Comment moderation allows you to view and approve comments before they are posted on your blog. Using comment moderation you can choose to allow comments to be posted to your blog as soon as they are submitted, or post comments only after you have approved them.
By default, comments will not require approval.
If approval is required before a comment may be posted, users who have left a comment on one of your blog entries will receive the following message:
"The blog owner has been notified about your comment! It will appear on the blog once it has been reviewed."
To set comment moderation:
| 1. | In the Publisher Control Panel, click the Settings & Security tab. |
| 2. | In the Publishing Defaults page, click the Spam Protection Settings link. |
| 3. | In the Comment Moderation section, choose one of the options: Never moderate - Comments will not be moderated; comments will be posted on your blog as soon as they are submitted. Always moderate - All comments will be moderated; comments will not be posted until you have approved them. Moderate only if comment is detected as spam - Comments that have been flagged as spam will not be posted until you have approved them. |
| 4. | When done, click the Save settings button located at the bottom of the page. |
To approve or delete a comment:
If you have activated comment moderation (you chose Always moderate or Moderate only if comment is detected as spam in the steps above), you will need to approve comments in order for them to appear on your blog.
| 1. | In the Publisher Control Panel, click the Dashboard tab. |
| 2. | Scroll down the page to the Recent Comments section.  |
| 3. | Click the checkbox beside the comment that you want to approve and post, then click the Approve Selected button. Or, if you want to delete the comment or delete and block future comments from the originating IP address, click the Delete Selected or Delete and Block button. |
