Title: comments…. Last modified: August 19, 2016 --- # comments…. * [bowmaster](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bowmaster/) * (@bowmaster) * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-28/) * I just started a blog today and people can’t post comments on the blog, I can’t find how to allow access to post comments nor can i find anything in the help documentation that addresses this. my blog is at bostonsnbows.com can anyone please point me in the right direction to fix this. Viewing 10 replies - 1 through 10 (of 10 total) * [bledsoe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bledsoe/) * (@bledsoe) * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-28/#post-1139696) * Click on the “Discussion” link under the “Settings” menu in the left sidebar of your admin page, and check the settings. In particular, make sure you have a check mark next to, “Allow people to post comments on new articles.” * [@mercime](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mercime/) * (@mercime) * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-28/#post-1139697) * It looks like your default theme is missing the single.php which show the comment box form which you need in order to post the comment in the first place. Re-upload your WordPress. After re-upload, don’t forget to go to Settings > Discussion and configure comments. * Thread Starter [bowmaster](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bowmaster/) * (@bowmaster) * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-28/#post-1139701) * I never downloaded wordpress I’ve been accessing it through the browser, do i need to download the program and re-upload. It was already here after i registered the domain * Thread Starter [bowmaster](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bowmaster/) * (@bowmaster) * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-28/#post-1139706) * would it be possible to add the single.php element to the existing version? * Thread Starter [bowmaster](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bowmaster/) * (@bowmaster) * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-28/#post-1139771) * ok so i re-uploaded wordpress but now it won’t recognize the database, and just gives me this error: * Error establishing a database connection * This either means that the username and password information in your wp-config. php file is incorrect or we can’t contact the database server at localhost. This could mean your host’s database server is down. * * Are you sure you have the correct username and password? * Are you sure that you have typed the correct hostname? * Are you sure that the database server is running? * If you’re unsure what these terms mean you should probably contact your host. If you still need help you can always visit the WordPress Support Forums. * [figaro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/figaro/) * (@figaro) * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-28/#post-1139772) * The following video may help you troubleshoot that error. * [http://educhalk.org/blog/?p=148](http://educhalk.org/blog/?p=148) * Thread Starter [bowmaster](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bowmaster/) * (@bowmaster) * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-28/#post-1139780) * nope all those are correct i get that error that i posted earlier when i try to run the install script, did i do something wrong when i uploaded the files to the server? * Thread Starter [bowmaster](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bowmaster/) * (@bowmaster) * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-28/#post-1139801) * ok so someone from my host reset the database, and i now have access to wordpress again, but i still can’t post/see comments on the blog from the blog, and neither can anyone else, (url: [http://bostonsnbows.com](http://bostonsnbows.com)) and yes i made sure the “Allow people to post comments on new articles ” box was checked but its still not there. what exactly am i missing? * Thread Starter [bowmaster](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bowmaster/) * (@bowmaster) * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-28/#post-1139810) * I’ve been searching through the forum and found several threads about how to get rid of comments, but i can’t find anything on how to get comments working properly, there is no option to leave comments on my blog, can someone please tell me how to fix this? * [@mercime](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mercime/) * (@mercime) * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-28/#post-1139891) * I see comments are all right now and your single.php in place. I posted test comment and it worked. just delete test comment at [http://bostonsnbows.com/?p=1&cpage=1#comment-5](http://bostonsnbows.com/?p=1&cpage=1#comment-5). Viewing 10 replies - 1 through 10 (of 10 total) The topic ‘comments….’ is closed to new replies. * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 10 replies * 4 participants * Last reply from: [@mercime](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mercime/) * Last activity: [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-28/#post-1139891) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics