save your changes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/a>\n

  How to Disable\u00a0Comments on a Chapter<\/h2>\nSometimes, you may want to turn off the ability for readers to comment on a specific chapter, while leaving comments enabled on others. To do this, go into the chapter in edit mode.\n

  \n \t
  • Scroll down to the section titled Discussion.<\/li>\n \t
  • Unselect the box that says Allow Comments.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n[caption id=\"attachment_569\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"830\"]<\/a> Where to turn off comments in Pressbooks[\/caption]\n

    Moderating Comments Individually<\/h2>\nPressbooks sorts your comments into five folders: All, comments Pending Moderation, Approved Comments, Spam and Trash.\n\nTo access and moderate reader comments:\n

    \n \t
    • Click on \"Comments\" on the left menu.<\/li>\n \t
    • Comments pending moderation will appear on the right by default.<\/li>\n \t
    • You can moderate comments individually or as a group.<\/li>\n \t
    • To moderate individually, hover over a comment and\u00a0click on one of the links that appears. Options are as follows: Unapprove (prevents the comment from showing), Reply (lets you reply to the comment), Quick Edit (allows you to edit the comment), Edit, History (shows history of the comment thread and your replies), Spam or Trash.<\/li>\n \t
    • Once you've chosen one of these options, select Apply.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n[caption id=\"attachment_557\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"830\"]<\/a> Comments moderation screen in Pressbooks[\/caption]\n
      \n \t
      • Once you approve a comment, it will move to the Approved Comments section, but you can always take action on it using the dropdown arrows to Unapprove, Mark as Spam or Move to Trash later.<\/li>\n \t
      • Once a comment is moved to Trash, you still have the options to Restore or Delete it permanently.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        Moderating Comments as a Group<\/h2>\n

        \n \t
        • To apply the same action to all comments, select the checkbox next to Author.<\/li>\n \t
        • This will select all comments.<\/li>\n \t
        • Then click on the arrow next to Bulk Actions.<\/li>\n \t
        • For each selected comment, you can make one of four choices: Approve, Unapprove, Mark as Spam or Move to Trash.<\/li>\n \t
        • Select an action.<\/li>\n \t
        • Click apply.<\/li>\n \t
        • Pressbooks will apply the change to the comment(s) you selected.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n[caption id=\"attachment_554\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"830\"]<\/a> Bulk actions comment moderation in Pressbooks[\/caption]\n

          Spam Comments<\/span><\/h2>\nPressbooks will automatically route comments that appear to be spam to the spam folder. To review these comments:\n

          \n \t
          • Click on Spam to view and moderate these comments.<\/li>\n \t
          • Select comment(s).<\/li>\n \t
          • Use the dropdown arrow next to Bulk Actions. You can either mark a comment as Not Spam or Delete Permanently.<\/li>\n \t
          • Click Apply.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n[caption id=\"attachment_553\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"830\"]<\/a> Example of spam comment[\/caption]\n

            Other Review and Annotation Functions - Watch This Space<\/h2>\nWe know that review and annotation are important aspects of academic publishing. We are working hard to develop more tools in this area to create a practical environment that enables interaction with a text in many different ways.\u00a0If you have any requests, recommendations or expertise to offer in this area, we welcome your input. Please email us at support@pressbooks.com<\/a>.\u00a0In the meantime, we recommend the Hypothes.is<\/a> browser extension\u00a0as a handy add-on for annotations.","rendered":"

            \n

            When you make your book or select chapters of it public on the web, readers are not<\/strong> able to comment on each of your chapters by default.<\/p>\n

            This post will explain:<\/p>\n

            \n
            • How to enable comments<\/li>\n
            • How to disable comments on a chapter<\/li>\n
            • How to manage your comments individually<\/li>\n
            • How to manage comments in bulk<\/li>\n
            • How to remove spam comments<\/li>\n
            • Other review and annotation functions (watch this space)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n

              Enabling Comments<\/h2>\n

              By default, comments are disabled on all chapters, front matter and back matter. If you would like to allow readers to comment, you need to first enable comments globally. To do so:<\/p>\n

