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June 16, 2009 at 10:07 am #25164

keithybhoy
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Hi,

Sorry if this is a basic question but I’m struggling with the following.

I want to create for the most part a static site in WP. The trouble is that when I add content to static pages I still get the following attached with the text – "By admin, June 12, 2009 7:36 am"

What line of code do I need to remove from the comments.php that hide’s that info?

Link to my test site: http://keithlogan.co.uk/wordpress/

Thanks

June 16, 2009 at 12:04 pm #59177

apostrophe
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You aren’t using static pages you are using post pages which is something completely different.
I’ve just done a quick search and found this video which may help to explain http://wordpresstraining.com/videos/blogging/creating-content-in-wordpress-posts-vs-pages/

June 16, 2009 at 6:21 pm #59227

davesgonebananas
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You don’t want to change comments.php. Assuming you are using pages, they are displayed using the page.php template. All you have to do is look for a section that starts <div class="authormeta"> and remove that entire <div> from the template (including the closing </div>).

If you don’t wish your pages to have comments then you can turn comments off in the Edit Page screen under Discussion.

June 17, 2009 at 5:53 am #59224

keithybhoy
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Hi

I’m not sure which options I need to turn off in the Edit Page screen under Discussion, please see my attached screen grab of the options I have selected.

Thanks

June 17, 2009 at 6:45 am #59225

davesgonebananas
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Those are the default settings for new posts. If you want to change the settings of existings posts/pages you need to edit the page and change the discussion settings on a per page basis.

[img]http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3353/3635508254_52268aa514_o.jpg[/img]

June 17, 2009 at 8:40 am #59220

keithybhoy
Member

Hi

I’ve created a new page making sure that ‘Allow Comments’ and ‘Allow Pings’ are switched off.

I still get the following on the new page:

By admin, June 17, 2009 5:35 am

Comments are closed

I’m missing something here? Sorry.

Link to new page: http://keithlogan.co.uk/wordpress/?page_id=17

June 17, 2009 at 9:02 am #59219

apostrophe
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Which template are you using? Static pages should use page.php if it exists.

June 17, 2009 at 9:23 am #59248

keithybhoy
Member

I’m using Panorama.

It does have a page.php file

June 17, 2009 at 9:39 am #59252

apostrophe
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Check this thread http://wordpress.org/support/topic/273815

June 17, 2009 at 10:03 am #59254

keithybhoy
Member

thanks for the link.

I’ve now managed to get rid of the Admin text, however the main text of my new page doesn’t display at all – I only see ‘comments are closed’?

http://keithlogan.co.uk/wordpress/?page_id=23

June 17, 2009 at 12:11 pm #59270

apostrophe
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Ok, I’ve just downloaded the Panorama theme. Pretty weird! Whoever built it obviously doesn’t know the difference between a page and a post.
Now I haven’t tested this because I really can’t be bothered to add it to any of my local copies of WP, but I’m pretty sure that your page.php should look like this:

Code: