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===1. Write permissions===
You can ((/Doc/English/AccessControl set the ACLs)) for comments. The Read-ACLs are also applied to comments.

Default behavior:
#|
|| Read: | ##*## | Who can read (including comments) ||
|| Comments: | ##$## | Who can write comments ||
|#

file:/wackowiki_r6_en_permissions.png

===2. Display comments===
There is also a **visual setting** per page to show the comments to everybody or only to registered users. This enables you to allow or disallow comments on particular pages. If no value has been set for a particular page yet, the global default value is taken.

##footer_comments##

#|
|| ##NULL## | takes global default ||
|| ##0## | off ||
|| ##1## | on ||
|| ##2## | registered ||
|#

file:/wackowiki_r6_en_page_properties_extended.png

If you already have lots of pages with ##footer_comments## set to ##2## and you want change them to ##1##, you can run an SQL query to change them all at once.

%%(sql)
UPDATE 
	wacko_page 
SET
	footer_comments = 1
WHERE
	footer_comments = 2;
%% 
===3. Global default values===

  1. Comments must first be activated.
  1. The default value for the comments panel must be set. This affects new pages as well as pages with unset footer_comments value.
  2. Set the default comment permission. This will affect only new pages.   

Admin Panel -> Preferences -> Basic
file:/ap_comments_settings_en.png

Admin Panel -> Preferences -> Permissions
file:/ap_permissions_comment_en.png