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“The site finally feels like us. Not like a template with our logo on it.”Original comment · source retained
The good word, carried forward.
Give the good word a good home.
A good comment should not disappear under the next post. Carry it onto your site, in your own type, colors, and voice.
Private beta · five design partners · hands-on setup
“The site finally feels like us.”Evergreen Studio · source linked
The component makes no outside requests
The embed stays under a 15 KB gzip budget
Pause and reduced motion are built in
Approved comments stay on your site
The reel itself
Drag it, flick it, or let it run · demonstration content
Keep the part people actually said.
Choose the line that says it best, keep the source attached, and style it like the rest of the site.
Start with a comment worth keeping.
During the beta, you supply comments you have permission to publish.
Use the client’s type and colors.
The reel takes its surface, accent, spacing, and shape from the host site.
Keep the source attached.
The comment stays readable and controllable on pointer, keyboard, and touch.
A reel you can hand off.
CommentReel is for designers who want client praise on the page without dropping in an iframe that looks like somebody else’s product.
- AUse the same type, spacing, and color tokens as the rest of the site.
- BHost approved comments with the customer instead of pulling a live feed.
- CKeep the reel working if a social account disconnects.
- DGet direct help with the first installation during the beta.
It started on a real website.
CommentReel began as the “What People Are Saying” section for Hometown Media, where it still runs today.
Proof that belongs with the photography.
The first integration needed real comments to sit comfortably beside the work, remain readable, and avoid the weight and styling limits of a third-party social wall.
Visit the reference site →What people are saying.
“They caught the feeling of the whole night.”
Five design partners · direct setup help
Have a client site in mind?
We will install the beta with you, note where it gets in the way, and use that work to decide what comes next.