How to comment on this blog

 I recently had an email from someone who's read this blog for sometime, but hadn't commented before, as they weren't sure how. Like a lot of things in life, it can seem complicated or daunting until you try, but is easy once you know how ...

Step 1

Scroll down to the very end of the post, to where there are little icons for sharing the post, post tags etc and click on the word 'comments'.

Depending on your device, you might not have to do that and will go straight to the next step.

(That's a screenshot - you need to scroll down for the real thing.)

Step 2

A comment pop up box will appear. If you've never commented before and don't have a Google profile it will look like this.

That let's you comment anonymously, which is fine although it helps me if you either add your name or nickname. Alternatively you can click on the little arrow after the word 'anonymous' to select a different profile. Selecting the bottom one will allow you to enter your name, which will then be shown on the blog before your comment. That's how most of my blog readers comment, but the choice is yours (I'll add examples myself, so you can see the differences)

Step 3

Type in whatever you want to say - I've added the words 'Type your comment here' in this example. 'Sign' with your name or nickname (unless you want to remain anonymous) and press the red 'publish' button.

Comments usually appear immediately, but sometimes due to spammers, I activate 'moderation' which means I have to approve them first. 

Step 4

That's you done – and me grateful that you took the time. Comments are hugely important to this blog - it wouldn't continue without them.

Feel free to have an experiment with this post. I promise I won't mind if there are sixteen all saying 'test', half completed comments, comments with names missing etc etc. I also promise that it is completely impossible for you to somehow mess up this blog by getting commenting wrong.