When we started this blog we were using Haloscan for our comments.
After trying it for a few weeks I have found that it doesn't provide the functionality as other programs.
I started using intensedebate.com a free service that provided more functionality and allowed for greater control of the comments, an easier to use interface and a seamless blend into the template.
Now the problem, how the hell do I remove haloscan and resort back to a clean template without losing all of my widgets, posts and hand written code.
I scoured the internet, haloscan's forum was no help I found other users that had the same problem and some even resorted to the drastic measure of redoing their whole blog and in turn losing everything.
So now I provide you an easy fix, that will revert your blog back to the original blogger template and a clean slate in which to install Intensedebate, if you so desire.
** This is only for the New Blogger templates written in xhtml ***
CAUTION, by doing this you will lose all of your comments, only do this if you want to completely remove Haloscan from your blog.
1. Go into your layout and edit html, download your current template and save it to your computer in case you mess up along the way.
2. click on the "expand widget template"
3. using "ctrl + F" open up your find bar on your browser and search for "haloscan"
you should see something like <--- Start Haloscan part 1 ---> <--- Start haloscan part 2 ---> and <--- Start haloscan part 3 --->
delete all the code between <--- Start ---> and <--- end ----> for all 3 and save your template.
View your blog, you should now be on the front page of your blog, and as you can see the "comments" icon is missing, the next step will now revert the comments section back to its original Blogger features.
4. Again using your "ctrl + F" search for the following code
b:if cond="'data:post.allowComments"
5. Directly underneath this code insert this code exactly as shown.
6. Save template, view blog and now you should have the original blogger comments on your front page.
