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1. v2006
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   How to I remove "leave a comment"

   I don't want any references to comments displayed on any pages.

   So far I removed the comments template code from index.php in the template

   Please advise

2. wp_guy
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   If you do not want to use the commenting feature at all... you can remove the code "<?php comments_template(); ?>" from the single.php file of your theme.

3. haochi
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Also disable comments on the Discussion page under Settings, simply removing the code isn't 100% fool-proof.

4. v2006
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Thanks wp_guy but I don't have a single.php file in my template

   I have..

   archives
   comments
   footer
   functions
   header
   home
   index
   l_sidebar
   r_sidebar
   page
   search
   style
   404
   images folder

   What other file do I need to edit?

   haochi - disabling comments in the admin panel is what I did first.

5. wp_guy
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   If you don't have a single.php... then index.php is used instead... do you see a "<?php comments_template(); ?>" in your index.php file?

6. v2006
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Thanks...I mentioned that I had already done this in my original post.
   The template is gone but I still have "leave a comment" at the bottom of my posts.
   See here: selfhelpguide.net

   How do I get rid of this link?

7. wp_guy
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Is it just the "leave a comment" text? no comments form?

8. whooami
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Look for this in index.php,

   <?php comments_popup_link(__('Comments (0)'), __('Comments (1)'), __('Comments (%)')); ?>

   or something VERY similar. Thats what you are looking to delete.

   If you cant locate it, provide a link to where your current theme can be downloaded. Please not a "here is an almost link", but the actual page.

9. v2006
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Yes, it's just the "leave a comment" text
   The comments template has been deleted.

   whooami...I couldn't locate it in index.php

   Actual page....
   selfhelpguide.net

   Download link for template
   http://www.briangardner.com/themes/downtown-java-wordpress-theme.htm

   Thank you

10. wp_guy
    Member
    Posted 1 year ago #

    Actually the code that whooami mentioned is found in archive.php for that theme.

11. v2006
    Member
    Posted 1 year ago #

    Thanks
    I removed it from this code in archives.php but "leave a comment" still remains on in the post on the home page.

    <div class="postmeta">
    <p><?php the_time('F j, Y'); ?> | Filed Under <?php the_category(', ') ?> |  <?php edit_post_link('(Edit)', '', ''); ?></p>
    </div>

    Please advise

12. wp_guy
    Member
    Posted 1 year ago #

    Maybe it's home.php ...

13. whooami
    Member
    Posted 1 year ago #

    home.php

    <div class="postmeta">
    			<?php the_time('F j, Y'); ?> | Filed Under <?php the_category(', ') ?> | <?php comments_popup_link('Leave a Comment', '1 Comment', '% Comments'); ?>&nbsp;<?php edit_post_link('(Edit)', '', ''); ?>
    
    		</div>

    I told you what to look for, you have to take a little initiative and look through the other files... :<

14. v2006
    Member
    Posted 1 year ago #

    Worked!

    Thanks very much for your patience.

    I wish you well.

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