The Comments Are Broken

I am experiencing technical difficulties with my blog here.  The comments are broken and I can't see how it happened.  Ever since posting the self destruct post I started getting nasty spam (just on that one post) and was spending all day deleting the nasties. 

Isn't that ironic?  (Considering the nature of the post?)

Doesn't it also seem coincidental? 

Anyway, sometimes I write a post that only gets one or two comments and that's not so unusual.  What's unusual is to have two posts in a row getting no comments.  I'm not vain or anything, but that has never happened.  When I get one post with no comment it looks so lonely to me that I usually comment to myself.  Just so the post won't feel so left out.

So I tried and couldn't post a comment to my own blog. 

This blog platform is very complicated for non-technical people like me to use.  My very good friend Angela set it up for me failing to realize that I'm not a genius like she is.  So this morning I've been thinking about starting over.  Fresh.  With Wordpress.  but a new blog.  Same content but something fresh to symbolize the great changes that have occurred in my life since starting Dustpan Alley when it was mostly about running my store.  I would ask you all right now if you would be willing to follow me but I can't because the comments are broken and I don't know how to fix it.

It was so hard to move everything to this template from Blogger and it didn't happen smoothly either.  So I don't relish moving it all again.  This is three year's worth of posts. 

986 posts ago I started Dustpan Alley.

However, I have to talk to my bosses and my people at Blogher first because I don' t know what my choices are with my network. 

Meanwhile Stitch and Boots is not only easy to use (it's theme is Wordpress) but in 6 months I have more traffic there than I've ever had here.  This makes sense since the only topic covered is urban homesteading.  That proves that people prefer single topic blogs.  Of course I have to say that it wouldn't have gotten the steady traffic it has if it weren't for all of you loyal readers who go there to lend your weight- for which I am very thankful!

Don't worry though- I will not stop writing the content I write here- I'll just have to see what I can do with my situation.  I'd really like to be using a template I understand and that is non-techie friendly. 

It would be really nice to figure out how to fix the comments so you could all tell me your thoughts on this.  I'm going to ask for Angela's help, but she's going to pop a baby out in a few weeks and I hardly expect her to come running to my aid. 

So- fingers crossed on all counts!

Update:  My friend Angela, who built this lovely blog, and who is very VERY pregnant and tired tonight fixed the comments so we're all functional AND it is clear that I just need to learn to use this template to better effect.  So I'm not going to change urls or the blog name or anything.  Best thing to do when you're frustrated by a lack of knowledge and know how?  LEARN MORE.  Them there's my words of wisdom for the night.  Thank you Angela!!!!