Re: Your Blog signing in

Posted by: Rob in Madrid

Re: Your Blog signing in - 12/29/07 01:02 PM

it seems like a trivial thing but today I came across your blog and went to comment and came across the dreaded


Sign in to comment on this entry.


Nooooooooooooooooooooooo help


Seems like a small thing but this is the third time I've come across this today and I already belong to far to many communities than I can track and have no interest in joining more. The worse of it each one of the blogs I viewed today used a different community which meant 3 different sign ups emails confirmation emails etc, way too much work to post an occasional comment. As well the nature of blogs are, unlike BB, such that you may only visit and comment once.

I'll add your blog to my google reader as your an entertaining writer, but as to signing up to comment, too much work.

If you want to edit comments simply add that feature many blogs do. As well I'd add an "email follow up comments" option as well, but please delete the please sign in feature. For blogs they are really annoying

Thanks Rob in Madrid (formally timhortonsman - not sure what I'll do if I ever move wink )
Posted by: MadridMan

Re: Re: Your Blog signing in - 12/29/07 03:08 PM

Thanks for the comments, Tim Horton's Man (have you already changed your visible username? It still shows as Tim Hortons Man).

And I agree with you 100%. That's why I'd set the Madrid Blog to allow anyone to comment .... WITHOUT having to register or sign up. BUT OBVIOUSLY that has taken - and I don't know why. I'll look deeper into the issue and let you know here in this thread.

Sorry about that. The function is, of course, another step to avoid SPAM. You may have seen a number of Blogs which allow comments freely posted without registration but they're often peppered with spam. That, I'd like to avoid.

The software, MovableType , is an add-on directly from my web hosting service so I cannot personally, necessarily make little tweaks outside of the confines of the software. I'm no programmer. And not even sure, by license with the software company, I'd be able to do it.

Thanks again for your comments.

Saludos, MadridMan
Posted by: Rob in Madrid

Re: Re: Your Blog signing in - 12/30/07 03:28 AM

Yeah I've slowly changing all my user names over to Rob in Madird. Not sure what I'll do if we ever move laugh

To avoid spam some blogers preview all comments before posting. That's quite commom.
Posted by: Rob in Madrid

Re: Re: Your Blog signing in - 12/30/07 02:21 PM

Got it

I guess because sometime a long time ago I signed up with vox it automatically detects it and wants me to sign in accordingly. I also discovered I have a vox blog http://robinmadrid.vox.com/ which I've never used but I need it to sign in. So now that that's done I can be the first person to comment on your Blog

Rob in Madrid (formally tim hortons man)
Posted by: MadridMan

Re: Re: Your Blog signing in - 12/30/07 04:48 PM

"Rob in Madrid", you're STILL Tim Horton's Man here. You have to change it in your profile as the name visible to the public. You may have only changed your sign-in username.

Saludos, MadridMan
Posted by: Jamongris

Re: Re: Your Blog signing in - 01/04/08 06:17 AM

I thought I'd have a read of the blog and post a comment. Very entertaining MM and recommended reading. clap

Just to confirm I did need to sign in and set up an account too, which didn't bother me as much as Tim Hortons Man / Rob in Madrid as I'm a bit bored at work today.
Posted by: MadridMan

Re: Re: Your Blog signing in - 01/04/08 06:47 AM

Yes. It seems a steadfast rule with MovableType blogs. One MUST register and sign in to post comments. In that respect, I don't care much for this system as with, say, Blogger.com, we can make the settings to allow comments from anyone without registering.

Saludos, MadridMan
Posted by: Rob in Madrid

Re: Re: Your Blog signing in - 01/13/08 02:49 PM

I'm moving my blog over to wordpress from blogger inspite of the sign in to comment problem. The reason is it's more user (read idiot proof) freindly. I couldn't get half the options (pictures etc) to work. I also found the help and FAQ was pretty useless.

I think it's more me than blogger as I read loads of blogs with gagets photos charts all kinds of things add in. What finally got me was the difficulty of upload and editing (read add a comment to) photos.

rob aka tim hortons man

found this on wordpress.com

Resolved: Why can\'t people comment without logging in?
Posted by: MadridMan

Re: Re: Your Blog signing in - 01/13/08 05:36 PM

Yup. That's great for Wordpress users but it doesn't work on MovableType, unfortunately. On my control panel in the COMMENTS page I've checked the box to allow ANYONE to make comments but makes no mention about whether or not commenters must be logged in. However, I've found through the "users manual" that yes, they must be logged in to comment.

By the way, TRACKBACKS have yielded nothing but SPAM submissions so I'm likely going to disable that feature on the Madrid blog .

Saludos, MadridMan
Posted by: Bill from NYC

Re: Re: Your Blog signing in - 01/14/08 08:52 AM

I was using Wordpress on my website, but move to Joomla a year ago. I moved because I was being spammed via the Comments and Contact Me features in Wordpress.

I had only one a security problem for the entire year since moving to Joomla.

Bill
Posted by: Rob in Madrid

Re: Re: Your Blog signing in - 01/14/08 10:26 AM

That's too bad about the trackbacks they are a great way to bring traffic to your blog. I hear alot of complaints about spam etc but usually via BBs and not blogs. I was going to move my blog over to wordpress but know that I figured out what I was doing wrong with blogger I may not move. I don't know if I'll ever go to my own hosting as I don't ever to expect to get that heavy into it. It's more a journal than anything
Posted by: Rob in Madrid

Re: Re: Your Blog signing in - 11/14/08 05:12 AM

goodnews, I was able to signin with my wordpress blog!!!!!
Posted by: MadridMan

Re: Re: Your Blog signing in - 11/14/08 05:47 AM

Yes. People with Wordpress/Vox, Livejournal, OpenID, and Movable Type accounts can use that account to log in in order to comment. YOU DON'T HAVE TO LOG IN TO READ THE BLOG , THOUGH!

If you don't have any of the above accounts already you can register with Movable Type before posting comments. After going through the registration process, you'll get a verification email. That email will contain log-in instructions with a temporary password. Once logged in, you can change your password to anything you like.

Recently, I required ALL commenters to register because I was getting dozens of SPAM comments per day, all about Viagra, Porn, and cheap drugs online. rolleyes I don't know how other blogs avoid the SPAM comments but it seems people are more easily able to comment anonymously.

Saludos, MadridMan
Posted by: Rob in Madrid

Re: Re: Your Blog signing in - 11/14/08 06:43 AM

Correction, I read your blog with google reader, but to comment I needed to sign in. That's when I realized that I can do it via wordpress.

process was painless.
Posted by: billy the man

Re: Re: Your Blog signing in - 11/14/08 12:02 PM

well you have baffled me with your wordpress/vox/live journal/joomla
for a numpty like me i shall just sign up and log in its easier clap clap clap
Posted by: Rob in Madrid

Re: Re: Your Blog signing in - 11/14/08 12:41 PM

What makes blogs so cool is they are so interactive. Trent of simpledollar.com fame said the same thing, he automated his comment field because as he said if he spend all day deleting spam