Can't Enter Comments on Blogger - They Just Disappear!

You can't enter a comment on Blogger. When you press publish, what you have typed just disappears. You feel that comments aren't working on blogspot. This article will tell you how to fix this!

Many articles will tell you it's because you are embedding the comments in the "comments location" area of your blogger Settings. This is not the cause of comments not being posted.

The reason you think Blogger comments are broken is because you have third party cookies blocked in your browser!


So, if you want to comment, temporarily enable third party cookies in your browser. Find directions for your particular browser by doing an Internet search using your browser as a keyword, and the words how to block (or disable)  third party cookies. Find an article with a recent date.

Why are we using a keyword of block when we want to enable cookies—at least temporarily? Because there are MANY articles about blocking cookies, but FEW on enabling! A recent article on enabling third party cookies will give you the information you need.


I don't comment on anything very often, so I keep third party cookies blocked all the time. But out of curiosity, I set it to "prompt" and went to one of my blog articles. Blogger prompted me two times in the beginning to accept a cookie, and two more times when I tried to publish a comment. I said yes each time and posted the comment successfully.

So, there you have it. This is why leaving comments on Blogger doesn't work sometimes, and how to fix it. Cheers!

How to Keep a Phrase From Wrapping on a Webpage or Blog

Even in a fixed-width webpage or blog, you cannot be certain where line breaks will occur on the visitor's computer. There may be phrases that you want to stay on one line at all times.

Notice that neither of the two phrases in green below stay on the same line. (Change your browser window width, if necessary, to see this). Don't worry about what the example below is saying ... we know most of you aren't programmers ... but the example shows some text that needs to stay together:

Programmers should review the line of code @template = hr(webmaster.org.us 222.333.222.00 localhost); and should also be sure to review the line of code @template = hr(webmaster.org.us 222.333.222.00 localhost);.

What do you do if you have a phrase that you do NOT want to be split on two different lines? Use the CSS white-space property.

The CSS white-space Property

This property has several values, but the value that fixes our problem is no-wrap. Using the SPAN tag, wrap the phrase like so: <span style="white-space:nowrap">Your Phrase Here</span>. (For CSS users, create a class to use in the span like so: .nobreak {white-space:nowrap;}

FIXING THE PROBLEM Using no-wrap

To fix the problem, wrap the two phrases with spans using "no-wrap" as shown above. Change your browser window width to see that both green phrases stay on the same line at all times:

Programmers should review the line of code @template = hr(webmaster.org.us 222.333.222.00 localhost); and also review the line of code @template = hr(webmaster.org.us 222.333.222.00 localhost);.

The Code for the no-wrap Example:

Programmers should review the line of code <span style="white-space:nowrap">@template = hr(webmaster.org.us 222.333.222.00 localhost);</span> and also review the line of code <span style="white-space:nowrap;">@template = hr(webmaster.org.us 222.333.222.00 localhost);</span>.

We hope this information has been clearly explained and helps you create a more effective webpage or blog. Cheers!

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