# Add a Comments Section to an Eleventy Website with MongoDB and Netlify

DevFeed: [Add a Comments Section to an Eleventy Website with MongoDB and Netlify](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/add-a-comments-section-to-an-eleventy-website-with-mongodb-and-netlify-21812.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.thepolyglotdeveloper.com/blog/2022/03/add-comments-section-eleventy-website-mongodb-netlify/>)

Author: Nic Raboy

Published: 2022-03-23T13:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Nic Raboy](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/nic-raboy.md>)

Topics: [Tutorial](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tutorial.md>), [Eleventy](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/eleventy.md>), [MongoDB](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/mongodb.md>), [Netlify](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/netlify.md>), [Website](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/website.md>), [Database](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/database.md>), [Web Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web-development.md>), [HTTP](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/http.md>), [Node.js](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/node-js.md>), [Command-line interface](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cli.md>)

Tags: [database](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/database.md>), [eleventy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/eleventy.md>), [http](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/http.md>), [javascript](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/javascript.md>), [mongodb](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mongodb.md>), [netlify](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/netlify.md>), [node-js](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/node-js.md>), [nosql](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/nosql.md>), [serverless](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/serverless.md>), [tutorial](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tutorial.md>)

## AI overview

This tutorial explains how to add database-backed comments to a static Eleventy website hosted on Netlify. It describes rendering existing comments during site generation, loading newer comments with timestamp-based HTTP requests, and storing new comments in MongoDB.

## Source excerpt

I'm a huge fan of static generated websites! From a personal level, I have The Polyglot Developer, Poké Trainer Nic, and The Tracy Developer Meetup, all three of which are static generated websites bu... The post Add a Comments Section to an Eleventy Website with MongoDB and Netlify appeared first on MongoDB.