comment box not showing up

I just published my entire iweb site to a folder so that i could export it to a wordpress site. Then I went back to publish another blog post via mobileme and the comment box does not show up. I updated all of my software, tried to recreate the post agian and republish it and did a new "test" post, which came up with no comment box as well. I would love to hear if anyone has any suggestions... Or am I just at the end of the line with iweb?


http://www.playfulearning.com/Playful_Learning/Blog/Entries/2012/3/6_Mama_Time__ A_Cart_of_One%E2%80%99s_Own.html


Thank you...

iWeb '08, Mac OS X (10.7.3)

Posted on Mar 6, 2012 4:27 PM

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Mar 6, 2012 5:00 PM in response to mariahb

The comments feature does not work if hosted on a server other than MMe:


Features Unavailable When Publishing to a 3rd Party Server:


◼ Password protection

◼ Blog and photo comments

◼ Blog search

◼ Hit counter


Currently if the site is published directly from iWeb to the 3rd party server the RSS feed and slideshow subscription features will work. However, if the site is first published to a folder on the hard drive and then uploaded to the sever with a 3rd party FTP client those two feature will be broken.


So if you want to have user comments with your blog you'll need to use a 3rd party commenting system like Discover your community - DISQUS, IntenseDebate or Echo - Products.


Another option is to conver your iWeb blog to a Wordpress blog with Rage Software's iWeb to WordPress for Mac OS X. Or start a new blog at one of the established blogging sites and embed it into your iWeb page like in this demo page: Embed a Site Within an iWeb Page


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Mar 6, 2012 5:09 PM in response to Old Toad

Thank you Old Toad! I am in the process of using Rage Software's iWeb to Wordpress, which is the reason that I published my site to a folder. It is just a few week's away from being complete, so I was hoping to continue with my blog on MobileMe until my new site is complete. Now I know that I can't do both... Thanks again :-)

Mar 6, 2012 6:34 PM in response to mariahb

Let up know how the conversion went. There are others who are contemplating the change and would be interenested in what you learn.


You can still use your MMe blog but will have to enter the same entries into the new blog once you do the conversion.


Once the new blog is up and running you can turn off commenting on the iWeb blog and put a note on the first page of your iWeb blog directing visitors to your new blog.

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