Blogger Basics: Adding Subscribe to Comments
One of the questions I`ve been getting is how to add a subscribe to comments option in Blogger. The platform allows you to set this up when you are setting up your blog, but it only allows those with a gmail account to subscribe. Obviously, not all your readers will be using Gmail, so you will need another solution.
While this is not as handy as the Subscribe to Comments plugin in Wordpress, I did find a hack to set up your own subscription link in Blogger. Readers can sign up to get follow up comments in their Bloglines or Google Feed Reader.
What you need to do is go into Layout and then HTML. Under Edit Template, click the box for Expand Template Widgets.
Now you need to go through the code to find the following:
<!–Post feed links –>
<div class=’post-feeds’>
<b:loop values=’data:posts’ var=’post’>
<b:if cond=’data:post.allowComments’>
<b:if cond=’data:post.feedLinks’>
<b:include data=’post.feedLinks’ name=’feedLinksBody’/>
</b:if>
</b:if>
</b:loop>
INSERT YOUR NEW CODE HERE
</div>
Once you find this, you`ll be inserting the following code where it says INSERT YOUR NEW CODE HERE:
<a href=’http://YOURBLOGNAME.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/TYPE’>Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)</a>
Like so:
Click on Save Template and you`re good to go. Here`s what the hack looks like in action:
There you have it, an alternative to the Gmail only Blogger comment subscription. Big thanks to the Blog Doctor, where I found this hack.
hey, my html code doesn’t have any of that code. wierd?
Marina, you have a custom template on your blog, so the wording might be different, but it should still be there. Look for anything that talks about “feed”.