(At pj's suggestion, I'm posting this here. Email conversation below.)
I needed to use the overall "Turn comments ON for ALL stories to get reader comments allowed on my newest two stories. (This is working.)
The Problem:
On the Author's individual Manage Stories pages, the Show/Hide Comments option doesn't work as expected, and is confusing.
If comments are "hidden" then they cannot be submitted. What is the point of "hiding" nothing?
What would be better:
Next to this: "✏️ Reader Voting: Allowed / Not Allowed" --in the same section of each "Manage Story" page--instead have this toggle, as follows.
✏️ Reader Comments: Allowed / Not Allowed
I hope this proposal will be accepted.
-- OP-58
Re(5): Learning Curve
From: pj 10/24/2022, 3:33:54 PM
Btw... Forum is best place to ask these questions.
Cheers
On 2022-10-24 OmegaPet-58 said:
> Thank you, I'm glad to know I'm not
> crazy. On this subject, at least. (-:
> I shall contact our esteemed site administrator.
> -- OP-58
> On 2022-10-24 pj said:
> I just tested it. It works opposite. If field says Show,
> it's hidden. Doesnt seem to change immediately. 🤔
> > On 2022-10-24 OmegaPet-58 said:
> > > Thanks for writing!
> > > Maybe it's my browser, or cookies, or something.
> > > Or I am misinterpreting the screens.
> > > Here's what I found recently under "Manage Stories"
> > > "Turn Comments ON for All"
> > > On the individual story page, I see a toggle, for
> > > [Show/Hide] "Public Comments"
> > > Which, I thought was set to "Show"
> > >
> > > And no option for readers TO comment was
> > > offered at the ends of my last chapters.
> > >
> > > It seems useless to have the
> > > Show / Hide Comments
> > > options, when there were NO
> > > possible comments to reveal or conceal.
> > >
> > > By contrast, for voting I see:
> > > ✏️ Reader Voting: Allowed
> > >
> > > Which is clear and the way it
> > > should (and place) the option should appear.
> > >
> > > If I'm just being a dumbass, I apologize.
> > >
> > > Thanks again, OP-58
> > >
> > > I am sorry for the confusion
> > >
> > > On 2022-10-23 pj said:
> > >
> > > > Last time i looked, co.ments were per story in
> 'manage'