How Can I Make it Easier for Visitors to make a Comment on My Blog?

  • Greetings All!
    I’m sure there is a simple answer to this. Right now, the only way visitors can leave a comment on my new blog (WP version 2.1) is to click on the “No Comments” button at the bottom of each post. I would like to change this to “Make a Comment” for ease of use. How can I do this?

    The “Allow Comments” box is checked when I write my post, in the options sections, users don’t need to be registered to post comments, in “discussion”, everything seems to be fine and I have no plug-ins. I’m a newbie and may just be missing something. Please help. Thanks!
    Warm regards,
    Tony

    P.S. You can see my blog at: https://tonymadriltherapy.com/atyourside/

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  • Edit your comments.php file to change the text.

    Thread Starter tmadril

    (@tmadril)

    Doodlebee,
    Thanks for your reply…sounds promising. I’m a brand new blogger–Could you kindly direct me on how to get to my comments.php file? Thanks!
    Tony

    Admin>Presentation>comments.php

    It’s in your theme folder. Wp-content/themes/whatever you’re using.

    Wrong place if I understand what you want to do. Assume you want to change the text link that says No Comments to something which encourages someone to leave a comment. Check my blog if that’s what you want to do.
    Step 1. Make a backup copy of your Theme’s Index.php file.
    Step 2. Go into your Theme’s Index.php file. Find the following text:
    <?php comments_popup_link('No Comments &#187

    Replace it with:
    <?php comments_popup_link('Make a Comment &#187

    or whatever text you want to use. The only thing you are changing is the text “No Comment” to something more instructive to the reader to leave a comment.

    Thread Starter tmadril

    (@tmadril)

    got it! thanks!!!!!

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