Title: no comment entry ability?
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# no comment entry ability?

 *  [carla](https://wordpress.org/support/users/carla/)
 * (@carla)
 * [21 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/no-comment-entry-ability/)
 * I know this problem is probably due to an error of mine 🙂 —
    when you click 
   on the “leave a comment” link, you get taken to the entry’s page, but with no
   comment form. Here’s an example: [http://www.hauntedpalace.net/library/index.php/archives/2004/07/20/15.37.13/#comments](http://www.hauntedpalace.net/library/index.php/archives/2004/07/20/15.37.13/#comments)
   I bet I’ve zigged when I should’ve zagged. Any suggestions? Thanks!

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 *  Anonymous
 * [21 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/no-comment-entry-ability/#post-74066)
 * well, the form isn’t in the html. do you have comments off or something? hmm
 *  [pamela](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pamela/)
 * (@pamela)
 * [21 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/no-comment-entry-ability/#post-74067)
 * I’m having this same problem. I detailed my issue in another thread, but I haven’t
   gotten any responses yet. 🙁
    [http://wordpress.org/support/index.php?action=vthread&forum=3&topic=8996&page=0](http://wordpress.org/support/index.php?action=vthread&forum=3&topic=8996&page=0)
   And, I do have comments turned on under Options.
 *  Thread Starter [carla](https://wordpress.org/support/users/carla/)
 * (@carla)
 * [21 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/no-comment-entry-ability/#post-74099)
 * I double-checked–I do have comments enabled.
    I see that the code for leaving
   a comment appears to be pointing to the pop-up comments, even though I don’t 
   have them enabled. How should I edit this code, then? Thanks! ` <div class="feedback"
   > <?php wp_link_pages(); ?> <?php comments_popup_link(__('leave a comment/tb'),
   __('Comments (1)'), __('Comments (%)')); ?> </div> <!-- <?php trackback_rdf();?
   > --> <?php include(ABSPATH . 'wp-comments.php'); ?> </div>
 *  [pamela](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pamela/)
 * (@pamela)
 * [21 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/no-comment-entry-ability/#post-74105)
 * 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.
 *  [pamela](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pamela/)
 * (@pamela)
 * [21 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/no-comment-entry-ability/#post-74165)
 * I think we’re just talking to each other, Carla.
 *  [Carrie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/indigohat/)
 * (@indigohat)
 * [21 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/no-comment-entry-ability/#post-74170)
 * I think I might have figured it out. I was having the same problem. I added /
   index.php/ to the front of my permalink line, saved the permalinks, copied the
   text that appears at the bottom of the permalink page into my .htaccess file,
   refreshed everything and it worked.
    So for instance, instead of : /archives/%
   year%/%monthnum%/%day%/%postname%/ I am now using : /index.php/archives/%year%/%
   monthnum%/%day%/%postname%/
 *  [pamela](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pamela/)
 * (@pamela)
 * [21 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/no-comment-entry-ability/#post-74173)
 * 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.
 *  Thread Starter [carla](https://wordpress.org/support/users/carla/)
 * (@carla)
 * [21 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/no-comment-entry-ability/#post-74191)
 * I made certain that my .htaccess information was correct, and it’s in the same
   folder as my index.php (and my index.php is in my permalinks). Still the same
   result. 🙁
 *  [mawi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mawi/)
 * (@mawi)
 * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/no-comment-entry-ability/#post-74457)
 * I have just the same problem as you carla. I think I’ve done everything to try
   to find the problem but it’s still there. I don’t know what to do.
 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/no-comment-entry-ability/#post-74458)
 * 1. I checked and there is comment form on your single post view. So what is the“
   same problem”?
    2. This thread was started 1 (one) year ago – since then several
   new versions of WP were released, so it’s not a healthy thing to continue the
   discussion here, because a lot of things have been changed since.
 *  [mawi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mawi/)
 * (@mawi)
 * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/no-comment-entry-ability/#post-74459)
 * I’m really sorry but that’s another news posting system – Fusion.
    My WordPress
   is here: [http://aishiteru.ummu.org/blog](http://aishiteru.ummu.org/blog)
 * Sorry for posting here. I made another post on the forum. Thanks for the help.

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