• I am new to WordPress and just started a family blog. I am using the theme Baby Blogging by Free WordPress Themes. When I want to post a comment or a reply, there is no post comment or reply button. When I type the text into the comments box, I can hit the tab button and it brings me to where the button should be and there is an outline of a box, but no visible button at all. Can someone tell me what file the link to the button graphic would be in? I can then look in the .php file and see the name of what the button image is and make a button with the same name and FTP it to the appropriate folder.

    Thanks in advance for the help.

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    Thread Starter jon113

    (@jon113)

    Any way to figure it out without a link? I have the url folder password protected and would have to figure out how to get back in and remove the password.

    Thank you.

    In that case, all I can suggests is that you look in comments.php.

    jon113,

    These images are usually held within the theme image folder. Look at the code and see what image is being used then check for it within the images folder.

    Thread Starter jon113

    (@jon113)

    I don’t see any reference to any image in the comments.php file. esmi can you take a look at this and see what i should change? Thank you SO much for pointing me in the right direction.

    <?php // Do not delete these lines

    if (‘comments.php’ == basename($_SERVER[‘SCRIPT_FILENAME’]))

    die (‘Please do not load this page directly. Thanks!’);

    if (!empty($post->post_password)) { // if there’s a password

    if ($_COOKIE[‘wp-postpass_’ . COOKIEHASH] != $post->post_password) { // and it doesn’t match the cookie

    ?>

    <p class=”nocomments”>This post is password protected. Enter the password to view comments.<p>

    <?php

    return;

    }

    }

    /* This variable is for alternating comment background */

    $oddcomment = ‘alt’;

    ?>

    <!– You can start editing here. –>

    <?php if (‘open’ == $post->comment_status) : ?>

    <h3 id=”respond”>Leave a Reply</h3>

    <?php if ( get_option(‘comment_registration’) && !$user_ID ) : ?>

    <p>You must be /wp-login.php?redirect_to=<?php the_permalink(); ?>”>logged in to post a comment.</p>

    <?php else : ?>

    <form action=”<?php echo get_option(‘siteurl’); ?>/wp-comments-post.php” method=”post” id=”commentform”>

    <?php if ( $user_ID ) : ?>

    <p>Logged in as /wp-admin/profile.php”><?php echo $user_identity; ?>. /wp-login.php?action=logout” title=”Log out of this account”>Logout »</p>

    <?php else : ?>

    <p><input type=”text” name=”author” id=”author” value=”<?php echo $comment_author; ?>” size=”22″ tabindex=”1″ />

    <label for=”author”><small>Name <?php if ($req) echo “(required)”; ?></small></label></p>

    <p><input type=”text” name=”email” id=”email” value=”<?php echo $comment_author_email; ?>” size=”22″ tabindex=”2″ />

    <label for=”email”><small>Mail (will not be published) <?php if ($req) echo “(required)”; ?></small></label></p>

    <p><input 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><small>XHTML: You can use these tags: <?php echo allowed_tags(); ?></small></p>–>

    <p><textarea name=”comment” id=”comment” cols=”100%” rows=”10″ tabindex=”4″></textarea></p>

    <p><input name=”submit” type=”submit” id=”submit” tabindex=”5″ value=”Submit Comment” />

    <input type=”hidden” name=”comment_post_ID” value=”<?php echo $id; ?>” />

    </p>

    <?php do_action(‘comment_form’, $post->ID); ?>

    </form>

    <?php endif; // If registration required and not logged in ?>

    <?php if ($comments) : ?>

    <h3 id=”comments”><?php comments_number(‘No Responses’, ‘One Response’, ‘% Responses’ );?> to “<?php the_title(); ?>”</h3>

    <ol class=”commentlist”>

    <?php foreach ($comments as $comment) : ?>

    <li class=”<?php echo $oddcomment; ?>” id=”comment-<?php comment_ID() ?>”>

    <div class=”gravatar”><?php if(function_exists(‘get_avatar’)){ echo get_avatar($comment, 75);} ?></div>

    <div class=”author”>Comment by <cite class=”author”><?php comment_author_link() ?></cite></div>

    <?php if ($comment->comment_approved == ‘0’) : ?>

    Your comment is awaiting moderation.

    <?php endif; ?>

    <small class=”commentmetadata”><?php comment_date(‘F jS, Y’) ?></small>

    <?php comment_text() ?>

    <div class=”clear”></div>

    <?php /* Changes every other comment to a different class */

    if (‘alt’ == $oddcomment) $oddcomment = ”;

    else $oddcomment = ‘alt’;

    ?>

    <?php endforeach; /* end for each comment */ ?>

    <?php else : // this is displayed if there are no comments so far ?>

    <?php if (‘open’ == $post->comment_status) : ?>

    <!– If comments are open, but there are no comments. –>

    <?php else : // comments are closed ?>

    <!– If comments are closed. –>

    <p class=”nocomments”>Comments are closed.</p>

    <?php endif; ?>

    <?php endif; ?>

    <?php endif; // if you delete this the sky will fall on your head ?>

    There’s no button image/graphic in that form, so you probably have a simple button styled with CSS. If you don’t see text “Submit Comment”, then it’s likely that the text color on that button is currently similar (if not identical) to the button background color.

    Thread Starter jon113

    (@jon113)

    That makes sense. Is there a way to add a button easily, or should I just try to edit the css file? If so, do you know what css file it would be in?

    Thanks for the help!

    Editing the CSS file would be easiest. I wouldn’t be able to give you any idea as to which file to edit without seeing the site. If you use Firefox, try installing the Firebug extension/add-on. It makes finding the exact piece of CSS that needs editing so much easier.

    Thread Starter jon113

    (@jon113)

    Thank you so much, I will install that add-on and give that a shot.

    Thread Starter jon113

    (@jon113)

    I actually found a snipet of code in the css file that indicated what the name and location of the .png file is, so i uploaded a file that I named .png and BINGO! it worked. I appreciate the quick help!

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