Title: comments customization
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# comments customization

 *  [rohitkumar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rohitkumar/)
 * (@rohitkumar)
 * [21 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-customization/)
 * [QUOTE=rohitkumar]okay..so i managed, with great difficulty, to get the leave
   your comment heading to be left aligned.
 * i still have a few more problems, and this is desperate plea to anyone who can
   help me 😀
    —
 * these are the things i want to modify (with reference to this page: [url]http://
   rohitkumar.org/blog/index.php?p=29#comments[/url]):
 * 1. the heading x comments (x is the no. of comments) nshould be aligned with 
   the story content
 * 2. “The URI to TrackBack this entry is: [http://rohitkumar.org/blog/wp-trackback.php/29&#8221](http://rohitkumar.org/blog/wp-trackback.php/29&#8221);–
   this piece of text has no margin
 * 3. the comments have a larger margin than the story content margin, alignment
   issue once again.
 * 4. this piece of text: “RSS feed for comments on this post.” is unaligned.
 * 5. the “leave a comment” heading is not aligned
 * 6. “Line and paragraph breaks automatic, e-mail address never displayed, HTML
   allowed:` <a href="" title="" rel=""> <b>
    <blockquote cite=""> <em> <i> <strike
   > < strong>
   “-
 * no margin again
 * 7. the “Your Comment ” heading for the comment input text field is still not 
   aligned.
 * 8. the title of the name. email and uri input fields are lower than the input
   fields.
    —
 * if it helps i found this php file called wp-comments.php. here is the code:
 * [code]<?php // Do not delete these lines
    if ("wp-comments.php" == basename($
   _SERVER["SCRIPT_FILENAME"])) die ("Please do not load this page directly. Thanks!");
   $req = get_settings("require_name_email"); if (($withcomments) or ($single)) {
 *  if (!empty($post->post_password)) { // if there"s a password
    if ($_COOKIE["
   wp-postpass_".$cookiehash] != $post->post_password) { // and it doesn"t match
   the cookie ?> <?php _e("Enter your password to view comments."); ?> <?php return;}}
 *  $comment_author = (isset($_COOKIE["comment_author_".$cookiehash])) ? trim($_COOKIE["
   comment_author_".$cookiehash]) : "";
    $comment_author_email = (isset($_COOKIE["
   comment_author_email_".$cookiehash])) ? trim($_COOKIE["comment_author_email_".
   $cookiehash]) : ""; $comment_author_url = (isset($_COOKIE["comment_author_url_".
   $cookiehash])) ? trim($_COOKIE["comment_author_url_".$cookiehash]) : "";
 *  $comments = $wpdb->get_results("SELECT * FROM $tablecomments WHERE comment_post_ID
   = "$id" AND comment_approved = "1" ORDER BY comment_date");
    ?>
 * <!-- You can start editing here. -->
 * <h2 id="comments"><?php comments_number(__("Comments"), __("1 Comment"), __("%
   Comments")); ?>
    <?php if ("open" == $post->comment_status) { ?> [">�](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-customization/?output_format=md#postcomment)
   <?php } ?> </h2> <?php if ("open" == $post->ping_status) { ?> <?php _e("The URI
   to TrackBack this entry is:"); ?> _<?php trackback\_url() ?>_ <?php } ?>
 * <?php if ($comments) { ?>
    <ol id="commentlist"> <?php foreach ($comments as 
   $comment) { ?> <li id="comment-<?php comment_ID() ?>"> <?php comment_text() ?
   > <cite><?php comment_type(); ?> <?php _e("by"); ?> <?php comment_author_link()?
   > �? <?php comment_date() ?> @ "><?php comment_time() ?></cite> <?php edit_comment_link(
   __("Edit This"), " |"); ?>
 * <?php } // end for each comment ?>
 * <?php } else { // this is displayed if there are no comments so far ?>
    <?php
   _e("No comments yet."); ?> <?php } ?> <?php comments_rss_link(__("RSS feed for
   comments on this post.")); ?> <h2 id="postcomment"><?php _e("Leave a comment");?
   ></h2> <?php if ("open" == $post->comment_status) { ?> <?php _e("Line and paragraph
   breaks automatic, e-mail address never displayed, HTML allowed:"); ?> `<?php 
   echo allowed_tags(); ?>\``
 * <form action="<?php echo get_settings('siteurl'); ?>/wp-comments-post.php" method
   ="post" id="commentform">
 *  <input type="text" name="author" id="author" class="textarea" value="<?php echo
   $comment_author; ?>" size="28" tabindex="1" />
    <label for="author"><?php _e("
   Name"); ?></label> <?php if ($req) _e('(required)'); ?> <input type="hidden" 
   name="comment_post_ID" value="<?php echo $id; ?>" /> <input type="hidden" name
   ="redirect_to" value="<?php echo htmlspecialchars($_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"]); ?
   >" />
 *  <input type="text" name="email" id="email" value="<?php echo $comment_author_email;?
   >" size="28" tabindex="2" />
    <label for="email"><?php _e("E-mail"); ?></label
   > <?php if ($req) _e('(required)'); ?>
 *  <input type="text" name="url" id="url" value="<?php echo $comment_author_url;?
   >" size="28" tabindex="3" />
    <label for="url"><?php _e("URI"); ?></label>
 *  <label for="comment"><?php _e("Your Comment"); ?></label>
 *  <textarea name="comment" id="comment" cols="70" rows="4" tabindex="4"></textarea
   >
 *  <input name="submit" type="submit" tabindex="5" value="<?php _e("Say It!"); ?
   >" />
 * </form>
    <?php } else { // comments are closed ?> <?php _e("Sorry, the comment
   form is closed at this time."); ?> <?php } ?>
 * <?php // if you delete this the sky will fall on your head
    } ?>[/code][/QUOTE]

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 * Last activity: [21 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-customization/)
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