Last night, when I was getting ready for Giveaway Day by writing up my blog post, I noticed that my numbered comments javascript code was out of commission. With some of the new updates to the way comments are handled in Blogger--mainly the change to threaded comments which allows readers the option to reply directly to a comment--the older code was no longer working. I did some digging around and even contacted a blogging friend who had gotten her numbered comments straightened out (thanks Amy!) and was able to figure out a way to add the numbers back in just in time. Thankfully, I will now not be counting each and every comment to find the winner! Whew!
I thought that since I probably wasn't the only one having issues with this (especially during this particular time of year) ;), that a quick blog post about how I fixed the problem might be helpful for those of you who use the blogger platform and are having giveaways this week. Here's what I did:
I followed along with this forum post, provided by a very helpful contributor, that outlined how to change to numbered comments using a simple piece of CSS. No more digging around through your template code, yay!
Go to Template Designer - then Advanced - Add CSS - paste the following code into the box and press enter after the last character of the last line - make sure to Apply to Blog before closing.
Check the comments on a previous blog post and they should look something like this:
See where I circled the numbers? Easy huh? :) I hope this helps anybody who may be experiencing the same issues with their comments. Good luck with your giveaways!
Thank you, thank you, thank you, a million times thank you. You deserve a giveaway prize for that advice. : )
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ReplyDeleteWow, thanks, that's very helpful!
ReplyDeleteOh wow, I've been trying to figure out how to fix this forever...and it even numbers the replies too! Woohoo! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks so much - I needed that code!
ReplyDeleteOMG! You Rock Girl :) I have tried everything to get my comments numbered. No headache trying to figure out the winner for the giveaway this week! ThAnK YoU a million x's ;)
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness!!!! Thank you sooooooo much!
ReplyDeleteIt worked! I am so proud, I feel like a little kid saying "I did it all by myself!" (well, OK, with your excellent directions!) Thank you!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Thank you, Thank you!
ReplyDeleteThank you, I have been trying to do this all day! Your awesome!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much! I've tried so many things, and this is awesome! Definitely love that the numbers go past 200 hundred too! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for this. I've just counted my entries, but next time I'll use this. Hope you don't mind, but I'm pinning...
ReplyDeleteOMG! Thank you sooooo much! Same thing happened to me, my comment numbers disappeared, and I've tried about 5 other ways, by editing the HTML codes, to get the numbers back on my comments and nothing has worked so far. This simple CSS worked YAY! Thank you so much! :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks for the tutorial! I totally missed sms give away day, but it's still great to get numbers back.
ReplyDeleteThanks! You saved my some headache:-)
ReplyDeleteThanx so much Jenelle!!
ReplyDeleteThank you. I really appreciate the code. I have tried others and it never worked before. You area a star!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much...this is really helpful :)
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ReplyDeleteMany, many thanks for this! It worked like a charm :-) Now I can post my giveaway and call it a night!
ReplyDeleteThank you!!!!!
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ReplyDeleteGreat! Thank you. I've been searching for the way to add numbers to comments for quite a time now.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much! I live in Aberdeen, just a few hours away from you! Love Seattle and love the great NW! If you ever get down near the beaches Email me and we will find a place to sit and visit!
ReplyDeleteIt is so much easier to do a giveaway when you comments are numbered. Your explanation is so clear that even a non techie old lady like me was able to do it.
ReplyDeletehey it worked!!! thanks so much!!
ReplyDeleteand so simple too!!
Hmm, didn't work for me.
ReplyDeleteJust wanted to see what happens when someone replies to a comment...
DeleteOk, so that is interesting... but it still works, so all is good :)
DeleteThanks heaps - this has worked for me! Brilliant!
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness, do you know how long I have been trying to work this out as I have a giveaway on Tuesday?!! Finally I found this on Google, when none of the techy Blogger blogs helped. Rock on quilters!!
ReplyDeleteThank you SOOOO much!!! What a huge help!!
ReplyDeleteJust wanted to drop you a note to say how much I appreciate this series. I may not always use the information you provide right away, but I always know where to go when issues arise. Thank you for providing us with this very helpful information!
ReplyDeleteThanks!
ReplyDeleteJust used this to get a winner on my giveaway. IT WORKED!!! Thanks. I hope you will keep teaching some of us newbies the tricks of blogging.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for this blogger numbering help!! It worked! I've tried two other ways by other bloggers and neither worked. Thanks so much for sharing :)
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ReplyDeleteHi! This isn't working for me. I'm going crazy trying to figure it out! :( I have tried a zillion tutorials and it just won't work.
ReplyDeleteHi! LIke JuJu it isn't working for me either and it's driving me insane. I have tried it so many times. I am so sorry but please tell me where i am going wrong.
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Patti xxx
Thank you so much for posting this! It worked to bring my numbered comments back. So easy! :)
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for this helpful and easy tutorial!! This helped headaches for me!
ReplyDeleteThis worked perfectly! Thanks :)
ReplyDeleteyou just made my life SO much easier. Thank YOU x
ReplyDeleteWorked like a charm!!! Thanks so much...
ReplyDeleteAgain. . this was so simple! Thank you!
ReplyDeleteI just used this last night and have passed it along to a couple of other bloggers... thanks much!
ReplyDeleteOh thank you, thank you! And thanks to Deb (above for providing me with your link)!
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ReplyDeleteI have to give you a BIG hearty THANK YOU!!! A lot of people post the directions for numbering comments by changing the sections in your template by having to search for a needle in a haystack! This was so easy my granddaughter could have done it!
ReplyDeleteWhere have you been all of my life??? or at least my blogging life? :)
Thanks a million!!!
It didn't work for me, but I use Internet Explorer and read somewhere a while ago that numbered comments do not work on Internet Explorer. You must use Chrome, Firefox or Safari browsers. So that could be the reason a few people who posted comments here said it didn't work for them either.
ReplyDeleteI found the link to your post on the Sew Many Ways "Ask the world a question" post here - http://sewmanyways.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/ask-world-question.html. It works brilliantly.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for sharing this. :o)
Huhmmm... I wonder if the code may have been altered when others were trying to copy it. I use Firefox and it did not work... Will keep trying... Thanks, anyway!
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry it didn't work for you. The code actually can't be altered in this way unless I directly edit the blog post (you can type in the text box, but it doesn't actually change the code or save it) so I'm sure that it's still correct. I would try reloading the page and copying the code again from scratch making sure not to add any additional characters or spaces to the code. That might reset any potential inadvertent changes to the code in the text box (if that is what is causing the issue). I hope this helps!
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