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How to disable login/registation to comment?

By bnadig on Jun 26, 2009 at 9:20 AM 3 Vote 0 Votes

Kind of new...

It looks like you have to be a registred user to comment - how can I disbale this requiremnt and have anyone comment?

Balu Nadig

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    Author Profile Page shenews | June 26, 2009 2:45 PM | Reply

    Preferences--> Comment.
    Check "Immediately approve comments from": Anyone

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    Author Profile Page bnadig | June 26, 2009 3:02 PM | Reply

    That seems to pertain to "approval" of comments and it is set to "Anyone". However, to comment the user needs to be a registred user and logged in...

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    Author Profile Page shenews | June 26, 2009 3:28 PM | Reply

    I have dozens of blogs accepting unmoderated comments from anybody who'll make up a name and email address and fill in the Captcha. The Registration screen in Preferences reads, "Registration is currently disabled at the system level."

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