Comments enabled but comment box not showing after posts

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  stitchbandita · Member · May 30, 2015 at 3:01 pm

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  Hi,
  I’m using the Sketch theme for my blog and have enabled comments through the advanced settings suggested by WP Support. A reply box now shows on the ‘About’ page but does not seem to be showing below my first Post.

  Any help would be greatly appreciated!

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

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  galois · Member · May 30, 2015 at 3:06 pm

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  Go to https://stitchbandita.wordpress.com/wp-admin/options-discussion.php

  and enable them.
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/enable-disable-comments-for-future-posts-pages/view-all/

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  stitchbandita · Member · May 30, 2015 at 4:49 pm

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  Thanks for your response. However the enable comments check box is ticked and saved, as mentioned in the title, but there is still no comment box.

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  afreestyler · Member · May 30, 2015 at 5:11 pm

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  Hi,

  I can see a comment box on your post, it will not ‘show’ on your home page, but it does when you ‘click’ on the idividual posts.

  Oh, and just if you need it in the future, you can turn them on and off per post when editing as well.

  Hope that helps.

  Sasha

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  cynthiariede · Member · May 30, 2015 at 6:30 pm

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  I can see the comment box on the OP’s blog post, too.

  I am having the same problem — the “allow comments” box is ticked, but there is no box. I can’t seem to resolve this! I am using the the Sela theme. Is there a way to get the comments box to show? Thanks!

  http://cynthiariede.com/

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  stitchbandita · Member · May 30, 2015 at 6:34 pm

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  Thanks for the help Sasha! That’s all good to know.

  Ellie

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  afreestyler · Member · May 30, 2015 at 6:55 pm

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  You’re welcome Ellie :)

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  ritvapietarinen · Member · Jun 12, 2015 at 6:53 pm

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  With the Sketch theme may readers do not realise that they have to click the post title to display the comment box at the end of the post. They just think it is not possible to leave comments at all. Is it possible to add a “Leave a comment” text with link under the post title (as in Cynthia’s Sela theme) to display the comment area and direct readers to it? Thanks!

  Ritva
  https://terrafiore.wordpress.com

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  timethief · Member · Jun 12, 2015 at 6:59 pm

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  There is no way to address this. Comments are open on all posts and pages on all WordPress.com blogs. The way comments are displayed when clicking a post or page title and scrolling to the end is coded into the core of wordpress software and we bloggers cannot change this. However, you can use a text widget to provide instructions for locating the comments box. https://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/text-widget/

  You can enable and disable comments on free hosted WordPress.com blogs on this page > Settings > Discussion Discussion settings is where you set up defaults for comments.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/discussion-settings/

  You can override the default settings and enable or disable future comments on any individual post or page.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/enable-disable-comments/

  comments and pingbacks enabled http://en.support.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/discussion-metabox.png?w=688

  comments and pingbacks disabled
  https://support.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/module-toggle1.png?w=688

  See also for faster ways:
  http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2010/04/23/comments-off-1/

  Important Note: By default, new blogs on WordPress.com will have the Discussion hidden. You can reveal it by clicking on Screen Options http://en.support.wordpress.com/screen-options/ on the top right corner of your Admin page, and checking the box that says Discussion so the module is included. http://en.support.wordpress.com/modules/#list-of-modules