Blog comments and Simple Likes provide essential interaction features for your visitors. Here's how to manage them effectively:

Enabling Comments

1. Open Blog preferences panel
2. Click Comments Settings
3. Enable Comments Globally
4. Enable Allow Anonymous Comments (required for visitor comments)

Key Comment Settings

• Allow Simple Comment Likes: Enables visitors to like individual comments
• Require Approval: Moderate comments before they appear
• Threaded Comments: Allow nested comment responses
• Show Avatars: Display profile pictures next to comments

Managing Individual Post Comments

Version 7.1:

• Navigate to Pages panel > blog post
• Click ... > Settings
• Toggle Comments on/off
• Set time limit for comments if desired

Version 7.0:

• Open Pages panel > blog page
• Edit post
• Select Comments On/Off
• Set comment time limit if needed

Comment Moderation

Access comment management:

1. Open Pages panel
2. Scroll to Manage Comments
3. View comments by category:
   • Unmoderated
   • Approved
   • Flagged

Moderation actions:

• Approve: Click checkmark
• Delete: Click trash can
• Reply: Click speech bubble
• Clear flags: Select flagged comments

Simple Likes Feature

To enable:

1. Open Blog preferences panel
2. Check Use Simple Liking

Note: Visitors can like each post once, tracked through browser storage and IP address.

Special "exploding hearts" animation available in templates:

• Avenue
• Five
• Galapagos
• Ishimoto
• Wells
• Wexley

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