Configuring UGC for a Publication
In the User Generated Content tab of a Publication, you can specify a UGC Moderation service to connect to for one of the Publication's target environments (Purposes), as well as a number of general settings. The Moderation service can only be set for the last Purpose of this Publication (typically, this Purpose represents your live environment.)
Before you begin
To perform this task, you must be one of the following:
- an administrator-level user
- a user with both the Publication Management right and the User Generated Content right
- a user with the Publication Administration right
Procedure
- In Content Manager Explorer, open a publishable Publication for which you want to enable commenting and rating.
- In the Publication dialog, select the User Generated Content tab.
- Under Set Moderation Service for your Environment, under Moderation service, select the URL of the UGC Moderation Service you want to use from the dropdown list. (Typically, there is only one item in the list.)
- In the General settings for this Publication area, you can configure a number of settings:
Option Description Minimum rating The lowest rating a Web site visitor can assign. Defaults to 0. Maximum rating The highest rating a Web site visitor can assign. Defaults to 5. Threshold rating for flagging comments The score at which comments change color in various parts of the Content Manager Explorer GUI: a comment score that is equal to or lower than this value is colored red; all other comment scores are colored black. The value must be a number within the range above. Locale setting for date formats A locale string of the format cc-ll, where cc is a two-letter country code and ll is a two-letter language code (for example,en-usis US English) used to format dates.Timeout setting in milliseconds for requests to the moderation service The time (in milliseconds) after which Content Manager considers the Moderation Service to be unreachable. For example, a value of 4000 creates a 4-second timeout limit. - Click Save & Close to apply your changes and close the Publication dialog.