How to add a comments section to a web page.

Forum|Forum|3 years ago
June 7, 2022
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Hello,

I'd like to add a comments section to a webpage. The sort of thing I'd like can be seen at the bottom of this page.

https://viewcameraaustralia.org/2022/06/05/view-camera-australia-online-exhibition-june-2022/

Is there anything in Dreamweaver that can do this or do I need something else?

Thanks

Mark

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Nancy OShea

Community Expert

No, nothing in DW can do that. You need server-scripting and a database for that.

Use WordPress. Commenting can be enabled in blogs if desired.

Be careful what you wish for though. Spambots and trolls will be all over it in no time.

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert

O

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Legend

Unless comments are vetted before they are published its probably not a great idea to have a comments section on a small website. Most of these big web forums have some kind of moderator team who should be able to take down comments quickly if they are not suitable. On a small website you could have a war of words going on why you are sunning yourself in the Carribean.

Liam Dilley

Inspiring

Yes but you have to be fairly dedicated to want to check if you have any feedback on a daily basis or even sooner. I suspect this wares off quickly and those that do post won't because they expect instant approval. So unless you are running a website 24/7 I would forget a comments section.

It's like I've provided numerous clients over the years with the ability to write blog posts or post news articles. There is initial enthusiasm for about a week and then nothing for 5+ years, lol. Youre better off not bothering if the last post is 5 years old, makes the company look defunct.

No one does this. Modern solutions produce data points and analytics for you to review based on volume, raiting and even word count and information. You do not review all comments until you need to.

Also people saying it is a server side or CMS feature - Not actually true.

You can use 3rd party services including facebook comments (which is free to do) and its just embed code into the site pages, making sure some data values are correct and you are away.

BenPleysier

Community Expert

This looks like a site that was produced using WordPress, in which case you can only use Wordpress to modify the contents.

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