Thank you to everyone who reads my blog and those who have left comments. I cannot express how much it means to me. It is you, my readers, that motivates me to keep writing and inspires me to continue to share my posts. Otherwise, it would just be like an online diary. I am sorry up until now I haven't been able to reply to your thoughtful comments. But that just changed!
One of the downfalls to Blogger is that it lacks a reply feature, as I am sure you have noticed. This is a serious issue because it is important for blog authors to be able to communicate with their readers. So, for the longest time, I was really frustrated because I wanted to be able to respond to your notes but didn't know how. Yes, I could put a single comment up below your comment but that did not facilitate continuing the conversation. I Googled the issue and found some blogs that showed a hack around the issue. I thought, Yes! A Fix! They all cited the same source code: "" in order for this to work. The process made sense to me, but the problem was that the code did not exist for me. The catch - my template is not a Blogger template but one by Theme Craft. This means my HTML comment code was different. I knew I had to find another way to add this reply feature if I wanted to be able to communicate with you. I had responded to one of the blogs that explained the process for Blogger to see if they could help me too, but I never got a response. I contemplated emailing Markandey over at Markandey.com for his help, again. His blog post on How to Add Tabs to Your Blog was by far the easiest and most helpful How To guide I came across on the topic. (Thanks again, Markandey!) He was beyond insightful and knowledgeable. We emailed back and forth and he took a lot of time to help make sure my blog was exactly how I wanted it to be. If you need blog help, I highly recommend you seek him out. Anyways, I didn't want to bother him again. I wanted to try to fix this on my own.
Finally, a light bulb clicked this morning and I decided to check out Disqus. It is so simple! I set up an account, and TA-DA! It merged and transferred all my comments with ease and now I am able to reply to comments as well as be notified if someone responds to one of my comments.
If you are having a similar issue, consider using an alternate commenting forum like Disqus. It is Blogger compatible and easy to use. All you have to do is sign up, link your blog to your profile, select preferences for your blog, and you are ready to rock and roll!
Happy replying!
Love, Caryn
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