RockyMtnHi

You can do a custom theme. It looks like you are going that direction anyway. You just need to slice your PSD files into HTML files and images, then integrate them into WordPress. A step by step WordPress tutorial describing how to [link moderated] can be found by clicking the previous link.

Found it on my own. The WP code for adding comments is:

<div id="comments-template">
	<?php comments_template(); ?>
</div>

I used the comments-template div so I can control the size of the comment text area object in CSS.

It is important that I get comments working for this client. Does anyone have input to this problem? It would help me a great deal.

Thanks

Thanks for the reply, but I tried this code and it still didn’t open the comments form.

You might use the Post Count plugin to return the count then act on it:
https://www.ads-software.com/extend/plugins/post-count/

It looks like you are loading Google analytics code 8 times, one for each post? I’d start here. Probably place the Google analytics code into the footer of your index.php file, not into each post.

You’re loading a lot of files. The page takes 18+ seconds to load according to the IBM Page Detailer. You should get this free tool to see it.

You are loading 16 external javascript files that slow down page loads. Nothing else can load while external .js files are loading so the ones at the top of your page are slowing down progress. Yahoos Firefox YSlow plugin will educate you on the different aspects of what affects page loads.

I answered this in another question posted earlier:

You need to have the basic files in place that WordPress requires to be recognized as a theme. See here for description of the [link moderated].

Next click the WordPress Themes and Required Pages link that describes what are minimum pages for a theme to be recognized by WordPress.

You need to have the basic files in place that WordPress requires to be recognized as a theme. See here for description of the [link moderated]

Our site was designed by a professional designer, then I integrated it into a custom theme. The complete [link moderated] I created afterward is a step-by-step tutorial for doing it yourself.

Comments help improve it all if you run across problems not mentioned there.

Inline Javascript is bad for SEO, so you should always use an include like this:
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”https://yoursite.com/scripts/jsfile.js”></script&gt;

Place your code into the scripts folder in a file named jsfile.js and it will execute when you want. Make sure to not use <script> delimiters in that file.

You will need to create a special sidebar to contain these widgets. More info on how to manage [link moderated]

Check the values in your tools > General > WordPress Address and Blog Address section to make sure they are correct.

Also, download and view your .htaccess file and check to see if there are extraneous redirects in it. Don’t modify the section that is marked for WordPress or it will break the site. If you d modify it keep a copy of the original .htaccess file in case your changes break it.

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You may need to add wildcard characters:
WHERE meta_value LIKE ‘%test%’

I’d just point the new domain to the old website, then once it is up redirect the old to the new with a 301 redirect (redirect permanent) – can be done in the .htaccess file.

There are many online .htaccess tips and tutorials.

Hope it helps…
Michael
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Create a custom theme then place the links as needed – and don’t place the features you list aboveinto the theme pages.

Here is a list of pages that will help in this effort:
https://wpbits.wordpress.com/2007/08/17/making-wordpress-themes-i-static- basics/
https://www.webdesignerwall.com/tutorials/building-custom-wordpress-theme/
https://www.quickonlinetips.com/archives/2007/11/how-to-widget-enable- wordpress-themes-in-3-easy-steps/
https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Theme_Development
https://automattic.com/code/widgets/themes/

Hope it helps…
Michael
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