TrackBacks in KNotes now have a moderated workflow
20-October-2005
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Sigh... I really didn't want to have to spend the time to implement this, but we decided it was made necessary by the nastiness of some of the trackback spam we've been seeing.
There is now a property in all KNotes weblogs, as well as a sitewide setting in the tool itself, for controlling whether trackbacks need approval before they are displayed. By default, this is set so that only approved trackbacks display. We will shortly be providing a weblog properties interface for managing this and other properties at the weblog level. The sitewide property is set through the tool in the ZMI - kndiscuss_sql (KNotes Config Tool). The sitewide property is acquired if the weblog property is not set.
There are new interfaces for moderating and managing trackbacks. See the screenshot for an example of the manage-trackbacks TTW (through the web) interface.
If there are pending trackbacks, managers will see a portlet (in Plone content) or a sidebar (in KNotes content) for Managing Trackbacks. The number of pending trackbacks is listed there, along with a link to the TTW management interface. The manage-trackback RSS feed noe includes an indication of the workflow status of each item. We'll be adding links from there directly into setting the status - currently there is a link to delete each trackback but not for approving or rejecting. We'll also be adding interfaces for managing trackbacks wherever they are displayed ( in detail views, sidebars, portlets and plone-content comments views); and will also consider an interface for non-managers to report offensive trackbacks.
By the way - We've also been making a lot of progress on other aspects of KNotes recently, but that will have to wait for another entry here :O)
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