Reply function missing on blog page – 2012

  • Resolved tober1

    (@tober1)


    10 years, 8 months ago

    Hi,

    Theme is 2012.

    My blog page shows posts but no comments box. ‘Allow Comments’ box is ticked for that page. The function works on other pages.

    I have the post preview widget showing posts, and if I click on the post title there, the post opens with a reply box. Only if I go directly to the blog page is the comment functionality missing.

    I can’t give you a URL, unfortunately, as the site has to stay offline.

    More info:

    I can enable comments on any page as long as I don’t designate the page the blog page (I have a fixed front page). As soon as i designate it the blog page, the functionality disappears.

    Removing the ‘recent posts’ widget doesn’t change anything.

    Clicking on the title of a post in the ‘recent posts’ sidebar brings me to the post complete with reply functionality.

    Bizarre!

    Sorry i posted this in the wrong place earlier. Privacy badger messed up the GUI bigtime.

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  • Bill

    (@chubbycrow)

    10 years, 8 months ago

    If you mean that there is no comment box on a page that shows recent posts (‘blog’), I believe that is normal. A page listing many recent posts and all of their comments doesn’t usually make for a good reading experience, especially on mobile (in my opinion). You could ask about this in the 2012 forum just in case.

    Thread Starter tober1

    (@tober1)

    10 years, 8 months ago

    That’s a thought, thanks.

    So does that mean somebody has to go to the recent posts widget and click on the link there to comment on a post? Seems pretty obscure.

    The problem then is there is no clickable link for each post on the blog page that would let you reply or see the whole thread.

    I must be missing something here; although maybe it’s a result of having a fixed home page and only one blog page.

    Bill

    (@chubbycrow)

    10 years, 8 months ago

    I’m afraid I’m not very familiar with 2012, but I use 2013 for one of my sites and, on the recent posts page, each post title is a link to the full post, and there’s a ‘post a comment’ link under each post excerpt.

    Thread Starter tober1

    (@tober1)

    10 years, 8 months ago

    I only see the post content and no heading at all, only content. Under that:

    This entry was posted in Uncategorized on September 23, 2015. Edit

    Strange.

    Bill

    (@chubbycrow)

    10 years, 8 months ago

    Do you have the same issue if you set your home page to display recent posts in Settings > Reading Settings? The default 2012 demo has titles for each entry; clicking titles displays the full post and comments.

    Thread Starter tober1

    (@tober1)

    10 years, 8 months ago

    If I do that I get ‘warning these pages should not be the same!’ So i haven’t proceeded with that.

    Presumably because i have a fixed front page.

    Thanks

    Bill

    (@chubbycrow)

    10 years, 8 months ago

    Make sure you’re using the Settings > Reading page properly when you designate which page does what. Pay particular attention to how you name the page that shows your latest posts, as is mentioned there in the description. You must select different pages for both front page and posts page if you have a static front page.
    http://codex.wordpress.org/Settings_Reading_Screen

    Thread Starter tober1

    (@tober1)

    10 years, 8 months ago

    These settings have always been correct, and I’ve experimentally changed them and back again. Still no joy.

    Talk about frustrating.

    MarkRH

    (@markrh)

    10 years, 8 months ago

    My blog uses the 2012 theme and the main page is my most recent 5 posts but to comment on any of them you do have to click on the individual post and there is a Reply link with each one as well.

    My blog: http://blog.markheadrick.com/

    Now, in my Reading settings, I have it set to: Front page displays –
    “Your latest posts” with 5 as the amount and full text for each one.

    Thread Starter tober1

    (@tober1)

    10 years, 8 months ago

    I have the same settings except I have a fixed front page and a ‘blog’ set as the posts page. 5 and full also.

    Thread Starter tober1

    (@tober1)

    10 years, 8 months ago

    btw thanks, Mark.

    Thread Starter tober1

    (@tober1)

    10 years, 8 months ago

    I should have thought of this before, but i’m using a child theme with some small changes. Could these be messing things up?

    `Template: twentytwelve
    Version: 0.1
    */
    @import url(“../twentytwelve/style.css”);

    .entry-header {
    display: none;

    }

    @media screen and (min-width: 600px) {
    .widget-area {
    width: 20.041666667%; /* Change percentage up/down to change width of sidebar. Use small increments */
    }
    .site-content {
    width: 73.104166667%; /* Must equal roughly 95% when added to sidebar width. */
    }
    }

    /*remove background top bar*/
    body .site {
    margin-top: 0rem;
    }
    /*remove background bottom bar*/
    body .site {
    margin-bottom: 0rem;
    }

    /*change navbar borders*/
    .main-navigation ul.nav-menu, .main-navigation div.nav-menu > ul {
    border-bottom: 1px solid #f9eeca;
    border-top: 1px solid #f9eeca;
    display: inline-block !important;
    text-align: left;
    width: 100%;
    }

    Bill

    (@chubbycrow)

    10 years, 8 months ago

    My guess would be that this is hiding your titles:

    .entry-header {
display: none;
}

    Thread Starter tober1

    (@tober1)

    10 years, 8 months ago

    That’s it!

    Big thanks. I can’t believe I’d forgotten that i was using a child theme. Apologies for the unnecessary grief.

    Removing that statement doesn’t seem to have negatively affected anything, either.

    Thanks again.

    Bill

    (@chubbycrow)

    10 years, 8 months ago

    Glad you finally got some satisfaction! Mark this as resolved when you’re ready, and you’re welcome.

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