After much debate on Kaveh`s blog about comments, and much instability from the various comment hosting services, we have seen many changes throughout this little blogging community. Enetation`s instability had led to a great debate in which Document Root emerged as the winner, due to it`s unflinching reliability. Dave turned to Squawkbox, only to watch it go down the very next day. Kaveh switched to Document Root, which I have been using since this blog`s inception. I even went through and customized my Document Root comments page to match the color scheme and style of my main page on Friday. That night, Ol`Reliable Document Root went down... it`s now 3 days later and still no change, even their main site has disappeared.
So I`ve finally done it, I signed on at Enetation and plunked down US$14 for the "Pro" version. For this investment I get a "Seperate Server" which should apparently be like having my own dedicated commenting system, and should fix nearly all instability issues. I`m also treated to e-mail notification whenever new comments are posted, the ability to back up or export the comments for safekeeping, no enetation ad, guaranteed commenting system for the next 12 months, and first cracks at all code improvements. Not only that, but I get the satisfaction of knowing that I have contributed to keeping enetation alive and well with my donation.
I can only hope that Document Root will come back online soon, so that I can retrieve the lost comments and re-post them into the new system. If not, I`m afraid they are lost forever.
Anyways, I`ve done my best to customize the comments script to match the tone and flavour of the blog.
