Sun Feb 23 2020
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The FastComments Comment Count Widget
Want to showcase the number of comments on a page before a user clicks in? No problem with FastComments.
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Sun Feb 23 2020
Mon Feb 17 2020
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Creating a Team of Comment Moderators with FastComments
A one-person army only scales so far. What do you do when you're overwhelmed by the number of comments you need to review?
Read this post to see how to invite comment moderators to FastComments.
Wed Feb 12 2020
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FastComments Default Avatars Using Gravatar
What's an Avatar?
An avatar is the profile icon associated with every account and displayed next to every comment.
What's Gravatar?
Gravatar brands itself as "A Globally Recognized Avatar". It's a service where you can define an avatar for a specific email. Any products you sign up for using that email can then use that avatar. This simplifies the process for people signing up for FastComments since their avatar is set up automatically.
So what's the change?
FastComments will now pull default avatars from Gravatar. You or your users don't have to do anything to take advantage of this feature.
If your existing users have already set their own avatar - no worries - we aren't going to overwrite their custom avatars. Additionally, users can still replace the Gravatar avatar in FastComments.
Wed Feb 12 2020
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Using FastComments in Multiple Places On The Same Page
FastComments is adaptable. It attaches to a standard element on a page, allowing it to work with any web framework.
Read this post to view an example of multiple instances of FastComments on the same page.
Sat Feb 08 2020
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Migrating From IntenseDebate To FastComments
Read this post to show how to fully migrate from IntenseDebate to FastComments.
Wed Feb 05 2020
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FastComments Gets Localized
Localization is no small step - and it's arrived at FastComments. The embeddable comment widget is now fully localized in English (en-us), Spanish (es-es), and French (fr-fr).
You'll notice that we haven't slowed down, either. Generally, when most applications add localization support, the bloat starts to set in. In our case, the client-side script has actually decreased in size as we've done some housekeeping and other optimizations at the same time.
If you'd like FastComments translated into your language, or you've spotted a translation issue, let us know.
Wed Feb 05 2020
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How to Disable Image Uploads In Your Comments
With FastComments, you can disable image uploads in the comment section of your website for either the entire site or just a specific page.
Mon Feb 03 2020
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Configure How Long to Keep Unverified Comments
By default, FastComments keeps your unverified comments for three days.
What does "unverified" mean?
When a user comments and provides their email, FastComments sends them an email asking them to verify their comment. This helps combat spam and highlights the comments that the authors genuinely want to be displayed.
If you enable Anonymous Commenting, they won't even need to provide their email!
Now you can configure how long to keep these comments - perhaps you don't want to automatically remove them at all! This is all configurable via Moderate Comments -> Edit Moderation Settings.
Mon Feb 03 2020
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Threaded Pagination Comes to FastComments
FastComments now supports pagination without collapsing content! Also, if you want to read a long thread quickly, FastComments has a "Load All Comments" button on long threads (like here).
This means that if you have hundreds of replies on a page, we won't slow down your site by loading them all at once. Once the user scrolls down to your comment section and reads past the 30 comments we load initially, they can click "Show Next 30 Comments" to quickly load the next set and continue reading.
It's also well optimized, as usual. If you're into that kind of thing, read about it on our engineering blog.
This requires no additional setup from you! Existing customers will get this feature. Enjoy FastComments.
Sat Feb 01 2020
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How to Allow Anonymous Comments With FastComments
By default, FastComments requires an email to comment if you are not logged in. We use this email to automatically create an account for the user and allow them to verify their comment. To enable anonymous commenting, you simply need to create a customization rule. Define the domain, and optionally the page, where you want to allow anonymous commenting.