Who can see my blog? Creating public and restricted blogs

Where the blog displays and how users interact with it depends on whether it is public or restricted. Restricted blogs are created from the Communities application. To create a community blog, have the Communities application deployed for Connections.

The following are the various ways users and owners can access blogs:

• A blog that you create from the My Blogs or Public Blogs page is a public blog. It is displayed on the Public Blogs page and is available for all to read.

• A blog that you create for a public community is a public blog. In addition to being available to people who join or visit the community page, the blog displays on the Public Blogs page and is available for all to read.

• A blog that you create for a restricted community is available only to the community members. Neither the community blog nor any of its entries are available from the Public Blogs page, but we can view and manage the blog and its entries from the My Blogs page.

• If we create a blog for a restricted community, but then change the community to a public community, the blog then displays on the Public Blogs page and is available for all to read.

• A blog created for a moderated community is a public blog. It is displayed on the Public Blogs page and is available for all to read. A moderated community is a public community, but users must ask to join.

In all of these cases, comment moderation for the blog is disabled by default unless it is configured by the blog owner or an administrator. To turn on comment moderation so that you or an approved reviewer reads and approves comments before they are posted, access the settings for the blog. Then, enable the Moderate comments option.