Many blogs these days do contests & giveaways and it can be very handy to have numbered comments to keep track of the number entries and select a winner. I have found a a very simple way to number your comments- here’s how you do it:
Go to Layout>Edit HTML in your dashboard. Check the “Expand widget templates” box. Now hit ctrl+F this will bring up a search bar.
Now put this line of code in the search bar:
and add this code just BEFORE the line above
Now search for this line:
Add this code just BEFORE the line above
Click on Preview. If your blog runs without any errors then, your are done. Save the template.
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Muse Mama says
Thank you, Lena, that was super helpful!
CynthiaK says
Simple as that! Thanks for the tip!
Leptir says
I coudn't make it. I don't know why 🙁
Erin says
Done and done! Thank you!!
Anne says
Thanks so much for the tutorial!
Lena says
You're welcome! Glad it was helpful
Leptir what was the problem you were having?
Jen @ After The Alter says
OMG how fun! I have been dying to know how to do this. I have to get my IT guy (husband) on this! 🙂 yaya!
Deborah says
May I know how to add the post dividers to my blog?
Susie B. says
I don't have those lines in my HTML. Here's how mine looks, can this be done w/ a 3 column template?
#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;
}
Any help would be appreciated! 🙂
Lena says
Hi susie,
I am not sure issue what the issue could be. do you have your expland widget template box checked?
Susie B. Homemaker says
Ugh, how did I miss the very 1st line of instructions! Thank you Lena!! Now will it show up on all new posts & just not on the old ones??
Ashley @ Little Miss Momma says
I had no idea it could be so simple! Thank you for sharing! I just did the tutorial now…will it only show up on future posts? Found this blog via Top Mommy Blogs and I am LOVING it!
http;//littlemissmomma.blogspot.com
Connie says
This is probably a dumb question, but I'm assuming this only works on Blogger Blogs?
Lena says
Not a dumb question- however you are right it doesn't work with wordpress. 🙂
jojoebi says
BRILLIANT – I spend half a day trying to figure all this out and here you had it so simple!
If you use a Mac it is 'apple' & F buttons for the search box.
Thank you!!
Gina @ MoneywiseMoms says
Hi Lena. I did the instructions but no numbered comments are showing up. Will it only work on posts going forward and not apply to old ones?
Gina @ MoneywiseMoms says
Oh, yay! It apparently just took a while to do it, because now it's working. Thank you so much!
Marianne@Songbird says
Thanks! I didn't even know you could do this. Worked like a charm!
Jennifer says
Wow! Thats awesome!! Thanks for sharing! For reference if you have a mac, it's command F instead of control F. 🙂 Thanks Again!!
Susieqtpies says
I LOVE YOU! haha Really I do! This is a huge lifesaver for me!!! Thank so much for sharing your html knowledge!!!
Susieqtpies at Scraps of Life
http://cafescrapper-scrapsoflife.blogspot.com
KAREN says
Thank you so much for this tutorial!
I have a suggestion for another tutorial (or maybe you can direct me to an existing one) – now that I have numbered the comments, how can I customise the embedded comments view so each comment has a box/border around it (like on your blog?)
The Mom I Want To Be says
You make things so easy! Thanks!!!
Lisa says
OMG, you are my new bff!!! you just saved me SOOO much time with my giveaways LOL
even my blog designer didn't know how to do this! and I had tried before but no one has ever made finding the place to input the addition so easy… ctrl f, you're pure genius!!
THANK YOU!!!
Claustrawberry says
Thank you very much! This is a very useful tutorial 🙂
Deb says
Hey! It works! But how do I change the font of the number, size and color? Thanks!
Courtney says
This is really helpful. I will have to try it later when I am more awake. I just started my own blog.
Courtney says
So I just did it and it worked. How does it work for giveaways if you comment on something somebody said ? I mean you shouldn't count your own posts right? Plus what if your comment gets picked as a winner ?
Emy says
OMG, thank you so much! I'd been searching for awhile how to number the comments on my blog, but I really couldn't follow the tutorials. Yours was so simple to follow. I was able to do it in my first try.
Would you mind if I shared this with my readers by simply linking them to your page. (Don't worry I won't copy your post}
Mommy Moment says
Links are welcome! Glad you found the tutorial helpful!
SassyScorp says
Thank you soooooo much! worked like a charm and so easy!
Kristen says
Thank you Thank you Thank YOU!!! I have tried for so long with so many other tutorials to number my comments! This was so easy, and it worked1! YOu are a major headache saver!!
Beckee says
Thank you SOOO much! I have been trying to figure this out and looking for a good way! This will make my giveaways SOOOO much easier to pick winners!
Linda says
omg! Thank you soooooooo much! I have been trying to figure this out for soooooo long! You made it soooo easy! It took me like 5 seconds! lol
peggy aplSEEDS says
someone sent me this link and i just wanted to say thank you very much for your clear instructions! it worked for me and is soooo helpful for giveaways!
Tess says
Thank You, It worked. I wish I had seen this before OWOH2011 ended. Super cool!
Number Crunching Momma says
Wow that was so easy. Thanks for the great instructions.
Meg says
For some reason when I click Expand Widget Templates it just doesn’t work! Do you have any idea what the problem is? I’m using a vector template of yours Lena. I really want to do a giveaway on my blog and would like the numbered comments.
Thanks! 🙂
Meg
Lena says
I have no idea, it sounds like a blogger issue. Does it allow you to check it- and then it stays checked?
Kathy says
Sorry, it’s not working for me. I could follow the steps easily enough. To test, I added a couple of comments to today’s post. Then I came out, shut down, and came back in. The two comments were there…but were not numbered. I repeated the steps visually…by going back in the the html code and making sure every single character matched your written code lines. They do.
Does it take a while before it “takes” or something? Any ideas?
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