Comments on: ColdForged’s WordPress Comment Template Deconstructed, Part 1

By: Coisox

Coisox — Thu, 08 May 2008 08:16:09 +0000

I think my previous comment didnt recorded well. Here again:

Hi, I'm using WP 2.5.1. I copy and paste your comments.phps code and replace all code inside my \themes\theme_name\comments.php

But I cant get it right. All comments are not displayed. I have disable another plugins which are Guestbook Generator and Paged Comments.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:29:34 +0000

test my comment

By: Urinal Puck

Urinal Puck — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 13:00:31 +0000

I know this is almost two years old, but it’s still one of the best step by step Wordpress comment stylings I’ve seen. Thanks!

By: charlie

charlie — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 02:55:18 +0000

todd said:
i am trying to implement this and it looks like i have the same problem as another user where the comment numbers are skipping the first comment and putting the “1″ on the second. i assume i am missing a line like the last person, but can’t figure out which one…

i am wondering if it has to do with missing this: $commentcount=1;

but i have no clue where to put it or how to put it

any help?

It has everything to do with missing that variable initialization. Instead of initializing the first comment to “1″, you’re just incrementing the variable from what php assumes to start at 0 after writing the first comment; hence you get “1″ as the second comment.

You want to put that snippet of code just after the line that evaluates whether there are comments or not. It should be placed after something like this:

By: john

john — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 01:48:55 +0000

is there a way you can do this without php? I want to alternate style with just html and javascript. Thanks for any help.

By: todd

todd — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 16:05:28 +0000

i am trying to implement this and it looks like i have the same problem as another user where the comment numbers are skipping the first comment and putting the “1″ on the second. i assume i am missing a line like the last person, but can’t figure out which one…

i am wondering if it has to do with missing this: $commentcount=1;

but i have no clue where to put it or how to put it

any help?

By: ColdForged

ColdForged — Fri, 14 Apr 2006 09:08:57 +0000

good, thanks!

By: shadowsector.org » Blog Archive » modifying comments in wordpress

shadowsector.org » Blog Archive » modifying comments in wordpress — Tue, 07 Mar 2006 21:52:14 +0000

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By: PlanetPhillip

PlanetPhillip — Tue, 07 Mar 2006 17:24:00 +0000

Thank you so much. You are now number three on my hero list! BTW the link didn’t seem to work, I had to view the source to find it.

By: ColdForged

ColdForged — Tue, 07 Mar 2006 17:02:01 +0000

PlanetPhillip said: Sorry Iâ€™m a bit dim!

Bah, not knowing PHP doesn't make you dim. Here's a sample that should get you further.