diff --git a/client/coral-admin/src/actions/settings.js b/client/coral-admin/src/actions/settings.js
index 71106e1f7..1dfda51b9 100644
--- a/client/coral-admin/src/actions/settings.js
+++ b/client/coral-admin/src/actions/settings.js
@@ -26,7 +26,10 @@ export const updateSettings = settings => {
 };
 
 export const saveSettingsToServer = () => (dispatch, getState) => {
-  const settings = getState().settings.toJS().settings;
+  let settings = getState().settings.toJS().settings;
+  if (settings.charCount) {
+    settings.charCount = parseInt(settings.charCount);
+  }
   dispatch({type: SAVE_SETTINGS_LOADING});
   coralApi('/settings', {method: 'PUT', body: settings})
     .then(() => {
diff --git a/client/coral-admin/src/containers/Configure/CommentSettings.js b/client/coral-admin/src/containers/Configure/CommentSettings.js
index 194af720c..3a6a796e4 100644
--- a/client/coral-admin/src/containers/Configure/CommentSettings.js
+++ b/client/coral-admin/src/containers/Configure/CommentSettings.js
@@ -8,9 +8,25 @@ import {
   ListItemContent,
   ListItemAction,
   Textfield,
-  Checkbox
+  Checkbox,
+  Icon
 } from 'react-mdl';
 
+const updateCharCountEnable = (updateSettings, charCountChecked) => () => {
+  const charCountEnable = !charCountChecked;
+  updateSettings({charCountEnable});
+};
+
+const updateCharCount = (updateSettings, settingsError) => (event) => {
+  const charCount = event.target.value;
+  if (charCount.match(/[^0-9]/) || charCount.length === 0) {
+    settingsError('charCount', true);
+  } else {
+    settingsError('charCount', false);
+  }
+  updateSettings({charCount: charCount});
+};
+
 const updateModeration = (updateSettings, mod) => () => {
   const moderation = mod === 'pre' ? 'post' : 'pre';
   updateSettings({moderation});
@@ -31,48 +47,80 @@ const updateClosedMessage = (updateSettings) => (event) => {
   updateSettings({closedMessage});
 };
 
