Title: Threaded comments not threading
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Threaded comments not threading

 *  [swollenpickles](https://wordpress.org/support/users/swollenpickles/)
 * (@swollenpickles)
 * [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/threaded-comments-not-threading/)
 * I’m trying to create a custom wordpress theme. I started out using Whiteboard
   theme as the base.
 * The whiteboard theme:
    [http://plainbeta.com/2008/05/20/whiteboard-a-free-wordpress-theme-framework/](http://plainbeta.com/2008/05/20/whiteboard-a-free-wordpress-theme-framework/)
 * I’ve gotten to the stage where I’m almost finished and I’m testing it. I just
   tried to use the threaded comments (after enabling it under Discussion Settings)
   but when I go to a post and hit ‘reply’ it is not nesting the comment as I would
   have expected. Instead it just adds the comment to the end of the comments list.
   Any ideas on what I may be doing wrong? I’ve attached the comments.php code below
   in case that helps.
 * _[Code moderated as per the [Forum Rules](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/68664).
   Please use the [pastebin](http://wordpress.pastebin.ca/)]_

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/threaded-comments-not-threading/page/2/#post-1419492)
 * Yes. Try something like:
 *     ```
       .commentlist .children li {
       	margin:10px 20px;
       }
       ```
   

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 * Last activity: [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/threaded-comments-not-threading/page/2/#post-1419492)
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