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Start Commentail on a practice site
Run an isolated Wagtail example, publish a first comment and confirm a guest without sending real email.
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Commentail installation and customization
All articles in this series, in reading order.
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Add Commentail to an existing Wagtail site
Connect apps, middleware, URLs, migrations and an article template without replacing the host configuration.
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Site settings and the reader journey
Choose access and moderation, understand inherited settings, replies and author editing.
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Moderation and editor permissions
Review the queue, explain decisions and assign scoped permissions to editorial groups.
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Environment variables without key confusion
Store credentials outside source, distinguish public and secret keys, and pass settings to web and worker processes.
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Send email through SMTP
Configure SMTP transport, verify the sender and complete the guest-confirmation flow.
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Use the Resend API through Django Anymail
Create a dedicated sending key and connect an HTTP email backend to the existing outbox.
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Schedule email processing and cleanup
Use the command or an existing task queue once per minute, then verify that the real scheduler works.
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Connect Google reCAPTCHA
Create matching reCAPTCHA v2 checkbox keys and verify the Commentail widget.
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Connect Yandex SmartCaptcha
Create a practice CAPTCHA, store client and server keys, and check the standard widget.
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Word rules, CSV and spam protection
Import rules, test matching and distinguish review signals from submission quotas.
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Customize Commentail with CSS
Style colors, buttons, avatars, spacing and dark mode without replacing forms.