The following is a video screencast that goes over the backend of WordPress, particularly the areas pertaining to the comments.
This is a screencast for WordPress newbies that I hope will help you become familiar with how to edit, add, reply, approve, and mark comments as spam. This also goes over the General Settings for Discussions that is related to the comment section and allows you to set how or if you want to moderate your site, as well as comment options, and more.
This is a great post, it’s very informative on a few topics I was unclear about.
Thanks, Nile for reminding me to go back and look at the Discussion settings.
I was interested in how you made the video: this is something I have been meaning to teach myself, but have not gotten around to. What equipment and software did you use?
One concern I had was that the sound level was really low. Is there a way to test this before you make the video? I found that I needed to turn my speakers to full volume to hear what you were saying, but then it was OK.
Thanks again
Alan
Hi Alan! I am, using Screencast-o-matic.com for my recordings. I know a lot of other people like to use Camtasia… but for now, this works well for me. I may have to redo the video as it was not at my own computer and usually I have no problems with the sound level. Thank you for pointing that out to me. 🙂
Very informative video! I was unaware of the WordPress Comment System and its uses. Thank you for sharing!
great video i always forget to watch tutorials on video, so much easier to grasp than reading the pdf manuals. thats for the headsup on wordpress commenting.
That’s a super helpful video to people new to WordPress Nile, I’ll Tweet, Digg, +1 and LIKE it.
Have a great weekend. I hear you are on the panel for WordPress Plugins at WordCamp in St. Louis this weekend. Hope you have a blast 🙂
Nile, At first I though this is a very basic topic and no need to watch the video, but then I accept that I learned a few new things on your video. Thanks for sharing with us..
I have really come to enjoy using wordpress, it wasn’t always that way, and sometimes I just thought there were simply too many things to learn.
But after a while and through the help of excellent tutorials like this on, I have come to prefer wordpress over any other kind of site. I have to admit there were a bunch of things I just did not understand about commenting and I sincerely appreciate learning them from your video. 🙂
Nile,
I watched all 8 minutes. Very helpful video. Showing people how to go to Dashboard > Settings > Discussion to check and uncheck all them settings is a good thing. That’s something most people don’t pay attention to but has some very helpful settings to adjust such as threading comments, not to allow comments on old posts to prevent spam, and your theme needs to allow gravatars, etc.
I need to share this in my FB Fan Page!
Thanks,
Jupiter Jim
Your a great teacher Nile, I wish I would have met you early on in my IM journey it would have saved me a lot of time trying to figure all this stuff out on my own!!
Nile,
wow, I have been using WP for a while.. especially since February.. as with all tech stuff, it took me a while to get the hang of it (not that I know everything, I just know what I need to know for now) YOUR video tutorial truly explain how to do a lot more than what I am currectly do.. THANKS so much for yoru genersity and time.
I sure love to come back here and follow all your explanations.. (yes, I have to come back because I did not get everything at once, need time haha 🙂
Love to learn when things are explained in a way I get it.. yoru way is just perfect because it is on video and can stop or back up when needed.
Thanks so much again.
nickc
WoW Nile,
You have done such a great job explaining this! WordPress has worked so well for me. I do get confused with plugging things in, but after three times on a learning curve, I finally get it!
Thanks again,
Donna
A really useful video on how to get the most from the WordPress commenting system. Every now and then I find it goes nuts for a few weeks (probably a plugin conflict) and then settles back down again. I’d move to Livefyre but one of our bloggers doesn’t get on with it.
That was so sweet. Excellent video tutorial.
It would be great if you can show us how to delete the words “No comments yet” and let the comment info appear after the first one was written. Is it possible? Thanks.
Great informative site! Here are lot of information have found for me…Thank you..
I think what’s always astonished me is how many options are given to all aspects of controlling the WordPress blogging environment and how few users actually understand the intricacies of the Dashboard. This was a great introduction and would really be a great link to send to many clients who have just had a new WP blogging site designed.
Thanks for putting this together…
it is a very formative post.Thanks for sharing it.
Nile,
This was a great viewing for me and well done. I use this method of checking all my settings on a monthly basis. So, many comments to go through I wish there was a way to delete all of them and start from the beginning.
I love how you navigated through all areas that make managing your site a breeze. Now people can handle keeping their own sites updated to be involved in the whole process.
Nile, your amazing and the talent you have is remarkable. Thank you for the refresher course and commentluv is a required add to all our sites. It makes life so much easier.
Nice post and a blog.Thanks for sharing it.
you have so many great videos. why aren’t you using lead player? sorry if it sounds ignorant
Read some posts in the pasts on this commenting thing. But this video gave a even clear picture on the wordpress commenting system.
Thanks for sharing with your visitors 🙂
Interesting video, I didn’t know about this quick way of commenting about the comment actually.
In case if you have been victim of comment spamming attack, I would recommend a plugin called “Delete pending comments”, to quickly remove all the comments, as we know – normally you have to remove them in 20 comments bulk maximum. Good video.
great information it will really help me in my new blog,This is great information and would really be a great link to send to many clients who have just had a new WP blogging site designed, thanks keep up the good work…
thanks for tips and helpful share will visit here again for more
hello nile,
nice video.you have made everything so clear. a newbie should have the knowledge about comments and spams. otherwise it might cost .
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what a website…………………………..!!!
Hi Nile,
It feels good to be here on your blog.
You have treated a crucial matter here in this video as dealing with comments is one of the main activities of any active blogger.
Kudos for the great video tut
hello nile
nice and smart video
very nice
Your a great teacher Nile, I wish I would have met you early on in my IM journey it would have saved me a lot of time trying to figure all this stuff out on my own!!
nice tips nile. and great video. wordpress is best because it is veru easy to use and is user friendly. yes wordpress comment system is also easy to understand but these are some nice tips for newbies