Should we use HaloScan? (I am so disappointed to HaloScan) (22)
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As you can see, i use Haloscan comment system service for this blog, but i am really-really disappointed for this.
why ?
1. HaloScan can not import my old comments. where it should be just so easy to do because the can use the blogger comment feed to do that, but Haloscan don’t do! so all comments from my readers were just disappeared. sorry readers 
2. HaloScan can’t give us the referrer URL of the comments. that make us can’t find out where the comment is coming from. As the blog master, we should know what post is being commented by our reader right? and we just can’t know that with haloscan. except if you want to open all of your past posts pages one-by-one.
But why did you install Haloscan Jack?
Well.. i thought, it would be nice if i can have a comment form under my post page, but it seems my old hacks is just better then haloscan service.
So.. why don’t you just swap it back to your old hacks?
well.. this again is because there are already lots of comments by this blog readers on each post. so i can’t just let them disappeared anymore.
Now, should we use Haloscan or not?
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I, too, was really disappointed in Haloscan. They have alot of problems and kinks to work out, so I removed it from my page.
Me too. I used Haloscan to make the comment form appear at the bottom of the post. (That was before the hack for new blogger–like this you’re using was created!) Now, I can’t get out of it.
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I thought of using HaloScan because it will give me a trackback capability. But I found out many bloggers are not happy using HaloScan including you, Jack Book.
Can you hack Blogger’s template so that we, Blogger user can have a trackback too. It would be nice to have a trackback on our blog. Do you think so, Jack Book.
Greetings and lotta loves from Malaysia.
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You said “HaloScan can’t give us the referrer URL of the comments. that make us can’t find out where the comment is coming from.” ——–> What are you talking about?? I know excactly which comment came from which post… it’s called “thread” in haloscan’s “manage comments”. Is it possible you istalled it in the wrong way?
Hi Tizzy,
what I am trying to say is. on your Manage Comments page. When you see a new comment submitted, do you know what is your post being commented?
let say you have 100 posts on your site.
which post is that comment come from? is it from post #1? or post #2? or post#100?
if you can help me with this, then I might recommend haloscan to my readers again.
thanks Tizzy.
I think haloscan doen not store comment on blogger this one more problem.
correct me if i am wrong.
yes you’re right.
I have jack i have send the my blog template xml, could you please configure your comment widget to that.
and I made a comment the same at
http://www.jackbook.com/2007/06/how-to-make-readers-leave-comment.html
Thanks in Advance
Dutt
hi Dutt, i have resent it back to your email.
it’s done. thanks
Thanks very much Jack, what a great support we are receiving from you.
I have send email from my office id, here Now I am at home i can not check your reply mail from here.
I shall do tomorrow and let you know if any problems.
Thank you very much.
Dutt
Tomorrow people can see your comment widget at my blog http://msdotnetsupport.blogspot.com
i still uses haloscan and now my problem is i’m changing template
will my previous comments will still be there after i reinstall haloscan
hi Julia,
thanks
i have never embed haloscan comment inside my template, so if you install one of my template, you have to re install the haloscan script there.
but that is an easy job isn’t it?
please i need your attention
Hi Helix,
If u need any help from my side, it will be my pleasure… by profession m a software engineer..
The only prob is tht m a little busy these days..almost till 1st week of Feb.. will be able to help u then in ur customization of the comment widget..
tc..
never mind, just test and if suitable, use it,
if no, do not usei.
very simple
thanks Jacky
I also remove the Haloscan
i have been trying to get comments to appear on the same page as my post for months, to no avail. i tried your hack from another post but i couldn’t get it to work properly. i fooled around with my template so much that now the comments don’t work at all.
since haloscan doesn’t seem to please many people, are there any other solutions like the one found on the blog http://www.strobist.blogspot.com ? if i sound desperate, it’s cause i am
help please.
hi jack,i too had problems with haloscan. It’s really bad. As you said all our old comments will be lost. Also, there will be a link to haloscan site from the comment form & it is bit irritating. I like to know what you have done to make this comment form look like an wordpress one ? Are you using the same blogger hack that you wrote some time back for this comment form ?..
How to use Haloscan template? I chose my template already, then which code should I copy into blogger? I copied the one found in my dashboard. I want to use the template! like I click a link on my sidebar, then a window pops out with my template and my comments on it like a tagboard. help me thanks. i really need help. pls.
I am using intensedebate! It is way better than Haloscan though a few bug at beta stage.