Comments on: Google Drops Bomb On Blogspot Blogger Blogs

By: Will

Will — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 20:55:44 +0000

You are correct, Juliet. And I thanked them here. It is nice when the raised voices of the peasants get heeded!

-Will

By: Crafty Green Poet

Crafty Green Poet — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 17:59:04 +0000

As far as I know this problem with Blogger has now been fixed, there was a lot of comment on the blogger user forum and they changed it.

By: Will Taft . com » Blog Archive » Google Backsteps!

Will Taft . com » Blog Archive » Google Backsteps! — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 23:02:37 +0000

[…] has taken heed of everyone who wrote articles like mine criticizing their recent decision to eliminate non-Google urls from Blogger Blogs. Now you can once […]

By: Will

Will — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 22:34:53 +0000

Hi Rick. I don’t like the pop up box commenting systems. From what I have read, many others feel the same way. Some say they just automatically go away without commenting anytime a new little window without all of their browser controls pops up. I looked at the Halo site and it appears that this is the only way their system works. Do you know if it can be installed to work normally?

By: Rick Williams

Rick Williams — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 23:35:38 +0000

Here’s the simplest post to fix this problem yet:

HaloScan.com

I use it on my blogspot blog with awesome results: check it out!

By: Will

Will — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 20:04:56 +0000

Thanks for that link, Anna. That is the way I used to do it and can again just for Blogger Blogs if necessary. I have not given up just yet to find a way to make it work the way it should! But if we can’t find a way to get the name link to work and Google does not rescind their boo-boo, then we will have to go back to the html way.

The deletions I meant are only the couple where all my comment says is something like “Just another test”. Just don’t want the other commentators to get annoyed by them!

-Will

By: Anna

Anna — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 19:13:24 +0000

Will check this post of mine from while ago, Tip 3. I know you last your identity when posting on blogspot, lol, but you can continue to leave a link on the bottom of your comments, just simple html code. I used to do that once, I kept a copy in Notepad and just cut and paste. Hope it helps. Anna BTW I don’t mind to delete post there and there, but it have to be really really bad post, lol. Anna

http://myonlyphoto.blogspot.com/2007/08/navigation-tips-on-my-blog.html

By: Will

Will — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 17:45:37 +0000

Funny Anna! But no danger of bringing the blog down. Only inconvenience might be you having to delete a comment or two when I test. So far, no successful work around for non-Blogspot bloggers to post. It is not only a problem for WordPress users, but anyone who is not on Blogger

By: Anna

Anna — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 17:17:23 +0000

Will, yes learning is good! I know what you mean about Google and I hope on the end they will recognize it and fix it, otherwise the wordpress bloggers will be reluctant to visit blogger bloggers. You have been trying out on my blog, feel free to do that, it does not bother me. Just don’t bring my blog down, lol. Thanks again, Anna :0

By: Will

Will — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 21:49:42 +0000

Anna - Learning something new is a good thing, right? Glad I could help! There has been a bunch of discussion about the open ID thing and it does not seem to be a good replacement for what Google took away from Blogger blogs. Also, WordPress dot com blogs sometimes get confused with sites like this one that just use WordPress on our own independent urls. The dropdown box that includes openID and WordPress as choices only allow a link to a profile on those anyway, not to a blog itself. In any case, it does not work with a site like mine. I just tried again on another blog and the only WordPress thing you seem to be able to link to is a profile page on WordPress dot com. Just like linking to your Blogger Profile instead of your actual blog.

As I have said, my real problem, besides feeling bad for you folks using the Google system, is this: I like to post everywhere with the same ID and a link to my site. Lots of people want this. I don’t really like the fragmented anonymous part of the web and feel if I am always “Will” and always link to my site, then I am a steady, recognizable, individual instead of just a handle or one of many different profiles. I don’t like having to use a Yahoo account to log in to Yahoo, Flicker, and MyBlogLog. Then a Google account to post on Blogger, etc. I just want to be the same old me, whatever site I visit. Kind of weird, huh?

Google has really messed it up for sites like yours by no longer allowing people to link their name to their blog. We just have to hope they clean up the mess they created.