Hi surrel!
Hope this tutorial will guide you in a better way to deal with comments.php
http://themeshaper.com/2012/11/04/the-wordpress-theme-comments-template/
surrel, it’s actually the callback function used when you use: wp_lis_comments() that determines the layout. If it is not defined it will use core markup.
Rajesh linked to an awesome source so do not pass up that reading.
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surrel
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I’ll take a look at the site but overall I’m having the hardest time trying to figure out what php files I need and what to edit.
http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Development
a theme needs at least style.css and index.php
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12 years, 1 month ago
I’d like some helping customizing the comments section.
I’m currently using my own custom theme and I don’t have a comments.php in my theme so I’m assuming it’s pulling the template from somewhere else. This is how the comments look right now.
http://pristine.nu/review-april-ipsy-bag/#respond
I like the way it looks but I want to customize it more and add to it, however I can’t figure out what I need to do. If I take the comments.php from one of the default themes and add it to my themes folder, it turns into this:
https://24.media.tumblr.com/1bce5397d60c1e15665a95046234d86d/tumblr_n3unb9hD9s1rt59iio9_r2_1280.png
Currently, the style of my comments is customized through my style.css but I’ve read that its functions.php that determines the layout?
What can I add/upload to my themes folder to make my comments layout customizable?