Comment option not showing up

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    mmagocs · Member ·

    Hi–

    My blog: http://eatyourcolors.wordpress.com/

    I’d like people to be able to comment on my last post, but the comment option doesn’t seem to be there.

    This is what is currently in my CSS box:

    p.tagged {
    display:none;
    }

    p.num_comments {
    background:none;
    }

    .post_meta {
    display:none;
    }

    Is it possible to enable comments for only certain posts, but not all? For example, this last post I made, but not any of the previous ones? How do I do that?

    Thank you!

    The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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    mmagocs · Member ·

    Oh, and BOTH the “Allow comments” and Allow trackbacks and pingbacks” are checked for this post.

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    mmagocs · Member ·

    I figured out how to add the comment option back.

    BUT….is there a way to specify that I’d want people to be able to leave comments on only certain posts and not ALL?

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    pulkithegeek · Member ·

    You can turn off comments on a particular post. The option is under the edit page of a post.

    And how did you fix it?

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    timethief · Member ·

    @mmagos
    G’day to you,

    BUT….is there a way to specify that I’d want people to be able to leave comments on only certain posts and not ALL?

    Yes, there is a way to use selective comment settings on every post and page you create. Please start here so you understand the whole picture. Dashboard > Settings> Discussion
    This is the main page for setting up commenting preferences. Take note of this > Default article settings
    ___Allow people to post comments on new articles
    (These settings may be overridden for individual articles.)

    Scroll down further and take note of this > Other comment settings
    Automatically close comments on articles older than ___ days

    As you can see the default setting can be to allow comments on all posts or to disallow them. However, we can over-ride the reader’s ability to leave comments on any posts or pages we create when we create them. Open a new post > Dashboard > Add New Post and scroll down to take a very close look at the module found under the editor box labeled > “Discussion”
    ___ Allow comments.
    ___ Allow trackbacks and pingbacks on this page.

    This ^ is where you can over-ride the default setting for comments on any given post or page.
    Hope this helps. :)

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    mmagocs · Member ·

    Just saw that you wrote back. Thank you for this! I will take a look at this as soon as I can. Your help is much appreciated. Thank you!

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    timethief · Member ·

    You’re welcome. :)

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