theme with reply box above comments

this could be arranged for most themes by editing comments.php of the theme;

related topic:
https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/add-comments-box-above-comments?replies=9

Thanks for this but I’m a real beginner and scared to mess with code – here is the code from my comments php – How do I change it?

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<?php
/**
 * The template for displaying Comments.
 *
 * The area of the page that contains both current comments
 * and the comment form. The actual display of comments is
 * handled by a callback to twentytwelve_comment() which is
 * located in the functions.php file.
 *
 * @package WordPress
 * @subpackage Twenty_Twelve
 * @since Twenty Twelve 1.0
 */

/*
 * If the current post is protected by a password and
 * the visitor has not yet entered the password we will
 * return early without loading the comments.
 */
if ( post_password_required() )
	return;
?>

<div id="comments" class="comments-area">

	<?php // You can start editing here -- including this comment! ?>

	<?php if ( have_comments() ) : ?>
		<h2 class="comments-title">
			<?php
				printf( _n( 'One thought on “%2$s”', '%1$s thoughts on “%2$s”', get_comments_number(), 'twentytwelve' ),
					number_format_i18n( get_comments_number() ), '<span>' . get_the_title() . '</span>' );
			?>
		</h2>

		<ol class="commentlist">
			<?php wp_list_comments( array( 'callback' => 'twentytwelve_comment', 'style' => 'ol' ) ); ?>
		<!-- .commentlist -->

		<?php if ( get_comment_pages_count() > 1 && get_option( 'page_comments' ) ) : // are there comments to navigate through ?>
		<nav id="comment-nav-below" class="navigation" role="navigation">
			<h1 class="assistive-text section-heading"><?php _e( 'Comment navigation', 'twentytwelve' ); ?></h1>
			<div class="nav-previous"><?php previous_comments_link( __( '← Older Comments', 'twentytwelve' ) ); ?></div>
			<div class="nav-next"><?php next_comments_link( __( 'Newer Comments →', 'twentytwelve' ) ); ?></div>
		</nav>
		<?php endif; // check for comment navigation ?>

	<?php // If comments are closed and there are comments, let's leave a little note.
		elseif ( ! comments_open() && '0' != get_comments_number() && post_type_supports( get_post_type(), 'comments' ) ) :
	?>
		<p class="nocomments"><?php _e( 'Comments are closed.', 'twentytwelve' ); ?></p>
	<?php endif; ?>

	<?php comment_form(); ?>

</div><!-- #comments .comments-area -->

Thanks Alchmyth – I’ve now joined pastebin as you suggest – here is a link to the code

https://pastebin.com/5fLGQyHt

and my blog is https://www.musicenglish.co.uk

https://pastebin.com/wszH0xHv

basically, moved a copy of this line:
<?php comment_form(); ?>
to just after this line:
<div id="comments" class="comments-area">

instead of editing Twenty Twelve directly, consider to create a child theme https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Child_Themes first;
then add a copy of comments.php into the child theme’s folder and edit it there.

Thanks Alchmyth – works a treat – still haven’t dared to create child themes yet, next step I suppose

Best.
Richard