Well, that's also a good bit of info for any of our curious members. Maybe we ought to start a Mega-BLOG FAQ in SUPPORT similar to the one we have for GALLERY?
I just want to say that at first - I had no idea where the blogs were. So for those who have blogg-y shyness or been out of the loop from work like me.
cheers WV. it might be an idea for this thread to become a 'Blogging Tips' thread, similar to the 'Bluelight Tips' thread. so i would definitely welcome any other observations people have made that would help others get to grips with this new feature.
for example, i have discovered:
if you use the 'Publish By' option, and specify a date - you can decide what date an entry is listed by. obviously. but this means you can specify the exact order entries are posted in, and insert entries retrospectively. which is extremely useful if you're as shit at keeping a diary as me!
Bluelighters
- When you create (or edit) your BLOG entry, you have checkboxes to a) allow people to post comments and b ) to moderate those comments. If you set it for 'Moderated' that means the comments WILL NOT show to the public until you approve them, but they will always be visible to YOU since you own the BLOG.
- You cannot edit or delete anyone's comments to your BLOG. Once approved, you cannot unapprove them.
Greenlighters
- Can reply to other people's BLOGs (if they allow comments)
- Cannot have your own BLOG just yet - this is something the Admin are still kicking around, but hope to have an answer on shortly.
Staff
- smods and admin will not be moderated, their posts will automatically be approved. They can also comment to BLOG entries which do not allow for comments (essentially we can override the system)
Like I said - it's a work in progress, but that's where we are at this point.
I see the link to 'Approve Comments' but am unable to approve them. I am simply taken to the unapproved comment with no option to approve. Am I missing something?
I'm not positive on if it's the same for you or not, but there should be a check box with the comment. Check the box and then below your comments there's a moderation drop-down menu. You should be able to approve comments from there.
Yeah I don't have a dropdown or checkbox option. No biggie. I just set it so comments don't need to be moderated. There is only one comment that I can't approve
^^That's how it is supposed to work - if you can set it to moderated, you ought to have the power to approve the comments. I'll try to check this out again in the coming week (you know I'm not actually going to do any BL work on my 4 day weekend, right?)
hmm, I am actually experiencing the same thing. I am unable to approve a comment that was made to my bloggy (no check box or any option to approve).
What a lemon!
I am un-checking moderate comments for now, but if a mod would be so lovely as to allow the comment on "plain and simple politics" to be approved I would surely appreciate the attention.