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  To add URL to your "Promoted Headline" follow the steps below:   Step 1. Open the website you need   Step 2. Log in to your SolidOpinion account.   Step 3. Go to the "Promoted Headline" section.   Step 4. Click on the arrow icon in the right corner of the "Promoted Headline" menu, then type your message in the "Promoted Headline" text areas and click the "Promote" button: Step 5. The link has been successfully added.    ...

The “Promoted Headlines” widget allows users to sponsor relevant content by placing text ads right above article headlines, visible to users across all devices.   To post a promoted headline a user will have to spend a certain number of points, determined by the website owner on the admin panel.   All users have an opportunity to be involved into the competition for the top spot and...

The SolidOpinion widget enables you to promote your comments to the top position of the promoted comments section, placed above regular comments of other users. Thus, your comment can stand out among others.   To make it displayed in the “Top Comments” section you can bid for the top spot by spending a certain number of your points.   By default, promoted comments are shown in the compact way...

The SolidOpinion commenting widget enables users to like/dislike as well as upvote/downvote any comment multiple times. To use this feature go to the “Comment” menu located under the comment and click on the corresponding icon:   Multi-upvote:     Multi-downvote:     Keep in mind, that you’ll have to spend a certain amount of your points to use this feature. The cost of this feature is set in the “Game Rules” tab of...

To share your points with other users follow the steps below:   1) Log in to your account on my.solidopinion.com and select the “Your Profile” tab:     2) Scroll down the page until you see the "Your SolidOpinion activity" headline along with the "Search Site" field:     3) In the "Search Site" field type-in the necessary short name:     4) After entering the short name your site will appear under the "Search Site" field....

Effect: "Turn off replies" Location: "Comment" menu   The “Turn off replies” effect enables you to turn off replies to your comment. Once this effect is activated no one will be able to leave replies to your comment. To apply this effect you should open the “Comment” menu located under the comment you want to disable replies to.   Then make sure to click on the “Turn off replies”...

Effect: "Throw a reputation bomb at the author" Location: "Author" menu   The “Throw a reputation bomb at the author” effect enables you to damage the reputation of other users by reducing the amount of points they have. The effectiveness of the bomb varies between 90-100% and may have an impact on the user who threw the bomb as well!   To apply this effect you should open the “Author” menu located...

A commenter can select a sorting order to be applied to the comments in the widget settings. The selected sorting order will be stored in the cookies of the user’s browser and will be effective for the entire domain.   There are 5 options available for a commenter to choose from: - Newest - Highest Reputation - Newest and voted up - Highest reputation and voted up - Oldest     Sort by newest This...

To reward and engage users, involved in discussions, a website owner can implement the rank system option on their website. If it is enabled on the website, each commenter obtains a certain rank depending on the amount of points s/he possesses. To avoid ranking down you should maintain your points balance. If you want to find out, how many points you need to earn to get the...

The “Pay to open” effect enables users to open a hidden part of the comment of another user.   Note: This is a “paid” effect which means that you’ll have to spend a certain amount of your points to see the full text of the comment. To apply this effect, select the text that you want to be visible to other commenters for free and click the "Select"...

To reply to a comment click on the “Reply” option under the comment you want to leave feedback on: Write you comment in the text box and make sure to click the “Post” button.   Happy commenting! SolidOpinion...

Effect: "Remove a comment" Location: Main menu, "Comment" menu   To remove your comment from the discussion, choose one of two ways described below: 1. Through the Main menu:     2. Through the "Comment" menu: The “Remove comment” option can be applied by the time a comment has no replies, votes or effects applied to it by other users. Thus, as soon as a comment gets a reply, vote or some...

The “Pin comment to the top” effect enables you to put your comment above the comments of other users at the top of the discussion, regardless of the sorting order selected. To apply this effect you should open the “Comment” menu located under your comment and click on the “Pin comment to the top” icon in the user toolbar:     Set the duration of the effect and after...

Effect: "Prevent author from posting" Location: "Author" menu   The “Prevent author from posting” effect enables you to block a user for a certain time, keeping them out of an opportunity to post comments. To apply this effect you should open the “Author” menu, located under the comment of the user you want to block, and click on the “Prevent author from posting” icon:     Set the duration of the effect...

Effect: "Mark as spam" Location: "Comment" menu   The “Mark as spam” effect enables you to mark a comment which you consider to be a spam message.   To apply this effect you should open the “Comment” menu located under the comment of the user, whose message you want to mark as spam:   Then click on the "Flag as inappropriate" icon in the user toolbar and press the “Report a spam"...

