Blog Comments

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Blog Comments

Interact with your blog subscribers by encouraging them to comment

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Blog Comments

A successful blog requires an engaged audience. Interaction with blog subscribers encourages them to feel as though they belong to a group and are more likely to mention the blog to others.
Comments Section
Disqus is a very well know comments engine and, best of all - it's free. It is really easy to set up and, using this widget, only requires the Disqus "shortname" to be entered. Signup for an account by clicking the "Disqus" link below.
Moderation
The moderation tools are extensive and moderators can identify trolls, spammers, and other troublesome users and even create a blacklist.
Comments Widgets
The comments section can be styled with a border and/or a box shadow and there are controls for background color and padding.
The optional heading and text can use a web safe or Google hosted font. The wrapper background color has an opacity slider and controls for maximum width and padding.
Shortname & Page ID
The user shortname is entered in the widget settings and is required.
If the comments section is inserted on more than one - or all - of the pages, there are fields for entering the page URL and an ID. The ID lets the moderator know which page the comments are about. This ID can simply be the post title and date.

Toolbar

If the comments section is not on the same page as the blog post, there needs to be an easy way to get to it. The Blog Toolbar widget is used on this page and shows all the options. These are for links to comments, previous post, entries list, next post and an email link.
Controls
The icon size, color and hover color are adjustable and the background color has an opacity slider. The toolbar can be be inserted below a hero item on the EverWeb design canvas and be made to overlay it at the bottom by checking a box like the example on this page.
Icons
The icons are created using SVG code which allows the icon colors to be changed. This also has the advantage of requiring no extra images to download. Using SVG code inserted on the page is much more efficient than having to download a large stylesheet like the one required for Font Awesome icons.
Email Spam Protect
The optional email link has fields for the email name, domain, extension and email subject. The email address is enter in three fields and the @ and period are inserted using Javascript. This prevents spammers using scrapping software from harvesting the email address.

Social Media Links

The social media links stuck to the top left of the page are created using th RGL Blog Social Vertical widget. Follow the link below to see the horizontal version and a description …

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