Code for Blogger Reply Button with Threaded Comments

There are times when we upload new templates or edit them for design purpose, some codes get messed up. May be that's what happened to me and my reply button in blogger comments seemed to be dead (see the image below)

What I want to do now is

• Insert the missing  HTML code for the blogger reply button in my comment section 
• Activate Threaded comments (looks like steps) in my comment section as in G+ feature.

Insert the missing code for the reply button

Before coding, it is always a good idea to download your template for safety. After that, do the following steps.

Step 1: To write the missing code for Reply button, goto Dashboard ->My Blogs ->Template ->Edit HTML , and find the below code using (CTRL+F)

<b:includable id='threaded_comment_js' var='post'>

Step 2: Replace the above code in step1 with the below code.

<b:includable id='threaded_comment_js' var='post'> <script async='async' expr:src='data:post.commentSrc' type='text/javascript'/> <script type='text/javascript'> (function() { var items = <data:post.commentJso/>; var msgs = <data:post.commentMsgs/>; var config = <data:post.commentConfig/>; // <![CDATA[ var cursor = null; if (items && items.length > 0) { cursor = parseInt(items[items.length - 1].timestamp) + 1; } var bodyFromEntry = function(entry) { if (entry.gd$extendedProperty) { for (var k in entry.gd$extendedProperty) { if (entry.gd$extendedProperty[k].name == 'blogger.contentRemoved') { return '<span class="deleted-comment">' + entry.content.$t + '</span>'; } } } return entry.content.$t; } var parse = function(data) { cursor = null; var comments = []; if (data && data.feed && data.feed.entry) { for (var i = 0, entry; entry = data.feed.entry[i]; i++) { var comment = {}; // comment ID, parsed out of the original id format var id = /blog-(\d+).post-(\d+)/.exec(entry.id.$t); comment.id = id ? id[2] : null; comment.body = bodyFromEntry(entry); comment.timestamp = Date.parse(entry.published.$t) + ''; if (entry.author && entry.author.constructor === Array) { var auth = entry.author[0]; if (auth) { comment.author = { name: (auth.name ? auth.name.$t : undefined), profileUrl: (auth.uri ? auth.uri.$t : undefined), avatarUrl: (auth.gd$image ? auth.gd$image.src : undefined) }; } } if (entry.link) { if (entry.link[2]) { comment.link = comment.permalink = entry.link[2].href; } if (entry.link[3]) { var pid = /.*comments\/default\/(\d+)\?.*/.exec(entry.link[3].href); if (pid && pid[1]) { comment.parentId = pid[1]; } } } comment.deleteclass = 'item-control blog-admin'; if (entry.gd$extendedProperty) { for (var k in entry.gd$extendedProperty) { if (entry.gd$extendedProperty[k].name == 'blogger.itemClass') { comment.deleteclass += ' ' + entry.gd$extendedProperty[k].value; } } } comments.push(comment); } } return comments; }; var paginator = function(callback) { if (hasMore()) { var url = config.feed + '?alt=json&v=2&orderby=published&reverse=false&max-results=50'; if (cursor) { url += '&published-min=' + new Date(cursor).toISOString(); } window.bloggercomments = function(data) { var parsed = parse(data); cursor = parsed.length < 50 ? null : parseInt(parsed[parsed.length - 1].timestamp) + 1 callback(parsed); window.bloggercomments = null; } url += '&callback=bloggercomments'; var script = document.createElement('script'); script.type = 'text/javascript'; script.src = url; document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(script); } }; var hasMore = function() { return !!cursor; }; var getMeta = function(key, comment) { if ('iswriter' == key) { var matches = !!comment.author && comment.author.name == config.authorName && comment.author.profileUrl == config.authorUrl; return matches ? 'true' : ''; } else if ('deletelink' == key) { return config.baseUri + '/delete-comment.g?blogID=' + config.blogId + '&postID=' + comment.id; } else if ('deleteclass' == key) { return comment.deleteclass; } return ''; }; var replybox = null; var replyUrlParts = null; var replyParent = undefined; var onReply = function(commentId, domId) { if (replybox == null) { // lazily cache replybox, and adjust to suit this style: replybox = document.getElementById('comment-editor'); if (replybox != null) { replybox.height = '250px'; replybox.style.display = 'block'; replyUrlParts = replybox.src.split('#'); } } if (replybox && (commentId !== replyParent)) { document.getElementById(domId).insertBefore(replybox, null); replybox.src = replyUrlParts[0] + (commentId ? '&parentID=' + commentId : '') + '#' + replyUrlParts[1]; replyParent = commentId; } }; var hash = (window.location.hash || '#').substring(1); var startThread, targetComment; if (/^comment-form_/.test(hash)) { startThread = hash.substring('comment-form_'.length); } else if (/^c[0-9]+$/.test(hash)) { targetComment = hash.substring(1); } // Configure commenting API: var configJso = { 'maxDepth': config.maxThreadDepth }; var provider = { 'id': config.postId, 'data': items, 'loadNext': paginator, 'hasMore': hasMore, 'getMeta': getMeta, 'onReply': onReply, 'rendered': true, 'initComment': targetComment, 'initReplyThread': startThread, 'config': configJso, 'messages': msgs }; var render = function() { if (window.goog && window.goog.comments) { var holder = document.getElementById('comment-holder'); window.goog.comments.render(holder, provider); } }; // render now, or queue to render when library loads: if (window.goog && window.goog.comments) { render(); } else { window.goog = window.goog || {}; window.goog.comments = window.goog.comments || {}; window.goog.comments.loadQueue = window.goog.comments.loadQueue || []; window.goog.comments.loadQueue.push(render); } })(); // ]]> </script> </b:includable>

Step 3: Save your template and Enjoy!

How to Activate Threaded comments

After making your Reply alive, lets try making it into a threaded style comment instead of usual pop-up style comment. Follow the below steps in order ,

Step 1: Goto My Blog -> Settings -> Other ->Site Feed , change "Allow Blog Feed" to "FULL"

Step 2: In My Blog -> Settings - > Posts and Comments -> Comment,
            change "Comment Location" as     "EMBEDDED"

Step 3: Goto My Blog -> Template -> Edit HTML . Using CTRL+F, find the following code ,

            

<b:include data='post' name='comments'/>

Step 4: Now, replace the above codes wherever occurring with the codes below ,

<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == &quot;static_page&quot;'>

<b:if cond='data:post.showThreadedComments'>

<b:include data='post' name='threaded_comments'/>

<b:else/>

<b:include data='post' name='comments'/>

</b:if>

</b:if>

Step 5: Save the template.

Now, my reply button working like a charm. And so should yours :)

Hope you enjoyed this tutorial as much as I have!

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