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So I added some new functionality to the site: a bulletin board system. If I can figure out the API I can inject the subject direcly into the posted message and replace the dotcomments, which are okay but not great. Tech used: PHP, MySQL, PHPBB.
You might also want to change your back end from blogger to something else, like Moveable Type or GrayMatter that has a comment function built in.
Of course, it might put a heavier load on your server, but if it can handle that, it’s a good move. I switched to Moveable Type about a month ago, and I’m very happy I did it. I’ve got much more control over both the look-n-feel of my comments, and over their contents. I really hated dotcomments….
MT is next on the shopping list…