This plugin adds "blog-style" comments. Unlike the wiki-style freeform
Discussion pages, these comments are posted by a simple form, cannot later
This plugin adds "blog-style" comments. Unlike the wiki-style freeform
Discussion pages, these comments are posted by a simple form, cannot later
The intention is that on a non-wiki site (like a blog) you can lock all
pages for admin-only access, then allow otherwise unprivileged (or perhaps
even anonymous) users to comment on posts. See the documentation of the
The intention is that on a non-wiki site (like a blog) you can lock all
pages for admin-only access, then allow otherwise unprivileged (or perhaps
even anonymous) users to comment on posts. See the documentation of the
-[[lockedit]] and [[anonok]] pages for details on locking down a wiki so
-users can only post comments.
+[[opendiscussion]], [[lockedit]] and [[anonok]] pages for details on locking
+down a wiki so readers can only post comments.
Individual comments are stored as internal-use pages named something like
`page/comment_1`, `page/comment_2`, etc. These pages internally use a
Individual comments are stored as internal-use pages named something like
`page/comment_1`, `page/comment_2`, etc. These pages internally use a
-The comments are stored in `.ikiwiki/comments_pending/`, and can be
-deleted, or moved into the wiki's srcdir to be posted.
+The unmoderated comments are stored in the `srcdir` with a filename ending
+in "._comment_pending". They are not checked into revision control.