Tired of the painfully flawed intensedebate comment management system, i decided to kick it out of the window and revert to the more reliable blogger interface, which now offers the threaded commenting architecture! Back then, when i migrated, this feature wasn't available.
On the flipside, however, i've lost some 1579 comments, right from May 09, 2010, spanning over a time-frame of 132 weeks! But, i've managed to get them all into an XML file which is lying frozen in cold storage, and will until such time that blogger allows a feature to exclusively import comments and append them onto their respective posts - now, that'd be a breeze, really ;-)
And then, the temptation of tweaking up on the look & feel - led me to apply the more contemporary, yet sober, Dynamic Views template!
So about post # 415, this one - old wine in a new bottle ;-)
Tada!
Oh, i missed the big one: Mum & Dad - happy anniversary! The 34th!
On the flipside, however, i've lost some 1579 comments, right from May 09, 2010, spanning over a time-frame of 132 weeks! But, i've managed to get them all into an XML file which is lying frozen in cold storage, and will until such time that blogger allows a feature to exclusively import comments and append them onto their respective posts - now, that'd be a breeze, really ;-)
And then, the temptation of tweaking up on the look & feel - led me to apply the more contemporary, yet sober, Dynamic Views template!
So about post # 415, this one - old wine in a new bottle ;-)
Tada!
Oh, i missed the big one: Mum & Dad - happy anniversary! The 34th!
congratulations on the new look of your blog, i think its wonderful ! and my best wishes to your parents for their anniversary!!
ReplyDeleteThank you! Thank you very much, BC. Am glad you liked the 'new bottle' ;-)
DeleteAlso, many thanks for your kind wishes on my parents' anniversary. I will be sure to let them know of your best.
I like the new look. I find blogspot (Old or New) very easy to understand compared to Wordpress, and is less buggy. Please convey my best wishes to your parents.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Siraj. Yes, i find blogger much more simple than any other platform and indeed so less buggy!
DeleteThanks for your kind wishes.
I tried the other dynamic views on your blog. I like the classic, no doubt. I also like the magazine and mosaic views.
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Glad you liked it, DI. This is certainly new, much more simple and easy!
DeleteI never had problem with blogger comments… glad u managed to save the comments in file. This template is simple but I find it hard opening the comment section. Hope u get back your familiar blog setting.
ReplyDeleteMy advice to you would be not to move out from the native comment management system of blogger .
DeleteDo you still find it difficult to access the comments section of my blog? Please do let me know if that persists.
GLad you were able ot save the comments and hopefully one day you might be able to import them all ...
ReplyDeletethe new look looks good ..
and Old is always GOLD.. and in context to alcohol the OLDER it is the BETTER IT IS for sure :)
and Happy anniversary to your parents .. my regards to them
Bikram's
Yes, Bikram. Am hoping some day that would be possible. I don't want to lose out on those marvelous treasures. Old is gold, really.
DeleteThanks also for your kind wishes.
I am glad you are able to overcome comments management. I hope soon you will be able to import the old comments too.
ReplyDeleteThanks very much, Sir. I'm very relieved now and am hoping someday it would be possible to import the old comments from intensedebate!
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