Comments

Giving readers the ability to comment on your posts creates a level of interactivity that is not possible with static web pages.

As author, you can create your posts. However, the readers have the ability to add their input as well. Perhaps a reader has a different take on a topic. As author, you can also respond to peoples comments by adding your own comment. Next thing you know, interactive dialog is taking place in a manner that was not possible before.

Creating Comments

Before we go any further, it will be useful if we know how to comment. Below every post, you will see a Comment link. Click on it. As you will see below, every blog is different because everyone can adjust their commenting security. Do you have to log in or not?

Follow these instructions from Blogger for further information.

Controlling Comments on Your Blog

You can modify commenting capabilities by clicking on the Settings tab. Then click on the Comments section.



You can turn comments off completely.

You can limit comments to blogger users, to anyone, or to members of your blog.

You can enable comment moderation. This is suggested, especially if you allow anyone to comment, as not moderating allows you to discard any spam or "bad" comments before they are put onto your site. When you choose to moderate, blogger will ask for your e-mail address. Comments will be sent to that address and you can then choose to publish the comment or not.

Also, when creating individual posts, you can click on Post Options and turn off commenting for the individual post you are creating.