2DMonkey

Hi Whitelight,

To create a new file you will need a FTP client to access the files in your template – I would recommend FileZilla – setup instructions here.

Or, follow these instructions to create a new theme file without FTP access.

Seems a long way round.

Can you explain in a bit more detail – I’m not totally sure what you are trying to do…

Hi whitelight,

It is possible to show a comments box on the homepage but it would show up after each and every article because it’s part of the WordPress Loop.

Your homepage is slightly different because it isnt really a ‘page’ – it uses the WordPress Loop to show a list of the latest posts. Generally users would click on an article to read it more about it – and then they would be able to comment on it.

The reason why the comment box is displayed on your About page is because it is a unique page, the same as a unique post.

If you want to show the comments box after each article on the homepage, open your index.php file and look for the loop. It usually starts with:

<?php if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>

And ends with:

<?php endwhile; else: ?>
<p><?php _e('Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.'); ?></p>
<?php endif; ?>

Between these two you should look for:

<?php the_content(); ?>

Paste the following directly after this:

<?php comment_form(); ?>

Save and test. You should now see a comments box after each article on the homepage. If this wasn’t quite what you were looking for let me know – I’m just guessing 🙂

When logged into the WordPress admin area, go to the users page. This will show you a list of all site users and their role. If you cannot see this page then you are probably not an administrator. You should be, so ask your developer to change your permissions.

More info about users levels and their respective permissions

In the WordPress admin, go to Appearance > Editor. Assuming you are not using any page templates you need to edit your index.php file. Somewhere in that file you will find the WordPress loop.

You should be able to find the following code:

<h2 class="entry-title"><a href="<?php the_permalink()?>" title="Permalink to <php the_title();?>" rel="bookmark"><php the_title();?></a></h2>

That needs to be moved further down the loop and placed directly after:

<div id="text1">

Open wp-config.php at the root of your WordPress directory and remove the following:

define( 'MULTISITE', true );
define( 'SUBDOMAIN_INSTALL', false );
$base = '/';
define( 'DOMAIN_CURRENT_SITE', 'localhost' );
define( 'PATH_CURRENT_SITE', '/' );
define( 'SITE_ID_CURRENT_SITE', 1 );
define( 'BLOG_ID_CURRENT_SITE', 1 );

Finally, change:

define('WP_ALLOW_MULTISITE', true);

To:

define('WP_ALLOW_MULTISITE', false);

<?php
if ( is_home() ) {
    // This is a homepage
} else {
    // This is not a homepage
}
?>