phoenixdoula

Thank you SO much – that worked!

Found the solution – where would I be without google!

Hmmm…I tried that but no luck:

Here is the index and comments code:
index:

<?php get_header(); ?>

	<div id="content" class="col span-8">
		<div class="col last span-6 nudge-2">
			<h4 class="ver small">Latest Entries</h4>
		</div>

		<?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
			<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
				<div class="post">
					<div class="post-meta col span-2">
						<ul class="nav">
							<li><?php the_time('F j, Y'); ?></li>
							<li>In <?php the_category(', '); ?></li>
							<li><?php comments_number('No comments yet','One comment','% comments'); ?></li>
							<?php edit_post_link('Edit this post', '<li>', '</li>'); ?>
						</ul>
					</div>

					<div class="post-content span-8 nudge-2">
						<h3><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h3>
						<?php the_content('Continue reading...'); ?>

					</div>
				</div>

			<?php endwhile; ?>

			<ul class="navigation">
				<li class="left"><?php next_posts_link('&larr; Older Entries') ?></li>
				<li class="right"><?php previous_posts_link('Newer Entries &rarr;') ?></li>
			</ul>

		<?php else : ?>

			<h3>Not Found</h3>
			<p>Sorry, but you are looking for something that isn't here.</p>

		<?php endif; ?>
	</div>	

	<hr />

	<?php get_sidebar(); ?>

	<?php get_footer(); ?>

comments.php

<?php // Do not delete these lines
	if (!empty($_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME']) &amp;&amp; 'comments.php' == basename($_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.</p>

			<?php
			return;
		}
	}

	/* This variable is for alternating comment background */
	$oddcomment = 'class="alt" ';
?>

<!-- You can start editing here. -->

<?php if ($comments) : ?>
<div id="commentary" class="col span-8">
	<div class="col last span-6 nudge-2">
		<h4 class="ver small">Comments for this entry</h4>
	</div>
</div>

	<?php foreach ($comments as $comment) : ?>
		<div class="comment">
			<div class="col span-2 align-right">
				<dl>
					<dt><strong><?php comment_author_link() ?></strong></dt>
					<dd><?php if(function_exists('get_avatar')) { echo get_avatar($comment, '64'); } ?></dd>
				</dl>
			</div>

			<div class="col last span-6">
				<?php comment_text() ?>
			</div>
		</div>

	<?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. -->
		<div id="leave-comment">
			<div class="col last span-6 nudge-2">
				<h4 class="ver small">Comments are closed</h4>
			</div>
		</div>
	<?php endif; ?>
<?php endif; ?>

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

<div id="leave-comment" class="col span-8">
	<div class="col last span-6 nudge-2">
		<h4 class="ver small">Leave your comment</h4>
		<p>Please be polite. You can use these <acronym title="HyperText Markup Language">HTML</acronym> tags: <code>STRONG</code>, <code>A</code>, <code>BLOCKQUOTE</code>, <code>CODE</code></p>
	</div>

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

	<div class="comment-field">
		<div class="post-meta col span-2 align-right">
			<label for="author">Name</label>
		</div>

		<div class="col span-4">
			<input type="text" name="author" id="author" value="<?php echo $comment_author; ?>" tabindex="1" />
		</div>

		<div class="post-meta col last span-2">
			<p><small class="tooltip">Required.</small></p>
		</div>
	</div>

	<div class="comment-field">
		<div class="post-meta col span-2 align-right">
			<label for="email">E-mail</label>
		</div>

		<div class="col span-4">
			<input type="text" name="email" id="email" value="<?php echo $comment_author_email; ?>" tabindex="2" />
		</div>

		<div class="post-meta col last span-2">
			<p><small class="tooltip">Required. Won't be published.</small></p>
		</div>
	</div>

	<div class="comment-field">
		<div class="post-meta col span-2 align-right">
			<label for="url">Website</label>
		</div>

		<div class="col span-4">
			<input type="text" name="url" id="url" value="<?php echo $comment_author_url; ?>" tabindex="3" />
		</div>
	</div>

	<div class="comment-field">
		<div class="post-meta col span-2 align-right">
			<label for="comment">Comment</label>
		</div>

		<div class="col last span-6">
			<textarea name="comment" id="comment" tabindex="4" cols="10" rows="10"></textarea>
		</div>
	</div>

	<div class="comment-field col last-field span-2 nudge-2">
		<input name="submit" type="image" id="submit" tabindex="5" value="Submit" class="submit" src="<?php bloginfo('template_directory'); ?>/images/button-post-comment.gif" />
	</div>

	<p><input type="hidden" name="comment_post_ID" value="<?php echo $id; ?>" /></p>

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

	</form>
</div>

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

Thanks for your reply – that’s too bad, I really liked several of the themes otherwise. If anyone else has any further input, I appreciate it.

Jeanette