Numbering comments in Blogger Templates a tutorial
Monday, August 23, 2010 | 
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Lisa P@www.isitmondayalready.com
ah this is one of those things that can save you a ton of work if you are a review and giveaway blogger. Who really wants to manually count comments? I did for a while and it wasn't even the slightest bit fun!
Now some template wording is different so I will tell you a trick that helps me when I get there. My template program happens to be one that is worded different so it took me a bit to figure out where to change things.
Ok as with most tweaked head to the design area of your dashboard and expand the widget. Remember Ctrl F to bring up the search box.
I find it easier to replace codes rather then to try and change them when you are not fully comfortable with HTML this way you do not get those dreaded errors about parsing and closing brackets and such. So in these three steps you should have your comments all numbered.
****Ok the one think I wanted to point out as I said earlier some templates have different wording in the coding. Because of this it can be hard to find where to start. If your template does not have the exact verbiage of "Comments-block" just look for the first comments in the html, then search for the next line of code, you will find it!*****
1..Ok type in
replace it with this
2. Find this code
and replace it with this code
3. Final Step Find this code
Now replace it with this one
Notice the Font size in the last step? You can also change that number to better fit with your blogs comment section. Hope this helps!
Now some template wording is different so I will tell you a trick that helps me when I get there. My template program happens to be one that is worded different so it took me a bit to figure out where to change things.
Ok as with most tweaked head to the design area of your dashboard and expand the widget. Remember Ctrl F to bring up the search box.
I find it easier to replace codes rather then to try and change them when you are not fully comfortable with HTML this way you do not get those dreaded errors about parsing and closing brackets and such. So in these three steps you should have your comments all numbered.
****Ok the one think I wanted to point out as I said earlier some templates have different wording in the coding. Because of this it can be hard to find where to start. If your template does not have the exact verbiage of "Comments-block" just look for the first comments in the html, then search for the next line of code, you will find it!*****
1..Ok type in
<dl id='comments-block'>
replace it with this
<dl id='comments-block'> <script type='text/javascript'>var CommentsCounter=0;</script>
2. Find this code
<dt expr:class='"comment-author " + data:comment.authorClass' expr:id='data:comment.anchorName'>
and replace it with this code
<dt expr:class='"comment-author " + data:comment.authorClass' expr:id='data:comment.anchorName' style='clear: both;'>
3. Final Step Find this code
<data:commentPostedByMsg/>
Now replace it with this one
<data:commentPostedByMsg/> <span class='numberingcomments' style='float: right; font-size: 20px;'> <a rel='nofollow' expr:href='data:comment.url' title='Comment Link' style='text-decoration:none'> <script type='text/javascript'> CommentsCounter=CommentsCounter+1; document.write(CommentsCounter); </script> </a> </span>
Notice the Font size in the last step? You can also change that number to better fit with your blogs comment section. Hope this helps!
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Hi, Great work. I really like it. Thanks for nice shearing.
Does that renumber the pages 1-200 or does it count past 200?
Well it will number past 200 BUT it starts back at one. No bog deal for blogger as most comment pages only hold 200. Good Question Elizabeth
I am so frustrated, I cant find <dl id='comments-block'> when I did a search for it, do you know of any other way? I have been reading tons of posts and I have not been able to find one that has what I need to number my posts. I am using the new blogger layout on blogspot.
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I’ve bookmarked this because I found it interesting. I would be very interested to hear more news on this. Thanks!
The proper files were still web web. I thought it was strange, and even after changing the group as your instructions said, there was no change in how this displayed in both putty and filezilla. However, I tested uploading to my blog and it worked like a charm! I am not sure what is going on with the group thing, but somehow it must have worked. I’m curious as to what the deal is with that. In any case, Thank you so much!
Pretty insightful post. Never thought that it was this simple after all. I had spent a good deal of my time looking for someone to explain this subject clearly and you’re the only one that ever did that. Kudos to you! Keep it up
thanks! seems faster at first look, hopefully it continues to function like this.
Thank you! Fabulous resource – now I don’t have to keep searching :)
very use full information. thank you.
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