Change the message next to the number of comments on Blogger

By default, every post we publish on Blogger has a link with the number of comments (if it’s enabled, of course), and it says something like "0 Comments", and this isn’t the best presentation. Another problem comes when the post has just one comment, and the link shows "1 Comments", which is not logical at all. Finally, when the post has more than one comment, the link get a little bit of sense. But don’t worry about it, cause now we’re gonna teach you how to fix it.

1. Go to the “Layout” tab, also called “Design” from the desktop, and then go to “Edit HTML”. After this, check the “Expand widgets template” box.

Dashboard → Layout → Edit HTML → Expand widgets template

2. Search for the following code:

<b:if cond='data:post.allowComments'>
<a class='comment-link' expr:href='data:post.addCommentUrl' expr:onclick='data:post.addCommentOnclick'><b:if cond='data:post.numComments == 1'>
1 <data:top.commentLabel/>
<b:else/>
<data:post.numComments/> <data:top.commentLabelPlural/>
</b:if>
</a>
</b:if>

And replace it with the following:

<b:if cond='data:post.allowComments'> <a class='comment-link' expr:href='data:post.addCommentUrl' expr:onclick='data:post.addCommentOnclick'> <b:if cond='data:post.numComments == 0'> Leave your comment </b:if> <b:if cond='data:post.numComments == 1'> 1 Comment </b:if> <b:if cond='data:post.numComments > 1'> <data:post.numComments/> Comments </b:if> </a> </b:if>

3. Now search for the following code:

<b:if cond='data:post.allowComments'>
<h4>
<b:if cond='data:post.numComments == 1'>
1 <data:commentLabel/>:
<b:else/>
<data:post.numComments/> <data:commentLabelPlural/>:
</b:if>
</h4>

And replace it with this:

<b:if cond='data:post.allowComments'> <h4> <b:if cond='data:post.numComments == 0'> Leave your comment </b:if> <b:if cond='data:post.numComments == 1'> 1 Comment: </b:if> <b:if cond='data:post.numComments > 1'> <data:post.numComments/> Comments: </b:if> </h4>

Both of the replacements are because of the link will show up twice: on main page and on each post’s page. The bold text can be changed for anythig you want tho show.

Vía: blogandweb.com