Title: Comments issue
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Comments issue

 *  [LinkCreative](https://wordpress.org/support/users/linkcreative/)
 * (@linkcreative)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-issue-4/)
 * Im having this problem with my site
    [http://www.linkcreativedesign.com](http://www.linkcreativedesign.com)
 * where blog posts in single page view that do no HAVE COMMENTS.. the div order
   is all messed up. it put my side bar and footer divs outside of my wrapper. I
   have seriously looked at all my .php files and carefully looked at the div orders
   and dont see why this is happening. on the comments.php file.. sometimes I can
   ad another </div> tag and then it will make it so the blog post WITH COMMMENTS
   have an issue and ones without do not. it alternates.. I can figure out what 
   is wrong!
    can someone look at my comments.php code and see if you can see what
   I am doing wrong. if you dont think its here what other file could the problem
   be in?
 *     ```
       <?php // Do not delete these lines
          if (!empty($_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME']) && 'comments.php' == basename($_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME']))
             die ('Please do not load this page directly. Thanks!');
   
          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
                ?>
   
                <p>This post is password protected. Enter the password to view comments.</p>
   
                <?php
                return;
             }
          }
   
          /* This variable is for alternating comment background */
          $oddcomment = 'class="alt" ';
       ?>
   
       <!-- You can start editing here. -->
   
       <?php if ($comments) : ?>
          <div id="comments"><h3><?php comments_number('No Responses', 'One Response', '% Responses' );?> to “<?php the_title(); ?>”</h3>
   
          <ol>
   
          <?php foreach ($comments as $comment) : ?>
   
             <li <?php echo $oddcomment; ?>id="comment-<?php comment_ID() ?>">
                <?php echo get_avatar( $comment, 32 ); ?>
                <cite><?php comment_author_link() ?></cite> Says:
                <?php if ($comment->comment_approved == '0') : ?>
                <p>Your comment is awaiting moderation.</p>
                <?php endif; ?>
                <p><a href="#comment-<?php comment_ID() ?>" title=""><?php comment_date('M.j.Y') ?> at <?php comment_time() ?></a> <?php edit_comment_link('edit','&nbsp;&nbsp;',''); ?></p>
                <?php comment_text() ?>
             </li>
   
          <?php
             /* Changes every other comment to a different class */
             $oddcomment = ( empty( $oddcomment ) ) ? 'class="alt" ' : '';
          ?>
   
          <?php endforeach; /* end for each comment */ ?>
   
          </ol>
   
       <?php else : // this is displayed if there are no comments so far ?>
   
          <?php if ('open' == $post->comment_status) : ?>
             <!-- If comments are open, but there are no comments. -->
   
           <?php else : // comments are closed ?>
             <!-- If comments are closed. -->
             <p>Comments are closed.</p>
   
          <?php endif; ?>
       <?php endif; ?>
       </div>
       <?php if ('open' == $post->comment_status) : ?>
   
       <h3>Comment</h3>
   
       <?php if ( get_option('comment_registration') && !$user_ID ) : ?>
       <p>You must be <a href="<?php echo get_option('siteurl'); ?>/wp-login.php?redirect_to=<?php echo urlencode(get_permalink()); ?>">logged in</a> to post a comment.</p>
       <?php else : ?>
   
       <form action="<?php echo get_option('siteurl'); ?>/wp-comments-post.php" method="post" id="commentform">
   
       <?php if ( $user_ID ) : ?>
   
       <p>Logged in as <a href="<?php echo get_option('siteurl'); ?>/wp-admin/profile.php"><?php echo $user_identity; ?></a>. <a href="<?php echo get_option('siteurl'); ?>/wp-login.php?action=logout" title="Log out of this account">Log out &raquo;</a></p>
   
       <?php else : ?>
   
       <div id="lcrespond">
       <input type="text" name="author" id="author" value="<?php echo $comment_author; ?>" size="22" tabindex="1" <?php if ($req) echo "aria-required='true'"; ?> />
       <label for="author"><b>Name</b> <?php if ($req) echo "(required)"; ?></label><br />
   
       <input type="text" name="email" id="email" value="<?php echo $comment_author_email; ?>" size="22" tabindex="2" <?php if ($req) echo "aria-required='true'"; ?> />
       <label for="email"><b>Mail</b> (will not be published) <?php if ($req) echo "(required)"; ?></label><br />
   
       <input type="text" name="url" id="url" value="<?php echo $comment_author_url; ?>" size="22" tabindex="3" />
       <label for="url"><b>Website</b></label>
   
       <?php endif; ?> </div>
   
       <textarea name="comment" id="comment" cols="30" rows="5" tabindex="4"></textarea>
   
       <input name="submit" type="submit" id="submit" tabindex="5" value="Submit Comment" />
       <input type="hidden" name="comment_post_ID" value="<?php echo $id; ?>" />
       <?php do_action('comment_form', $post->ID); ?>
   
       </form>
   
       <?php endif; // If registration required and not logged in ?>
   
       <?php endif; // if you delete this the sky will fall on your head ?>
       </div>
       ```
   

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 * Last reply from: [LinkCreative](https://wordpress.org/support/users/linkcreative/)
 * Last activity: [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-issue-4/)
 * Status: not resolved

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