Help please: Displaying comments on blog page

[Trisha]

Hi everyone,

I would like to display the blog post comments directly on the main blog page (e.g. the one which has multiple posts on it without a user having to click through to an individual post).

Specifically, I want the comments to display on the guestbook main-page without people having to click through to a particular post.

I have managed to get the comment form to display on each post using this code in my child theme's functions.php file:

<?php
add_action('genesis_setup','child_theme_setup',15);
function child_theme_setup() {
//extract from function child_theme_setup

//Show comment form on posts without having to click through
add_filter ('genesis_after_post_content', 'be_show_comment_form');
}
?>

<?php function be_show_comment_form() {
global $withcomments;
$withcomments = 1;
comments_template();
}
?>

The comments template call is only rendering the form. (Note: I only have this change running on my localhost environment not on the live site). Anyone know what I need to add to display the actual comments with each post?

Thanks,

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[AnitaC]

Read this and see if it helps - http://wordpress.org/support/topic/show-comments-on-homepage-posts-without-showing-comment-form.

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[Trisha]

Thanks Anita,

I definitely think that post put me in the right direction (since it led me to viewing the code for single.php).

The solution to get the comments to display is a ridiculously simple line of code (which took me over 10 hours worth of playing around before I eventually stopped being prideful and asked for help).

<?php function be_show_comments() {
	global $withcomments; 
	$withcomments = 1;
	comments_template( ' ', true );
}
?>

I simply needed to add the arguments to the call to comments_template.

Note: for the purposes of this site I do want to keep the comment form.

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[AnitaC]

Well, don't wait so long next time! We are here to help you. I hope it works for you.

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[AnitaC]

I think this might help you. You need a conditional statement that tells the code to NOT show up on the home page - http://wpspeak.com/remove-comments-section-genesis-framework/.

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[Trisha]

I won't wait next time 🙂

With the way that the site has been configured (the home-page is a separate page that does not allow comments) so that it does not seem to be necessary, why do you think I need that?

(Bearing in mind the blog home page is the guest book) ~ I ask to learn, not to argue.

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[AnitaC]

So in your Genesis > Theme Settings - do you have the box checked for Comments on Pages or unchecked? Also on that individual page - is the Comment for Pages uncheck?

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[Trisha]

Genesis > Theme Settings – Comments on Pages unchecked &
Individual pages > Comments unchecked.

Comments are only allowed on the blog page which is the guestbook.

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[WatersWard]

I think this solution applies to me, but I can't figure out how to get it working. I have my blog set as the home page. I am only pulling 1 post and I want to display comments for that post. Will the function that Trisha posted above work? Where do I put that function?

Thanks,

Doug Ward

[Trisha]

Hi Doug,

It should work for you.

You need to include it in your functions.php file.

Firstly you will need a function in your functions file to initialize subsequent functions. In this case my function looked like this:

<?php
add_action(‘genesis_setup’,'child_theme_setup’,15);
function child_theme_setup() {
//extract from function child_theme_setup

//Show comment form on posts without having to click through
add_filter (‘genesis_after_post_content’, ‘be_show_comment_form’);
}
?>

Secondly, you need to create your be_show_comment_form function, which is the one that looks like:

<?php function be_show_comments() {
	global $withcomments; 
	$withcomments = 1;
	comments_template( ' ', true );
}
?>

I hope this helps, Doug post the URL when you are looking for some help - it may make easier for us to help you.

Kind regards,

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