These days I was searching for problems of bloggers to solve when I noticed that none of Blogger blogs have the comment avatar images on the right side. Only Wordpress blogs have this feature to set the position of the avatar images. I`ve spent two days finding a solution when I decided to customize the entire comments area. I think my comments area is now pretty cool, but it`s difficult to install it. Please read with attention, follow the steps bellow carefully and BACK UP your template!
Here is an image about my comments area, later in this tutorial I will show you how to customize it:
Installing this comment area formThis is pretty difficult, read with attention!
1. Go to your Dashboard,
Layout ,
Edit HTML and check in the
Expand Widget Templates checkbox.
2. Find the following code (Ctrl + F and type in comments-block):
3. Replace the above code with the following one:
4. Find the following codes and remove them:
Your code may be a little different , search for the starting tags
#comments-block {
margin:1em 0 1.5em;
line-height:1.6em;
}
#comments-block .comment-author {
margin:.5em 0;
}
#comments-block .comment-body {
margin:.25em 0 0;
}
#comments-block .comment-footer {
margin:-.25em 0 2em;
line-height: 1.4em;
text-transform:uppercase;
letter-spacing:.1em;
}
#comments-block .comment-body p {
margin:0 0 .75em;
}
Customizing the comments areaFind the ]]> line and place the following code BEFORE it!
#comments-block3 {
padding:0;
margin:0;
float:left;
overflow:hidden;
}
#comments {
padding:0;
margin:0;
}
#comment-name-url {
width:465px;
float:left;
}
#comment-date {
width:465px;
float:left;
}
#comment-header {
float:left;
border:1px dotted rgb(187, 187, 187);
padding:5px 0 5px 10px;
margin:5px;
background: rgb(238, 238, 238);
}
.avatar-image-container {
background:url(http://i645.photobucket.com/albums/uu178/coolboycsaba/no-avatar4.jpg);
width:48px;
height:48px;
float:right;
margin:5px 10px 5px 5px;
}
.avatar-image-container img {
border: 1px solid white;
width:48px;
height:48px;
}
a.comments-autor-name {
color:#088A08;
font-weight:bold;
font-size: 12px;
font-style: normal;
font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana;
}
a.says {
color:black;
font-weight:bold;
font-size: 12px;
font-style: normal;
font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana;
}
.says a:hover {
text-decoration: none;
}
a.comment-permalink {
color:#088A08;
font-weight:normal;
font-size: 10px;
font-style: normal;
font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana;
}
1. Change the size of the avatar image
Customize the size of the comments to fit to your template:
First change the size of the avatar images:
.avatar-image-container {
background:url(http://i645.photobucket.com/albums/uu178/coolboycsaba/no-avatar4.jpg);
width:48px;
height:48px;
float:right;
margin:5px 10px 5px 5px;
}
.avatar-image-container img {
border: 1px solid white;
width:48px;
height:48px;
}
To change the size of the avatar images replace the red marked values to any number of pixels. Use the same at all red marked code lines.
Now change the size of the comments area:
#comment-name-url {
width:465px;
float:left;
}
#comment-date {
width:465px;
float:left;
}
The size of the comments area is depending on the size of the main-wrapper and on the size of the avatar image: e.g:
(main-wrapper)550px - (avatar image)48px - (paddings , margins and borders)
37px = 465px
The padding and margins size is in bold because it`s always 37px, calculate the size of your comments area size and use the result as the value of the red marked code lines.
2. Change the colors
To change the background color of the comments change the red code line , to change the color of the border change the blue code line to any color.
#comment-header {
float:left;
border:1px dotted rgb(187, 187, 187);
padding:5px 0 5px 10px;
margin:5px;
background: rgb(238, 238, 238);
}
e.g:
#comment-header {
float:left;
border:1px dotted red;
padding:5px 0 5px 10px;
margin:5px;
background:#FF00FF;
To change the color of the comment author name change the red marked code line , to change the color of the comment posted date change the blue marked code line, to change the color of the
says word change the green marked code line.
a.comments-autor-name {
color:#088A08;
font-weight:bold;
font-size: 12px;
font-style: normal;
font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana;
}
a.says {
color:black;
font-weight:bold;
font-size: 12px;
font-style: normal;
font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana;
}
a.comment-permalink {
color:#088A08;
font-weight:normal;
font-size: 10px;
font-style: normal;
font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana;
}
3. Change the border types
Here are the border types to chose from, every comment have a border.
#comment-header {
float:left;
border:1px dotted rgb(187, 187, 187);
padding:5px 0 5px 10px;
margin:5px;
background: rgb(238, 238, 238);
}
Dotted
-this is the default , don`t change the red marked code
Dashed
-to use this type of borders change the value of the red marked word to dashed
Solid
-change the red marked word to solid
4. Change the No-Avatar image:
.avatar-image-container {
background:url(http://i645.photobucket.com/albums/uu178/coolboycsaba/no-avatar4.jpg);
width:48px;
height:48px;
float:right;
margin:5px 10px 5px 5px;
}
Change the URL (marked with red) with the URL of your image, please change it or download the image and upload it to your own host or photobucket , don`t steal my bandwidth!
Save your template!Well done! If you have followed all the above steps carefully your comments area is pretty cool and it`s ready to use!
NOTE: Please don`t remove that small link at the end! Thanks my reading our blog!
These days I spent many hours designing and creating my template because I want to make it look professional and beautiful. I`m still working on my template but soon it will be ready. During this time I used many effects like changing an image on mouseover (hover). This can be done with three methods ,one using a short javascript code and one using a bit longer CSS code, one using CSS sprites. 
