 configuring comments goal configure a content entity type subtype to allow commenting using a comment type that you have configured see managing content structure for more about content entities and fields and creating a comment type to configure a comment type who can configure comments  in order to follow these steps the field ui module must be installed you ll need the comment module s administer comments and comment settings permission in order to change comment settings for a comment field you ll also need to have the appropriate permission for adding fields to the entity type or subtype that the comments are attached to for example to add a comment field to content items provided by the node module you would need the node module s administer content types permission steps follow the steps in the related adding a field to an entity subtype topic to add a field of type comments to the desired entity type or subtype on the first field settings page choose the comment type to use for this entity type or subtype you ll also notice that the allowed number of values field cannot be changed for comment fields on the next field settings page enter the desired settings for the comment field  threading  whether or not the comments are collected by threads with people able to reply to particular comments instead of to the content entity itself comments per page  the maximum number of comments displayed on one page a pager will be added if you exceed this limit  anonymous commenting  whether or not anonymous commenters are allowed or required to leave contact information with their comments only applies if anonymous users have permission to post comments  show reply form on the same page as comments  whether the comment reply form is displayed on the same page as the comments if this is not selected clicking reply will open a new page with the reply form preview comments  whether previewing comments before submission is required   optional  or disabled  default value  each individual entity has its own comment settings but here you can set defaults for the comment settings for this entity type or subtype the comment settings values are  open  comments are allowed closed  past comments remain visible but no new comments are allowed hidden  past comments are hidden and no new comments are allowed additional resources online documentation for content comment settings 