“Add a Comment” link at the bottom of each post?

  • My blog only has a “Comments” option along with the number of comments but someone has to click on it to add a comment. Should there also be an “Add a Comment” link next to the (ex. “4 Comments” or “No Comments”) link? Not sure if I missed something in the setup configuration.
    If there isn’t an “Add a Comment” link what would be the code and where would I insert it to appear at the bottom of all posts (such as on Anderson Cooper’s blog). We’ve got people complaining that they don’t know where to click to add comments to a post. Thanks!

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  • I’m not a pro, but try this.
    This should work with the default skin.
    First, go to your theme folder (wp-content/themes/default) – there should be a “index.php” in it. IMPORTANT: Make a backup of it! Then, open it with a text editor (e.g. wordpad). Look for the line
    <?php comments_popup_link('No Comments »', '1 Comment »', '% Comments »'); ?>"
    There you can add your “add comment” text, for example like this:
    <?php comments_popup_link('No Comments » Add a comment', '1 Comment » Add a comment', '% Comments » Add a comment'); ?>

    One thing: » will look like this in your file (without the spaces) & # 1 8 7 ;

    Save the file, upload, check if it works.
    If you don’t have the default theme, try if you can find the comment line in the index.php or another file – or just post a link to the theme here and we will work it out together.
    Hope I could help.

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