Hi, total newbie here, left high and dry by my former designer and trying to fend for myself.

My question: Is there a setting I can change so that I can authorize certain commenters, so that their comments don't have to wait for me to authorize them before they post to the site? Certainly, new members, and a few lurkers, I would still prefer to view their comments before they post, but for a core group of my users, I'd just as soon allow them to post comments directly. Is this possible? And more importantly, is it easily done? If it's anything more complicated than a box I can check or uncheck, it's probably over my head.

Thanks.

In the blog control panel select Preferences->Comments, there you can set who to automatically approve comments from.

Thanks, I finally just got it. I should have checked back sooner. Not that the world is beating a path to comment on my blog, but you know what they say, plan for success!