Comments on page not working in 8.5

Updated to version 8.5, and now comments don’t show on pages anymore. Theme panel option for not showing comments on pages is not activated so they should show.

I am facing issue after activation of newspaper 8.1.1 to 8.5 it’s showing me blank page and nothing

In line 111 there’s this:
if($td_enable_or_disable_page_comments == 'show_comments' and !$is_buddypress_template) {

I took out and !$is_buddypress_template and the it works again. I don’t use buddypress…

I always had comments on for the pages it stopped working, the checkbox is checked. Putting that line about buddypress back in makes it not work for me.

I don’t really get the logic of the buddypress check…

$is_buddypress_template = true;
// check if buddypress is active
if ( function_exists( 'is_buddypress' ) ) {
    // Check if we are on buddypress
    $is_buddypress_template = is_buddypress();
}

first the value is set to true, but in the function_exists check how is the value set to false if it only checks for true…

This way the !$is_buddypress_template condition will fail and comments aren’t shown, right?

• This reply was modified 8 years by ronnie.

I understand line 111 does the buddypress check, but how is that ever going to get a value of false if in line 32 you set it to true $is_buddypress_template = true; and then have an if statement that will only do something when buddypress is active?

Hi, I’m having the same problem. My comments got disabled on all pages even though they are enabled both in pages and theme panel. Had to switch to another theme in the meanwhile because I couldn’t find a fix.

Sent.

Hi,
Same problem for me too. All comments are disabled on all pages.

Hi All

I have the same problem all comments are disabled on all pages…

I have disabled all the plugins but the problem is not solved but if you enable the wordpress theme by default the comments return visible

just reactivate the newspaper theme and the comments disappear again.

thanks

• This reply was modified 8 years by nute.

Same problem again after still updating for 8.5.1…. pleaasee. how to fix? I would like to return to 8.2 Because was working fine but I cant find this version to download.

I installed the version of theme 8.1.2 and the comments come back,can someone of the support answer to solve the problem?

Please it is a serious problem and it is days that no one has written a solution !

thanks

Hi nute, the support wasn’t of any help.
I resolved the problem with ronnie’s method.

Just look for a line he mentions in page.php and remove it.
https://forum.tagdiv.com/topic/comments-on-page-not-working-in-8-5/#post-204267
Make sure to make backups first just in case though!

Hi,

Email sent,

Thanks!

Hi Bogdan, is there now a solution to this, I have the exact same issue. I do not want to provide credentials, as disabling deeply troubleshooting the plugins kills major functionality in my website that is in production. None of the solutions offered so far fix the issue, and I disabled all plugins and reverted back to 8.5 from 8.5.1 they both have the same problem.
see
https://www.liberatedstocktrader.com/top-10-best-stock-market-analysis-software-review/
There should be comments.

I just fixed it on my site by using page.php from earlier in the year that does not contain the buddypress checks.
The buddy press checks are at fault Bogdan.

here is the file that works perfectly – if you do not use buddypress.
<?php
/* —————————————————————————-
the default page template
*/

get_header();

//set the template id, used to get the template specific settings
$template_id = ‘page’;

$loop_sidebar_position = td_util::get_option(‘tds_’ . $template_id . ‘_sidebar_pos’); //sidebar right is default (empty)

//get theme panel variable for page comments side wide
$td_enable_or_disable_page_comments = td_util::get_option(‘tds_disable_comments_pages’);

//read the custom single post settings – this setting overids all of them
$td_page = td_util::get_post_meta_array($post->ID, ‘td_page’);
if (!empty($td_page[‘td_sidebar_position’])) {
$loop_sidebar_position = $td_page[‘td_sidebar_position’];
}

// sidebar position used to align the breadcrumb on sidebar left + sidebar first on mobile issue
$td_sidebar_position = ”;
if($loop_sidebar_position == ‘sidebar_left’) {
$td_sidebar_position = ‘td-sidebar-left’;
}

/**
* detect the page builder
*/
$td_use_page_builder = td_global::is_page_builder_content();

if ($td_use_page_builder) {

// the page is rendered using the page builder template (no sidebars)
if (have_posts()) { ?>
<?php while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>

<div class=”td-main-content-wrap td-main-page-wrap td-container-wrap”>
<div class=”<?php if (!td_util::tdc_is_installed()) { echo ‘td-container ‘; } ?>tdc-content-wrap”>
<?php the_content(); ?>
</div>
<?php
if($td_enable_or_disable_page_comments == ‘show_comments’) {
?>
<div class=”td-container”>
<div class=”td-pb-row”>
<div class=”td-pb-span12″>
<?php comments_template(”, true); ?>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<?php
}
?>
</div> <!– /.td-main-content-wrap –>

<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php }
} else {

//no page builder detected, we load a default page template with sidebar / no sidebar
?>

<div class=”td-main-content-wrap td-container-wrap”>
<div class=”td-container tdc-content-wrap <?php echo $td_sidebar_position; ?>”>
<div class=”td-crumb-container”>
<?php echo td_page_generator::get_page_breadcrumbs(get_the_title()); ?>
</div>
<div class=”td-pb-row”>
<?php
switch ($loop_sidebar_position) {
default:
?>
<div class=”td-pb-span8 td-main-content” role=”main”>
<div class=”td-ss-main-content”>
<?php
if (have_posts()) {
while ( have_posts() ) : the_post();
?>
<div class=”td-page-header”>
<h1 class=”entry-title td-page-title”>
<span><?php the_title() ?></span>
</h1>
</div>
<div class=”td-page-content”>
<?php
the_content();
endwhile;//end loop

}
?>
</div>
<?php
if($td_enable_or_disable_page_comments == ‘show_comments’) {
comments_template(”, true);
}?>
</div>
</div>
<div class=”td-pb-span4 td-main-sidebar” role=”complementary”>
<div class=”td-ss-main-sidebar”>
<?php get_sidebar(); ?>
</div>
</div>
<?php
break;

case ‘sidebar_left’:
?>
<div class=”td-pb-span8 td-main-content <?php echo $td_sidebar_position; ?>-content” role=”main”>
<div class=”td-ss-main-content”>
<?php

if (have_posts()) {
while ( have_posts() ) : the_post();
?>
<div class=”td-page-header”>
<h1 class=”entry-title td-page-title”>
<span><?php the_title() ?></span>
</h1>
</div>
<div class=”td-page-content”>
<?php
the_content();
endwhile; //end loop
}
?>
</div>
<?php
if($td_enable_or_disable_page_comments == ‘show_comments’) {
comments_template(”, true);
}?>
</div>
</div>
<div class=”td-pb-span4 td-main-sidebar” role=”complementary”>
<div class=”td-ss-main-sidebar”>
<?php get_sidebar(); ?>
</div>
</div>
<?php
break;

case ‘no_sidebar’:
?>
<div class=”td-pb-span12 td-main-content” role=”main”>

<?php
if (have_posts()) {
while ( have_posts() ) : the_post();
?>
<div class=”td-page-header”>
<h1 class=”entry-title td-page-title”>
<span><?php the_title() ?></span>
</h1>
</div>
<div class=”td-page-content”>
<?php
the_content();
endwhile; //end loop
}
?>
</div>
<?php
if($td_enable_or_disable_page_comments == ‘show_comments’) {
comments_template(”, true);
}?>
</div>
<?php
break;
}
?>
</div> <!– /.td-pb-row –>
</div> <!– /.td-container –>
</div> <!– /.td-main-content-wrap –>

<?php
}

get_footer();

That seems to work.