Title: Comments Page (different when no comments)
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Comments Page (different when no comments)

 *  [flamora](https://wordpress.org/support/users/flamora/)
 * (@flamora)
 * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-page-different-when-no-comments/)
 * I’m having issues with comments page of the theme I’m working on. It looks fine
   when there are comments, but the footer moves to the top when there aren’t any.
 * [With Comments.](http://tester.atomicaffliction.com/?p=3#comments)
    [Without Comments.](http://tester.atomicaffliction.com/?p=8#respond)
 * This is the code for the comments page. If you need any more information, just
   let me know.
 *     ```
       <?php
   
       	if (!empty($_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME']) && 'comments.php' == basename($_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME']))
       		die ('Please do not load this page directly. Thanks!');
   
       	if ( post_password_required() ) { ?>
       		<p class="nocomments">This post is password protected. Enter the password to view comments.</p>
       	<?php
       		return;
       	}
       ?>
   
       <div class="bob">
       <?php if ( have_comments() ) : ?>
       	<h3><?php comments_number('No Responses', 'One Response', '% Responses' );?> to “<?php the_title(); ?>”</h3>
   
       	<div class="bobbox">
   
       		<div class="navigation">
       		<div class="alignleft"><?php previous_comments_link() ?></div>
       		<div class="alignright"><?php next_comments_link() ?></div>
       	</div>
   
       	<ol class="ugh">
       	<?php wp_list_comments(); ?>
       	</ol>
   
       	<div class="navigation">
       		<div class="alignleft"><?php previous_comments_link() ?></div>
       		<div class="alignright"><?php next_comments_link() ?></div>
       	</div>
   
       	<?php else : // this is displayed if there are no comments so far ?>
   
       	<?php if ( comments_open() ) : ?>
   
       	 <?php else : // comments are closed ?>
       		<p class="nocomments">Comments are closed.</p>
   
       <?php endif; ?>
       <?php endif; ?>
   
       <?php if ( comments_open() ) : ?>
   
       <h3 class="other"><?php comment_form_title( 'Leave a Reply', 'Leave a Reply to %s' ); ?></h3><br />
   
       <div class="cancel-comment-reply">
       	<small><?php cancel_comment_reply_link(); ?></small>
       </div>
   
       <?php if ( get_option('comment_registration') && !is_user_logged_in() ) : ?>
       <p>You must be <a href="<?php echo wp_login_url( get_permalink() ); ?>">logged in</a> to post a comment.</p>
       <?php else : ?>
   
       <form action="<?php echo get_option('siteurl'); ?>/wp-comments-post.php" method="post" id="commentform">
   
       <?php if ( is_user_logged_in() ) : ?>
   
       <p>Logged in as <a href="<?php echo get_option('siteurl'); ?>/wp-admin/profile.php"><?php echo $user_identity; ?></a>. <a href="<?php echo wp_logout_url(get_permalink()); ?>" title="Log out of this account">Log out &raquo;</a></p>
   
       <?php else : ?>
   
       <p><input class="commentform" type="text" name="author" id="author" value="<?php echo ($comment_author); ?>" size="22" tabindex="1" <?php if ($req) echo "aria-required='true'"; ?> />
       <label for="author"><small>Name <?php if ($req) echo ""; ?></small></label></p>
   
       <p><input class="commentform" type="text" name="email" id="email" value="<?php echo $comment_author_email; ?>" size="22" tabindex="2" <?php if ($req) echo "aria-required='true'"; ?> />
       <label for="email"><small>Email<?php if ($req) echo ""; ?></small></label></p>
   
       <p><input class="commentform" type="text" name="url" id="url" value="<?php echo $comment_author_url; ?>" size="22" tabindex="3" />
       <label for="url"><small>Website</small></label></p>
   
       <?php endif; ?>
   
       <p><textarea class="commentform" name="comment" id="comment" cols="100%" rows="10" tabindex="4"></textarea></p>
   
       <p><center><input class="commentform2" name="submit" type="submit" id="submit" tabindex="5" value="Submit Comment" /></center>
       <?php comment_id_fields(); ?>
       </p>
   
       </form>
   
       <?php endif;?>
   
       </div>
   
       <?php endif;?>
   
       </div>
   
       <?php get_footer(); ?>
       ```
   

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 *  [krembo99](https://wordpress.org/support/users/krembo99/)
 * (@krembo99)
 * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-page-different-when-no-comments/#post-1210283)
 * The problem is not only the comments, it´s the whole template.
    your classes .
   footer, .reading and .anotehr are OUTSIDE the container Also you have two orphan
   closing </div> tags.. One AFTER the </html> tag (big no.no) and one before the
   </body> tag
 * I am not sure this is the only problem, but it sure is one of them…
    If fixing
   this will not help , you will need to post the Header footer and index as well..(
   BTW – this is the first time I see a template with no ID definitions, only classes…
   I would also recommend to use some ID´s, after all, if they exist, there must
   be a reason for it )

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 * Last activity: [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-page-different-when-no-comments/#post-1210283)
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