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RSComments! - Configuration

Configuration

The Configuration tab (Components > RSComments! > Options) is the place where general component settings can be adjusted. For better navigation, these have been divided into 6 categories:

General

  • Please enter your license code to receive updates: the license code required to receive updates. This is available in the rsjoomla.com > View my downloads area, after you have registered a domain.
  • Date and Time Format: A mask used to display the date. This is based on the PHP date masks.
  • Enable RSS: Enabling this option will display the RSS icon.

Comments

  • Template: Upon installing the component, RSComments! comes with some default templates: default, DarkScheme, LightScheme. Furthermore, new, custom layouts can be added. Just create your own (follow the default one as an example: components/com_rscomments/designs/default) and place it in the components/com_rscomments/designs/ folder
  • Author name: Joomla! name / username. In the author area of the comment the name or username can be displayed
  • Show subject: yes/no, if enabled a subject text box will be added to the commenting form
  • Show website: yes/no, if enabled a web text box will be added to the commenting form
  • Add rel='nofollow' to website : this will prevent search engines to follow foregin links on your website. This will only be added for links that are added via the website field
  • Enable smiles: emoticon buttons will be displayed in the comment submission form
  • Enable BBCode: the BBCode bar will displayed in the comment submission form (if user has enough RSComments! group permissions
  • Enable votes: enabling this option will allow visitors to vote for comments (if visitor has enough RSComments! group permissions
  • Enable Subscriptions: yes/no - if enabled, registered viewers will be able to subscribe a commenting thread
  • Show subscribe box: if enabled a subscription check will be added to the commenting form
  • Enable upload: yes/no - if enabled the comment submitter will be able to upload a field to its comment
  • Maximum file size - specified in MB
  • Allowed extensions: a list of the allowed file extensions that can be uploaded (each on a new line)
  • Minimum comment length: you can't add a comment with a smaller length then the one specified here
  • Maximum comment length: how many characters can be used within a comment
  • Show remaining characters counter: Yes / No
  • Enable accordion effect: Yes / No - the commenting form can be toggled.
  • The comment form will be : Closed / Opened. If the accordion effect is used, this option will set the current state of the form.
  • Enable avatar: if this option is enabled, the comment will also display a image of the person who has submitted the comment. The avatar can be imported from: Gravatar, Community Builder, JomSocial, Kunena, Fireboard
  • Show User Social Link: no link, Community Builder, JomSocial. The avatar can be linked to the listed profiles, depending on the installed components.
  • Comments display order: Most recent first/last
  • Comments per page: the maximum number of comments that will be displayed on a page
  • Email notifications: if set to "yes" the a notification email can be send when a new comment is submitted
  • Show 'No comments' text: Yes / No - if enabled the text will be displayed if no comments are available
  • Joomla! categories: categories that RSComments! will not be displayed on
  • Joomla! sections: sections that RSComments! will not be displayed on

Captcha

The Captcha tab offers some controls over the anti spam options that can be enabled on your commenting form:

  • Spam protection: Built-in captcha / reCaptcha. RSComments! comes by default with a integrated captcha system but, if preferred it can use reCaptcha
  • Characters: numerical value. This option allows you to set how many chars the built-in captcha will generate (does not apply if reCaptcha is used)
  • Generate lines: if enabled some lines will be added to generated captcha image (built-in) making it harder for some spam boots to pass through
  • Case sensitive: the validation of the generated chars will be case sensitive. For example, if the captcha generates "AB" the system will only validate "AB" not "ab"
  • reCAPTCHA Public Key: key required to run the reCaptcha feature
  • reCAPTCHA Private Key: key required to run the reCaptcha feature
  • reCAPTCHA Theme: by default, reCaptcha offers the following display themes: red, white, black glass and clean

Filters

The Filter tab allows you to set what words can be filtered upon posting a comment:

  • Akismet key: to use the Akismet comment validation you will require a key. Using the Akismet option will provide some protection against spammers.
  • Interval between posts: what time should pass before a new comment can be added by you.
  • Word length: the maximum number of chars a word can have. This is useful for preventing the comment to break the layout.
  • Add nofollow links: you can set this attribute to notify the search engines not to pass PageRank to the linked page.
  • Forbidden names: the listed names can't be used when filling up the comment form.
  • Censored words: a list of the words that will be censored. Each has to be separated by comma (,)
  • Word replacement: the censored words can be replaced with the configured chars. For example: *****
  • Block users: listed users are not able to comment.

Messages

The Messages tab allows all types of message configuration:

  • Closed comments: if the comment thread has been closed and a visitor will try to add comment this message will be displayed
  • Commenting is denied: if the visitor does not have sufficient permissions the comment this message will be displayed
  • Notification message: this message will be send to the configured email address from the Configuration > Comments > List of emails if Email notifications option is enabled. The placeholders that can be used in the Notification message are: {username}, {ip} and {link}.
  • Subscription message: if the user subscribes to a comment thread the configured email will be sent to his email address. The placeholders that can be used in the Subscription message are: {name}, {author}, {message}, {email} and {link}
  • Terms and conditions: Rolling this area, will allow you to enable or disable the terms and conditions checkbox when submitting a new comment. It is to be noted that this setting is applied globally (to all comment areas and every user group). The Terms of usage area allows you to set up the actual agreement terms (WYSIWYG area). You can set the Terms and conditions for each installed front-end language pack.

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