Comment UI exists but is missing from blog page

  • Using, or trying to use, the Longform theme at: https://www.talesfromthedorkside.com .

    I’m still in the midst of setting things up but had this issue occur with another theme as well.

    What’s happening: The comment UI is missing from display when the blog page is called up. Comments and pings are checked ‘on’ with posts and enabled in the theme.

    I discovered my ‘missing’ comments ARE there only after going to WP Dashboard, then posting a comment while still editing a ‘test post’. This comment was posted BEFORE publishing that edited test post.

    By doing that the test comment (made from the WordPress DASHBOARD) called up a different URL which shows that author’s post AND comments AND the UI… but the post URL is in the main directory and contains ONLY this post (there are two other authors – same issue: no comments or comment fields): https://talesfromthedorkside.com/test-post-title/

    After finding that the comments at least do exist… I tried posting a comment from that particular webpage and had no problems doing so.

    https://talesfromthedorkside.com/test-post-title/#comment-51 shows the 1st comment and a follow up comment made from the webpage URL shown above. I was also able to edit the second comment directly and repost the edited comment with no issues.

    NONE OF THIS shows on the actual /blog page… only the posts themselves from all three authors without any comments or UI: https://talesfromthedorkside.com/blog

    Looks like the default blog page isn’t picking up where the comments are stored for any of the authors (or that location is ‘broken’) but the comments ARE there in WP… somewhere.

    NOTES: The comment UI was visible and functional when the theme was first installed and prior to the automagic updates from WP but I also updated a few plug ins along the way so cannot directly link to any one update as a cause.

    I disabled ALL plug-ins, cleared the cache and checked using two pc’s running two different browsers with no success.

    I have also tried using POWr and Comment Form Builder (comment) plug-ins as a ‘work-around’ without success.

    Summary: Comments only work when URL shows to be from site’s main/www directory instead of the ” https://talesfromthedorkside.com/blog ” directory. Actual blog page does not pick up comment UI or posted comments.

    I appreciate any help. I am not a coding wizard… but reasonably capable if you make it simple.

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  • Thread Starter Dr. Henry Dorkcyde, PhD

    (@drhenrydorkcydephd)

    Cannot edit original post further but just noted that the comments that DO show up on that odd URL ( https://talesfromthedorkside.com/test-post-title/#comment-51 )are listed beneath a header called “Related Articles”… NOT “Comments” (or something similar).

    I don’t know the naming conventions for WordPress (I can barely drag up my html) but this leads me to believe the page is calling for something named ‘Comments’ in the /blog folder while the actual comments are being posted in the main folder and being labeled as ‘Related Articles’. (Or the other way around…)

    Thanks again!

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