1. In blogger, click settings.
2. Click on comments.
3. Scroll down to Comment Form Placement.
4. Select Pop-up Window.
5. Scroll to bottom of page and save.
This seems to be the best method to ensure the safety of those special comments we all love receiving. To see an example of how this new comment box will look, try leaving a comment on this post! :)
Marty Duane
Author, Coffee With Marty blog
Author, Authentic Blogger blog
Co-Creator, Authentic Blogger Group
14 comments:
Great info, Marty! I'm changing my comment settings right now.
Now it all makes sense - I wondered why some Blogger blogs' Comments section pulled up in this format and others didn't. Thanks, Marty! Really useful tip. I changed settings on Healing Morning as soon as I read through this.
~ Dawn
Thanks, pal!
Ditto to what the other two ladies said:)
Thanks for the tip. I've never had that problem but have changed mine.
All my favorite peeps out there changing their comments. I love it. Now, I don't have to deal with the frustration when trying to comment on your blogs :)
This is a good idea, but one issue might be pop-up blockers...of course this can be solved by enabling them for Blogger. :)
Okay, update on this - I ended up switching back to the embedded Comments on the same page as blog version. Using the method you suggested will force me to agree to email alerts for all posted comments to go to my gmail account rather than the MSN one. I'm not a fan of gmail at all, and prefer to receive the alerts to my business email account.
I thought it was worth posting this to let people know, just in case they prefer follow up comment alerts going to a different email address.
~ Dawn
so the comments show up both places. That is interesting.
I found you with a Google search for 'blogger comments problems'. After reading many turgid how to's, it seems you have a good step to try, which I have.
When people look for a comment section they don't realize the small date at the bottom needs to be clicked to comment. What's the big secret that they make it so difficult?
Maybe I'm missing some code, or a needed setting?
All good wishes,
Rob MacDonald
Healing Morning said that when using popups Google forced her to use their mail system.
Thanks to Authentic Blogger I switched to Popups, started getting some comments after a long drought, and I receive the email alerts through my email on mail.com... no problem!
So far, everything's working.
Rob (loquacious) we're glad to know this post proved helpful. Glad, also, that you've had success with the routing of alerts to your preferred email for comments. Very good news!
~ Dawn & Marty
i found its nice instructions,its nice informative,step by step,educational & useful post.so helpful to others.
In my case, my blog disappeared completely! But it turned out that there was just some temporary glitch in Blogger's system. Perhaps we have the same case? Read my story about what happened to my blog, and you might figure out what went wrong in yours. Thanks!
Johnplayer, somehow we missed your comment - so sorry for the egregious delay in reply. We're glad, however, that you found the content of this article helpful.
kPg, I've heard of that issue occurring with both Blogger and WordPress formats. I'm sure it strikes cold fear in the heart of any blogger who experiences it. Glad to hear that your own experience was a temporary one that was corrected.
Thanks to both of you for your comments!
~ Dawn & Duane
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