Problems Existence Observed, Inwards Blogs Straight Off Using Google+ Comments

A few weblog owners, eagerly opting to purpose the latest Blogger enhancement, Google+ Comments, are seeing roughly changes which they did non anticipate.

Even later checking all of the settings, roughly blogs, alongside Google+ Comments enabled, may non present the comment degree - or may present the form, but comments may non hold out visible. Besides the visibility of the form, at that spot are other changes which roughly weblog owners don't appreciate.

In many cases, Google+ Comments, similar other novel features, require an updated post template. This volition hold out seen inward blogs alongside customised post templates, close oftentimes - although newer, less customised blogs too may take away a post template reset.

After getting Google+ Comments working inward general, roughly weblog owners discover other unexpected changes.

There volition hold out changes seen past times the weblog owner.

• Almost the entire "Comments" section, inward the dashboard Settings - "Posts too comments" wizard, volition disappear - though "Comment Location" volition stay - too volition default to "Embedded". None of these settings are relevant inward Google+ Comments. On roughly blogs, at that spot may hold out no "Comments" dashboard carte du jour entry at all.
• There are no controls for moderation, or for notification, of comments.
• There is no mightiness to moderate comments, from the dashboard. Moderation is done nether each post, ane post at a time.
• As a weblog owner, y'all convey no exceptional mightiness to moderate comments, made against your blog.
• There may hold out roughly comments, which y'all may non hold out able to moderate - but volition let out against your blog.
• If y'all Block somebody from Following you, that mortal may yet hold out able to post a Comment on your blog. When y'all expression at the comments, y'all volition entirely see

  This post is hidden because y'all convey blocked the author.

• The "Export blog" wizard, which used to export both comments too posts, volition entirely export posts.

There volition hold out changes seen, past times the weblog readers.

• People without Google+ accounts won't hold out able to brand - or take in - comments (since comments are Circle dependent).
• Visibility of the comment form, every bit alongside all embedded comments, is sensitive to cookie / script filters, on the customer computers.
• Comments posted exterior Google Comments may non hold out straightaway visible, though the comments stay inward existence. Resetting diverse sections of the template may resolve this, when observed.
• If y'all modify the weblog address - alongside either a uncomplicated BlogSpot address change, a non BlogSpot address republishing (aka "custom domain"), or export / import - existing Google+ Comments may non stay visible, alongside the blog. This may hold out a similar problem, alongside URLs dependent plain to Country Code Aliasing.
• With a weblog using Google+ Comments, the Comments newsfeed volition non hold out published. Any "Recent Comments" gadgets volition hold out useless.
• The comment count, every bit displayed inward the weblog master copy page display, may present "0 comments" - fifty-fifty alongside comments genuinely present, too visible when clicking on "0 comments".
• You may or may non larn e-mail notification of comments, when comments are non shared specifically alongside y'all - fifty-fifty if y'all ain the blog. Other people, who create non ain the blog, may larn notifications when y'all create not.
• It appears that Google+ Comments entirely move alongside blogs that are published publicly.

There volition hold out problems seen (not seen) past times both weblog owners too readers.

• With a weblog using Google+ Comments, comments made piece the weblog was using Blogger Comments won't hold out visible. They volition hold out present, inward the Blogger Comments database - they won't hold out visible, unfortunately.
• With a weblog using Blogger Comments, comments made piece the weblog was using Google+ Comments won't hold out visible. Google+ Comments volition yet hold out out there, inward the streams of the owners too readers - they exactly won't hold out visible on the blog.
• If y'all change a weblog betwixt Blogger too Google+ Comments, comments made nether the previous host won't hold out visible, to either the owners, or the readers. Neither the Blogger dashboard, or the weblog display, supports multiple comment hosts.

Fortunately, inward close cases whatever prematurely made decisions are reversible. Go to the dashboard Google+ carte du jour entry, too unselect "Use Google+ Comments on this blog". The weblog volition exactly supply to native Blogger based Comments. Any comments made nether Google+ volition non hold out visible to you, from the weblog - but everything else should supply to normal.

I've at nowadays added a Problem Rollup discussion, inward Blogger Help Forum: Feature Suggestions too Feedback, where your take in is appreciated. Please hold out objective.

See my exam blogs Google+ Comments, Dynamic Template Test too Google+ Comments, Simple Template Test if y'all wish.

Click here, for instructions to revert dorsum to Blogger based comments. Note that y'all volition lose mightiness to take in all Google+ based comments - though the comments volition yet exist.

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