Title: Comment received notification
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Comment received notification

 *  [robday](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robday/)
 * (@robday)
 * [20 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comment-received-notification/)
 * I have WordPress configured to hold all comments for moderation. Unfortunately,
   I have users trying to make the same comment several times because they aren’t
   getting any feedback telling them that their submission was successful. Currently
   what the user sees after submitting a comment is the same thing they would see
   if they were to just refresh–not ideal. When a user submits a comment, I would
   like a message to appear at the top of the screen to the effect of “Your comment
   has been received.” Any help would be appreciated.

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 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [20 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comment-received-notification/#post-259551)
 * What theme do you use? Since 1.5 this feature is automatically there in WordPress.
 *  [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/)
 * (@podz)
 * [20 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comment-received-notification/#post-259552)
 * Open ‘comments.php’
    Find this line `<input name="submit" type="submit" tabindex
   ="5" value="<?php _e("Say it!"); ?>" />`
 * Above that, add this (I’ve included the above for reference)
    `<p> <blockquote
   > Comment moderation is in use. Please do not submit your comment twice - it 
   will appear shortly </blockquote> <input name="submit" type="submit" tabindex
   ="5" value="<?php _e("Say it!"); ?>" /> </p>
 * There are other ways too …
 *  Thread Starter [robday](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robday/)
 * (@robday)
 * [20 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comment-received-notification/#post-259562)
 * Moshu: I’m using a modified version of Dave Shea’s WordPress Default. Since it’s
   the old default, I suppose it doesn’t take advantage of some of the newer features.
   I’ll poke around the Kubrick theme and see if I can find an example of what you’re
   talking about. Any additional direction would be very welcome.
 * podz: I already have that sort of a static notice in place, but I would like 
   to display something conditionally–like a “submission successful” message.
 * Thanks for your help, folks.
 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [20 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comment-received-notification/#post-259565)
 * Dave Shea – that’s the Classic. In Default (aka Kubrick) you’ll find the code
   in comments.php around line 32 and it’s neighbourhood .
 *  Thread Starter [robday](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robday/)
 * (@robday)
 * [20 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comment-received-notification/#post-259571)
 * I see that it posts a note just above the comment. What I was wanting was to 
   have a notice appear that the message had been received but only appear right
   after the comment was submitted.
    I think this will get me started. If I have
   to I suppose I can just conditionally display my message after checking whether
   any of the form elements were submitted. Thanks again.

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