Help with Comments

Have you been having trouble leaving blog comments lately? I know many of us have and just this morning I helped one of my friends remedy that situation so I thought I'd pass the info on to you in the hope that it will help.

Now I think there may be several different issues with comments these days and I wrote a short post not long ago about how to potentially resolve some of them so if you find the info below doesn't help your particular issue then you can read that earlier post by clicking here.

So here's what we found...

The issue ~ Every time my friend tried wanted to leave a comment she was prompted to sign-in, however upon signing in, she was returned to the comment area where she was prompted once again to sign-in ~ and so on, in a vicious loop. Terribly frustrating.

The fix ~ We realized that if she went directly to her own blog and signed in there, you know, through the top bar on the right hand side, that she was then "officially" (for lack of a better term) signed into Blogger and could then go to any blog and leave a comment.

This is something I automatically do every day without thinking about and if you build it into your own daily online routine it may help you overcome this issue as well ~ here's hoping!

Enjoy~

Comment buttons above can be found by visiting the Elements/Buttons section on my blog.

Glitcherific & Backups

Sometimes when things get especially glitchy I tend to makeup words to combat feelings of frustration ~ hence the post title. It seems functionality is exceptionally glitchy lately on Blogger and I know it has all of us concerned.

I'm not sure if it has anything to do with the pending name change or if it's just exceptionally buggy these days but whatever the case, I took the time to make a quick backup of my blog template and recommend you do the same.

While noone can guarantee it will safeguard us from the unthinkable loss of our blogs, it certainly doesn't hurt and it's super easy to do. So if you're looking for a little temporary peace of mind just these simple steps below.

To back up your blog template:

Log into your Blogger account and navigate to the "Design" tab...

Click on the "Edit HTML" link...

Next click on the "Download Full Template" link...

Be sure to save this template somewhere you can easily find in case you need it in the future.

I would recommend backing up your blog template at least once a week to ensure any changes have been included and saved.

Enjoy~