[Unbeliever]

Unbeliever

#7333

I’m still new to WordPress and Graphene, but I think I’m doing pretty well. Graphene has certainly made customizing my group’s blog MUCH simpler than it could have been!

One problem I’ve just noticed: I had enabled the “Close comments after X days” option, because I did not want new comments appearing on old posts.

Instead, Graphene is taking away the comments link entirely, hiding even pre-existing comments after the specified period of time!

This does not seem right; I had assumed it would merely hide the new comments form.

Is there some existing way to accomplish what I want?

I’m using a child theme, and don’t mind copying and tweaking a function or two, if I have to. I’ve even located what appears to be the offending line in theme-comments.php:

function graphene_should_show_comments() {

global $graphene_settings, $post;



if ( $graphene_settings['comments_setting'] == 'disabled_completely' )

return false;



if ( $graphene_settings['comments_setting'] == 'disabled_pages' && get_post_type( $post->ID ) == 'page' )

return false;



if ( ! is_singular() && $graphene_settings['hide_post_commentcount'] )

return false;



if ( ! comments_open() && ! is_singular() )

return false;



return true;

}

I believe that last IF condition is what’s getting me. And there doesn’t APPEAR to be a graphene setting to change that behavior.

But… I’d much rather flip a software switch (or install a plugin), than start hacking at the code willy-nilly myself.

So… is there a better way to prevent new comments after a period of time, WITHOUT hiding the old ones?

Thank you so much for any feedback you have…

P.S.

My WordPress, Graphene, and plugins are all completely up-to-date.

And my site is http://CorvallisSecular.org if anyone is interested.

Thanks again!

[Syahir Hakim]

Syahir Hakim

#37874

OK, we’ll change this in the next update.

[Unbeliever]

Unbeliever

#37875

Wow! Thank you! I was just hoping for a workaround; it never occurred to me you’d change the baseline behavior.

Until then, I’ll just leave comments open on all posts. It’s not like we’re exactly a BUSY blog yet.

Thanks again for this! I’m glad I chose Graphene for my theme… 🙂