-const CommentSettings = (props) => <List>
-  <ListItem className={styles.configSetting}>
-    <ListItemAction>
-      <Checkbox
-        onClick={updateModeration(props.updateSettings, props.settings.moderation)}
-        checked={props.settings.moderation === 'pre'} />
-    </ListItemAction>
-    {lang.t('configure.enable-pre-moderation')}
-  </ListItem>
-  <ListItem threeLine className={styles.configSettingInfoBox}>
-    <ListItemAction>
-      <Checkbox
-        onClick={updateInfoBoxEnable(props.updateSettings, props.settings.infoBoxEnable)}
-        checked={props.settings.infoBoxEnable} />
-    </ListItemAction>
-    <ListItemContent>
-      {lang.t('configure.include-comment-stream')}
-      <p>
-        {lang.t('configure.include-comment-stream-desc')}
+const CommentSettings = ({updateSettings, settingsError, settings, errors}) => <List>
+    <ListItem className={`${styles.configSetting} ${settings.moderation === 'pre' ? styles.enabledSetting : styles.disabledSetting}`}>
+      <ListItemAction>
+        <Checkbox
+          onClick={updateModeration(updateSettings, settings.moderation)}
+          checked={settings.moderation === 'pre'} />
+      </ListItemAction>
+      <ListItemContent>
+      <div className={styles.settingsHeader}>{lang.t('configure.enable-pre-moderation')}</div>
+      <p className={settings.moderation === 'pre' ? '' : styles.disabledSettingText}>
+        {lang.t('configure.enable-pre-moderation-text')}
       </p>
     </ListItemContent>
-  </ListItem>
-  <ListItem className={`${styles.configSettingInfoBox} ${props.settings.infoBoxEnable ? null : styles.hidden}`} >
-    <ListItemContent>
-      <Textfield
-        onChange={updateInfoBoxContent(props.updateSettings)}
-        value={props.settings.infoBoxContent}
-        label={lang.t('configure.include-text')}
-        rows={3}/>
-    </ListItemContent>
-  </ListItem>
-  <ListItem className={styles.configSettingInfoBox}>
-    <ListItemContent>
-      {lang.t('configure.closed-comments-desc')}
-      <Textfield
-        onChange={updateClosedMessage(props.updateSettings)}
-        value={props.settings.closedMessage}
-        label={lang.t('configure.closed-comments-label')}
-        rows={3}/>
-    </ListItemContent>
-  </ListItem>
-</List>;
+    </ListItem>
+    <ListItem className={`${styles.configSetting} ${settings.charCountEnable ? styles.enabledSetting : styles.disabledSetting}`}>
+      <ListItemAction>
+        <Checkbox
+          onClick={updateCharCountEnable(updateSettings, settings.charCountEnable)}
+          checked={settings.charCountEnable} />
+      </ListItemAction>
+      <ListItemContent>
+        <div className={styles.settingsHeader}>{lang.t('configure.comment-count-header')}</div>
+        <p className={settings.charCountEnable ? '' : styles.disabledSettingText}>
+          <span>{lang.t('configure.comment-count-text-pre')}</span>
+          <input type='text'
+            className={`${styles.charCountTexfield} ${settings.charCountEnable && styles.charCountTexfieldEnabled}`}
+            htmlFor='charCount'
+            onChange={updateCharCount(updateSettings, settingsError)}
+            value={settings.charCount}/>
+          <span>{lang.t('configure.comment-count-text-post')}</span>
+            {
+              errors.charCount &&
+              <span className={styles.settingsError}>
+                <br/>
+                <Icon name="error_outline"/>
+                {lang.t('configure.comment-count-error')}
+              </span>
+            }
+        </p>
+      </ListItemContent>
+    </ListItem>
+    <ListItem threeLine className={`${styles.configSettingInfoBox} ${settings.infoBoxEnable ? styles.enabledSetting : styles.disabledSetting}`}>
+      <ListItemAction>
+        <Checkbox
+          onClick={updateInfoBoxEnable(updateSettings, settings.infoBoxEnable)}
+          checked={settings.infoBoxEnable} />
+      </ListItemAction>
+      <ListItemContent>
+        {lang.t('configure.include-comment-stream')}
+        <p>
+          {lang.t('configure.include-comment-stream-desc')}
+        </p>
+      </ListItemContent>
+    </ListItem>
+    <ListItem className={`${styles.configSettingInfoBox} ${settings.infoBoxEnable ? null : styles.hidden}`} >
+      <ListItemContent>
+        <Textfield
+          onChange={updateInfoBoxContent(updateSettings)}
+          value={settings.infoBoxContent}
+          label={lang.t('configure.include-text')}
+          rows={3}/>
+      </ListItemContent>
+    </ListItem>
+    <ListItem className={styles.configSettingInfoBox}>
+      <ListItemContent>
+        {lang.t('configure.closed-comments-desc')}
+        <Textfield
+          onChange={updateClosedMessage(updateSettings)}
+          value={settings.closedMessage}
+          label={lang.t('configure.closed-comments-label')}
+          rows={3}/>
+      </ListItemContent>
+    </ListItem>
+  </List>;
 
 export default CommentSettings;
 
diff --git a/client/coral-admin/src/containers/Configure/Configure.css b/client/coral-admin/src/containers/Configure/Configure.css
index 388813a64..667bb4744 100644
--- a/client/coral-admin/src/containers/Configure/Configure.css
+++ b/client/coral-admin/src/containers/Configure/Configure.css
@@ -18,9 +18,27 @@
 .configSetting {
   border: 1px solid #ccc;
   border-radius: 4px;
-  height: 90px;
+  height: 95px;
   margin-bottom: 10px;
-  cursor: pointer;
+  align-items: flex-start;
+}
+
+.settingsError {
+  color: #d50000;
+}
+
+.settingsError i {
+  font-size: 14px;
+  margin-right: 3px;
+}
+
+.settingsHeader {
+  margin-top: 3px;
+  margin-bottom: 10px;
+}
+
+.disabledSettingText {
+  color: #ccc;
 }
 
 .configSettingInfoBox {
@@ -45,6 +63,22 @@
   display: block;
 }
 
+.charCountTexfield {
+  width: 4em;
+  padding: 0px;
+  border-color: #ccc;
+  border-style: solid;
+  border-width: 0px 0px 1px 0px;
+}
+
+.charCountTexfieldEnabled {
+  border-color: #4caf50;
+}
+
+.charCountTexfield:focus {
+  outline: none;
+}
+
 .changedSave {
   background-color:#4caf50;
 }
@@ -84,7 +118,15 @@
   margin-bottom:3px;
 }
 
+.enabledSetting {
+  border-left-color: #4caf50;
+  border-left-style: solid;
+  border-left-width: 7px;
+}
 
+.disabledSetting {
+  padding-left: 22px;
+}
 
 .hidden {
   display: none;
diff --git a/client/coral-admin/src/containers/Configure/Configure.js b/client/coral-admin/src/containers/Configure/Configure.js
index db3bf6f20..8dd106cd0 100644
--- a/client/coral-admin/src/containers/Configure/Configure.js
+++ b/client/coral-admin/src/containers/Configure/Configure.js
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ class Configure extends React.Component {
     this.state = {
       activeSection: 'comments',
       wordlist: [],
-      changed: false
+      changed: false,
+      errors: {}
     };
   }
 
