Comment Heads-Ups for You and Blog Visitors

With Recent Comments feed widgets added to your blogs last week (classwork, 2008.04.23, based on the recipe here), you should be almost set to:

1. Keep abreast of what comments you're getting on your blog, and
   
2. Enable your classmates, friends, teachers, peers, and other visitors to do so, too.

The points and settings you should check appear in red in the outlines (lists) below:

• For your posts
  • With visitors' comments

    • Comment Notification: Set in your Dashboard (Settings: Comments)

      • Informs you via gmail.
      
      

      Recent Comments feed that you've built and placed near the top of your sidebar

      • Informs visitors on site.
      
      

      Follow-up comment notification: Visitors select this option before publishing their first comment on one of your posts.

      • Informs previous commentators via gmail.
      
      
      • NOTE: With Comment Notification already ON, you don't need to select this option when you add follow-up comments on your own blog posts.
      
      
      
  • With your follow-ups
    • Recent Comments feed
      • Informs subsequent visitors on site.
      
      
      
    • Follow-up comment notification
      • Informs previous commentators via gmail.

Please make sure to double-check your blog comment settings [Blogger Dashboard: Settings: Comments] to make sure that:

• Comment Moderation is OFF -
  
• Unless you've had problems with comment spam.
• If you have had spam problems, please inform a teacher ASAP.
  

• Word Verification is ON -
  
• To minimize chances of getting machine-generated comment spam.
  

• Comment Notification is ON -
• So you'll be among the first to know when you get new comments!
• If you believe that you've received comment spam, please forward the comment notification message(s) to your teacher's gmail address immediately.

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