The discussion revolves around feature questions for Discourse. spectrum asks about three features:
Limited timeframe for commenting on threads, which codinghorror confirms is possible through timed close on a topic.
Long comments shown in teaser mode, which codinghorror says is not currently supported but has been considered for very long posts.
Showing no preview of comments on an article and instead displaying a link to the comment thread, which codinghorror says is possible via Discourse embedding, but it is read-only.
spectrum follows up on the third question, asking about removing comments from the embed code and only showing a direct link to the comment thread.
Hi,
I had a couple questions about Discourse features, to see if they are possible…
Is it possible to have a limited timeframe that users can comment on each thread created in Discourse?
For example, if we create a post, people have only one week to comment on it – or if it goes without a comment for a month or so, it will be locked automatically?
Is it possible to have long comments shown in a teaser mode, so they don’t stretch the page – but the full comment can be viewed by clicking on it?
Is it possible to show no preview of the Discourse comments on an article, but instead, show a link to the comment thread?
Do you mean via embedding Discourse on, say, a blog? Yes that is possible. Discourse embedding is read only though, which is very compatible with this particular case.
Thank you! I did want to ask more about the third question – we have embedded a preview in our current article/blog setup, so a read-only preview of the first few posts shows up at the bottom of each article/blog post. The preview features a button that takes you to the thread directly.
Do you know if it would be too complicated to remove the comments from the embed code, and just have the direct link to the comment thread embedded?