Building A Quick-And-Dirty Guestbook With patGuestbook (part 2) - Adopting A Moderate Approach (
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If you recollect, one of the options available at guestbook
creation time was related to guestbook entry moderation. In the first part of
this article, I had decided to leave this at its default setting and not moderate
the entries for my guestbook; as a result, entries were immediately displayed
on the site as soon as they were entered. However, in the real world, it is often
essential to moderate the entries in the guestbook, and thereby control the content
displayed to other visitors. And this is where patGuestbook's moderation feature
comes in handy. In order to enable moderation, you need to navigate back to the
administration module, and select the "Voice of the People" entry from the drop-down
menu at the top of the page. On the resulting information screen, navigate to
the "General Settings" section, and check the box for guestbook moderation. Use
the "Save Changes" button to record your changes, and the job is done!
Now, whenever a user tries to enter a comment in your guestbook, a message will
appear indicating that the entry will be moderated, The administrator - in other
words, you - can then selectively approve or reject each comment via the site
administration module. In order to do this, navigate back to the administration
module, and select the "Voice of the People" entry from the drop-down menu at
the top of the page. On the resulting information screen, navigate to the "General
Settings" section and you will be presented with a list of all active and inactive
entries.
You can update the status of each entry, and use the "Update Status" command
to save your changes; all entries marked as active will not appear in the guestbook.
