Even though it's December now, I feel guilty about not posting every day. But don't get excited about the subject matter of today's post.
Today's post is directed to anyone who has any knowledge of Blogger (for non-bloggers, Blogger is Google's blog framework -- it's free and easy to use so go start your own blog right now!). Here's my technical question: Is it possible to close or cut off comments on a particular post? I have some sort of foreign spam machine feeding comments into a post I wrote over a year ago. All the comments are part gibberish, part foreign language, and part crazy-link. Most of them mention Viagra or Cialis in some form. I guess the comments aren't hurting anyone because I doubt anyone is looking back on the post, but I just sort of hate having them on my site and hate the thrill of seeing a new comment email in my inbox only to find that it's another anonymous, spam comment on the "Be My Guest" post from October 2008. I used to go back and delete them, but I can't keep up. It's just annoying. I'd like to close comments on that post if someone can tell me how. Though I wonder if they'll start popping up on another post instead.
I will mention that the "Be My Guest" post was written when I was desperately trying to finish my dissertation last Fall. I recruited guest posters for NTB and got some great results. That invitation still stands. If you ever want the thrill of publishing something for tens of readers or want to test-out blogging in a friendly environment, you are welcome to be a guest writer on NTB. Just email me at mep at nottobrag dot net if you're interested.
Okay, that's all folks!
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My only suggestion would be to switch the word verification on. I did following a spate of spam comments. I hate it, but it's a necessary evil. In a couple of weeks try turning it back off.
I thought this post was going to go in a totally different direction.
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Go to the posting option and click on the "edit posts" option. Then click the "edit" option on the article you want to close comments on. Underneath the main window that comes up, there is a "post options" in the lower left hand corner. You can then choose to not allow anymore comments, but show existing, or not allow anymore comments and hide existing comments. Then hit the publish button and it will save your comments option. Hope this helps!
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