Commenting functionality for blog pages

Does anybody have any information as to when/how Apple might be planning to address a horrible oversight in an otherwise solid 1.0 release... NO COMMENTS!
Is a blog really a blog without commenting functionality? I realize I could publish to a folder and then tweak the code to add a third party service like Haloscan, but that kind of defeats the "one-click" appeal of iWeb. I am still surprised to see that this software made it out the door without some implementation of a commenting solution.
I would be happy with either an Apple proprietary system via a future update OR the ability to insert snippets of code right in the iWeb workspace from third party commenting services. Either way, currently my blog is just a series of static articles without the communal discussion aspect that commenting provides. It's very frustrating when you look at all the other blogging options out there, and nearly every single one allows for comments.
Apple, please don't make us wait until 2007 and another $99 Family Pack to address this crucial oversight! Otherwise, I really love this software. I'm rebuilding my own blog and site with it

A hack has been worked out using Javascript, and it works very well. See this thread: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=1609160#1609160
Thanks again, Chad!

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