Comments On Pages Options Not Showing??

[jbenavides 0]

Hey there, So, I have a page I just created that isn't showing the "Turn on or off comments" in the editor. How do I get this page to NOT show comments?? Here is the page: http://www.joshuabenavides.com/faster-eft Thanks, *Joshua

[jbenavides 0]

And I just checked and it's not allowing it for any NEW PAGES. All I did differently was update Wordpress to the latest version. Hmmm...

[Guest Guest]

So just to clarify, you're saying that after upgrading to WP 3.1 the "Discussion" section of the page options are no longer visible?

[jbenavides 0]

Clarification... There used to be an option below every PAGE that ALLOWED COMMENTS or NOT. It's no longer there. Make sense? There used to be a little box that allowed comment and another box underneath it that allowed pingbacks. That's also no longer there.

[Guest Guest]

That's what I thought. I have not seen this issue on any of my test sites running 3.1 (I've tested this with iBlog as well). To test to see if this in fact an issue you're having with iBlog, will you temporarily revert back to the default theme and see if the allow comments section is still missing?

[jbenavides 0]

How do I "revert to the default theme"? Will this do anything to my content and settings?

[Guest Guest]

Go under Appearance > Themes and activate the default WordPress theme which is called Twenty Ten. Your settings and everything will remain intact.

[jbenavides 0]

OK...did this and there are still no options. ?? What do you think is going on?

[Guest Guest]

I'm not sure but that rules out iBlogPro as the culprit. Perhaps reinstall WP 3.1?

[jbenavides 0]

Just did it. Didn't do anything. Hmmm... What other options do I have here?

[jbenavides 0]

Is there a way to get rid of the comments anyways for specific pages?

[Guest Guest]

In PlatformPro yes you could have used the hide comment box option which is a different setting from the default WP one. However, if you're using iBlogPro I'm not sure what you would use other than the one that isn't showing up for you... Maybe check with your hosting company and make sure the server you are on is running the latest version of PHP (or at least a fairly recent one). It's a bit of a long shot but perhaps an outdated version of something is causing the issue. I wish I had more for you, but yeah I can't think of a reason why this is happening, especially now that we know its not related to a PageLines theme.

[meprox 0]

I fixed it like this: in _posts.php search for

<div class="postwrap commentswrap <?php if(!have_comments() && 'open' != $post->comment_status) echo "nocommentform";?>">
				<div class="hentry">
					<div class="copy"> <?php comments_template();?></div>
				</div>
				</div>

and remove it! In template_page.php and template_post.php find

<?php get_template_part('library/_posts');?>

and after add:

<div class="postwrap commentswrap <?php if(!have_comments() && 'open' != $post->comment_status) echo "nocommentform";?>">
				<div class="hentry">
					<div class="copy"> <?php comments_template();?></div>
				</div>
				</div>

This solution allows to comments in posts but disables comments from pages. You only have to disable comments in WP -> Preferences -> Discussions May the developers can take a look and fix this issue in the next release of iblogpro! It tooks for me a lot of time to find a solution! Thanks

[catrina 103]

Thanks for letting us know, Michael. I'll mark this for developer attention.

[jbenavides 0]

Thanks Michael. This is great. However, I'm wanting to keep the comments already made on some pages...but not allow on other pages. Not sure how to move forward with this one. Anyone else have other ideas. It's strange because I used to have that option. But then...it just disappeared. Not sure why. Any other ideas would be highly appreciated. I would really like to get this figured out. Thanks.

[Kate 3]

Hey Joshua - Really sorry to hear you're having issues with WP. So, to recap: you've tried reverting to the TwentyTen theme provided by WP, and still have the issue, correct? You've also tried re-installing WP(?). It would seem this is a WP issue... I'd recommend posting on the WP forums and seeing what insights they may have for you.

[jbenavides 0]

GREAT NEWS! I figured it out! I did an extensive search and the answer was so simple it was ridiculous. All I had to do is get on a PAGE and click on the upper-right-hand corner where it says SCREEN OPTIONS. There, you just have to make sure that DISCUSSION is checked. VOILA! Now I have control on what gets comments and what doesn't once more! YAY! Hope that helps anyone else that has a similar problem. *Joshua

[larsm66gmailcom 0]

This was very helpful information - thanks.

[markfriedenbach 0]

Thanks for reporting back Josh, I got hit with this too! I thought I was going crazy for a while.

[kevinobrien 0]

Same with me on this one. I knew it was something simple. HOWEVER, does anyone know how to change this so that ALL single post pages are set to this same setting? I can't seem to get that right.

[aharon 0]

Same here. If I could give you Karma points I would!

[timlinson 3]

+1 for both of you!