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A comment on the problem "comment link on post not showing" in Intense Debate:

IntenseDebate doesn't seem to be installed on your blog. Could you please clarify what the issue is? Have you installed IntenseDebate? – Michael, on July 11, 2008 23:04

Michael replied on July 11, 2008 23:02 to the problem "comment link on post not showing" in Intense Debate:

Frank, I'm glad you were able to fix this. ID looks great on your blog. I apologize for the frustration.

Cheers,
Michael

.: { frank } :. replied on July 11, 2008 13:18 to the problem "comment link on post not showing" in Intense Debate:

I actually fixed the problem by changing to a new template, then replacing the built-in comments section with tags from a template that worked properly... You can see the working version on my site now.

Typhoon replied on July 10, 2008 16:35 to the problem "comment link on post not showing" in Intense Debate:

Yes I also need help on such trype of problem the comments form got deleted now no onw can comment on my blog...http://templatestreasure.blogspot.com/

A comment on the question "Intense Debate makes Commenting Much Harder" in Intense Debate:

Glad to hear Frank. Cheers – Michael, on July 07, 2008 12:21

A comment on the problem "comment link on post not showing" in Intense Debate:

Hi Michael,

Thanks for your help -- but I'm still seeing the problem on all 3 posts in IE.
In Firefox v3, however, all comment links are appearing properly at the bottom of each post.

In IE 6, the 1st 2 posts show blank links, the 3rd post shows correctly.
In IE 7 -- at least one of the posts showed a blank link.
Again, the blog page is at: http://www.mainwaypc.com

Any more ideas?
Thanks, Neil – Neil Simon, on July 03, 2008 14:18

.: { frank } :. replied on July 03, 2008 05:07 to the question "Intense Debate makes Commenting Much Harder" in Intense Debate:

Hi, Michael.

Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately, I gave up on my original template...it was one called iTheme. I selected a new one and still had to wade through the code to get the performance I was expecting. All is well now.

Thanks for looking into it.

Michael replied on July 02, 2008 16:58 to the question "Intense Debate makes Commenting Much Harder" in Intense Debate:

Frank, I'm looking into this. I'd like to clarify what the issues are exactly.

1.) Comment layout:
After checking out your blog, I see to posts both with IntenseDebate working. These posts have a comment link located at the bottom. When these links are selected IntenseDebate drops down.

Which comment layout would you like?
Do you want a comment link located at both the top and bottom of your blog?

2.) Recent comments widget:
I'm not seeing a recent comments widget on your blog. Have you removed it?

3.) Past posts & comments:
In regards to your previous posts and comments, could you please provide me with a link to an example? Currently I'm only seeing two posts on your blog and there appear to be several comments on your first post. How many past posts are there?

4.) Imported comments:
As db0 suggested, have you checked your moderation queue for your imported comments? Imported comments need to be approved before they will be displayed in IntenseDebate.

5.) Web browser:
Which web browser and version are you using?

6.) Blogger version:
Which blogger version are you using? Classic or modern?

Thanks,
Michael

Michael replied on July 02, 2008 16:58 to the question "Intense Debate makes Commenting Much Harder" in Intense Debate:

Frank, I'm looking into this. I'd like to clarify what the issues are exactly.

1.) Comment layout:
After checking out your blog, I see to posts both with IntenseDebate working. These posts have a comment link located at the bottom. When these links are selected IntenseDebate drops down.

Which comment layout would you like?
Do you want a comment link located at both the top and bottom of your blog?

2.) Recent comments widget:
I'm not seeing a recent comments widget on your blog. Have you removed it?

3.) Past posts & comments:
In regards to your previous posts and comments, could you please provide me with a link to an example? Currently I'm only seeing two posts on your blog and there appear to be several comments on your first post. How many past posts are there?

4.) Imported comments:
As db0 suggested, have you checked your moderation queue for your imported comments? Imported comments need to be approved before they will be displayed in IntenseDebate.

5.) Web browser:
Which web browser and version are you using?

6.) Blogger version:
Which blogger version are you using? Classic or modern?

Thanks,
Michael

A comment on the question "Intense Debate makes Commenting Much Harder" in Intense Debate:

As always db0, thanks for offering your help. Great advice. – Michael, on July 02, 2008 16:47

A comment on the problem "comment link on post not showing" in Intense Debate:

Frank, you can customize the text in your blog settings page at http://intensedebate.com. Select the tab named after your blog followed by the settings sub-tab. Please let me know if this solves the issue. I'm responding to your other post. – Michael, on July 02, 2008 16:43

.: { frank } :. replied on July 02, 2008 02:51 to the problem "comment link on post not showing" in Intense Debate:

Same problem here, along with others I posted as a separate issue: http://getsatisfaction.com/intensedeb...

There is a comments link that came with the template and appears at the top of the page, but nowhere does it say what I see on other blogs...like "posted by frank" "comments (4)"

You can see it at work here: http://wrecklessphotography.blogspot....

and here: http://spillingbuckets.blogspot.com/

but not on my site: http://thefrankspot.blogspot.com/

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.: { frank } :. replied on July 02, 2008 02:11 to the question "Intense Debate makes Commenting Much Harder" in Intense Debate:

I never could get the old comments to migrate, but I recreated them to at least test everything.

The comments link at the top of each posts still does nothing except load the blog entry's permalink. Quite frustrating.

Additionally, I can't seem to select a different comment layout...no matter what I select, it just looks the same...

Can anyone help me?

db0 replied on July 01, 2008 18:04 to the question "Intense Debate makes Commenting Much Harder" in Intense Debate:

Frank, although I'm not using Blogspot I've been pushing people to use IDC on it (because I hate the native comment system), however, some other people who have installed it on Blogger have similar problems.

1. The support team around here can probably help you with the importing problem but yes, the comments need to be imported successfully before you will see them with IDC enabled everywhere. The first thing to check however after doing the import procedure is if the comments are in the moderation queue as this is where they usually go.

2. This will only work if the old comments have been successfully imported and approved.

3. This has probably have to do with the anchor your template defined. The Devs should know more.

.: { frank } :. replied on July 01, 2008 17:47 to the question "Intense Debate makes Commenting Much Harder" in Intense Debate:

Oops..let me clarify #1...If I install on new posts only, the original comments link works only on the post that doesn't use intense debate, and the comments reappear. But they still don't show up in the recent comments widget, even after importing

.: { frank } :. asked a question in Intense Debate on July 01, 2008 17:39:

Intense Debate makes Commenting Much Harder

I've just installed intense Debate on my blog, and I have several problems.

1. My old comments won't import at all; if I install intense debate for all posts, the comments vanish. When I restore my template, they are back. If I install on new posts only, the original comments work

2. My old comments don't show up in the recent comments widget

3. The link to the comments section doesn't do anything -- it just reloads the page

My blog is here: http://thefrankspot.blogspot.com/