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1. killelea
   Member
   Posted 8 years ago #
   

   All I really want is a static page of text, with comments allowed under that, but I can't figure out how to do this in WordPress! I've spend a few hours trying, but I don't see any way you can add comments to a static page.

   Alternately, I could just make a single blog entry and allow comments on that, but if I get a lot of comments, the original entry will get scrolled off or archived eventually, right? I don't want that.

   The idea is to write a little essay, and gets lots of feedback, and modify the essay based on that. For example, an essay on why we should repeal prop 13.

   Please let me know if it's possible to do this - to make a static page and also allow comments.

   Thanks very much for your help.

   Patrick
   p@patrick.net

2. EvilBeAr
   Member
   Posted 8 years ago #
   

   why not just click the write button and tab over to "pages"

   The page functionality in wordpress is basically a static post with comments.

3. killelea
   Member
   Posted 8 years ago #
   

   Thanks, but there is definitely nowhere to add comments on a static page, which I did create with the "pages" tab. I definitely checked "allow comments" but not "allow pings". Here's an example on my own site:

   http://patrick.net/wp/?page_id=4

   How would a reader add comments? I see no button or box for them. I'm on Firefox 1.0 and WordPress 1.5.

   Patrick

4. killelea
   Member
   Posted 8 years ago #
   

   Here's another page I created just now with the "pages" tab just to be sure I wasn't hallucinating:

   http://patrick.net/wp/?page_id=8

   Still doesn't allow comments. Hmmm. Bug in WordPress, or maybe there's something I don't get about allowing anonymous comments. Advice appreciated very much.

   Patrick

5. lawtai
   Member
   Posted 8 years ago #
   

   you have to go into your pages.php file and edit it to allow comments by adding the call comment line.

6. Kafkaesqui
   
   Posted 8 years ago #
   

   What lawtai said.

   http://wordpress.org/support/topic.php?id=28382

7. killelea
   Member
   Posted 8 years ago #
   

   Thanks! That sounds like just the thing. I'll try it.

   Patrick

8. killelea
   Member
   Posted 8 years ago #
   

   Yup, all I had to do was add this line to my page.php file:

   <?php comments_template(); ?>

   Thanks very much for your help.

   Patrick

9. Usayd
   Member
   Posted 8 years ago #
   

   what if you want to add it to a non-looped page like my gallery page which still uses the require wp-header.php include?

   <?php comments_template(); ?> i dont think this works?

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