I have to admit me not liking the comment system of Blogger is nothing personal against Blogger. It just that AdBlocker in Firefox (in Chrome it works) blocks it…
So I have decided to look at other implementations, my requirements were:
- Easy to install
- No changing of Html source involved (I have already experienced first hand Blogger resetting my Html template)
- Looks good
- Easy to use
First lets look at what we have:
With Firefox AddBlocker it looks like this:
Well:
- It' is easy to install – no installation needed
- Built in
- Looks ok if you like grey as it is I don’t like it much
- Disabling AdBlocker is not so easy or that useful
IntenseDebate
Now I have to admit that so far I only tried one system but it’s a good one.
Now this one look much better, but lets look at the checklist:
Installing:
Just sign in to an account in IntenseDebate and either as part of the signing in choose to be a blog/site owner or:
Enter the blog URL:
If you have a domain you will have to choose your blog Platform (my notes blog was identified automatically):
Step 1: Widget
Step 2: On all blog posts
Step 3: Click on the link
Step 4: In Blogger->Settings->Comments:
Set comments to hide:
Set new posts to not have comments:
Click on Save Settings
Warning I ignored:
Please Note: If the options to the right of the "New Post" button are "Edit Post, Settings, Template" then you are using Blogger Classic, which is currently unsupported.
My Settings seem to be for Blogger Classic but they still work.
Step 5: Add Widget to blog:
Click on the link
Select your blog:
And then click on Add Widget.
Click on Save:
Done.
Current look:
Now you might say it doesn’t look the same. Well now we go to the tweaking:
Click on the link:
My Account Settings:
My Comments Settings:
My Activated Plugins:
And now it looks like:
Going back to the requirements:
- Done and easy
- No changes in the Html
- Looks good
- Easy to use – AdBlocker doesn’t block!
Keywords: blog, blogger, comments, IntenseDebate,AdBlocker
