Adding Comments to Pages?

[Michael]

Hi Bill!

Firstly, I wanted to say thanks for the awesome theme. It fits my needs perfectly.

My question pertains to adding comments to static pages.

I just added a sweet About Me page to my site, and I wanted to add a comment section to it. Is there any way to achieve this?

I think I may need to edit the theme template somehow, but I don’t want to ruin anything. Could you help?

Thanks, Mike

[Bill Robbins]

Mike,

Thank you for your business first of all. Great question too. You can add in comments to pages. Here’s how:

1. Go to the Appearance section in your WordPress control panel and select Edit.
2. From the list of files on your right, choose page.php and look for this spot:

   
   <?php endwhile; ?>
   

3. Right above that, paste this:

4. Save your changes.

That will give you the option to have comments on your pages. The comments section will display if you have comments set to open or if people have previously left comments.

You can choose to include comments on a per-page basis. When you’re editing a page, look for the box labeled discussion. If you don’t see it, click screen options in the top right and that should add in the box for you.

If you have any questions or trouble, let me know.

Thanks again,
Bill

[Michael]

That worked perfectly Bill, thanks!

I found the screen options as well, so I’ll only be adding comments to the pages of my choice.

I did have one more question though, it’s about the comments, too.

This isn’t a huge deal, but the Comments link on my front page posts doesn’t take me down to the actual comments. I think it’s because I’m using Disqus commenting.

For example, I can click the “X number of Comments” tab under the post title, and not be taken directly to the comments. The URL extension still reads /#Comments but I am linked to the top of the post.

Again it’s not a huge deal, just something I was curious about.

Thanks for your awesome help!

[Bill Robbins]

Glad to hear that worked for you. If you wouldn’t mind sending over a link to your site, I can take a look and let you know what to change so the comments link takes you to the Discuss comments too.

Thanks,
Bill

[Michael]

Sure thing, here it is http://pokeflirt.com/

[Bill Robbins]

Mike,

Let’s do this. In the theme editor again (Appearance > Edit) choose post-meta.php from the list of files on your right. Look for this line:

<p class="comments"><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>#comments"><?php comments_number(__('Make A Comment', 'organizedthemes'), __('1 Comment', 'organizedthemes'), __('% Comments', 'organizedthemes')); ?></a></p>

and replace it with this:

and save your changes. That should make the link point to the right part of your page. Let me know if you have any trouble,
Bill

[Michael]

Perfect! Yes the edit now links me to the Disquq comments.

Thank you very much.

-Mike

[Bill Robbins]

No problem. Have a great weekend.

[Michael]

You too Bill

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