getting comments off changed

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  peelinglayers11 · Member · Mar 29, 2014 at 3:43 pm

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  My current blog published on March 27 “Yakking across cultures” has “Comments off” that I can’t seem to be able to change in the blog settings….tired many times. How can I change it back to Leave a Comment?
  Thanks, http://www.peelinglayers.wordpress.com

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

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  timethief · Member · Mar 29, 2014 at 4:15 pm

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  Hello there,

  All WordPress blogs by default have comments open on all Pages and Posts. 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/
  See also for faster ways:
  http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2010/04/23/comments-off-1/

  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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  peelinglayers11 · Member · Mar 29, 2014 at 4:54 pm

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  Followed the hyperlinks but can’t get to a page that has the Discussion allowed options….sorry, I just don’t seem to be able to change the prompt for this new blog….my account is 3 years old and not new. I’ve always had the Leave a comment show automatically on each new blog page.

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  gracejiyoung · Member · Apr 2, 2014 at 6:21 pm

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  Hi there,

  @timethief is correct in that you should check your Discussion settings. And for individual posts/pages please follow the link she provided.

  Also, another thing you can do to allow comments on certain/all pages, is go to Pages > All pages in your Dashboard. Then select all the pages you want to enable comments on. Then, go to the drop down menu labeled “Bulk Actions” and select “Edit”. Click on “Apply”, and you will see another dropdown menu next to “Comments”. Select “Allow”, and click “Update”.

  This should enable Comments on all the blog pages you checked off.

  Cheers!

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  peelinglayers11 · Member · Apr 2, 2014 at 6:52 pm

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  Thanks for your mail…..I copied and recreated the blog and deleted the previous one with the Comments Off prompt because I could not change the settings for the one blog using the advice from you. The new blog showed the Allow Discussion box, so it was OK. –Best, T

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  gracejiyoung · Member · Apr 2, 2014 at 10:09 pm

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  Hi there,

  Good to know! :) Glad it all worked out!

  Cheers!