how does pre-aproval of comments work?
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How does one pre-approve a comment author?
I have comment approval checked and only pre-approved comment authors checked. Now I leave the approve comments checked, let someone comment and then approve that. Next step; I un-checked approve comments and keep pre-approved comment authors checked ?
If I uncheck approve comment authors, how does one pre-approve a comment author?
Daniel -
Afraid you can’t preapprove a comment author unless you give them Admin status for your blog. I don’t believe any of the other levels will do anything.
Closest you can come is set your blog to “commenter must have a previously approved comment”
Not sure 100% on that actually or the other settings. Let me send in a feedback and see if we can get staff to poke their head in on this one.
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Thanks, that was quick!
This is checked, “commenter must have a previously approved comment”.
So, when I approve a comment author, do I uncheck approve comments?
Then the previously approved comment author will be able to comment with out approval?I know what you mean about admin. staus. No don’t want to do that.
Daniel -
I wouldn’t uncheck the box as that would uncheck it for everybody. I’m thinking that the system would realize that that person is allowed to make comments without approval when their first one is approved.
I did send in a feedback though to ask. I’m wondering about the level issue as well now.
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Ok, I had a commenter test it the other day. He left a comment ( I had approved him previously) . But I still had checked approve comment authors, and I still had to approve his commment.
“I’m thinking that the system would realize that that person is allowed to make comments without approval when their first one is approved.’
Yes, that’s how I understand it. But it won’t approve him if I have approve comments checked at the same time.
So, I will try an uncheck “approve comments”, an keep “commenter must have a previously approved comment”.
But I don’t think that will work if i have not previously approved another commenter.(?)
Thanks drmike -
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So, one cannot have ‘approve comments’ activated and ‘commenter must have a previously approved comment’ enabeld at the same time to have previously approved commenters approved. (?)
How does one previously approve comment authors, when they have not been approved?
This process of approving comment authors seems contradictable.“I’m thinking that the system would realize that that person is allowed to make comments without approval when their first one is approved.’
This did not work; I had approval checked and ‘commenter must have a previously approved comment’ checked. The comment author was not automatically approved-I had to approve him.
With BOTH being checked, it seems one overides the other. -
Yes it does seem that way, doesn’t it. I would go with using one or the other, rather than both at the same time.
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Thanks timethief.
I will do that. Yet if ‘commenter must have a previously approved comment’ is checked and the other is unchecked; the commenters who I haven’t been previously approved-how are they approved?
I only let a few of my blogger friends know about my new site ( I came over from Blogspot).
Still working on this. So I will need the others to comment to see what happens.Like I said previously, one was already approved, yet I had to approve him again.
So for sure both options checked does not work.
Thanks for answering my seemingly circular question!
Daniel -
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Yet if ‘commenter must have a previously approved comment’ is checked and the other is unchecked; the commenters who I haven’t been previously approved-how are they approved?
I had this checked on my old blog (one hosted elsewhere but using WP), and the way it worked was comments from first-time commenters were held for moderation. As soon as you have approved a comment from someone that first time, they can post comments to their heart’s content without your approval.
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Mark, if you see this, does that include the role issue? ie Editors?
Thnaks by the way for the follow up.
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