I've been getting very frustrated over at the Fleet Pond Blog as they will not allow me to post a comment with links in.
The intent of the posting was to answer a question they had asked, and also to point them to some recent links that I have done about Fleet Pond that I think they would like.
Heck some of my favourite pictures are in these links I was suggesting.
Anyway I would dig out the links, click post and the comment just disappears off into the ether.
They use WordPress, same as I do. It is easy to configure to ask for approval of comments with links in, it's what I do. WordPress also can email you letting you know when comments have been made, or need approving. Once again this is what I do.
I suppose what is also frustrating is there is no way to email the guy running it on the blog either. Which is a major no no. There has to be some way for folks to contact you directly via the blog. Not everyone wants to leave a comment, and as in this case if there is a problem how do they contact them?
So while the Fleet Pond Blog is a nice little blog about Fleet Pond. It does fail a bit in encouraging and facilitating discussion. Yet by making some very simple changes they could make things easier for their readers to comment and communicate with them.
For those interested here is what I tried to tell them, but it won't allow me. It may sound a bit short tempered, and to the point. That's just the frustration coming through.
"Well for starters, it appears there are no CountryFile magazine readers following this blog. In the February issue there was a mention of Fleet Pond in the Rural Retreats section.
I also suggested that the fungi was Yellow Brain Fungus. Which I had photographed at Fleet Pond as well here http://whitespider1066.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/p2110068.jpg
I also suggested you might be interested in some of my other posts about Fleet Pond
http://whitespider1066.com/2009/02/more-fleet-pond-indulgences/
http://whitespider1066.com/2009/02/recent-fleet-pond-pictures/
http://whitespider1066.com/2009/01/more-water-fowl/
http://whitespider1066.com/2009/01/black-swan-of-the-family/
http://whitespider1066.com/2009/01/rain-stopped-play/"
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UPDATE: It was as I suspected the comment was being picked up as spam! They have approved my original comment now, so it is now appearing.
If a blog doesn't allow a personal link, I tend not to comment. My comments come with 25 years of pond and lake biology history and if they cannot see fit to allow a link, then I don't feel they deserve a constructive comment. I see your persistence paid off. Good for you!
Swimming Ponds, I have to say that on my other blog all comments that have a URL in the comment text have to be approved before going live. This is my attempt to stop spam. And I try and approve them as quick as possible of them going up.
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