Static front page doesn't have comments section
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I have made the about page my static front page. The blog address lands on this page. I have enabled comments on every single page on the blog. However, ‘leave a comment’ section is missing on the static front page. But, if I try to open the same ‘about page’ separately like any other page on the site, it shows the comments section. Only the landing page doesn’t have the section visible. I would like to have the comments section enabled on the landing page, which is the about page (static). How do I achieve that?
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Hello there,
Comments are open on all posts and pages by default. You ought to be able to an enable and disable comments on WordPress.com blogs on this page Dashboard > Settings > Discussion
That is where you set up defaults for comments and other comment options 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/Important 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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Thank you, timethief!
I had tried all that you have suggested before coming here for help. Like I said, the comments section shows up everywhere expect on the static front page which is my About page. The About page has the comments section enabled and it shows up when I click specifically on the about page. However, it is missing on the landing page. I don’t see any Discussion settings for static front page anywhere if at all it is available on my Academecia theme. -
Hi sangampoetry,
However, ‘leave a comment’ section is missing on the static front page.
The Academica theme doesn’t support comments on any page set as the static front page for your site — which is why the comment area displays if you visit the Ayyaswami Dakshinamurthy page directly. I’d love to give you a workaround but I’m afraid that behaviour is coded into the theme so it can’t be changed.
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Hi gemmacevans,
Thank you so much for your response! The theme doesn’t support comments on static front page, huh? That sucks! I like this theme. I don’t know if there are similar themes available on WP. Can you suggest a few that I can choose from? Thanks! -
Hi sangampoetry,
I don’t know if there are similar themes available on WP. Can you suggest a few that I can choose from?
Sure! These themes are suited to written content and support comments on a static front page:
If none of those are quite what you are looking for, we have lots more to choose from on this page:
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