Blog Feedback Settings in Movable Type 3.2

We've worked hard to make sure all the configuration settings for your weblogs are more intuitively organized and simplified, while still retaining all the power and control that Movable Type affords.

New in Movable Type 3.2 is a reorganization of weblog configuration into a few weblog settings screens. One of the most notable is the Feedback settings, which govern comments and TrackBacks. At the simplest level, there's a blog-level on/off switch for both comments and TrackBacks, and the options for each have been reduced to cover all the common scenarios for enabling feedback on a blog. You can easily require authentication, make it optional, or not require it at all, and it's simple to moderate or publish feedback by default based on the status of the commenter.

Once you've got comments and TrackBacks flowing into your blog, you'll want to make sure you know about them. You can set email notifications to be sent to you when any new comment or TrackBack is posted, only when the item requires your attention, or you can shut off email notifications entirely.

Finally, the blog Feedback settings page lets you control the treatment of junk feedback you may receive. You can tweak your junk threshold to make your feedback rating plugins more or less aggressive and set up auto-deletion of items that land in your junk folder.

Overall, comment and TrackBack configuration has been made not only easier, but gives you far more control over the treatment of feedback on any weblog.

[This is part five in a series called "Our 32 Favorite Features of Movable Type 3.2".]