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Managing moderated blog entries and comments

Centrally manage blog entries and comments for a moderated blog before the content is published to a blog, or when the published content is updated.

If moderation is enabled for Blogs, moderators can review and approve comments and entries from a central location. You can configure who can review and approve content through the Java EE global-moderator role in the WAS admin console. All users assigned the J2EE global-moderator role can manage entries and comments for all blogs on the site. You can also configure who can review and approve community blog content with a setting in the contentreview-config.xml file as follows:

  • If ownerModerate=true in contentreview-config.xml, all community owners can moderate the blogs in communities that they own.

  • If ownerModerate=false in contentreview-config.xml, only users assigned the Java EE global-moderator role can manage entries and comments for all blogs on the site.

  • From the Blogs home page, click the Moderation tab.

  • Click the Entry Approval or the Comment Approval link in the navigation pane to review entries or comments.

    The following tabbed views let you review and manage content:

    • All displays all entries or comments for the site.
    • Require Approval display entries or comments awaiting your action.
    • Published displays all entries or comments published to a blog.
    • Rejected displays all entries or comments not approved for publishing to a blog.

    • To filter the list of entries or comments in any of the views, do one of the following and then press Filter.

    • Enter a tag and click the search icon to search for contents associated with that tag.

    • Enter a start and end date to display content entered in that range.

    • From the Require Approval tab, select one or more item and choose an action:

    • Publish makes the content available in the blog.

    • Reject moves the content to the Rejected state. The blog owner or the author of the entry or comment can edit the content and resubmit for approval.
    • Delete permanently removes the content from the blog.

Parent topic:Moderating blog content