Title: Comments function not working
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Comments function not working

 *  [writergrrl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/writergrrl/)
 * (@writergrrl)
 * [21 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-function-not-working/)
 * You’re all so helpful, I thought I would risk one more question!
    I can’t get
   the comments function to work. Not sure what the setting should be in “options”
   or if the problem is with the php files. When clicking on “comments” I get a 
   blank pop up page. I’m not even sure what is supposed to be there. If it helps,
   you can view my testing site at: [http://www.storystudiochicago.com/cooler](http://www.storystudiochicago.com/cooler)
   thanks!

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 *  [alexismarie86](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alexismarie86/)
 * (@alexismarie86)
 * [21 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-function-not-working/#post-79555)
 * Hey!
    I’ve just switched to this from MT, and I have that same problem. When 
   clicking on the comments link, an IE error page appears that says “The page cannot
   be found”. This is the only problem I’ve encountered so far, otherwise this is
   really great! Thanks in advance for any help!
 *  [Root](https://wordpress.org/support/users/root/)
 * (@root)
 * [21 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-function-not-working/#post-79586)
 * You guys have got index installed in the same directory as all your other stuff
   right ?
 *  [alexismarie86](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alexismarie86/)
 * (@alexismarie86)
 * [21 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-function-not-working/#post-79593)
 * Yes, I believe so.
 *  [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/)
 * (@podz)
 * [21 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-function-not-working/#post-79596)
 * [@writergrrl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/writergrrl/) – I see this in
   the source
    “meta name=”generator” content=”WordPress .72″ /” That’s _old_ Have
   you upgraded any files recently ?
 *  [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/)
 * (@podz)
 * [21 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-function-not-working/#post-79597)
 * [@alexismarie86](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alexismarie86/) – your blog
   url is a html file, yet comments is looking for index.php first, to which it 
   appends the comments php file. No index = error.
 *  [alexismarie86](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alexismarie86/)
 * (@alexismarie86)
 * [21 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-function-not-working/#post-79606)
 * Thanks!
 *  Thread Starter [writergrrl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/writergrrl/)
 * (@writergrrl)
 * [21 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-function-not-working/#post-79729)
 * Thank you for noticing the older code (I downloaded a template) and I updated
   the code. Got the the comments form to show up–sometimes. But after filling in
   the fields, I just get a blank page.
    Part of the problem may be that I have 
   just the “index.php” and style.css in the main directory, and all the other wordpress
   files and folders one directory in. I managed to find instructions on adjusting
   the index.php to look in the correct folder. /cooler (has just index.php and 
   style.css) /cooler/wordpress (has all other files and folders) When the comments
   won’t appear–I do get a message that comments are turned off. However, I thought
   through the admin tool and I had turned them on. Any thoughts? many thanks.
 *  [tazo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tazo/)
 * (@tazo)
 * [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-function-not-working/#post-80036)
 * Hi, I too am having trouble with my comments section. When you attempt to submit
   a comment, the page seems to recycle, and nothing is posted. i’m a total newbie
   at this, so how do i go about figuring out what’s broken?
    Thanks! earthlikesky.
   com

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 * Last activity: [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-function-not-working/#post-80036)
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