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  staldubbroek · Member · May 27, 2009 at 10:23 am

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  Hello,

  I wondered if it is possible to change the comment-settings of our blog, because now you see the latest comments at the bottom of a page.
  It would be more userfriendly if you see the latest comment at the top of the page.

  I hope anyone can help us with this.

  Thank you.

  Kind regards,

  Stal Dubbroek

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

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  raincoaster · Member · May 27, 2009 at 10:49 am

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  That’s the exact opposite of the way comments have worked since the invention of blogs. But it’s possible. What you have to do is edit the posting time of every single comment so that the newest appears to be the oldest and vice-versa.

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  staldubbroek · Member · May 27, 2009 at 10:55 am

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  Yes its the opposite. But it is more userfriendly, more websites have it now. If i had to choose all blogs would be like this, you don’t have to scroll all the way down everytime a comment is added.

  I already found out I could change the time of every post but this is not great either. If someone posted a comment last year, its strange to change the date in today and it is lots of work as well.

  In the internet i read there was a code with could be implemented in the blog so the order would change but in the wordpress.com blogs its not possible to change codes.

  Would be great if wordpress added a button to switch on/off: last comment first

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  raincoaster · Member · May 27, 2009 at 10:56 am

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  There is no automated way to do this, and it’s not that popular an option. You MIGHT be able to do it with independent WordPress.ORG, but I’m not sure.

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  staldubbroek · Member · May 27, 2009 at 11:00 am

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  I will check it out thanks!
  For now I will scroll some more, lucky me ;)

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  raincoaster · Member · May 27, 2009 at 11:12 am

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  Pagedown key is your best friend on a good comment trail!

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  1tess · Moderator Emeritus · May 27, 2009 at 12:56 pm

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  Try this:
  Settings > Discussion Settings >
  Other comment settings

  Break comments into pages with #NUMBER# top level comments per page
  and the LAST OR FIRST page displayed by default
  Comments should be displayed with the OLDER / NEWER comments at the top of each page

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  staldubbroek · Member · May 29, 2009 at 10:12 am

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  Yes that is the solution! Thanks alot!

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  1tess · Moderator Emeritus · May 29, 2009 at 10:32 am

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  Glad to help.
  It’s a function I’d not played around with before so I learned something too.