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1. Affectedclapping
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   http://www.affectedclapping.com/wordpress

   I can't get a comments field to show up. I've tried a number of plug-ins, to no avail.

   Contact Related Plug-ins Installed:
   Ajax Comment Posting
   AJAXed WordPress
   Akismet
   bdp-comments
   Inline Ajax Page
   Popularity Contest
   WP Contact Form III

   You know how they say "a little bit of knowledge is a dangerous thing"? Well that's me.

   I'm not a programmer.

   I have made sure that "anyone can register".

   ANY HELP would be much, much, appreciated. I love WordPress and I love this community. Thank you.

2. Kafkaesqui
   Moderator
   Posted 4 years ago #

   Lots of plugins. But, have you first done the basic step?

   http://codex.wordpress.org/Include_Tags#The_Comments_Template

3. Affectedclapping
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   I'm not sure...looked at the directions, but not sure what to do. Can you walk me through it?

4. Kafkaesqui
   Moderator
   Posted 4 years ago #

   From the page#fragment linked above:

   This tag includes the file comments.php from your current theme's directory. If that file is not found, it will instead include wp-content/themes/default/comments.php.

   In slightly clearer words, when you put this:

   <?php comments_template(); ?>

   in a theme template (typically single.php or page.php) where you want your comments and comment form to appear, that's where they will appear.

5. loveservices
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Hello,

   I have the same problem i.e. there's no comment form on my posts.

   The top right corner of the posts says No Comments and that's hyperlinked like this:

   http://www.benlovegrove.com/2008/10/if-only-id-known-then/#respond

   The theme is called Professionally-Done and it's a free WP theme. Within the page page.php there is this:

   <?php src_simple_recent_comments(); ?>
   and sure enough, in the theme directory there is a page called simple_recent_comments.php, but for some reason, when a page loads, this comments section isn't loaded into it.

   All suggestions gratefully received :)

6. thisisedie
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   @Affectedclapping

   Your site says it doesn't exist no matter what I do so I can't take a look at the problem.

   @loveservices

   When I click on the link you posted above I see a comment form and just left a comment... except that after it sent it was a different theme than what it was when I wrote the comment. Which means you're playing with themes and what that means is that the theme your using isn't showing the comments form.

7. loveservices
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Yes, I'm troubleshooting at the moment. I have just tested with the default and several other themes. The comments section appears on these themes.

   There's no single.php file my chosen theme. If I add such a file from another theme then the comments section shows but misshapen because it's from the wrong theme.

   Would a theme creator not use the single.php file for some reason or do you think it's an error and that it should be have included in the download zip?

8. thisisedie
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Look in the single.php that is in the troublesome theme. Does it include this:

   <?php comments_template(); ?>

9. loveservices
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   I have found the solution.

   The download file for my chose theme here:

   http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/professionally-done#post-479

   doesn't include all the files. On the WP site the theme is called Professionally-Done, but it's also known as Pro WordPress and when I download that from here:

   http://wordpress.reviewitonline.net/

   all the files are included and my blog now has the look of all the preview shots and the comments section appears and works!

   Thanks for your responses and suggestions :)

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