Title: Comments on Blaskan Theme – please help
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Comments on Blaskan Theme – please help

 *  Resolved [DesDeuts](https://wordpress.org/support/users/desdeuts/)
 * (@desdeuts)
 * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-on-blaskan-theme-please-help/)
 * Hello everyone. I am new to self hosted blogs, only put my new site up in the
   last week, though I’ve had a few ordinary WordPress sites before.
 * Info: [bravenewworld.com.au](http://bravenewworld.com.au), I am running the Blaskan
   theme, hosted through Panthur if it makes a difference
 * All was ok until I noticed the comment box appearing on my home page – a static
   page. I edited the comments.php (through instructions found on [a wordpress forum](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-you-may-use-these-html-tags-and-attributes?replies=28))
   to remove the comment box and the text underneath from pages, however I believe
   I have taken out the ability to have comments on posts too* 😐
    (*rookie)
 * I need to enable comments to appear on **posts only** – without all that ‘you
   can use html code blah blah’ at the bottom of the comments box. I just want it
   to say ‘Leave a comment’ and then have the comment box there for them to use,
   and previous comments to appear underneath.
 * If anyone can help – this is the current code that is filed under the comment.
   php now:
 *     ```
       <section id="comments">
       	<?php if ( post_password_required() ) : ?>
       		<p class="nopassword"><?php _e( 'This post is password protected. Enter the password to view any comments.', 'blaskan' ); ?></p>
       		</section>
       		<!-- /#comments -->
       		<?php return; ?>
       	<?php endif; ?>
   
       	<?php if ( have_comments() ) : ?>
       		<h1 id="comments-title"><?php printf( _n( __( 'One comment', 'blaskan' ), __( '%1$s comments', 'blaskan' ), get_comments_number(), 'blaskan' ), number_format_i18n( get_comments_number() ) ); ?></h1>
   
       		<?php if ( get_comment_pages_count() > 1 && get_option( 'page_comments' ) ) : ?>
       			<nav class="post-nav" role="navigation">
       				<div class="previous"><?php previous_comments_link( __( '<span class="meta-nav">←</span> Older Comments', 'blaskan' ) ); ?></div>
       				<div class="next"><?php next_comments_link( __( 'Newer Comments <span class="meta-nav">→</span>', 'blaskan' ) ); ?></div>
       			</nav>
       			<!-- / .post-nav -->
       		<?php endif; ?>
   
       		<ol id="comment-list"><?php wp_list_comments( array( 'callback' => 'blaskan_comment' ) ); ?></ol>
   
       		<?php if ( get_comment_pages_count() > 1 && get_option( 'page_comments' ) ) : ?>
       			<footer>
       				<nav class="post-nav" role="navigation">
       					<div class="previous"><?php previous_comments_link( __( '<span class="meta-nav">←</span> Older Comments', 'blaskan' ) ); ?></div>
       					<div class="next"><?php next_comments_link( __( 'Newer Comments <span class="meta-nav">→</span>', 'blaskan' ) ); ?></div>
       				</nav>
       				<!-- / .post-nav -->
       			</footer>
       		<?php endif; ?>
       	<?php else : ?>
       		<?php if ( ! comments_open() && ! is_page() ) : ?>
       			<p class="nocomments"><?php _e( 'Comments are closed.', 'blaskan' ); ?></p>
       		<?php endif;?>
   
       	<?php endif; // end have_comments() ?>
   
       	<?php
       	$commentform = array(
       		'fields' => apply_filters( 'comment_form_default_fields',
   
       		array(
       			'author' => '<label for="comment-author">' . __( 'Name', 'blaskan' ) .
             ( $req ? ' <span class="required">' . __( '(required)', 'blaskan' ) . '</span>' : '' ) .
       			'</label> ' .
             '<input id="comment-author" name="author" type="text" value="' .
             esc_attr( $commenter['comment_author'] ) . '" size="30"'.
       			( $req ? ' aria-required="true"' : '' ) .
       			'>',
   
       			'email' => '<label for="comment-email">' . __( 'Email', 'blaskan' ) .
       			( $req ? ' <span class="required">' . __( '(required - will be kept a secret)', 'blaskan' ) . '</span>' : '' ) .
