How to Modify Comment Form…?

by Nandupatel on January 4, 2009

1. Log in into blogger with your ID

2. Click Layout

3. Click Edit HTML

4. Click Download full template.(important).

5. Give a check in Expand Template Widget

6. Wait for a few second until the process is complete

7. Find the following CSS code:

#comments h4 {
margin:1em 0;
font-weight: bold;
line-height: 1.4em;
text-transform:uppercase;
letter-spacing:.2em;
color: $sidebarcolor;
}

#comments-block {
margin:1em 0 1.5em;
line-height:1.6em;
}
#comments-block .comment-author {
margin:.5em 0;
}
#comments-block .comment-body {
margin:.25em 0 0;
}
#comments-block .comment-footer {
margin:-.25em 0 2em;
line-height: 1.4em;
text-transform:uppercase;
letter-spacing:.1em;
}
#comments-block .comment-body p {
margin:0 0 .75em;
}
.deleted-comment {
font-style:italic;
color:gray;
}

8. Erase the code above and change with the code below

#comments h4 {
margin:0;
font-weight: bold;
line-height: 1.4em;
text-transform:uppercase;
letter-spacing:.2em;
color: #000;
}

#bg_commentblock {
width: 548px;
background: #ffffff;
float: left;
padding:20px;
margin:0 0 10px 0;
border:1px solid #C0C0C0;
}

#commentblock {
width: 510px;
background: #E8E8E8;
text-align:left;
padding: 20px 20px 10px 20px;
margin: 10px 0px 0px 0px;
border-top: 2px solid #333333;
border-bottom: 1px solid #333333;
}
#commentblock ol {
list-style-type: square;
margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px;
padding: 0px 0px 10px 0px;
}
.commentdate {
font-size: 12px;
padding-left: 0px;
}
#commentlist li p {
margin-bottom: 8px;
line-height: 20px;
padding: 0px;
}

.commentname {
color: #333333;
margin: 0px;
padding: 5px 5px 5px 0px;
}

.commentinfo{
clear: both;
}

.commenttext {
clear: both;
margin: 3px 0px 10px 0px;
padding: 20px 10px 5px 10px;
width: 490px;
background: #FFFFFF url(http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/9991/commentgraythumb5b15dic8.gif?imgmax=800) no-repeat top left;
}

.commenttext-admin {
clear: both;
margin: 3px 0px 10px 0px;
padding: 20px 10px 5px 10px;
width: 490px;
background: #FFFFFF url(http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/9991/commentgraythumb5b15dic8.gif?imgmax=800) no-repeat top left;
}

9. Find the following codes:

<b:includable id=’comments’ var=’post’>
<div class=’comments’ id=’comments’>
<a name=’comments’/>
<b:if cond=’data:post.allowComments’>
<h4>
<b:if cond=’data:post.numComments == 1′>
1<data:commentLabel/>:
<b:else/>
<data:post.numComments/> <data:commentLabelPlural/>:
</b:if>
</h4>

<b:if cond=’data:post.commentPagingRequired’>
<span class=’paging-control-container’>
<a expr:class=’data:post.oldLinkClass’ expr:href=’data:post.oldestLinkUrl’><data:post.oldestLinkText/></a>
&#160;
<a expr:class=’data:post.oldLinkClass’ expr:href=’data:post.olderLinkUrl’><data:post.olderLinkText/></a>
&#160;
<data:post.commentRangeText/>
&#160;
<a expr:class=’data:post.newLinkClass’ expr:href=’data:post.newerLinkUrl’><data:post.newerLinkText/></a>
&#160;
<a expr:class=’data:post.newLinkClass’ expr:href=’data:post.newestLinkUrl’><data:post.newestLinkText/></a>
</span>
</b:if>

<dl id=’comments-block’>
<b:loop values=’data:post.comments’ var=’comment’>
<dt expr:class=’&quot;comment-author &quot; + data:comment.authorClass’ expr:id=’data:comment.anchorName’>
<a expr:name=’data:comment.anchorName’/>
<b:if cond=’data:comment.authorUrl’>
<a expr:href=’data:comment.authorUrl’ rel=’nofollow’><data:comment.author/></a>
<b:else/>
<data:comment.author/>
</b:if>
<data:commentPostedByMsg/>
</dt>
<dd class=’comment-body’>
<b:if cond=’data:comment.isDeleted’>
<span class=’deleted-comment’><data:comment.body/></span>
<b:else/>
<p><data:comment.body/></p>
</b:if>
</dd>
<dd class=’comment-footer’>
<span class=’comment-timestamp’>
<a expr:href=’data:comment.url’ title=’comment permalink’>
<data:comment.timestamp/>
</a>
<b:include data=’comment’ name=’commentDeleteIcon’/>
</span>
</dd>
</b:loop>
</dl>

