No comments on page

It could well be that your theme’s page template (page.php) does not include the comment template. Try editing page.php and looking for <?php comments_template();?>. If you can’t find that template tag, try adding it just before <?php endif;?>.

I am using the theme Thematic, and looking at page.php it look slike this:

<?php get_header() ?>

	<div id="container">
		<div id="content">

<?php get_sidebar('page-top') ?>

<?php the_post() ?>
			<div id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>" class="<?php thematic_post_class() ?>">
    			<?php thematic_postheader(); ?>
				<div class="entry-content">
<?php the_content() ?>

<?php wp_link_pages("\t\t\t\t\t<div class='page-link'>".__('Pages: ', 'thematic'), "</div>\n", 'number'); ?>

<?php edit_post_link(__('Edit', 'thematic'),'<span class="edit-link">','</span>') ?>

				</div>
			</div><!-- .post -->

<?php if ( get_post_custom_values('comments') ) thematic_comments_template() // Add a key+value of "comments" to enable comments on this page ?>

<?php get_sidebar('page-bottom') ?>

		</div><!-- #content -->
	</div><!-- #container -->

<?php thematic_sidebar() ?>
<?php get_footer() ?>

I can’t find either <?php comments_template();?> nor <?php endif;?>.

In Thematic, if you want to enable comments on a page, you need to enter a custom field.

1. In Edit Page, expand the Custom Fields box
2. In the Custom Fields box, add a new key with the exact text comments
3. Add any text for a value (some text must be included for the key to save)
4. Click Add Custom Field to save the key/value
5. Comments should now be enabled on that page

Wow, it’s starting to work! You’re a genius.

The background color is white and not the same color as the rest of the site. Do you know where I can change it (either remove the white color or change to the same color as the bakground)?

Does this change with the custom fields change anything with the overall settings for the page, or does it still use the default settings (if you have to be logged in, registered and so on in the Settings/Discussion settings page). Not actually sure what the settings page is called since I don’t use the English version.

Do you know where I can change it

A link to your site would help.

Does this change with the custom fields change anything with the overall settings for the page

No. It literally just enables the comment template. All other settings should be inherited from Admin/Settings/Discussion.

Unfortunatelly (in this case), I’m working with the site on a local test machine and it’s not reachable from “the outside”.

If you use Firefox, install the Firebug add on. It will help you to pinpoint what CSS you need to change/override.

I’m not usually using FF, but since I-ve got it installed I’ve give it a try.

Thanks again.