Sunday, January 29, 2012

Comment Changes and Black History Month Hop Updates

Comment Changes:

I have finally fixed the comment issues with my blog.  I apologize to everyone who had problems (even I had problems).  I've gone back to blogger comments but my problems had nothing to do with my switch from IntenseDebate to Disqus and from Disqus to blogger. My problems had everything to do with my template.  It took a long time reproducing my template to find the issue but I finally found it.  Notice the missing brown background behind the sidebar...

My thoughts on IntenseDebate and Disqus:  I switched from the IntenseDebate comment system because I felt like the system had been abandoned by its developers and support was lacking.  I really really loved Disqus.  If you are looking for a comment system, I would choose Disqus hands down.  I loved how quickly support responded to me and it was an easy system to work with.

Ultimately, I wanted my comments to belong to me and I didn't want to worry about getting my comments back if I didn't like a system or if a system stopped supporting a feature.  With the changes made by blogger and the issues with my comments, it seemed the perfect time to switch back to blogger.

IntenseDebate Users... IntenseDebate does not currently have a method for you get your comments back to blogger BUT you can import them to Disqus.  If you import your comments to Disqus and then sync (it's an option) them to blogger.  All your comments will return to blogger.  You can keep Disqus or delete it but you will have all your comments.

Black History Month Reminder:

The Black History Month Hop hosted by myself and Mocha Girls Read is just around the corner.  It isn't too late to sign up if you want to participate.

Looking for some books by African American authors?  Try Mohogany Books and Goodreads for ideas.

Check out this post for more information about the hop and tell us about your interest levels.

So far 21 blogs are signed up for the Giveaway Blog Hop.  Click here to join.

Don't forget, participants will be entered in giveaways for each week they participate.  We can't wait!  We know this will be an informative and fun week.

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13 comments:

  1. That is really great advice for IntenseDebate users. I've heard a lot of complaining about losing comments.

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    1. It was one of the reasons I stayed with IntenseDebate so long. Once I accepted that I would lose my comments, I found a way to save them.

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  2. I never had problems here, though there is one blog where I have probs like 80% of the time :/

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    1. It's weird because even I had problems with them. But everyone seemed to be experiencing different problems. It was so hard to fix.

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    1. I think I appreciate Blogger comments a lot more now :) The grass is not greener on the other side.

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  4. Glad you got the comment thing worked out. I've always used blogger because I've hear of similar problems others have had with other commenting systems.

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    1. Blogger comments are really not that bad anyway. It took me a long time to get back because I didn't really know how to get my comments back.

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  5. YAY! I can leave you comments from my laptop again! I'm so happy you are doing this Black History Month event. I'm getting my interviews and giveaway together now.
    NC
    TRuly Bookish

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    1. Yay! I'm so sorry it took me so long to fix the issue. I'm so excited about the Black History Month event as well. I'm a bit nervous as well. I hope everyone enjoys it.

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  6. I just installed Disq onto the new Mocha Girls Read site and now I think I night switch. I would really hate to lose anything at all. I have been looking at Livefyre to. I saw them at Blog World Expo and I am really considering it now.

    Looking forward to seeing what everyone is coming up with for The Black History Month Hops

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    1. I've heard about LiveFyre but haven't tried it. I like Disqus. I liked that my comments were grouped and I could reply through email even though I never did. Lol. I had to switch because I'm just more paranoid than I used to be.

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