Can I prevent Comments being posted on particular page?

Question

We have a requirement where we do not want users to be able to Comment on selected particular pages in the Space (neither at the bottom of the page, nor in-line) but we don't want to block Comments on the other pages.

I have set the page edit Restrictions to just myself but still others can post a Comment :(

How can I block Commenting on a particular page?

Irina_Bel_Stiltsoft_ · Answer

Hi @Rodney Hughes ,

I can suggest you a workaround with Talk - Advanced Inline Comments for Confluence. When you disable Comments permissions over the space for specific users or groups, you disable both inline comments and page comments functionality for them. The Talk comments work with Pages or Comments permissions. Thus, when you enable only Page permissions over the space and restrict editing on specific pages for the same users or groups, these users will see neither inline comments nor page comments. In this case, a user can only add inline comments on other pages where users can edit permissions.

To wrap up: Page comments on a space level + restrict editing on some pages.

Bill Bailey · Answer

I can't take credit for the basic concept of this macro (but I don't remember where I found it). It basically uses a white tape approach to inhibit inline commenting via CSS. ## No macro body ## @noparams The rest of the my version of the macro add a note banner to the top of the page (at the macro location to warn the user that commenting has been disabled - key to avoid lots of support questions as to why commenting is not working. You may be able to do the same thing to "inhibit" comments at the bottom of the page.

Stefan Kohler · Answer

Hi @Rodney Hughes,

This is currently not possible with Confluence out-of-the-box. There are a couple of add-ons available that could help you, please have a look at

* HideElements for Confluence -- It allows you to hide certain elements (like comments, edit, etc) on a per-page base.
* Community Forums for Confluence -- Enables a forum style to your Confluence space, allowing you to ie. lock topics and disabling comments.

Another option is to create your own user macro or script, but it requires a bit more technical insight then add-ons :)

There could be other add-ons out there, but these I know and have good experience with.

Cheers,
Stefan