Title: Comments.php….HELP!
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Comments.php….HELP!

 *  [hellodrifter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hellodrifter/)
 * (@hellodrifter)
 * [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/commentsphphelp/)
 * ‘ello wordpress world,
 * I am part way through making my first comments.php template and am having trouble.
   I currently have the style of the form complete and it looks fine in my browser,
   but what I am struggling with is creating a _functional_ comments template using
   PHP. I am no PHP programmer.
 * _I am primarily focusing on creating a functional comments form before I move
   on to the rest of the template._
 * Could someone point me towards a beginner/intermediate level tutorial on how 
   to get the PHP to do what you want in the comments template? I’d especially appreciate
   one that breaks down the main functions with line by line analysis of the source
   code.
 * Any and all other help/advice/tips are greatly appreciated, I feel like I’ve 
   hit a brick wall. >.<

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 *  [dianem326](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dianem326/)
 * (@dianem326)
 * [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/commentsphphelp/#post-2119210)
 * Hello,
    I understand where you are coming from. I am new to WordPress myself.
   Here are a few tutorials I found. Not sure how good they are. Another thing you
   could do is look for a free WP template close to what you are designing and download
   it. It will give you a comments.php page to look at. If you don’t already have
   this [http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Development](http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Development)
   is a good resource too. This one supplies you with one that you says you can 
   use & just drop your theme into it. [http://www.christianmontoya.com/2006/10/15/full-featured-commentsphp-template-for-wordpress/](http://www.christianmontoya.com/2006/10/15/full-featured-commentsphp-template-for-wordpress/)
 * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpUJ8g5Kafw](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpUJ8g5Kafw)
   
   [http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/wordpress/unraveling-the-secrets-of-wordpress-commentsphp-file/](http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/wordpress/unraveling-the-secrets-of-wordpress-commentsphp-file/)
 * [http://199.47.222.65/~wpgaraje/tips/get-to-know-every-line-of-your-commentsphp-wordpress-theme-file/](http://199.47.222.65/~wpgaraje/tips/get-to-know-every-line-of-your-commentsphp-wordpress-theme-file/)
 * Hope that helps.

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