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cjgood (Member)
Started 1 year ago  #         

I'd like my pages to have comments posted on them - not be static. There is an option to activate comments on the page, yet when I activate this, nothing happens on the page to allow people to leave comments. I've been trying to get it to work here. Please let me know if you have any insight.
http://good.edublogs.org/test-page/

Somehow this site has it working.
http://mrcraig.edublogs.org/
I contacted him, but all he could tell me he did was activate the comments selection on each page.

Anyone have any insight on this for me?

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drmike (Volunteer Support Guru)
Posted 1 year ago  #         

It's theme specific. Some themes do not allow them as when Pages were originally designed, they were meant to sit outside of the regular post structure. That's why they don't normally get timestamps, categories, tags, and comments like you noted. Some theme designers throw them in though because they feel the same way you do.

Only real work around is to change themes until you find one that allows them.

Wish I could give you a better answer. James could go through and edit all of themes to allow them. Not sure how he feels about the subject. He seems kind of conservative when it comes to stuff like that.

Paul Beaufait (Member)
Posted 1 year ago  #         

drmike,

Thanks for suggesting changing themes till finding one that allows comments on pages.

I understand that revising all of the themes that don't allow them may be terribly time-consuming, and that folks have been asking about this for at least two years (see, for example, Comments on pages).

Perhaps listing up those that do and don't would be a quick, interim solution.

drmike (Volunteer Support Guru)
Posted 1 year ago  #         

That's time consuming as well. Please kindly remember that I'm just a volunteer here helping out and in fact I have my own hosting business that has to come first. Especially considering that I'm about to take 5 weeks off and ring a bell for the local Salvation Army. My clients know its coming like it does every year and I'm pretty much flooded with work.

If you would like to step up and volunteer, much like how I'm trying to do here in the forums so James can worry about the backend, and compile such a list, I'm sure folks would be thankful.

Paul Beaufait (Member)
Posted 9 months ago  #         

You're right, drmike; that's too much to do single-handedly.

A Google Form in the following post is still loading. The form itself is accessible through the link at the foot of the post, and below here.

Which themes allow comments on pages? (LTD Project Blog, 2009.01.30)

Which themes allow comments on pages? (Google Form)

drmike (Volunteer Support Guru)
Posted 9 months ago  #         

Thanks.

Actually there was another thread on this recently:

http://edublogs.org/forums/topic.php?id=729

Sue took the information and ran with it as well:

http://theedublogger.edublogs.org/2009/01/30/edublogs-themes-that-allow-comments-on-pages/

Sue Waters (Sue Waters)
Posted 9 months ago  #         

@ltdproject I sent you an email to your gmail account last night to thank you and also included a link to your post in my post.

Sue Waters

Paul Beaufait (Member)
Posted 9 months ago  #         

drmike and Sue: Thank you both for your follow-ups here and elsewhere, as I've mentioned, for example, in a recent post displaying responses feeding through a Google form:

"Which themes...?" (responses) (LTD Project Blog, 2009.02.01)

Anyone else following this thread?

The survey I've implemented through that form is still open. Additional responses hopefully will confirm, and extend upon, Ginny Paisie's findings:

CLASS INFO PAGE (Paisie's Perusals, c. 2009).

Paul Beaufait (Member)
Posted 9 months ago  #         

I'm afraid I bunged up the links in my comment a week ago thanking drmike and Sue. I'm trying again:

"Which themes [allow comments on pages]?" (responses [+ thanks]) (LTD Project Blog, 2009.02.01)

Anyone else following this thread?

The survey I've implemented through that form is still open. Additional responses hopefully will confirm, and extend upon, Ginny Paisie's findings....

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