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Yep. It’s just that the comment content (the comment form and actual comments) doesn’t show up where I want it in the design.

Okay. The comments still aren’t showing up after changing the placment of the end of the loop code. Suggestions?

PS – please don’t pay any attention to my messy code. I’m in the process of designing a theme from scratch and I’ve yet to work out all the kinks. One problem I’m having is with the footer portion of the layout being fluid and moving down when the middle (or pink section) grows longer. I figure I can fix that AFTER I get the actual code issues fixed. 🙂

My bad. I typed the wrong file name. I *am* using the comments.php file with the latest version of WP. My problem is that when I leave the code in to call in the comments.php file, I can’t customize where the comment form and actual comments lay in my layout. I thought I could get around this by taking the “pieces” of the comments.php file and placing them where I want them to be in my layout (single.php) but it doesn’t work right. I am getting the comment form but the actual comments are not showing up.

I copied and pasted the code from my single.php file above and was wondering if someone could take a look at it and see why the comments aren’t showing up. I would REALLY appreciate it.

Okay, since no one is biting, here’s a simple version of what I’m trying to do. I am basically cutting and pasting from my wp-comments.php template and putting that code into my single.php page so I can customize where the comments form and comments are in my layout (code is above). The comment form is showing on my individual entry page, etc., but the actual comments aren’t.

I’d would really love some help on this issue. Thanks in advance!

Okay, I think I figured this out, somewhat. The only problem I’m having is that the actual comments aren’t showing up on my individual pages.

Example: http://www.morningsmiles.com/2006/06/12/morning-smiles-is-coming-soon/

Here’s my code:

<?php get_header(); ?>

<div id=”container”>

<div id=”top”>

<div id=”blog”>

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

<h1 id=”post-<?php the_ID(); ?>”><img src=”http://morningsmiles.com/wp-content/themes/pinkcosmos/images/cosmo2.png”&gt; ” rel=”bookmark” title=”Permanent Link: <?php the_title(); ?>”><?php the_title(); ?></h1>

<div class=”entrybody”>
<div class=”pad”>
<?php the_content(‘<p class=”serif”>Read the rest of this entry »’); ?>

</div> <!– end PAD –>
</div> <!– end ENTRY BODY –>

<div align=”center”><?php previous_post(‘« %’,”,’yes’) ?> <?php next_post(‘ % »’,”,’yes’) ?></div>

<?php endwhile; else: ?>

<?php _e(‘Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.’); ?>

<?php endif; ?>

</div> <!– end BLOG –>

<div id=”image”></div> <!– end IMAGE –>
</div> <!– end TOP –>

<br clear=”all”>

<div id=”middle”>

<div id=”column1″>
<h2><img src=”http://morningsmiles.com/wp-content/themes/pinkcosmos/images/bullet.gif”&gt; Leave a Comment <img src=”http://morningsmiles.com/wp-content/themes/pinkcosmos/images/bullet.gif”&gt; </h2>

<?php // Do not delete these lines
if (‘comments.php’ == basename($_SERVER[‘SCRIPT_FILENAME’]))
die (‘Please do not load this page directly. Thanks!’);

if (!empty($post->post_password)) { // if there’s a password
if ($_COOKIE[‘wp-postpass_’ . COOKIEHASH] != $post->post_password) { // and it doesn’t match the cookie
?>

<p class=”nocomments”>This post is password protected. Enter the password to view comments.

<?php
return;
}
}

/* This variable is for alternating comment background */
$oddcomment = ‘alt’;
?>

<?php if (‘open’ == $post->comment_status) : ?>

<?php if ( get_option(‘comment_registration’) && !$user_ID ) : ?>
You must be /wp-login.php?redirect_to=<?php the_permalink(); ?>”>logged in to post a comment.
<?php else : ?>

<form action=”<?php echo get_option(‘siteurl’); ?>/wp-comments-post.php” method=”post” id=”commentform”>

<?php if ( $user_ID ) : ?>

Logged in as /wp-admin/profile.php”><?php echo $user_identity; ?>. /wp-login.php?action=logout” title=”Log out of this account”>Logout »

<?php else : ?>

<input type=”text” name=”author” id=”author” value=”<?php echo $comment_author; ?>” size=”35″ tabindex=”1″ />
<label for=”author”><small>Name <?php if ($req) echo “(required)”; ?></small></label>

<input type=”text” name=”email” id=”email” value=”<?php echo $comment_author_email; ?>” size=”35″ tabindex=”2″ />
<label for=”email”><small>Mail (will not be published) <?php if ($req) echo “(required)”; ?></small></label>

<input type=”text” name=”url” id=”url” value=”<?php echo $comment_author_url; ?>” size=”35″ tabindex=”3″ />
<label for=”url”><small>Website</small></label>

<?php endif; ?>

<!–<small>XHTML: You can use these tags: <?php echo allowed_tags(); ?></small>–>

<textarea name=”comment” id=”comment” cols=”60″ rows=”10″ tabindex=”4″></textarea>

<input name=”submit” type=”submit” id=”submit” tabindex=”5″ value=”Submit Comment” />
<input type=”hidden” name=”comment_post_ID” value=”<?php echo $id; ?>” />

<?php do_action(‘comment_form’, $post->ID); ?>

</form>

<?php endif; // If registration required and not logged in ?>

<?php endif; // if you delete this the sky will fall on your head ?>

</div>

<div id=”column2″>
 
</div>

<div id=”column3″>
<h2><img src=”http://morningsmiles.com/wp-content/themes/pinkcosmos/images/bullet.gif”&gt; Comments <img src=”http://morningsmiles.com/wp-content/themes/pinkcosmos/images/bullet.gif”&gt; </h2>
<?php if ($comments) : ?>
<h3 id=”comments”><?php comments_number(‘No Responses’, ‘One Response’, ‘% Responses’ );?> to “<?php the_title(); ?>”</h3>

<?php foreach ($comments as $comment) : ?>

<cite><?php comment_author_link() ?></cite> Says:
<?php if ($comment->comment_approved == ‘0’) : ?>
Your comment is awaiting moderation.
<?php endif; ?>

<small class=”commentmetadata”>” title=””><?php comment_date(‘F jS, Y’) ?> at <?php comment_time() ?> <?php edit_comment_link(‘e’,”,”); ?></small>

<?php comment_text() ?>

<?php endforeach; /* end for each comment */ ?>

<?php else : // this is displayed if there are no comments so far ?>

<?php if (‘open’ == $post->comment_status) : ?>
<!– If comments are open, but there are no comments. –>

<?php else : // comments are closed ?>
<!– If comments are closed. –>
<p class=”nocomments”>Comments are closed.

<?php endif; ?>
<?php endif; ?>
</div>

</div> <!– end MIDDLE –>

<div id=”footer”>

<?php get_footer(); ?>