Configuring Blog Posts Content Approval

Configuring Blog Posts Content Approval

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Community Central uses out-of-the-box SharePoint content approval for blog moderation. By default, content approval is enabled and new blog posts must be approved by a Community Central Moderator before they will be visible on the blog site. Moderators* approve blog posts using the SharePoint Approve/Reject feature for the blog post item.

Content approval settings can be customized to support the following use cases:

  • Restrict Members from editing posts other than their own.
  • Disable content approval for blog posts.

By default, SharePoint out-of-the-box content approval allows any user with the SharePoint Contribute permission level (Members) to edit blog posts, no matter who created the original post. You can change content approval settings so that Members can only edit their own posts. You must perform this change on each blog site where you want to restrict content editing.

To restrict content editing:

Step Action Result
1. Sign in as a Community Central Moderator or Administrator.
2. In the blog site page, click Manage posts in the Blog Tools list. SA15_ManagePosts.jpg
3. In the List Tools > List ribbon, click the List Settings button. SA15_ListSettings.jpg
4. In the List Settings page, click Advanced settings in the General Settings section. SA15_ListSettingsAdvancedSettings.jpg
5. In the Item-level Permissions section, change the Create and Edit access setting to Create items and edit items that were created by the user. SA15_CreatedByUser.jpg
6. Click OK.

NOTE: Moderators and Administrators* can still edit any post. This is by design. Members may be able to see the edit screen, but they will not be able to save changes.

* Community Central Permissions Needed

Disable Content Approval

Icon-Warning IMPORTANT: After performing the steps in this section for a blog site, blog posts in that site can be published immediately by Members without approval.

By default, all blog posts published in Community Central must be approved by a Moderator
* or Administrator. If you do not require content approval for blog posts, you can disable it. You must perform this change on each blog site where you want to disable content approval.

To disable content approval:

Step Action Result
1. Sign in as a Community Central Moderator or Administrator.
2. In the blog site page, click Manage posts in the Blog Tools list. SA15_ManagePosts.jpg
3. In the List Tools > List ribbon, click the List Settings button. SA15_ListSettings.jpg
2. In the List Settings page, click Versioning settings in the General Settings section. SA15_ListSettingsVersioningSettings.jpg
3. In the Content Approval section, change the Require content approval for submitted items setting to No. SA15_ContentApprovalNo.jpg
4. Click OK.

* Community Central Permissions Needed