What you could do is style that link to be a bit different or look more like a button.
If you use a plugin like http://ww.wp.xz.cn/extend/plugins/my-custom-css/ or if you have jetpack installed, you may have custom CSS option, then you can just style it differently.
If you look in the HTML source, you’ll see that there’s a class called “comments-link” which you can use to jazz it up.
You can even use a tool like this button maker – http://css-tricks.com/examples/ButtonMaker/#
if you want to change more than just the formatting, you should really start with creating a child theme to make the customisation with;
http://codex.ww.wp.xz.cn/Child_Themes
then edit content.php and adjust the texts in this line:
<?php comments_popup_link( '<span class="leave-reply">' . __( 'Leave a reply', 'twentytwelve' ) . '</span>', __( '1 Reply', 'twentytwelve' ), __( '% Replies', 'twentytwelve' ) ); ?>
(if you are using post formats, you might also need to edit some of the other content-{???}.php files)
http://codex.ww.wp.xz.cn/Function_Reference/comments_popup_link
Wow, that’s alot to take in. Thanks both of you, I’ll return if I stumble upon more problems.
Regards
Actually the issue is not resolved just yet. So I went to the button maker site and I got a long string of codes. Where do I paste it in?
(@evan-mode)
13 years, 3 months ago
Hi,
I’m fairly new at this and English is not my first language so forgive me if I might sound amateur.
Anyway, I have a blog that I’m pretty satisfied with. One thing that’s been buggin’ me though is that I have a really dull comment link. I only have a link (below the post title) that says “leave a reply”. I was just wondering if there’s a way to spice it up, do I need to install a plugin or switch theme completely to change it? I’ll gladly take any tips
This is my site http://www.evan-mode.com
and I’m running on Twenty Twelve theme.
Regards