Wednesday, September 8, 2010

How do I moderate comments on my blog?

The ability to moderate comments as they are added to your blog can be very handy if you want to catch any comment spam before it reaches your page or if you'd like control over the kind of messages people can leave on your blog. You can find the comment moderation setting on the Settings | Comments tab, along with all of the other comment settings:
Selecting "Always" will automatically enable comment moderation for all incoming comments on your blog. You may also choose to moderate only older comments by specifying a number of days in the "Only on posts older than" setting. Selecting "Never" will disable comment moderation for this blog.
Enabling comment moderation then drops down an email form. This lets you moderate comments via email without affecting your regular comment notification setting. It is optional, since you can always moderate comments through the Blogger interface.
So enable comment moderation from one of the first two options, enter a notification address if desired, save the settings, and wait for your next comment. All incoming comments will now go to a special "Moderate Comments" page, which you can find under the Posting | Moderate comments tab:
On this page, you will see a list of all the comments that have been created but have not yet been approved or rejected. (This list excludes any comments made by admin members of the blog.) By default, they will be

Monday, September 6, 2010

How do I setup an FTP (or sFTP) connection to my external web host?

Go to Settings | Publishing:
 Settings | Publishing and select a connection method:
Connection Settings Then, enter your settings:
FTP Server setting

FTP Blog URL

FTP Path

FTP filename

When you're done, save your server details via the Save Settings button at the bottom, and republish your blog.
Notes :

How do I republish my blog?

If you have an FTP blog, you will still need to republish your blog in order to reflect updates. To republish your blog, go to Posting | Status:
Republish blog Republish Index will only republish your blog's index (home) page, and your Atom feed, if you have one:
Republish Index Republish Entire Site will do exactly that- republish all your blog's pages, including the index page, archive pages and post pages:
Republish entire blog A status indicator will show how much of your blog has been published :