Where did the comments form go?

by Anonymous
(Canada)

Last night, when I checked yesterday's new stories, I saw that the form for leaving comments was gone. Darlene, did you stop accepting comments? I hope I can find it somewhere else because I want to be able to leave comments to people who tell their stories.

Reply from Darlene: Firstly, let me assure you, comments to individual contributors are still being accepted on my site.

As of last night, April 10, 2008, a change—what I see as a beneficial upgrade—was made to the system of posting comments to individual submitters.

At the bottom of all story, commentary, article, Ask Darlene and OpenSpace room pages you will find one of two links, depending on whether or not comments have been previously posted.

If there are NO comments posted, the underlined link will read: "Click here to post comments." If you click onto that link, you will be taken directly to the comments form, where you can post your response.

If there ARE comments posted, the underlined link will read: "Click here to read or post comments." If you click onto that link, you will be taken to the page that houses all previous comments. Once there, you'll see the underlined link "Click here to add your own comments." immediately following the title and again immediately following the last post on that page. If you click onto that link, you will then be taken to the comments form.

These upgrades pave the way for even further improvements to this system. One such improvement will permit me to change the comments format to be more in line with that of a forum: comments will appear oldest on top, newest on the bottom so that the flow will make more sense to my readers.

Another upcoming change will allow me to opt to have comments appear on the same page as the original submission. That option, when it becomes available, means my visitors will be able to easily refer back to the contributor's story, commentary, article, etc., in order to better tailor their comments to that person.

My individual contributors appreciate the supportive nature of the comments they receive. I thank you ALL for being so respectful.

Email addresses, phone numbers, home addresses AND website/blog URLs in visitor comments are STRICTLY prohibited, and could result in being banned from making further comments on this site.