Effect: "Make comment immune to all effects" Location: "Comment" menu   You can apply the “Make comment immune to all effects” effect to make it resistant to the following effects in case other users try to apply them: Multi vote down Multi dislike Add an emoticon Add an image Embed video Add a remark Add format However, these effects will remain available for you, so you can apply...

The SolidOpinion commenting widget enables you to like/dislike and upvote/downvote comments of other users. You can find these options under the comment of each user, who takes part in the discussion.   Depending on the site settings one or both options can be available for use.   Like/Dislike:     Upvote/Downvote:       Note: This is a permanent effect, which means that once it has been applied there is no opportunity to remove it.   The site administrator can...

Effect: "Ignore author" Location: "Actions" menu   The “Ignore author” effect enables you to hide the activity of a certain user, making their comments no longer visible to you.   This is a “paid” effect which means that you’ll have to spend a certain amount of your points to use it.   To apply this effect you should open the “Actions” menu located under the comment of the user whose activity you...

Expert mode enables certain commenters, depending on their rank, to use a special opportunity of applying different text formatting for free with the help of HTML tags. A site owner determines game rules for Expert mode and can turn this mode on in the rank settings of the publisher’s control panel. When Expert mode is on, as a commenter, you will see the icon, informing that...

Effect: "Embed video" Location: "Comment" menu   The “Embed video” effect enables you to add to your comment videos from YouTube, DailyMotion and Vimeo.   This is a “paid” effect which means that you’ll have to spend a certain amount of your points to add a video to a comment.   To add a video to your comment open the “Comment” menu in the user toolbar and click the “Embed video”...

Effect: "Edit comment" Location: "Comment" menu   The “Edit comment” effect enables you to make changes and corrections to your comment.     To edit your comment just click the “Edit” button in the user toolbar and after all corrections and/or changes are made click the “Apply” button:     Once the “Edit comment” effect has been applied, other effects such as “Add a remark” and “Add format” will no longer be active.   The...

SolidOpinion offers users various types of effects, which can be applied to a comment itself as well as to its author. In terms of duration, there are two types of the effects:   1. Temporary effects – these effects can be applied for a certain time, set by a user. Temporary effects include:   Change author's name Change author's picture Add a remark Prevent author...

Effect: "Сancel all effects" Location: "Actions" menu The "Cancel all effects" effect enables to cancel the following effects if they have been applied to the author, as well as to their comments: Change the author’s name Change the author’s picture Prevent an author from posting Add a remark Add format To apply this effect go to the "Actions" menu in the user toolbar and select the "Cancel all...

Effect: "Change author's picture" Location: "Author" menu The “Change author’s picture” effect enables you to change the picture of another user for a certain time. To apply this effect you should open the “Author” menu located under the comment of the user, whose picture you want to change. Then click on the “Change author’s picture” icon in the user toolbar. Choose and upload an image file you want to...

Effect: "Change author's name" Location: "Author" menu   The “Change author’s name” effect enables you to change the name of another user for a certain time.   To apply this effect you should open the “Author” menu located under the comment of the user, whose name you want to change.   Then click on the “Change author’s name” icon in the user toolbar, put a new name in the textbox, select the...

Effect: "Add a remark" Location: "Actions" menu The "Add a remark" effect enables you to comment within other users’ comments. To apply this effect you should open the "Actions" menu located under the comment you want to say something about. Then make sure to click on the "Add a remark" icon in the user toolbar. After the box with the comment appears, highlight the text...

Effect: "Add an image" Location: "Actions" menu The "Add an image" effect enables users to add images to their comments. This is a "paid" effect, which means that you’ll have to spend a certain amount of your points to add an image to the comment. The icon below represents the "Add an image" effect in the user toolbar: Note: You can add an image by simply pasting its URL into...

Effect: "Add an emotion" Location: "Actions" menu It is a paid effect that allows you to add more emotion to comment. Of course, if you changed your mind you can deselect "emotions". The "emotion" can be removed only with the comment after application. You can enjoy all these pretty "emotions" below: Note: This is a "paid" effect, which means that you’ll have to spend a certain amount of your points to...

Effect: "Add format" Location: "Actions" menu The "Add format" effect enables you to add a certain format to the text of your comments as well as to comments of other users (bold, italic and underlined fonts are available for use): This is a "paid" effect which means that you’ll have to spend a certain amount of your points to add the format to the text of a comment....

How does localization work?   Our widget adapts to the language of the website it is installed on, or to the one selected as your browser language. If your language is not supported by SolidOpinion yet, then the widget language is going to be set as English by default.   Currently supported languages are listed below:   English Dutch French Canadian French German Indonesian Italian Japanese Polish Portuguese Russian Spanish ...