Esotropiart

Guess what, folk? You now have one way to interact with Esotropiart! Hurray! Whoopie Yahoo!...oops, that's a trademarked word now. Blog commenting is now fully functional. Yes that's right, now you have a chance to tell me exactly what you think about my thoughts, opinions and techniques. If you have been reading my blog, just waiting for the opportunity to add to the subject matter, now is your chance.

You will find two buttons directly under the title of each EsoBlog entry, "Read Comments" and "Post Comment". If there are any comments currently approved for a EsoBlog entry, the number following "Read Comments" will be something other than zero. Help me out here, folk; I'm seeing a lot of zeros! To post a comment, click on either button; both will give you the same form where you can type your comments.

Here are some basic guidelines for posting a comment, for those inexperienced among us:

• Your Name: You can choose any name you want to provide in the name field. If you want me to know who you are, you might want to just put your name here. But if you are feeling really adventurous, you might put something like "Pappa Eloquent" or "Drifting Dogweed". The choice is up to you; there are endless variations. Just make sure you enter between 4 and 35 characters, including spaces (and nothing lewd or demeaning please, or I'll change your name to "anonymous").
• Email Address: You don't have to provide an email address if you don't want. Leave it blank, and the form will still accept your comments. I don't use this address for anything on my site, and you won't start receiving a bunch of junk mail thanks to me. If you want me to be able to reach you to respond to what you have written, furthermore, enter your email address here.
• Comment Length: Your comments must remain under 2048 characters long, including spaces. I believe this is a fair limit, and most of you are probably not ramblers. If you feel the urge to write more than 2048 characters, feel free to append your post by writing another to finish your train of thought.
• Content: Regarding your comments' content, please be gentle and kind in your words. All comments are immediately given a "pending approval" status, so you will not see your comments right away. I trust all of you will be sensitive to the mission of Esotropiart, and I probably won't have any problems. I just implemented this safety feature so just anyone doesn't come along and pollute the site with a bunch of lewd, violent comments. I am notified immediately when you post a comment, so normally I will approve your comment within the same day. I apologize if I am away on vacation or something, and your comment sits in limbo.
• Private Comments: I also provide you with the capability of flagging your message as "for my eyes only" which means your comment will be read by me only and will never appear on the site. The default action is to post your comment to the site, so if you want to send me a private message, you must select the option on the form.