Creating a Website – problem

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  arnolp04 · Member · Aug 18, 2013 at 11:41 am

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  How do I lose comments section from my static front page? I want to get ride of the ‘leave a reply’ and comments box. How do I do this please?

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  auxclass · Member · Aug 18, 2013 at 2:29 pm

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  Edit the page – down toward the bottom check or uncheck the box about having comments on that page – remember to update the Page.

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  arnolp04 · Member · Aug 18, 2013 at 4:01 pm

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  Thanks for that auxclass – However, I don’t see that option – I have gone into to edit the page, scrolled to the bottom and all I can see are ‘likes and share’ which I have unchecked – but nothing relating to comments.

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  auxclass · Member · Aug 18, 2013 at 5:40 pm

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  Check Screen Options at the top of the page – make sure the box ‘Discussions” is checked

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  arnolp04 · Member · Aug 18, 2013 at 8:47 pm

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  That’s great -many thanks. I’ve not got rid of all the blog-related stuff on the right-hand side of the screen that I didn’t want. However, I still have the ‘leave a reply’ box at the bottom of the page – is there any way I can get rid of this?

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  timethief · Member · Aug 18, 2013 at 8:57 pm

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  All WordPress blogs by default have comments open on all Pages and Posts as in evidenced own your own blog. http://en.support.wordpress.com/post-vs-page/

  Discussion settings is where you set up defaults for comments. You can enable and disable comments on free hosted WordPress.com blogs on this page > Settings > Discussion
  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/

  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

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  arnolp04 · Member · Aug 19, 2013 at 2:58 pm

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  Thanks for your advice, but I’m not sure it helps. I don’t think I’ve made myself clear enough – I want to get rid of this from my static front page –

  ‘Leave a Reply’ and the box that is under it.

  Is there any way this can be done or has anyone done it and can help?

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  timethief · Member · Aug 19, 2013 at 3:22 pm

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  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/

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  arnolp04 · Member · Aug 21, 2013 at 12:40 pm

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  Thank you very much timethief, but I’m not trying disable comments as I’ve already done that – I am trying to get rid of the ‘leave a reply’ box.

  Has anyone done this and so can they tell me how it’s done in real layman’s terms for a computer thickie like me. None of the answers I have received so far have done this. Many thanks for any help you can give.

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  arnolp04 · Member · Aug 28, 2013 at 4:52 pm

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  Hi all,

  Have I come up with a question that’s stumped the community or am I just being really thick? I am trying to set static webpages and want to get rid of the reply box – I know how to disable comments etc, but want to lose the box – does anyone know how I can do this?

  Many thanks, Paul