Some time ago, I noodled with the Comments feature of my blog because I was getting inundated with spam comments. I wanted to set it up so that registered users could comment, but I hoped it would not be cumbersome for them to do so.
I’m not there yet.
Two people have taken the trouble to tell me that they had difficulty commenting, including Tim Sheppard, who has a fabulous UK storytelling Web site. I hope to soon fix this feature so others won’t experience the frustration he describes. In the meantime, please be patient, and e-mail me if you’d like to comment in the meantime: kathy@astoriedcareer.com.
I was enjoying reading your Storied Career blog and wanted to make a comment, but ended up in a nightmare of dead ends. You might like to make some adjustments to your site:
Firstly I tried to post a comment to a blog entry, and was sent to TypeKey to create an account before I was allowed. After that palaver, which I almost didn’t bother to go through, I went back to your blog and was told that:
The site you’re trying to comment on has not signed up for this feature. Please inform the site owner.
In other words your blog is inviting comments after every entry but refuses to accept them – very frustrating after making all that effort just to try to post a helpful comment, but I suppose it explains why I couldn’t see any other comments on the blog site.
As instructed I then tried to inform you but couldn’t find contact details for you anywhere, and when I started following links in your ‘shameless promotion’ section I found that one website about you again had no contact details, and your PhD link is password protected so that’s not a helpful link to publicise! Finally I found another site which at last gave this email address for you. I hope the above information will help you make your sites less frustrating.
Anyway, the blog itself looks interesting so I wish you well with it.
Tim
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Tim Sheppard England story@timsheppard.co.uk
Storyteller & Trainer
see The Storytelling FAQ at http://www.timsheppard.co.uk/story