@@ -64,12 +65,23 @@ class Configure extends React.Component {
     this.props.dispatch(updateSettings(setting));
   }
 
+  // Sets an arbitrary error string and a boolean state.
+  // This allows the system to track multiple errors.
+  onSettingError = (error, state) => {
+    this.setState((prevState) => {
+      prevState.errors[error] = state;
+      return prevState;
+    });
+  }
+
   getSection = (section) => {
     switch(section){
     case 'comments':
       return <CommentSettings
         settings={this.props.settings}
-        updateSettings={this.onSettingUpdate}/>;
+        updateSettings={this.onSettingUpdate}
+        errors={this.state.errors}
+        settingsError={this.onSettingError}/>;
     case 'embed':
       return <EmbedLink/>;
     case 'wordlist':
@@ -94,6 +106,9 @@ class Configure extends React.Component {
     let pageTitle = this.getPageTitle(this.state.activeSection);
     const section = this.getSection(this.state.activeSection);
 
+    const showSave = Object.keys(this.state.errors).reduce(
+      (bool, error) => this.state.errors[error] ? false : bool, this.state.changed);
+
     if (this.props.fetchingSettings) {
       pageTitle += ' - Loading...';
     }
@@ -119,7 +134,7 @@ class Configure extends React.Component {
               </ListItem>
             </List>
             {
-              this.state.changed ?
+              showSave ?
               <Button
                 raised
                 onClick={this.saveSettings}
diff --git a/client/coral-admin/src/translations.json b/client/coral-admin/src/translations.json
index 013c159a8..e462f7567 100644
--- a/client/coral-admin/src/translations.json
+++ b/client/coral-admin/src/translations.json
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
     },
     "configure": {
       "enable-pre-moderation": "Enable pre-moderation",
+      "enable-pre-moderation-text": "Moderators must approve any comment before it is published.",
       "include-comment-stream": "Include Comment Stream Description for Readers.",
       "include-comment-stream-desc": "Write a message to be added to the top of your comment stream. Pose a topic, include community guidelines, etc.",
       "include-text": "Include your text here.",
@@ -55,7 +56,11 @@
       "configure": "Configure",
       "community": "Community",
       "closed-comments-desc": "Write a message for closed threads",
-      "closed-comments-label": "Write a message..."
+      "closed-comments-label": "Write a message...",
+      "comment-count-header": "Limit Comment Length",
+      "comment-count-text-pre":  "Comments will be limited to ",
+      "comment-count-text-post": " characters.",
+      "comment-count-error": "Please enter a valid number."
     },
     "bandialog": {
       "ban_user": "Ban User?",
@@ -96,6 +101,7 @@
     },
     "configure": {
       "enable-pre-moderation": "Habilitar pre-moderación",
+      "enable-pre-moderation-text": "Los moderadores deben aprobar cada comentario antes de que sea publicado.",
       "include-comment-stream": "Incluir la Descripción a un Hilo de Comentario para los y las Lectoras.",
       "include-comment-stream-desc": "Escribir un mensaje que será agregado a la parte de arriba del tu hilo de comentarios. Por ejemplo, un tema, guias de comunidad, etc.",
       "include-text": "Incluir tu texto aqui.",
@@ -110,7 +116,11 @@
       "configure": "Configurar",
       "community": "Comunidad",
       "closed-comments-desc": "Escribe un mensaje para cuando los comentarios se encuentran cerrados",
-      "closed-comments-label": "Escribe un mensaje..."
+      "closed-comments-label": "Escribe un mensaje...",
+      "comment-count-header": "Limitar el largo del comentario",
+      "comment-count-text-pre":  "El largo de comentarios será ",
+      "comment-count-text-post": " caracteres",
+      "comment-count-error": "Por favor escribe un número válido."
     },
     "bandialog": {
       "ban_user": "Quieres suspender el Usuario?",
diff --git a/models/setting.js b/models/setting.js
index c7589ca56..687c28959 100644
--- a/models/setting.js
+++ b/models/setting.js
@@ -38,7 +38,15 @@ const SettingSchema = new Schema({
     type: String,
     default: ''
   },
-  wordlist: [String]
+  wordlist: [String],
+  charCount: {
+    type: Number,
+    default: 5000
+  },
+  charCountEnable: {
+    type: Boolean,
+    default: false
+  }
 }, {
   timestamps: {
     createdAt: 'created_at',