I can’t figure out what is wrong with my code!!
Ok – so recent events convinced me to try enabling comments on my blog. I made all the changes that I thought should make it work, but just like the “Read More” link, the language appears but clicking on it won’t do you any good! Sadly, I think it is a problem that is beyond me how to figure it out.
Why’d I try enabling comments? Well, three things prompted me to reconsider it. First, I started thinking about trying to enable them when I had a conversation about the Mayor’s blog with Sarah Edgerton, the City’s webmaster and she told me, yet again, “it’s not a blog if the comments aren’t enabled”. Well, you could have fooled me, if I haven’t been blogging for the past three years, what have I been doing? Then, I talked to Kristin from the Cap Times and she told me that she liked having comments to get feedback from people. So, I thought they made some interesting points and I tried to enable the comments . . . and failed.
Then, I listened to the Dane101 podcast last night and I think they said I was wimpy or cowardly for not enabling my comments. Which spurred me to try one more time. But, I failed again.
So, I’ll try again this weekend, and if I can’t get the form to show up I’ll remove it.
Just so you know, I was going to do this on a test basis. I never enabled the comments because I figured it was just another forum for mean-spirited attacks like you see at madison.com and thedailypage. I wasn’t going to allow anonymous comments, which I struggled with because it might limit city worker feedback – since they make up a HUGE portion of my readership! If the comments went well, I was going to change that.
My other concern is time to respond to the comments and being able to do that in a timely manner. I am kind of am stuck at work and in meetings and should be paying attention to those things instead of commenting on my blog.
But, like I said, I was willing to give it a try – if I can just figure out what the heck I’m doing wrong! Hopefully I can figure it out this weekend and we’ll see how it goes.