       			'</label> ' .
             '<input id="comment-email" name="email" type="text" value="' . esc_attr(  $commenter['comment_author_email'] ) . '" size="30"'.
       			( $req ? ' aria-required="true"' : '' ) .
       			'>',
   
       			'url' => '<label for="comment-url">' . __( 'Website', 'blaskan' ) . '</label>' .
              '<input id="comment-url" name="url" type="text" value="' . esc_attr( $commenter['comment_author_url'] ) . '" size="30">' ) ),
   
       			'comment_field' => '<label for="comment">' . __( 'Comment', 'blaskan' ) . '</label>' .
             '<textarea id="comment" name="comment" cols="45" rows="8" aria-required="true"></textarea>',
   
       			'must_log_in' => '<p class="must-log-in">' .  sprintf( __( 'You must be <a href="%s">logged in</a> to post a comment.', 'blaskan' ), wp_login_url( apply_filters( 'the_permalink', get_permalink( get_the_ID() ) ) ) ) . '</p>',
   
       			'logged_in_as' => '<p class="logged-in-as">' . sprintf( __( 'You are logged in as <a href="%s">%s</a>. <a href="%s" title="Log out of this account">Log out?</a></p>', 'blaskan' ), admin_url( 'profile.php' ), $user_identity, wp_logout_url( apply_filters( 'the_permalink', get_permalink( get_the_ID() ) ) ) ),
   
       			'comment_notes_before' => null,
   
       			'comment_notes_after' => null,
   
       			'id_form' => 'commentform',
   
       			'id_submit' => 'submit',
   
       			'title_reply' => __( 'Post a comment', 'blaskan' ),
   
       			'title_reply_to' => __( 'Leave a Reply to %s', 'blaskan' ),
   
       			'cancel_reply_link' => __( 'Cancel reply', 'blaskan' ),
   
       			'label_submit' => __( 'Post comment', 'blaskan' ),
       	);
   
       	comment_form( $commentform );
       	?>
   
       </section>
       <!-- / #comments -->
       ```
   
 * _BTW I hope that I have used the code entering button correctly, excuse me if
   it hasn’t worked properly – I have seen how people don’t like lots of code on
   forum pages so am *trying* to do the right thing 🙂 [If I haven’t let me know
   how please.]_
 * Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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 *  [WPyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/)
 * (@wpyogi)
 * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-on-blaskan-theme-please-help/#post-3665945)
 * Did you try turning off the comments on the individual pages – on the pages screen
   click on quick edit for any page you want to change – then you’ll see a box for“
   allow comments” – unclick it.
 *  Thread Starter [DesDeuts](https://wordpress.org/support/users/desdeuts/)
 * (@desdeuts)
 * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-on-blaskan-theme-please-help/#post-3665947)
 * Hi WPyogi (great name)
    I have those settings: on pages I have unchecked the 
   Allow comments box and on posts I have checked Allow comments. I have realised
   that my settings are fine, it is the way my page is set up – it pastes the post
   in full instead of summaries as I’ve had on previous themes – so I was looking
   for the comment box on the blog page instead of within the actual post page if
   that makes sense.
 * Being a WPyogi, do you happen to know how I might be able to change these settings?
   I’ve just looked through all my options and can’t seem to find it. Or if it is
   in fact a limitation of my theme?
 * I know this might be wondering off the original topic but it is just as vital
   to know. Any help again would be appreciated.
 *  [WPyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/)
 * (@wpyogi)
 * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-on-blaskan-theme-please-help/#post-3665949)
 * I think what you want is possible with just using the per page/post settings –
   I tried it on a test site and I think that’s what I got. I turned off comments
   on the home page, but enabled them on some posts… But just to be sure, on the
   blog page (of several posts), it doesn’t show the comments box – you have to 
   click on the post to go to the posts page to see the comments/add new comments–
   is that what you mean?
 * I think that’s pretty usual, but it’s probably modifiable, though I’m not sure
   how to do that (I’m really not that much of a code-level yogi 🙂 ).
 *  Thread Starter [DesDeuts](https://wordpress.org/support/users/desdeuts/)
 * (@desdeuts)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-on-blaskan-theme-please-help/#post-3666243)
 * Thanks for your help 🙂

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