Customize Blog Comment Recipients

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You can specify which users (if any) should receive a if a comment is added to a blog post. This setting is available whether the blog comments are moderated or unmoderated.

Who can use this feature?

System Administrators | Owners

Important Note:

Before October 7, 2017, everyone with rights to the Blog category received comments via email. Some users may notice that they no longer receive emails. You will need to manually add these users so that they receive notifications..

Instructions

  1. Sign in to your site

  2. Navigate to Modules. Click on Content, then Blognavigate to the blog module

  3. Select Choose an Action > Properties next to your desired category blog category, choose an action drop-down menu, properties

  4. Scroll to the Comments Option comment moderation options

  5. Select a style of moderation comment moderation options drop-down

    • No Comments: Do not allow users to post comments

    • Moderated: Allows for supervision and censoring

    • Unmoderated: No supervision or censoring

  6. Ensure that Send Email for Blog Comments is set to Yes send email for blog comments option

  7. Add email addresses to the Submit Comments To field submit comments to field

    Note:

    Separate each email address with a comma.

  8. Select Save save button