Telligent has centralized the commenting service and disassociated it from the blog, media gallery, wiki, and status message applications to promote its use for social engagement. This release supports storing comments for third-party applications, and is accessible to third-party applications via the APIs.

You can manage comments made by community members on blog posts within a blog, including reviewing unapproved comments, deleting and/or editing existing comments.

To manage blog comments:

  1. Click Edit blog settings in the Administration panel.

  2. Navigate to Manage > Comments (full path: Control Panel > My blogs > [blog name] > Manage > Comments).

    The window contains the following information:

    • Title of blog post - Click the title to view the blog post on the site.

    • Comment excerpt

    • Comment author - Click the user name to view the author's profile.

    • Date the comment was made.

    • Published  - Indicates the status of the comment. A green check mark indicates the item is published and visible to users. A red strike-through indicates the item is not published and requires moderation.

    • Option buttons.

    By default, all of the comments made to all blog posts for the blog are displayed in the comments list.

  3. To publish a single comment that has not yet been published, click Publish next to that comment. To publish many comments at one time, select the check box next to each unpublished comment you want to publish (or to select all comments in the list, select the check box in the gray heading box) and click Publish Selected.

  4. To edit a comment, click Edit next to that comment. The Comment Editor dialog windows displays, with the following options:

    1. Comment - Use caution when changing the content of a comment made by someone else.

    2. By - You cannot change who made the comment.

    3. Published - If the check box is selected, the comment is visible on the blog post page. If the box is deselected, the comment is only visible in the comments list in the Control Panel.

  5. Make your changes in the dialog window and click Save.

  6. To delete a comment, click Delete next to that comment. Click OK in the confirmation message. The comment list is refreshed and the deleted comment is no longer displayed in the Control Panel list of comments or in the blog post itself.

  7. To delete many comments at one time, select the check box next to each comment you want to delete (or to select all comments in the list, select the check box in the gray heading box) and click Delete Selected. Click OK in the confirmation message. The comment list is refreshed and the deleted comment is no longer displayed.