pamela

That fixed it! Thanks so much. ??

How difficult would it be to modify this so that you can exclude certain categories from being displayed via the OnThisDay plugin?

If anyone wants to add or change smilies in WP 1.2, they’re defined in /wp-includes/vars.php. There isn’t a wp-config-extra.php file any more. The images themselves are in /images/smilies/

I finally got my issue resolved. How I managed it is posted in another support thread – https://www.ads-software.com/support/3/9420

Indigohat, thanks for the suggestion. I messed around with the permalink settings and .htaccess file and discovered the problem.
My .htaccess file was just in the wrong directory. I have WordPress installed to /wp but my blog index appears in the root. I copied .htaccess to / and left my archive format as /archives/%year%/%monthnum%/%day%/%post_id% and now the comments and submit form work properly.
I had been unsure of which directory .htaccess needed to be in, but I thought it was /wp since it needed to be there for the template editor in the control panel to access it. It just didn’t occur to me that after changes, I needed to copy it to root just as I did with index.php. To save me a little trouble, my husband set up some symlinks for me, so I can skip copying those files from /wp to / .
In summary, your .htaccess file needs to be in the same directory that you list for your blog homepage.

I think we’re just talking to each other, Carla.

I just reverted to the default index template (pulled from the zip file) and inline comments still don’t work. I uncommented the code in the header and the pop-up comments worked fine, displaying comments and the submit box, but I don’t want pop-up comments. I want inline comments.

I’m having this same problem. I detailed my issue in another thread, but I haven’t gotten any responses yet. ??
https://www.ads-software.com/support/index.php?action=vthread&forum=3&topic=8996&page=0
And, I do have comments turned on under Options.

Any ideas?

I am having this same issue. First, the comments link would display X number of comments, but if you clicked the link, it would move you to the individual page for that entry, with the same comments line, but no comments display and no comments form. Clicking Comments would just reload the page. I’ve had this problem since I first installed WordPress last night, even with the default templates.
Today, I installed the Show/Hide plugin and the show/hide comments hack. My edited comments line has a link to “Show Comments” which does finally display comments, but the subsequent “Add Comment” link doesn’t. It just moves to the individual entry page which has the original comment line and problem.
My current code is this:
<div class="posted">
Posted by <b><?php the_author() ?></b> @ " rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: <?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_time() ?> :: <?php include(ABSPATH . 'wp-dropdown-comments.php'); ?>
</div>
<!--
<?php trackback_rdf(); ?>
-->
<?php include(ABSPATH . 'wp-comments.php'); ?>
I’ve never made any changes to wp-comments.php.
The page in question is located at https://fov.midnightgarden.com/