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Remove Comments Box From Posts and Pages`

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9:16 am
September 4, 2009


incliner

Lake Tahoe, Nevada

Member

posts 12

1

Someone asked this and then removed the request.  I can't find where they reposted it.

Is there a way to remove all comment boxes and references?  I just want to use the theme for a website without all the blog stuff.

Thanks,

ChuckLaugh

PS. I've turned a couple of forums onto flex before and flex2 now, best theme yet.

2:24 pm
September 4, 2009


Ryan

Admin

posts 1523

2

You could either turn off comments on a post by post basis, or go into the single.php file and remove the comments function, which looks like this: 

<?php comments_template('', true); ?>

Pages also have comments, so do the same in page.php, but also remove the if(comments_open) line immediately above it.

10:13 am
September 5, 2009


gh5649

Member

posts 10

3

I am also interested on this.  I can successfully remove the comments – and the ability to comment.

But – how do I remove the RECENT COMMENTS header in the upper sidebar?

I do by the way – wish to keep the Recent Posts in that same upper sidebar? – -

I can see that I can disable the entire upper sidebar – but wish just to eliminate the Recent Comments…

Thanks

gh

5:56 pm
September 5, 2009


incliner

Lake Tahoe, Nevada

Member

posts 12

4

Here's what the code looks like in my page.php

 <?php if(comments_open()) : ?>
    <?php comments_template('', true); ?>

When I remove them, I get the following error.  Is there just a certain amount of code I'm supposed to remove or all of it?


Parse error
: syntax error, unexpected T_ENDIF in /home/incliner/public_html/memory-foam-mattress-store/wp-content/themes/flexibility2/page.php on line 38

Thanks,

Chuck

7:21 am
September 9, 2009


Ryan

Admin

posts 1523

5

You are just removing the start of the comments conditional statement.  You also need to remove the next line, which is <?php endif; ?>

4:00 pm
September 9, 2009


incliner

Lake Tahoe, Nevada

Member

posts 12

6

Ryan, thank you for clarifying that for me.

Chuck

4:24 pm
December 12, 2009


KNicholls

New Member

posts 1

7

I have tried this as well and it just isn't working so I have to be doing something wrong. Sorry for being dense on this one. I also note that if someone tries to use the post comment in the upper right hand corner, it doesn't take them to post something, just takes them to a Yahoo page saying what they were looking for isn't found. Guess I need some help figuring this one out as I've edited these files to no avail. Thanks.

4:23 am
July 22, 2010


KevCC

Member

posts 5

8

This is what I removed from the Page.php

<?php if(comments_open()) : ?>
    <?php comments_template('', true); ?>
    <?php endif; ?>
  </div>

Seems to have worked ok.