Title: Problem with the Comment Threads
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Problem with the Comment Threads

 *  Resolved [rubberboundcop](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rubberboundcop/)
 * (@rubberboundcop)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-the-comment-threads/)
 * It seems this problem has never been addressed with WP.
    If a viewer adds a comment
   to a post then the admin of that post replies to the comment, the admin gets 
   a banner or badge over that says admin which is good but if any replies to the
   admin reply they also get labeled as admin in the thread. I am told that is a
   bug in WP but why is it still a bug?

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 *  [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * (@alchymyth)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-the-comment-threads/#post-3379912)
 * depending on how the ‘banner or badge’ is done, this seems to be more a ‘bug’
   in the css of your currently used theme; possibly due to css inheriting the formatting
   of parent elements.
 * please post an example.
 *  Thread Starter [rubberboundcop](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rubberboundcop/)
 * (@rubberboundcop)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-the-comment-threads/#post-3379938)
 * Okay here is a link to a post that has the problem, Just to clarify it only happens
   to viewers who reply to a comment or reply that a admin makes.
 * [http://rubberboundcop.com/2012/11/tryitsoon2000-gives-it-a-try/](http://rubberboundcop.com/2012/11/tryitsoon2000-gives-it-a-try/)
 *  [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * (@alchymyth)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-the-comment-threads/#post-3379947)
 * your theme seems to be adding this span `<span class="author-badge"></span>` 
   to all coments, and is then trying to style it only for the post-author:
    in /
   wp-content/themes/duotive-fortune/css/main-theme-dark.css
 *     ```
       #comments .commentlist li .avatar-wrapper {
       	background:url(../images/main-theme-dark/comments-avatar.png) repeat-x top;
       }
       ```
   
 * through the inheritance of styles, it also gets applied to the span further down
   in sub lists.
 * try a css hack:
 *     ```
       <style>#comments .commentlist li.bypostauthor li span.author-badge { background: none; }
       ```
   
 * for details, please contact the developer of your theme for support (via themeforest).
 * commercial themes are not supported by this forum.
 *  Thread Starter [rubberboundcop](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rubberboundcop/)
 * (@rubberboundcop)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-the-comment-threads/#post-3379948)
 * That just hides it all together does not solve the initial problem if you do 
   want the admin on the admins
 *  Thread Starter [rubberboundcop](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rubberboundcop/)
 * (@rubberboundcop)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-the-comment-threads/#post-3379957)
 * You css hack does work though so you get extra points for that thanks. I did 
   originally contact them about it and they where the ones that said it was a WP
   bugs and they usually are very well informed, hummm. Anyways thanks. 🙂

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 * Last activity: [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-the-comment-threads/#post-3379957)
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