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January 12, 2012

Blogger Adds Threaded Comments

Blogger's comment system has been updated and it now supports threading. You can now reply to a comment and read the entire conversation. "It is now much easier to differentiate between whether someone is making a general comment on the thread, or responding to another comment on the thread," informs Google.

The threaded view is only available for embedded comments and it requires to enable full-text blog feeds.


If you've manually customized your blog's template, you may not see the new feature. One way to solve this issue is to reset widgets. In the new Blogger interface, go to the Template tab, click "Backup/Restore" and download your template, then click "Edit HTML", "Proceed" and "Revert widget templates to default". If something doesn't look right, you can always go back to the old template by clicking "Backup / Restore" and uploading the template you've saved.
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  1. UnknownJanuary 12, 2012 at 7:17 AM

    So, any luck having it enabled here?

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  2. Ben PikeJanuary 12, 2012 at 7:31 AM

    "13 Years Later Blogger Adds Threaded Comments"

    There - I fixed your headline.

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    1. AnonymousJanuary 12, 2012 at 7:34 AM

      Epic title is epic!

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    2. UnknownJanuary 12, 2012 at 5:22 PM

      i wonder how long it would take them to add the +1 button to the comments!

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    3. ShawnJanuary 12, 2012 at 7:14 PM

      That is funny.

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  3. zizukabiJanuary 12, 2012 at 8:58 AM

    Following blogger hack makes threaded commenting for customizing template:

    http://www.bloggerplugins.org/2012/01/threaded-comments-for-blogger.html

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    1. AnonymousJanuary 14, 2012 at 7:57 AM

      I use HTML5 and I get 999 errors when I checked it on http://validator.w3.org/

      I hope blogger fix <data:post.commentHtml/>
      so it can be valid on HTML5

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    2. ShawnJanuary 20, 2012 at 5:00 AM

      I hope Blogger reveals the code for it so we can manually customize it.

      More importantly, I hope Blogger cleans up their template code so we can finally have 100% valid templates.

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  4. Nate CressJanuary 12, 2012 at 1:23 PM

    Now. Will Google+ get threaded comments on posts? This may not be necessary with +Mentions, but it is sometimes hard to follow a conversation on Google+ when many people start +Mentioning different people in comments, and trying to find the comment that another comment refers to can be difficult.

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    1. AnonymousJanuary 13, 2012 at 12:00 AM

      You definitely should suggest that to Google.

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    2. lucb1eJanuary 13, 2012 at 12:57 PM

      I rather need it on Youtube. Most of the @mentions I want to lookup there are unfindable, like they are removed or 25 pages down. Google+ isn't that bad, but it would be nice to have threaded conversations there too.

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  5. AnonymousJanuary 12, 2012 at 9:32 PM

    This is absolutely great!

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  6. Game RumbleJanuary 13, 2012 at 10:52 PM

    The reply button doesn't work... :(

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    1. ShawnJanuary 20, 2012 at 5:02 AM

      It doesn't work using Internet Explorer for me, but I don't care because Internet Explorer sucks compared to Chrome.

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    2. New Gamer NationFebruary 8, 2012 at 9:07 AM

      Works for me using Chrome

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  7. hongjunJanuary 14, 2012 at 9:43 PM

    not available for me

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  8. Harvey44January 17, 2012 at 7:10 PM

    Any advice on how to disable this feature?

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  9. itshometomeJanuary 25, 2012 at 12:49 AM

    I used to have nice numbering to the right of the comments with a nice little bubble. Now it is gone. I have deleted the code and want to find some other way to number the comments. Any ideas?

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  10. Benjamin SmithMay 14, 2012 at 10:52 PM

    The reply button doesn't work.....I was Internet explorer then chrome and still its not working.

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  11. Our SiteJuly 17, 2012 at 11:55 AM

    It seems to work for me in chrome only. I will try a blogger hack.

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  12. Donna || HEYLADYSPRING.COMAugust 15, 2012 at 3:19 AM

    This new change is just to organize the look of the comment section right?
    It still doesn't send notification when a person replies to your comment?
    Which means we still need to click the "subscribe by email" link?
    Am I right?

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