EFx2Blogs Development Blog

Yeah yeah I know most people might not care but it's probably the most important feature we needed along with true comment control.

The BlogHoster script came with NO comment management so I had to write my own comment management for this system. Now we have full control over our comments as well as the Akismet Spam Filter which I coded into BlogHoster and added all the functionality to my new Comment Management. Took most of the day but at least it's done now. :D

I liked the spam filter when we used Wordpress MU and that was easy to add because it was a plugin .. unfortunately with our new system it has to be coded in and worked into the existing commenting system. Turned out a lot easier then I thought it would be and gave me a good feel of how the system functions and the coding style used.

Alright time for some instructions. When you go to your blog management you will see a new link by the name of your blogs. Most will say "0 spam" but if you do have some comments that were filtered by Akismet then it will list the amount of comments you currently have that are spam.

You can either click that link or click on the new top link I added called "Comments" .. this will bring up the comment management stuff. The first sub menu is "view comments" which brings up a page that looks and acts like your entry management.

If you have a comment that is obvious spam then click the "Mark As Spam" link and this will report it to Akismet and will move the comment to your spam section.

PLEASE DO NOT MARK COMMENTS SPAM IF THEY ARE COMMENTS YOU JUST DON'T LIKE FROM OTHER MEMBERS. Just delete them instead ...

Ok If you do get some comments in your spam area please double check once in awhile. You might get some comments that are actually legit comments. Just click the Approve Comment link to move it to your regular comments and it will also inform Akismet that its a legit comment (which Akismet tracks behavior for better filtering).

I know some people might not think this is very important but trust me .. there is nothing worse then getting your blog spammed to hell and no easy way to manage it. Even EFx2Blogs never had comment managing which I always wanted to get to but never had the time. This also allows us to use the commenting system without the need of image verification stuff .. which I hate and is always a pain for people. :)