How to add comment rules as comment form message in blogger?

The popularity of a blog is often judged by number of comments its new articles receive. An article with less or no comment is being perceived as a least read or low standard article though it might have been read by many. 
       

Therefore, as bloggers, we have to encourage our readers to leave their views or suggestions as comments. For this, out of many methods, what experts recommend is adding of a 'comment form message' just above comment box. 

In this tutorial, I will help you in adding this message. And to extend it little farther, I will also guide you on how to link your comment policy within this message as an additional link.

I will also help you in adding comment rules directly as a comment form message without adding another navigation link of comment policy.

Step 1

Login to your blogger account

Step 2

Select the blog (if have more)

Step 3

Click the drop-down menu

Step 4

Click on 'settings'

Step 5

Click on 'Posts and Comments'

Step 6

Click on 'comment form message'

Step 7

Click on Add

Step 8

Write your message. If you want to give 'comment policy' an embedded link within that message, copy and paste given code:

<b>Read our <a href="http://stcbmtl.blogspot.com/p/comment-policy.html" rel="comment policy">comment Policy</a> to know your rights &amp; responsibilities before actually leaving a comment for this article.</b>

You can then customize blue and red font in above code according to your needs. You may also change the message. 

To add comment rules directly as a comment form message, follow given steps:

Step 1
Click on template (assumed you are already logged in)

Step 2
Click on Edit HTML

Step 3

Find the code (ctrl+f): <h4 id='comment-post-message'><data:postCommentMsg/</h4>  embedded and replace it with given HTML:

<div class=”rule”>
<h5>My Comment Rules</h5>
<li>Rule Number 1</li>
<li>Rule Number 2</li>
<li>Rule Number 3</li>
<li>Rule Number 4</li>
</div>

In above code, change rule number 1 to 4 with your comment rules and then click on Save Template. You're done. If you want more number of comments, you just add any of comment number line code. 

Hope you got this tutorial. If you have faced any problem in implementing this, please leave them as comment. I will answer for you and for other readers.