Seeing Comment Section
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I would like people to see my posts and be able to comment on them. I would also be able to see the comments. I have made sure the site is ‘Public’ and have gone through the settings a million times. I’m so frustrated. Please help https://technologyineducationlisastaub.wordpress.com/
The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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Hi Lisa
> I would like people to see my posts and be able to comment on them.
I would also be able to see the comments. I have made sure the site is
‘Public’ and have gone through the settings a million times.
I’m so frustrated.I know how frustrating it can be when things just don’t want to work. Your site is visible, i looked – great start you have there!
What you did not yet do is enable Comments. Follow the directions in:
https://en.support.wordpress.com/enable-disable-comments-for-future-posts-pages/There is more good information about comments, particularly managing comments in:
https://en.support.wordpress.com/comments/Hope that helps!
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@technologyineducationlisastaub
Comments on posts and pages are enabled by default on all WordPress blogs. Comments are enabled on your site. Scroll to the end of this post https://technologyineducationlisastaub.wordpress.com/2017/05/30/strategies-to-help-students-go-deeper-when-reading-digitally/Unless you use the P2 theme or the P2 Breathe theme which are Twitter-like themes, the front pages of our blogs showcase content and comments are collapsed on that page. The way the comments function is coded into the core of WordPress. By clicking the post title or the comments link the posts on the front page open on their own page where all comments display. You cannot change this.
In a new blog, one does not have many posts or comments. In an established blog if the comments did not collapse on the front page it would become a mile long in no time flat and page loading time is a page ranking factor. We have only seconds before visitors refuse to wait and click out.
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Ok. All of my Discussion settings are correct. I’ve noticed that if you click on the post itself you can then comment on it. I wanted my posts to be directly on the homepage so they are easily visible. Do I have to have a separate link or page so people can comment?
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The answer is no. Read what I posted above again please.
By clicking the post title or the comments link the posts on the front page open on their own page where all comments display. You cannot change this.
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So timethief since my entire post can be seen on the Home Page, are you saying the comment section should be there as well, or are you saying people MUST click on the post anyway where it will open in its own page?
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The entire post cannot be seen on your front page.
Please log out clear your browser cache https://en.support.wordpress.com/browser-issues/#clearing-your-browser-cache and cookies https://en.support.wordpress.com/browser-issues/#clearing-wordpress-com-cookies and without logging in type the URL of your site into you upper browser bar and click. Then you will see what others see.
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Example:
On the front page the end of the post displayed is5. Start small. While integrating technology into your classroom can sound overwhelming, break it into small steps. Just like you would tell a student who is overwhelmed with a complicated math problem. Piece by piece!
When the title is clicked and the post is viewed on its own page the social networking links and comment box can be seen.
As many people are using mobiles and tablets these days displaying full post on the front page has gone the way of the Dodo bird. Most themes are designed to display front page excerpts only now.
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Unfortunately, after logging out on my computer I am still seeing the entire blog. “Piece by piece.” was the last statement.
I also tried on my husband’s and daughter’s laptops. They are able to post but only after clicking on the article. You mentioned only having excerpts on the front page, that would be fine but I do not know how to open another page or link the pages. I’m familiar with the link icon and am very familiar with other web-based sites I just never created a blog. Unfortunately, I need to for my grad class and am running into challenges.
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I will type modlook into the sidebar tags on this thread for a Staff follow-up. How do I get a Moderator/Staff reply for my question? https://en.support.wordpress.com/getting-help-in-the-forums/#how-do-i-get-a-moderatorstaff-reply-for-my-question Also subscribe to this thread so you are notified when they respond and be patient while waiting. To subscribe look in the sidebar of this thread, find the subscribe to topics link and click it.
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Hi @technologyineducationlisastaub, your theme does not put comment forms on the list of posts. The person would need to click through to an individual post, then click comment.
The good news is, the way most people follow sites, this won’t be an issue at all. Your followers will be seeing a direct link for the post.
But, you have some options:
1) If you want that welcome page to always be the front page, without other blog posts, consider making it a static page and setting it as the front page of the site. You would need to add a link to your blog page. If that’s what you have in mind, we have details here. Just be sure to enable comments on the page. http://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/front-page/
2) OR, if you want to cut off the post so people who visit the blog page have to click through to the individual post, you can do this a few different ways:
— enable excerpt-only view in My Site > Customize > Content Options
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— Edit the post to add a “Read More” link:
https://en.support.wordpress.com/splitting-content/I hope that helps, but if you get stuck, let us know.
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