              \n
              • Go to “Settings” on the left menu, then “Sharing & Privacy”<\/li>\n
              • Under “Disable Comments”, select “No.\u00a0I want to leave comments, trackbacks and pingbacks enabled on all front matter, chapters and back matter unless I disable them manually.”<\/li>\n
              • Save your changes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
                <\/a><\/div>\n

                How to Disable\u00a0Comments on a Chapter<\/h2>\n

                Sometimes, you may want to turn off the ability for readers to comment on a specific chapter, while leaving comments enabled on others. To do this, go into the chapter in edit mode.<\/p>\n

                \n
                • Scroll down to the section titled Discussion.<\/li>\n
                • Unselect the box that says Allow Comments.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
                  <\/a><\/p>\n

                  Where to turn off comments in Pressbooks<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

                  Moderating Comments Individually<\/h2>\n

                  Pressbooks sorts your comments into five folders: All, comments Pending Moderation, Approved Comments, Spam and Trash.<\/p>\n

                  To access and moderate reader comments:<\/p>\n

                  \n
                  • Click on “Comments” on the left menu.<\/li>\n
                  • Comments pending moderation will appear on the right by default.<\/li>\n
                  • You can moderate comments individually or as a group.<\/li>\n
                  • To moderate individually, hover over a comment and\u00a0click on one of the links that appears. Options are as follows: Unapprove (prevents the comment from showing), Reply (lets you reply to the comment), Quick Edit (allows you to edit the comment), Edit, History (shows history of the comment thread and your replies), Spam or Trash.<\/li>\n
                  • Once you’ve chosen one of these options, select Apply.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
                    <\/a><\/p>\n

                    Comments moderation screen in Pressbooks<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

                    \n
                    • Once you approve a comment, it will move to the Approved Comments section, but you can always take action on it using the dropdown arrows to Unapprove, Mark as Spam or Move to Trash later.<\/li>\n
                    • Once a comment is moved to Trash, you still have the options to Restore or Delete it permanently.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                      Moderating Comments as a Group<\/h2>\n

                      \n
                      • To apply the same action to all comments, select the checkbox next to Author.<\/li>\n
                      • This will select all comments.<\/li>\n
                      • Then click on the arrow next to Bulk Actions.<\/li>\n
                      • For each selected comment, you can make one of four choices: Approve, Unapprove, Mark as Spam or Move to Trash.<\/li>\n
                      • Select an action.<\/li>\n
                      • Click apply.<\/li>\n
                      • Pressbooks will apply the change to the comment(s) you selected.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
                        <\/a><\/p>\n

                        Bulk actions comment moderation in Pressbooks<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

                        Spam Comments<\/span><\/h2>\n

                        Pressbooks will automatically route comments that appear to be spam to the spam folder. To review these comments:<\/p>\n

                        \n
                        • Click on Spam to view and moderate these comments.<\/li>\n
                        • Select comment(s).<\/li>\n
                        • Use the dropdown arrow next to Bulk Actions. You can either mark a comment as Not Spam or Delete Permanently.<\/li>\n
                        • Click Apply.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
                          <\/a><\/p>\n

                          Example of spam comment<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

                          Other Review and Annotation Functions – Watch This Space<\/h2>\n

                          We know that review and annotation are important aspects of academic publishing. We are working hard to develop more tools in this area to create a practical environment that enables interaction with a text in many different ways.\u00a0If you have any requests, recommendations or expertise to offer in this area, we welcome your input. Please email us at support@pressbooks.com<\/a>.\u00a0In the meantime, we recommend the Hypothes.is<\/a> browser extension\u00a0as a handy add-on for annotations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"menu_order":5,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":"cc-by"},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[50],"part":377,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pb.malartu.org\/pbuserguide\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/395"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pb.malartu.org\/pbuserguide\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pb.malartu.org\/pbuserguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pb.malartu.org\/pbuserguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pb.malartu.org\/pbuserguide\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/395\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":396,"href":"https:\/\/pb.malartu.org\/pbuserguide\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/395\/revisions\/396"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pb.malartu.org\/pbuserguide\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/377"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pb.malartu.org\/pbuserguide\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/395\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pb.malartu.org\/pbuserguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pb.malartu.org\/pbuserguide\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=395"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pb.malartu.org\/pbuserguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=395"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pb.malartu.org\/pbuserguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}