Turning comments for specific content types on or off in the Developer Portal

You can turn the comments for specific content types on or off in the Developer Portal.

Before you begin

You must have administrator access to the Developer Portal to complete this task.
Note: This module will only synchronize the credentials of applications created by consumers in the Developer Portal site UI. It cannot synchronize the credentials for applications created by the provider in the API Manager UI.

Procedure

To turn comments for specific content types on or off in the Developer Portal, complete the following steps:

  1. If the administrator dashboard is not displayed, click Manage to display it.
  2. Click Structure in the administrator dashboard.
  3. Click Content types.
  4. In the OPERATIONS column, click Manage fields for the required content type.
  5. In the OPERATIONS column, click Edit for the Comments field.
    Note:
    • If there is no Comments field, you can enable commenting for the selected content type by adding one as follows:
      1. Click Add field.
      2. From the Add a new field list, select Comments.
      3. Enter a field label, then click Save and continue.
      4. Select the required comment type, then click Save field settings.
    • You can completely disable commenting for the selected content type, and permanently remove all current comments, by selecting Delete.
  6. Select the required option in the DEFAULT VALUE section.
    1. To allow commenting, select Open.
    2. To keep existing comments but disallow further commenting, select Closed.
    3. To hide all comments, select Hidden.
  7. When done, click Save settings.