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#1 2006-01-17 11:39:30
- animoller
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Comments not showing up
I’ve just installed the new version and have modified the forms and templates from what I have on an old 1.18 design. However, I can’t for the life of me figure out why comments are not showing up. I’ve tried switching in the default forms and pages but they still don’t appear. The link to comment is appearing on the main page but when it is clicked there is nothing there.
I definitely have comments turned on in the admin settings and for each test article.
Can someone let me know what I might be doing wrong? I’ve been looking at this for ages and I’m about to give up. :(
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#2 2006-01-17 11:50:05
- animoller
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Re: Comments not showing up
Okay well it works with the popup setting, but not nopopup. It just goes to #comments which doesn’t exist.
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Re: Comments not showing up
In your preferences do you have “auto append comments” turned on? If you do then we could do with seeing your coding. I would be particularly interested in your “comments_display” form template to start with. Use < code>< /code> tags (without the spaces) to display code here.
Stuart
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#4 2006-01-17 18:12:20
- animoller
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Re: Comments not showing up
I don’t have auto append comments turned on – I don’t know what that is even for because when I click the ? the popup box is empty!
The code for the comments_display form is:
<code><txp:comments />
<txp:if_comments_allowed>
<txp:comments_form />
<txp:else />
<p><txp:text item=“comments_closed” /></p>
</txp:if_comments_allowed></code>
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Re: Comments not showing up
“Auto append comments” is a switch that makes TXP use the “comment_display” form automatically. You should switch it back on. You only switch it off if you want to place the comments and comments_form tags in non-standard places (that’s the only way I can describe it).
Stuart
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Telling the Truth is Revolutionary.
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#6 2006-01-17 18:21:20
- animoller
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Re: Comments not showing up
Well, guess what! That fixes it! You rock!!!
I don’t remember changing that at all because I didn’t even know what it was – I wonder why there is nothing here?:
http://rpc.textpattern.com/help/?item=comments_auto_append&lang=en
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Re: Comments not showing up
They probably just haven’t got around to those help tags yet. Most of the new stuff gets discussed in the Dev Weblog which you can link to at the top of the page. “Auto append” is usually on by default so I’m surprised it is off.
Stuart
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Telling the Truth is Revolutionary.
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#8 2006-01-17 18:26:20
- animoller
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Re: Comments not showing up
Well, I must have accidentally checked it – seeing how this was the 4th installation of a CMS that day! Now I just need to figure out why the API stuff won’t work anymore…
THANK YOU!
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Re: Comments not showing up
No problem. :)
Stuart
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