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  huxleydennis · Member · Dec 2, 2014 at 11:41 pm

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  readers, and myself too, find no comments box or share options when they go to my blog.

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

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  thatrobyn · Member · Dec 3, 2014 at 12:34 am

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  Hi there!

  I do see the comment box on your latest post:

  http://dennishuxley.com/2014/12/02/why-i-dont-need-to-apologize-for-my-missiology/

  Simply scroll to the bottom to view it.

  I think the issue may be that you’re looking for a comment box on the main blog page of your site. Might that be the case? Comment boxes in the majority of themes only appear in the individual post page.

  You’ll notice even on the theme’s demo site, there are no comment boxes on the main blog page:

  http://sequentialdemo.wordpress.com/blog/

  Some themes make it more obvious that a visitor can click Comment to leave a reply. Your theme, Sequential, relies on a blog reader’s understanding that they need to click the blog post’s title to enter the full post and leave a comment. This doesn’t suit all our reading audiences, however.

  You have two solutions, as I see it:

  1. You can post only excerpts of your blog posts on the front page. Then, your visitors will have to click Read More to enter the full blog post. This will allow them to see the comment box.
  2. Then, the obvious: find a new theme. I can certainly help you find a similar theme that you might like better.

  Please let me know how you’d like me to proceed. Looking forward to hearing from you. Thanks!

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  huxleydennis · Member · Dec 3, 2014 at 4:30 am

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  Thanks for your answer! I guess I need a different theme. Would appreciate your help. Sent from my iPhone

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  thatrobyn · Member · Dec 3, 2014 at 6:20 pm

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  Certainly!

  I did a search for simple themes that displayed a comments link on the front page. Since you don’t have a ton of content on your site yet, I did my best in focusing on complementing what you have published. There are many, but I picked a few free themes:

  Syntax:
  http://syntaxdemo.wordpress.com/

  Minnow:
  http://minnowdemo.wordpress.com/

  Misty Lake:
  http://mistylakedemo.wordpress.com/

  Clean Home:
  https://cleanhomedemo.wordpress.com/

  If you’d like to try your hand at searching for more themes, take a look at this page:

  http://theme.wordpress.com/

  I hope this helps! If you have any other concerns, drop me a note. Thanks much!

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  huxleydennis · Member · Dec 3, 2014 at 6:30 pm

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  Thank you very much! Sent from my iPhone

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  thatrobyn · Member · Dec 3, 2014 at 7:59 pm

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  My pleasure, Dennis! Happy to help :)