How do I add a comment section?

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#1

Dear Theme co,

How do I add a comment section? I tried a lot of different options in the discussion settings but I cannot figure it out. I would love to put a comment section below in the following page: http://alleseters.nl/vijf-zinnen-stoppen-strijd-aan-tafel-voorgoed/

Thanks a lot.

Kind regards, Ingrid

#2

Hi Ingrid,

Please try to follow the suggestion on this page:

Hope this helps.

#3

Thanks, I added the code but its not working. There is still no comment section. Is there anything else I can do?

#4

Hi there,

I tested the code on my end and it seems to work fine.

Kindly double check that the discussion is enabled for that specific page. You can check it when you edit the page in the admin click on Screen Options > Discussion to enable the discussion box then scroll down to the page and tick the options for Allow comments.

Hope this helps.

#5

Hello Jade,

I changed the template to standard template and that worked :slight_smile: The problem I have right now is that the title shows up two times as you can see here : http://alleseters.nl/wat-je-nog-niet-wist-over-boodschappen-doen-met-je-kind/. I just want to have the bold title, how do I remove the first title?

Also when people want to give a reaction they need to give op their email and website. I just want them to give their name, I cannot turn this of in the dashboard. Are there any other options I can try?

#6

Hello There,

To remove the first title, please add the following CSS code in the X > Launch > Theme Options > Global CSS (http://prntscr.com/evui3r)

.page-template-default header.entry-header {
    display: none;
}

And for your WordPress comments, you should allow anonymous commenting so that they do not need to enter an email address. You can check this out: http://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-allow-users-to-post-anonymous-comments-in-wordpress/

I must warn you that this will not be a good idea because spam comments and other links can easily be added in one of your pages.

Hope this helps.

#7

Thanks a lot for your help and advice, it worked! :smiley:

#8

On behalf of my colleague, you’re welcome. Cheers!

#9

@paul.r
Do you absolutely need to create a child theme to enable comments on a page?

#10

Hi @jaysoucy,

Thanks for writing around! This can be done without a child theme as well, please see https://codex.wordpress.org/Comments_in_WordPress

Hope this helps!