[Comments] Using HTML code when leaving comments.

Have you noticed how blogger doesn't let you leave a link to your non-blogger blog in the comments section? Annoying huh! Fret not, you can actually easily build a do-it-yourself link to your own blog using a simple piece of code:


(The little square symbol represents a space)

I had to hand write this instruction because I am unable to type it in as an example to show you. Why not? This magic combination of symbols and letters actually creates an html instruction. If I typed it in as I wrote it above, you wouldn't be able to see the instruction because it would have created a link instead, which is what it has been asked to do by the code.

In other words, say you want to sign your comment in Blogger with your name, Sam, but you would like that signature to actually be a link to your blog. Here's how.

Breakdown Follows:
In this example, to create a link to my own blog, I am replacing the symbol you need to use <> with {}. This is so you can see the code without it creating the instruction. If you want to copy this example, just cut and paste it, replace the { with <, replace the } with >, replace the http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/ with your own url and the Becks & Posh with your own blog name.

{a href ="http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/"}Becks & Posh {/a}

the link itself:
Becks & Posh

Pretty easy when you get the hang of it.

Many, but not all, blog comments accept this kind of behaviour, so you can try it out anywhere and with other things. For example, if you visit another blog and you see they are talking about marshmallows, you want to leave a comment about the marshmallows you made last next month you could write your comment something like this:

Hey I enjoyed reading your marshmallow post its funny because I used the same recipe last month and my marshmallows {a href = "http://myblogname.com/2005/03/marshmallowpost.html"}turned out like this {/a}

(again, relace the {} with <> to make this actually work)
In this example your the words turned out like this would turn a different colour, creating the desired link.

Note - although this will work with many comments, some websites disallow this type of linking in their comments. It will just be trial and error to find out which ones do and which ones don't.