Big Road Sign to Comment Area
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I have a blog for teachers to exchange ideas, lesson plans, etc. So it’s very important that they comment and that they find it easy to do so. But many say that it’s too confusing. Some try to click on “Permalink,” which is the first thing they see after the post.
Does anyone know how to make a very prominent, very visible link to the comment section? I would be grateful for any suggestions.
Thank You!!The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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Hi,
What is the purpose of the “permalink” link? It presently links to the same page that it is in. You could retitle that link to “Comment” or “Leave a Comment,” change the size and font of the text (larger, bolder), and change the destination URL to https://sclctutortips.wordpress.com/2015/08/25/welcome-to-your-blog/#comments.
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Thank you for your helpful response. I have re-titled the link to “Leave a Comment,” but the word Permalink still shows up after the post, and that is what is confusing to participants. They are inclined to click on it and when they do, it simply takes them back to the page they were on. There’s probably no way to correct this. Do you think another theme would be better?
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I have re-titled the link to “Leave a Comment”
The “Permalink” link hasn’t been changed. Where is the link? It looks like it’s in the content of the post. If that’s the case, I don’t know why you shouldn’t be able to edit the word and the destination URL.
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Here’s the HTML I find at the bottom of the post on your front page:
<footer class="entry-meta"><a title="Permalink to Welcome to Your Blog!" href="https://sclctutortips.wordpress.com/2015/08/25/welcome-to-your-blog/" rel="bookmark">Permalink</a>. </footer></div> </article>The title only displays when you hover over it. The link word is at the end of the code, just before the tag. The href attribute is the destination URL, which is the post that the link is in. Changing the linked word to “Leave a Comment,” and the destination URL to the “Leave a Comment Box” area of the post (anchor ID “#respond”) would give you the following:
<footer class="entry-meta"><a title="Respond" href="https://sclctutortips.wordpress.com/2015/08/25/welcome-to-your-blog/#respond" rel="bookmark">Leave a Comment</a>. </footer></div> </article>The only problem with that is that it jumps over the previous comments. The “2 comments” link below the date on the front page jumps to the top of the comments area. You could have the footer link jump to the same point by modifying it to be something like the following:
<footer class="entry-meta"><a title="Respond" href="https://sclctutortips.wordpress.com/2015/08/25/welcome-to-your-blog/#comments" rel="bookmark">Comments</a>. </footer></div> </article> -
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Thank you so much for your helpful suggestions! I’m certainly going to give them a try! Sorry for the delay in responding – I’ve been out of town.
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You’re welcome! Sorry about the mistakes. Wish they’d allow editing of posts in the forums.
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