Reply function missing on blog page – 2012

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.