Blogger is a great tool for us in providing a site at low cost, but the service also has a lack in flexibility which can cause a bit of frustration sometimes. In 99% of situations, it does everything we need and there are no problems. However, when you find that 1% of things you wish you could change, well then you have yourself a little bit of a difficult time.
My problem today has focused around dealing with our current comment system. I actually had no clue that our system was being problematic until I got an e-mail this morning from a guy named Jeremy. The system just wasn't allowing anyone to post a comment. This problem has to do with the template we use for the site and we can't seem to find a solution without making drastic changes to the site. We're working on a new template with a little more spice (as mentioned by several of you in our survey) but it won't be done for a couple days.
After fiddling with some stuff today, we may have come up with a new solution and I'm curious to see how it plays out. Instead of having a comments page for each post, we're going to have a conversation page where anyone can comment on anything. You'll find a link a little farther down the post under "Click here to join the conversation." You could also find the page by clicking here.
There are positives and negatives to this system. First and foremost, you can't comment directly on a post itself. Yeah, this kinda makes it more difficult to leave a comment on a specific topic or concept. However, it does show you all conversation taking place on the site which offers an interesting dynamic. It's kinda like a chat room to discuss all posts and team progress.
We're going to try it out for a couple days and see if this idea works or not. If you get a chance, give it a try and let us know what you think. You'll be able to find a link to this page on every post from here on out. You can also find the discussion box on the frame to your left, it's located right below our Twitter updates.
Hopefully we'll have a good idea as to if this is success by next week or so. Jeff's working on a new design template for the site anyways, so we may be able to fix the comment problem in the next couple days no problem if this new system fails horribly.
Working on the Comment System
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