Deleting Comment Field

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  imagespike · Member · Sep 24, 2007 at 7:45 pm

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  Hi Guys,

  I’m very, very new to blogs and am slowly finding my way around WordPress. To start off my blog i have decided to use the ‘ChaoticSoul’ template.

  Under the aout page i have left a description of myself etc with no problems. However when i view the page, at the bottom is a field for leaving comments etc. Is there any way to remove the comments field as i don’t want it on this page.

  Is this possible?

  Thanks for the help guys!

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  anonymous55555 · Member · Sep 24, 2007 at 7:48 pm

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  No

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  timethief · Member · Sep 24, 2007 at 8:09 pm

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  @imagespike
  Yes, I do believe that css customization may provide a way to remove the comment field or at least to “cover” it. Do you have css editing experience? Are you willing to purchase a css customization upgrade, provided that a css expert says that you can achieve this with an upgrade?

  @anonymous55555
  As you do not have the correct answers to the questions posed perhaps your time would be better spent by learning the contents of the FAQs. :)

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  atthe404 · Member · Sep 24, 2007 at 8:17 pm

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  This question poses the question: Why do static pages have a comment box in them? Heaven knows. To me its a nonsense. A page with comments is not a page it is a post. We can’t edit the templates. SO: can we use CSS? I don’t think we can and I have thought hard about this. If the templates had slightly different xhtml we could. But I do not think we can. Sorry. Anon may have been unnecessarily brief. But he is right. :)

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  timethief · Member · Sep 24, 2007 at 8:20 pm

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  Thanks for weighing in on this.

  Now I have your css answer i have something else to offer. I believe that the blogger can simply go to the far right hand side of the editor box on the Page in question and click the blue button -> Discussion+
  Then once it opens he or she remove the indication for “Allow Comments”.
  I tested this on my test blog and it worked fine.

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  judyb12 · Member · Sep 24, 2007 at 8:24 pm

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  TT is correct, you can just turn off the comment option under Manage->Pages->Edit->Discussion options.

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  atthe404 · Member · Sep 24, 2007 at 8:26 pm

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  Well dang. We got sidetracked by the CSS but of course it can be turned of in admin > discussion. Duh!
  Sorry. :)

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  timethief · Member · Sep 24, 2007 at 8:28 pm

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  @atthe404
  No sheesh … I’m the dull wit in this case. I went off on a css tangent … I’m sorry :(

  OT: is your email not working?

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  imagespike · Member · Sep 24, 2007 at 8:37 pm

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  Thanks for all the help guys! I’m glad the solution was straight forward, i’ve just been reading up on CSS and it seems a little trick for a noob like me!

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  timethief · Member · Sep 24, 2007 at 10:05 pm

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  @imagespike
  Thanks for returning and saying thanks. You’re welcome. :)