How do I keep Komento 3 comments section closed on initial page load?
By Richard on Saturday, 24 December 2016
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I upgraded to Komento 3 and on page load the comments area is always open, ready for a comment, even if a comment has not been made.

How do I keep the comments area closed on page load, but available to be opened if anyone wants to view or post comments?

It was possible with a small file adjustment in Komento 2, not sure what the correct change is for Komento 3.

As a minimum, even if it was possible to keep the 'There are no comments posted here yet' area closed on page load that would be a big help.
Hello Richard,

We have removed this behavior in Komento 3 altogether with the rationale of it not making much sense to hide the comments form initially.

Why? We realize that when the comments form is hidden initially, it greatly reduces the probability of a person trying to click on the button to expand the comment form to post a comment.

This experiment was pretty similar to the initial story form on EasySocial 1.x where the story form was initially in a 'Hidden' state and upon focusing on the story form, it then expands the form.

Having said that, if you want, you could customize the entire comments theme file if you want to in /components/com_komento/themes/wireframe/structure/default.php

But again, I strongly advise you to not hide the comment form initially as you would see the difference in having the comment form expanded initially.
Mark
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Saturday, 24 December 2016 15:37
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I understand Mark and after looking at it again, including the default file, it makes a lot of sense, leaving everything as it is.
Richard
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Saturday, 24 December 2016 19:08
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Thanks for updating this Richard
Mark
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Saturday, 24 December 2016 19:48
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