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1. justinmichie
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Hey Guys, I have a wordpress blog installed on my hosting account and can't get comments turned on, on the main page of the blog (JustinMichie.com). If you go to the specific page of the post they are there no problem… How do I get them to be available for viewing and posting on the main page?

   Also, is there a way to just have a summary of each post on the main page instead of the entire post?

   Many Thanks,

   Justin

2. Xander
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   You will need to explore template tags to make this happen... for starters, you will probably want to change index.php, remove "the_content" and use "the_excerpt"... then look up the comments code in single.php and try dragging it over... it might work, it might not, but you should start hacking around to get it happening :)

3. justinmichie
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Thanks Xander for your anwser... but I still haven't been able to figure out how to get comments on the main page... anyone have any more suggestions?

4. moshu
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   but I still haven't been able to figure out how to get comments on the main page.

   You can't. The most you can have: a link saying No comments or 1 comment or X comments - taking you to the single post view.

5. justinmichie
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Thanks Moshu... no wonder I haven't been able to get it to work. How do I get it to say no comments, or x comments etc? Is there a plugin for this? Thanks.

6. moshu
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   You don't need a plugin for that - it is a built-in feature of WP, although the thtme's template file has to call it.
   Seemingly the author of your theme did not put the call into the template file.
   Here is the necessary template tag in the Codex:
   http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/comments_popup_link
   (despite its name it will NOT cause a popup)

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