Newbie: email subscription to comments on individual posts?

reesecoli · #1 Jul 20, 2010, 03:48 PM

I am wondering how you add the option for viewers to subscribe via email to comments from an individual post? It looks like it would go in:

Posts and Pages
Edit POSTS/PAGES info items
Footer: Single Post Pages

But no code is provided there - can someone give me the right code so I can stick it in?

THANKS!

lmilesw · #2 Jul 21, 2010, 08:23 AM

That's not a quick answer as there are many solutions for subscribing. When I use that function I use Feedburner. Then you could use the BFA subscribe widget or some of the many plugins available. Your best bet is to create a Feedburner account and then do a search on WordPress.org for comment subscription plugins then experiment, experiment, experiment

reesecoli · #3 Jul 21, 2010, 04:43 PM

great! thanks! I have a feedburner account and found the plugin I want. Now how do I upload the plugin to wp-content/plugins? I have Filezilla - but have obviously never used it before. Specifically what do I enter for
host: justhost.com???
username: I am assuming this is my justhost.com username
password: I am assuming this is my justhost.com password
port: I am assuming this should be "21"
Thanks again!

lmilesw · #4 Jul 21, 2010, 05:22 PM

You can install the plugin via the WordPress Dashboard under plugins. JustHost should have sent you ftp settings for your ftp client and FileZilla should have instructions on how to add a site.