WordPress.com Forums » Topic: Leave a reply without having to provide email etc? http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/leave-a-reply-without-having-to-provide-email-etc WordPress.com Forums » Topic: Leave a reply without having to provide email etc? en Sat, 25 May 2013 21:41:02 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 timethief on "Leave a reply without having to provide email etc?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/leave-a-reply-without-having-to-provide-email-etc#post-1133378 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 00:03:16 +0000 timethief 1133378@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hi there,
You're welcome and best wishes with your blog.

]]> waynesimms77 on "Leave a reply without having to provide email etc?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/leave-a-reply-without-having-to-provide-email-etc#post-1133374 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 23:59:53 +0000 waynesimms77 1133374@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Thank you all for the information, very much appreciated.

]]> timethief on "Leave a reply without having to provide email etc?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/leave-a-reply-without-having-to-provide-email-etc#post-1133357 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 23:43:10 +0000 timethief 1133357@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ ~~auxclass
You ought to know by now that when I'm on board only Richard could beat me. Gawd how I miss him :(

]]> auxclass on "Leave a reply without having to provide email etc?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/leave-a-reply-without-having-to-provide-email-etc#post-1133353 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 23:40:43 +0000 auxclass 1133353@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Morning Morning @TT - I should have known your great copy and paste answer was not far behind -

]]> auxclass on "Leave a reply without having to provide email etc?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/leave-a-reply-without-having-to-provide-email-etc#post-1133350 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 23:39:31 +0000 auxclass 1133350@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Try:

Dashboard >> Settings >> discussion >> you can change how much or now little information a person is required to leave on your blog when they make a comment - remember to save changes

]]> timethief on "Leave a reply without having to provide email etc?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/leave-a-reply-without-having-to-provide-email-etc#post-1133348 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 23:38:38 +0000 timethief 1133348@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ You don't have to require a log-in or an email address but if you don't then you have flung doors to your blog wide open to spammers. See more on that at the end of my comment please.

This page > Settings > Discussion is where you set up defaults for comments.
http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/discussion-settings/

Discussion Settings
Other comment settings
_Comment author must fill out name and e-mail
_Users must be registered and logged in to comment

Note that the prompt to submit and email address and a website URL will still appear but providing an email address and logging in are not required.

You can post instructions for your visitors in a text widget if you wish to set up anonymous commenting. That's easy to do. You copy and paste this into a text widget:

Readers: Note that the email address and logging in prompts do appear for comments on this blog, but providing an email address and logging in are not required.

P.S. Do be sure to set up full comment moderation ie. "An administrator must always approve the comment" because anonymous commenting is bound to increase the amount of spam your blog will receive.
http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/discussion-settings/#comment-moderation

]]> timethief on "Leave a reply without having to provide email etc?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/leave-a-reply-without-having-to-provide-email-etc#post-1133344 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 23:36:44 +0000 timethief 1133344@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Whether or not the blogger requires an email address in order to submit a comment is strictly up to each blogger.

]]> waynesimms77 on "Leave a reply without having to provide email etc?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/leave-a-reply-without-having-to-provide-email-etc#post-1133338 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 23:32:49 +0000 waynesimms77 1133338@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I am trying to figure out how people can leave a reply without having to provide email address etc. I tried to find it on the forums so my apologies if this...and I am sure it is..redundant.

Thank you

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