Comments not showing up on the blog

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  aliencoder · Member · Feb 21, 2013 at 3:22 pm

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  Hello there,
  I’m just wondering, why comments aren’t showing up? I have approved them, and I see them when I go to comments, but not on the blog.
  You can check out this page, it says 4 comments. but they don’t show up. is it a setting, widget on the theme? The theme I’m using is Nishita.
  I checked the settings under Discussion Settings, and it’s not disabled.

  https://cyberphoto.wordpress.com/2013/01/30/winter-2013-2/
  Thanks

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

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  absurdoldbird · Member · Feb 22, 2013 at 2:47 am

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  That is very strange (I’ve tried it myself and the comments link won’t open at all). I’ll flag this for staff to look at. Please be patient.

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  justpi · Member · Feb 22, 2013 at 2:55 am

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  When the comment link is there but it doesn’t work, it means comments are disabled but pings are enabled. Go to Posts > All Posts, hover over the post title, click Quick Edit, check the option “Allow Comments”, click Update.

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  aliencoder · Member · Feb 22, 2013 at 8:33 am

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  Hi Justpi,
  I followed you instructions, the Allow Comments, was already checked.
  http://cyberphoto.wordpress.com/?attachment_id=562

  I tried removing the check mark, updating, reloading page, and then re-enabling, and reloading page. No change.

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  justpi · Member · Feb 22, 2013 at 12:31 pm

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  In that case go to Settings > Discussion and uncheck the option “Automatically close comments on articles older than [n] days”.

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  aliencoder · Member · Feb 22, 2013 at 12:55 pm

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  Hi Justpi,
  That fixed it, I thought that option closes the possibility for commenting after n days, and not stop displaying the commets after n days. Regardless, now the comments show.
  Thanks.

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  absurdoldbird · Member · Feb 22, 2013 at 5:12 pm

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  @aliencoder – as your problem is now fixed, I’ve removed the Modlook tag.

  @justpi – thanks! :)

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  justpi · Member · Feb 22, 2013 at 7:52 pm

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  You’re welcome.

  “I thought that option closes the possibility for commenting after n days, and not stop displaying the commets after n days.”
  You’re right, that’s what happens in most themes. What you saw happens only in Nishita and a couple of other themes.

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  aliharriman · Member · Mar 5, 2013 at 12:07 pm

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  My blog is starting to make it difficult for folks to comment. I found two comments from legitimate commenters in the spam. Another has told me she can only post a comment via her phone. I’ve never had any trouble like this before. There’s no plugins or anything new added lately to the blog.

  I wonder could someone check to see if any thing is amiss that I can’t see myself via the dashboard.

  http://therosewoodblog.wordpress.com/

  A. Harriman