How to enable the Item Comments Panel
To enable the Item Comments Panel, follow these steps:
Navigate to Site Configuration → {Module} → Proofing and Comments.
Click Edit Settings.
Complete the relevant settings (see below table for more details)
Click Save to apply the changes.
The below table highlights the specific settings relevant to Item Comments:
Section | Options | Default Value | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
General Settings | Enable Item Comments | Disabled | When enabled, this option will add the comments panel within the form More details can be found within the article Item Info - Comments |
Replies To Comments | Enabled | When enabled, this option allows users to reply to comments. When disabled, replies will no longer be possible. The setting is respected for both Proofing and Item Comments. | |
Edit Another User’s Comment | Disabled | When enabled, this option will allow a user to edit another user’s comment. The setting is respected for both Proofing and Item Comments. | |
Enable Attachments | Disabled | When enabled, this will allow users to add an attachment to a comment so that you can better facilitate the conversation by providing additional comment context. The setting is respected for both Proofing and Item Comments. More details can be found within the article Comments panel | |
Attachments Module | Empty | ||
Limit access to Comments and Page Statuses by | Access Right | This option defines how you want to control access to comments and page status. There are two options: access rights or user groups. The setting is respected for both Proofing and Item Comments. | |
Comment Colour - Access Right | Empty | Depending on the option selected within ‘Limit access to Comments and Page Statuses by’, you can control which access rights or user groups have restricted access to specific comment colours. We support 10 comment colours (yellow, green, blue, red, purple, orange, cyan, silver and lavender) with lavender reserved for guest users. A custom label can be specified against each colour to match your business use-case. The setting is respected for both Proofing and Item Comments. | |
Mark Comment as Resolved | Mark Comment as Resolved for Item Comments | Disabled | When enabled, this option will allow users to mark a comment as done allowing them to effectively manage and track the resolution status of comments. More details can be found within the article Item Comments |
Known behaviour:
User without Edit access to module cannot perform any operations with item comments.