How to modify line of text under "Leave a Reply" in the Editor

  • Yarak

    (@yarak)


    11 years, 10 months ago

    Hello,

    My main problem is that I have put to go into the moderation queue any comments I get. Unfortunately, when the person posts the comment in a post, his posted comment “disappears”, that is, it doesn’t appear as posted (since it is now in moderation). The problem is that the person who posted the comment is not aware of this and either posts the comment again or never comes back to check my answer to his comment as he thought the comment got lost.

    I am losing a lot of visitors due to this and I actually reply to all comments but if the visitor isn’t going to come back to check the reply then I’m wasting my time. The “subscribe to comments” box is there but hardly anyone ticks it.

    Thus, I would like to modify the text below the “Leave a Reply” texbox. It currently says this:

    “Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *”

    It is right under “Leave a Reply”

    I would like to change the text below “Leave a Reply” so that it says something along the lines of giving it some time before the person’s comment is published and visible. I gain a lot of visitors through replying to comments so this is essential for me.

    I have found some tips which only modify “Leave a Reply” but not the text under it. In my theme (Magazine basic) the “Leave a Reply” title goes in the comment.php but it needs to be put in to merely modify “Leave a Reply”. I haven’t got a clue on how to modify the text under it and I have been searching around.

    I would very much appreciate anyone’s response

    Thanks

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  • esmi

    (@esmi)

    11 years, 10 months ago

    See http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/comment_form

    Thread Starter Yarak

    (@yarak)

    11 years, 10 months ago

    Thanks.

    I had seen that one already but the issue is that I do not have a

    ‘<p class=”comment-notes”>’

    I do have however, this

    $args = array(
    ‘comment_notes_after’ => ”,
    ‘comment_field’ => ‘<p class=”comment-form-comment”><textarea id=”comment” name=”comment” cols=”45″ rows=”8″ aria-required=”true”></textarea></p>’
    );
    comment_form($args); ?>

    Shall I place it on top of common_notes_after? How should I place it? The string in the link you gave calls for ending it with </p> but the </p> in my comment box is way down where it says </textarea>

    Thanks again!

    esmi

    (@esmi)

    11 years, 10 months ago

    First, what theme are you using?

    Thread Starter Yarak

    (@yarak)

    11 years, 10 months ago

    Magazine Basic, 2.7.3

    I was reading around and it seems as though all to do with comment editing goes under comment.php for this theme

    The “Leave a Reply”, for example, is not there by default. If I wanted to edit “Leave a Reply”, I’d have to call it and insert a line of code in the snippet of code I gave you above.

    Thanks

    esmi

    (@esmi)

    11 years, 10 months ago

    Don’t edit the theme itself. First create a child theme for your changes.

    Thread Starter Yarak

    (@yarak)

    11 years, 10 months ago

    Thanks. I have never looked into a child theme as I have mande minor changes so far but, yes, I am aware that I should eventually know how to make one.

    Normally what I do when I edit anything is back up everything (including server), copy all code to be edited to notepad and take snapshots of the strings of code I’m about to edit. I think that is as far as I can do without creating a child theme 🙂

    Would you know where to place the string of code then?

    Thanks!

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