Need help with my blog page, no comment box?

[nicole119 0]

Hi, Can someone please help me find out what is wrong with my blog page? This is the only page that I want the comment box on and it is nowhere to be found, I don't know where to go to make sure it appears on this page. Also, when I enter a new blog post, the text posts twice in the same post. AND, the "if you enjoyed ... please share" text is gone too. Here's a link to my blog page: http://mauisocialmedia.net/?page_id=1447 Thanks!!

[Danny+ 1,327]

Hi Nicole, 1. Your comment box is there, its just no available on your blog page, this is standard on most blogs. If you visit one of your posts you will see the "leave a reply" area. http://mauisocialmedia.net/?p=1847 2. You have the social icons appearing inside your boxes, most users want to remove them from the boxes. So I have added the code below for you, if you want to remove them, simply add this to your Platform Settings --> Custom Code --> CSS Rules: [code] #boxes .shr-bookmarks shr-bookmarks-expand, #feature .shr-bookmarks shr-bookmarks-expand { display:none;} [/code] 3. The reason you're having your post display twice is most likely down to your post settings, go to Platform Settings --> Blog & Posts, scroll down and will see "Post Excerpt or Summary Handling" and scroll down further more and you will see "Full Post Content", you need to make sure theses settings aren't similar otherwise you will get your post repeated. 4 The "if you enjoyed..." is still there but it will only show on a full post. I added a link to one of your posts, you can see it here. http://mauisocialmedia.net/?p=1847

[nicole119 0]

Hi Danny, thanks for your help! So, the leave a reply box is not available at all on my blog page? The link/post example that you provided with the leave a reply and consider sharing info was from my about us page. So how can someone leave a comment on my blog posts? Sorry for another dumb question but what is the difference between a blog post and a full post for the consider sharing to appear?

[Danny+ 1,327]

Hi Nicole, (I just sent you an email too) :P Basically, the link you provided in your email and your forum post is a link to your "Main Blog Page". The main blog page normally only shows a teaser of your posts content, you can change this if you like of course. However, normally all blogs use this standard design, to see comments and to reply to a post, you need to click the posts title and view the full content of the post, then underneath is your comments and the comment form to reply to the post. If you had a comment form on your "Main Blog Page", your blog page would become incredibly long in a short period of time.

[nicole119 0]

Oooh, OK. I get it now, duh! Thank you so much, you've been so helpful!!! :) Nicole