jlmcgowan

I hope someone can help me. I want my comments box to always be visible under each post. However, it’s not showing up. It only reads “# Comments”

Here’s the coding in my themes comments.php I have no idea what to change to get the comments box to show up. I have set it so that Commentors do not have to register or be logged into comment…Which coding is causing the comments box to not be visible under the post?

<?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
?>

<h2><?php _e(‘Password Protected’); ?></h2>
<p><?php _e(‘Enter the password to view comments.’); ?></p>

<?php return;
}
}

/* This variable is for alternating comment background */

$oddcomment = ‘alt’;

?>

<!– You can start editing here. –>

<?php if ($comments) : ?>
<h3 id=”comments”><?php comments_number(‘No Responses’, ‘One Response’, ‘% Responses’ );?> to “<?php the_title(); ?>”</h3>

<ol class=”commentlist”>
<?php foreach ($comments as $comment) : ?>

<li class=”<?php echo $oddcomment; ?>” id=”comment-<?php comment_ID() ?>”>

<div class=”commentmetadata”>
<?php comment_author_link() ?>, <?php _e(‘on’); ?> ” title=””><?php comment_date(‘F jS, Y’) ?> <?php _e(‘at’);?> <?php comment_time() ?> <?php _e(‘Said:’); ?> <?php edit_comment_link(‘Edit Comment’,”,”); ?>
<?php if ($comment->comment_approved == ‘0’) : ?>
<?php _e(‘Your comment is awaiting moderation.’); ?>
<?php endif; ?>
</div>

<?php comment_text() ?>

<?php /* Changes every other comment to a different class */
if (‘alt’ == $oddcomment) $oddcomment = ”;
else $oddcomment = ‘alt’;
?>

<?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.</p>

<?php endif; ?>
<?php endif; ?>

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

<h3 id=”respond”>Leave a Reply</h3>

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

<?php else : ?>

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

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

<?php else : ?>

<p><input type=”text” name=”author” id=”author” value=”<?php echo $comment_author; ?>” size=”40″ tabindex=”1″ />
<label for=”author”><small>Name <?php if ($req) echo “(required)”; ?></small></label></p>

<p><input type=”text” name=”email” id=”email” value=”<?php echo $comment_author_email; ?>” size=”40″ tabindex=”2″ />
<label for=”email”><small>Mail (will not be published) <?php if ($req) echo “(required)”; ?></small></label></p>

<p><input type=”text” name=”url” id=”url” value=”<?php echo $comment_author_url; ?>” size=”40″ tabindex=”3″ />
<label for=”url”><small>Website</small></label></p>

<?php endif; ?>

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

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

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

<?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 ?>