<b:if cond=’data:post.commentPagingRequired’>
<span class=’paging-control-container’>
<a expr:class=’data:post.oldLinkClass’ expr:href=’data:post.oldestLinkUrl’>
<data:post.oldestLinkText/>
</a>
<a expr:class=’data:post.oldLinkClass’ expr:href=’data:post.olderLinkUrl’>
<data:post.olderLinkText/>
</a>
&#160;
<data:post.commentRangeText/>
&#160;
<a expr:class=’data:post.newLinkClass’ expr:href=’data:post.newerLinkUrl’>
<data:post.newerLinkText/>
</a>
<a expr:class=’data:post.newLinkClass’ expr:href=’data:post.newestLinkUrl’>
<data:post.newestLinkText/>
</a>
</span>
</b:if>

<p class=’comment-footer’>

<b:if cond=’data:post.embedCommentForm’>
<b:include data=’post’ name=’comment-form’/>
<b:else/>
<b:if cond=’data:post.allowComments’>
<a expr:href=’data:post.addCommentUrl’ expr:onclick=’data:post.addCommentOnclick’><data:postCommentMsg/></a>
</b:if>
</b:if>

</p>
</b:if>

10. Erase the code above and change with the code below

<b:includable id=’comments’ var=’post’>

<div class=’comments’ id=’comments’>
<a name=’comments’/>
<b:if cond=’data:post.allowComments’>

<div id=’bg_commentblock’>

<h4>

Comments :

</h4>

<div id=’commentblock’><!–commentblock–>

<b:if cond=’data:post.numComments == 1′>1
<b:else/>
<strong><data:post.numComments/> <data:commentLabelPlural/> to &#8220; <data:post.title/> &#8221;</strong>
</b:if>

<dl class=’commentlist’>
<b:loop values=’data:post.comments’ var=’comment’>
<span><dt expr:class=’&quot;comment-author &quot; + data:comment.authorClass’ expr:id=’data:comment.anchorName’ style=’display:inline’>
<a expr:name=’data:comment.anchorName’/>
<b:if cond=’data:comment.authorUrl’>
<a expr:href=’data:comment.authorUrl’ rel=’nofollow’><data:comment.author/></a>
<b:else/>
<data:comment.author/>
</b:if>
<data:commentPostedByMsg/>
</dt> on &#160;<dd class=’comment-footer’ style=’display:inline; margin:0px’>
<span class=’comment-timestamp’>
<a expr:href=’data:comment.url’ title=’comment permalink’>
<data:comment.timestamp/>
</a>
<b:include data=’comment’ name=’commentDeleteIcon’/>
</span>
</dd></span>
<dd class=’commenttext’>
<b:if cond=’data:comment.isDeleted’>
<span class=’deleted-comment’><data:comment.body/></span>
<b:else/>
<p><data:comment.body/></p>
</b:if>
</dd>
</b:loop>
</dl>
<b:if cond=’data:post.commentPagingRequired’>
<span class=’paging-control-container’>
<a expr:class=’data:post.oldLinkClass’ expr:href=’data:post.oldestLinkUrl’>
<data:post.oldestLinkText/>
</a>
<a expr:class=’data:post.oldLinkClass’ expr:href=’data:post.olderLinkUrl’>
<data:post.olderLinkText/>
</a>
&#160;
<data:post.commentRangeText/>
&#160;
<a expr:class=’data:post.newLinkClass’ expr:href=’data:post.newerLinkUrl’>
<data:post.newerLinkText/>
</a>
<a expr:class=’data:post.newLinkClass’ expr:href=’data:post.newestLinkUrl’>
<data:post.newestLinkText/>
</a>
</span>
</b:if>

<p class=’comment-footer’>

<b:if cond=’data:post.embedCommentForm’>

<b:include data=’post’ name=’comment-form’/>

<b:else/>

<b:if cond=’data:post.allowComments’>

<a expr:href=’data:post.addCommentUrl’ expr:onclick=’data:post.addCommentOnclick’><data:postCommentMsg/></a>

</b:if>

</b:if>

</p>
</div><!–end commentblock–>

</div>
</b:if>

10. Save Template

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ITISMOVIE January 1, 2010 at 11:24 am

tnx

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