How do I set up my page so people can post comments? Do they have to log into wordpress first? Then what do they do?
Also, how do people subscribe to my blog?
Thanks,
Scott
How to let visitors post comments/subscribe? (29 posts)
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scottemiller
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See Admin/Settings/Discussion
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Posted 2 years ago #I've been to Admin/Settings/Discussion and messed around with the various buttons and saved changes, but no luck in getting a comment box to appear in my website. Also not sure how to invite people to subscribe.
Other suggestions?
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It could be that your current theme doesn't include a comments template. Try activating the default theme and see if a comment form is displayed when commenting is turned on.
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Posted 2 years ago #No luck with the default template or others either. The strange thing is that click to preview changes from the Post page, then I do see it there at the bottom. Does that offer any clues?
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Try deactivating all plugins to see if this resolves the problem. If this works, re-activate the plugins one by one until you find the problematic plugin(s).
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Posted 2 years ago #Still no luck. Any other ideas?
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Posted 2 years ago #I'm not sure what happened, but now it's working. Maybe it took a little time for the deactivation to take effect.
Thanks,
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Posted 2 years ago #Nope. Something is still off. It works on one of my computers, but when I visit from another computer there is no "comment" box. Hmmm.
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Posted 2 years ago #And now no luck on either computer. How strange.
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Posted 2 years ago #I'm back to square one. I have no comment boxes on my pages. What else can I try? Are there specific buttons that should be activated, or specific ones that should be deactivated?
Any suggestions are appreciated!
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when I visit from another computer there is no "comment" box.
What's the difference between the 2 machines? Have you configured your site so that only registered users can comment? Are you logged in on both machines?
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Posted 2 years ago #I've configured it so anyone can leave a comment without providing a name or email address. Here's what I've noticed: it's only the front page that doesn't offer visitors to leave comments. If you go to the pages, each of them invites comments, and if you go to the specific article page (the same article that's on the front page), then it does offer comments. Is it possible to invite comments on the front page as well?
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Try adding
<?php comments_popup_link();?>just before the end of the Loop in your theme's index.php file.http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/comments_popup_link
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Posted 2 years ago #Where do I find the theme's index.php file? I looked in the "theme editor" under "appearance" and couldn't find the loop anywhere. As I understand it, the loop is supposed to start with: <?php if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
Correct? Am I looking in the wrong place? Or do I need to add a loop?
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Correct but it's possible that the your theme's index.php file is using some custom functionality. Drop a copy of the file into the WordPress pastebin and post the pastebin url here so we can have a look at it.
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Posted 2 years ago #Here it is: http://wordpress.pastebin.com/U7hNhR5Q
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That's your stylesheet, not your theme's index.php template file.
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Posted 2 years ago #Where do I find the theme's index.php template file?
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kharisblank
Posted 2 years ago #index.php file is stored under template directory which you use.
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Posted 2 years ago #I'm not finding the template directory either. What tab is it under? Or where do I go in my wordpress account?
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Look in Admin/Appearance/Editor
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Posted 2 years ago #Okay, here's the index.php in the wordpress pastebin: http://wordpress.pastebin.com/w4N5g1tC
I tried inserting <?php comments_popup_link();?> just before the end of the loop—just before "<?php endwhile; else: ?>" —but nothing happened.
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Try changing:
<p class="tags"><?php the_tags('Tags: '); ?></p>to:
<p class="tags"><?php the_tags('Tags: '); ?></p> <p><?php comments_popup_link();?></p> -
Posted 2 years ago #No luck. Any other possibilities?
(Thanks for all your efforts with this. They are much appreciated!)
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Site url?
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Posted 2 years ago #artofselfcreation.com
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ry replacing:
<p class="postcomments">{ <?php comments_number('No Comment','Only 1 Comment','% Comments'); ?> }</p>with:
<p class="postcomments"><?php comments_popup_link('No Comment', 'Only 1 Comment', '% Comments' ,'comment-link', 'Comments are off '); ?></p>in index.php
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Posted 2 years ago #Still no luck. Any other possibilities?
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