How to put Comment option, etc. on Home Page

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  tedhicksfilmetc · Member · Apr 26, 2012 at 3:29 pm

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  I’ve just started my blog. At the bottom of my “About Me” page are “Share This,” “Like This,” “Edit,” and “Leave a Reply” options. These don’t appear on my Home Page. How can readers leave comments on my posts, or “share” or “like” them? How do I get these options to appear on the Home Page?

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  timethief · Member · Apr 26, 2012 at 3:37 pm

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  This is your home page by default http://tdhicks.com/ Pages are static and are for content that rarely changes. They sit outside of the blog structure and you cannot post to multiple pages in any blog. There is only one main page for posts in a blog and all posts will display on the main blog page. There is no way to exclude posts from the main posts (blog) page.

  The front page of the blog by default will display your posts (not pages) in reverse chronological order, with the most recently published post on top. If you do not want all the posts to show on the front page, then you can create a static front page “Welcome” for your site and a “Blog” page for posts.

  Choice 1 static front page
  Choice 2 running page for all posts on front page

  Which do you choose? It’s one or the other.

  If you choose Choice 1 static front page then you have to create two pages as I said above. After you do that you go to > Settings > Reading and make the designation change and click “save changes”.

  This page > Settings > Discussion
  Discussion settings is where you set up defaults for comments.
  We can also override the default settings and enable or disable future comments on any post or page.

  Depending on the theme we use when we close comments a phrase like “comments closed” or a similar phrase may appear and if so, it can only be removed by CSS editing after purchasing a custom design upgrade.

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  tedhicksfilmetc · Member · Apr 26, 2012 at 11:17 pm

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  Thanks for your response. I’m a rather tech-challenged, so please excuse this question if the answer is obvious, but how do I choose either Choice 1 or Choice 2?

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  raincoaster · Member · Apr 27, 2012 at 12:22 am

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  Go to Settings->General and you can choose there how you want your blog to open. If you want to select a static page, then the page has to already exist.

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  timethief · Member · Apr 27, 2012 at 12:35 am

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  Create the two pages first > http://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/
  Then go to Settings > Reading to designate them

  Set the Homepage

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  tedhicksfilmetc · Member · Apr 27, 2012 at 1:44 am

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  Thanks for the advice!

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  timethief · Member · Apr 27, 2012 at 5:05 am

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  You’re welcome. :)