{"id":13040,"date":"2024-08-28T14:45:39","date_gmt":"2024-08-28T14:45:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zealous.co\/help\/docs\/taking-submissions\/managing-your-submissions\/leaving-comments\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T10:28:56","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T10:28:56","slug":"creating-comment-channels","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/zealous.co\/help\/docs\/taking-submissions\/managing-your-submissions\/creating-comment-channels\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating comment channels"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>While you are judging entries, you may want to <a href=\"https:\/\/zealous.co\/help\/docs\/judging\/judging-process\/leaving-comments\/\" title=\"\">leave comments<\/a> on some of the entries. Channels will be created for each round in order for you to leave your thoughts on pieces of have a dialogue with the judges. However, you can also create your own with singular or multiple judges. <strong>Please note: only the admin of the opportunity can create a channel.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To create a channel: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Go to the judging page <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use the speech bubble icon to open up the comments <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Press the plus icon next to channels <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A box will come up to allow you to name your new channel <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"822\" height=\"742\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13043 lazyload\" sizes=\"(max-width: 822px) 100vw, 822px\" data-src=\"https:\/\/zealous.co\/wpadmin2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-28-154302.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/zealous.co\/wpadmin2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-28-154302.png 822w, https:\/\/zealous.co\/wpadmin2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-28-154302-300x271.png 300w, https:\/\/zealous.co\/wpadmin2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-28-154302-768x693.png 768w, https:\/\/zealous.co\/wpadmin2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-28-154302-20x18.png 20w, https:\/\/zealous.co\/wpadmin2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-28-154302-32x29.png 32w\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>5. Once created, you can use the judge icon to add members. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"502\" height=\"317\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13044 lazyload\" sizes=\"(max-width: 502px) 100vw, 502px\" data-src=\"https:\/\/zealous.co\/wpadmin2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-28-155031.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/zealous.co\/wpadmin2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-28-155031.png 502w, https:\/\/zealous.co\/wpadmin2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-28-155031-300x189.png 300w, https:\/\/zealous.co\/wpadmin2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-28-155031-20x13.png 20w, https:\/\/zealous.co\/wpadmin2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-28-155031-32x20.png 32w\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While you are judging entries, you may want to leave comments on some of the entries. Channels will be created for each round in order for you to leave your thoughts on pieces of have a dialogue with the judges. However, you can also create your own with singular or multiple judges. Please note: only [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"parent":6457,"menu_order":51,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-13040","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","no-post-thumbnail"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zealous.co\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/13040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zealous.co\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zealous.co\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zealous.co\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zealous.co\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13040"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/zealous.co\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/13040\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14230,"href":"https:\/\/zealous.co\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/13040\/revisions\/14230"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zealous.co\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/6457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zealous.co\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zealous.co\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=13040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}