Re-enable comments

  • Resolved djtracey

    (@djtracey)


    6 years, 10 months ago

    I removed the ‘Disable comments’ plugin but the comments boy is still not visible and I have a statement on the home page that says ‘Comments off on’ (title of post). I have followed the instructions in the FAQ, including:

    – Bulk edit your posts. From the Posts Screen, check the boxes next to all the posts you want to edit, select Bulk Actions -> Edit, and click Apply. In the bulk edit area that appears, check the box for comment status and click Update.

    but with no success. I cannot find ‘Screen options’ at the top of the screen.

    Please advise.

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  • Plugin Contributor Samir Shah

    (@solarissmoke)

    6 years, 10 months ago

    When this happens it is always because the theme that is in use has a separate setting for enabling comments, and this setting has been turned off.

    Please carefully check your theme’s settings to see if there is come configuration related to comments, and whether this need to be enabled.

    Thread Starter djtracey

    (@djtracey)

    6 years, 10 months ago

    Hi Samir, many thanks for your response. I tried switching to other themes, but that didn’t help.

    Best regards,
    David

    Thread Starter djtracey

    (@djtracey)

    6 years, 10 months ago

    Hi Samir, I tried switching themes again and going through the procedure you suggested. The comments box is now working properly. Only one problem: on the top right hand corner of the post, it still says:

    (Date)
    No Comments
    David Tracey

    Can you suggest how I could remove the ‘No Comments’ text?

    Thanks again for your help,
    David

    Plugin Contributor Samir Shah

    (@solarissmoke)

    6 years, 10 months ago

    That is controlled by the theme unfortunately – you would need to add some custom styling to hide that if you don’t want it to appear. Difficult to be more specific without seeing the actual site/theme though.

    Thread Starter djtracey

    (@djtracey)

    6 years, 10 months ago

    Hi Samir,

    The site is https://tracey-translations.ch and the theme is ‘Vito’ from Quema Labs, but I will understand if you don’t have time to pursue this any further.

    Thanks agains for your help,
    David

    Plugin Contributor Samir Shah

    (@solarissmoke)

    6 years, 10 months ago

    Yeah, you would have to override the style of the theme to hide that. This is the styling you would need to add:

    .metadata .meta_comments {
    display: none;
}

    In terms of how to do this, it isn’t super straightforward to do – there are some suggestions here: http://davidsutoyo.com/2014/10/09/override-themes-css/

    Thread Starter djtracey

    (@djtracey)

    6 years, 10 months ago

    I think I’ll leave it as is for the moment.

    Thanks again and best regards,
    David

    Thread Starter djtracey

    (@djtracey)

    6 years, 10 months ago

    Resolved.

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