Title: Closed Comments, Differnet Templates
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Closed Comments, Differnet Templates

 *  Resolved [juneatnoon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/juneatnoon/)
 * (@juneatnoon)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/closed-comments-differnet-templates/)
 * On my index page, there’s a link to the comments popup page. If you are viewing
   a single page, however, the comments template is right on the page. I have chosen
   to automatically disable comments after x number of days, and when that happens,
 * a) the single page no longer shows the comment form, but it also does not say
   anything about comments being closed. How do I make it say that?
 * b) the index page still has a link to the comments popup, which still has a form
   available for comments. How do I change that?
 * Thanks.

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/closed-comments-differnet-templates/#post-1130647)
 * a) Try adding `<?php if('open' == $post->comment_status) : ?>` before the comment
   form markup and `<?php endif;?>` after the form markup in comments.php.
 * b) Change `<?php comments_popup_link( [...] ); ?></p><?php endif;?>` to
    `<?php
   if('open' == $post->comment_status) : ?><p class="comment_link"><?php comments_popup_link([...]);?
   ></p><?php endif;?>` in index.php
 *  Thread Starter [juneatnoon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/juneatnoon/)
 * (@juneatnoon)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/closed-comments-differnet-templates/#post-1130684)
 * Thank you. It looks to me like that text IS written in my comments coding, though….
   And I think that just results in having no comment form AND being unable to read
   any of the previous comments. There’s only a note saying they’re closed. What
   I want it to look like is this: When comments are automatically closed, you can
   still read any previous comments left, but there is now a notice indicating that
   no further comments can be made. Instead, all the previous posts are listed (
   as I want), but there is no indication that comments are now closed. Does that
   make sense?
 * Also, out of curiosity, do you know why the automatic closing just results in
   the lack of a comment form with previous comments displayed, yet if I manually
   disable comments it will say “comments closed” and not display previous comments?
   Is there a difference between the automatic closing and the manual disabling?
 * (BTW, I’ve decided not to use a popup window, so now I’m just dealing with the
   comments.php file.)
 *  Thread Starter [juneatnoon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/juneatnoon/)
 * (@juneatnoon)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/closed-comments-differnet-templates/#post-1130689)
 * Ok, after puzzling for hours I’ve figured it out. I had to add a <?php else …
   to my comment form and fiddle around with the placement of the <? php if … related
   to no comments, but now it’s working just like I want it. Thanks!

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 * Last reply from: [juneatnoon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/juneatnoon/)
 * Last activity: [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/closed-comments-differnet-templates/#post-1130689)
 * Status: resolved

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