How to work with the comments
I wanted to allow anonymous users to access the Blog site which I created under MOSS 2007. The steps are quite straight forward. More interesting was the subject of allowing the vewers sharepoint group the possibility to add a comment as anonymous.
Add, edit, and view comments in a blog
Blogs are typically designed so that people can comment on the blog posts. Comments help to make blogs more interactive and dynamic. Depending on how the blog is set up, you can add comments to it, edit your own comments, and view comments from other people.
Click on you blog site to view all site content
Remember the access to you blog site is anonymous for the viewer group.
But we want to change the permissions for the comments list.
Click on comments
You will see all the comments from you blog in this list
Click on List settings
Under Settings for this list: Anonymous Access
Under General Settings: Advanced Settings
Item Level Permission change to "Only their own"
Now anonymous users accessing your site can leave a comment:
Click on the Comments (1) Link
- At the top-level of the blog, scroll to the blog post that you want to comment on, and then click the Comments link that appears below the post.
If you are already viewing the blog post that you want to comment on, you do not need to locate or click the Comments link.
- In the Comments section, type a title for your comment in the Title box.
- Type your comment in the Body box.
- Click Submit Comment.
