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timethief on "I want a static website, not a blog"

timethief — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 21:37:53 +0000

@celebratenijawomen
This page > Settings > Discussion Discussion settings is where you set up defaults for comments.
We can also override the default settings and enable or disable future comments on any post or page.
Depending on the theme we use when we close comments a phrase like "comments closed" or a similar phrase may appear and if so, it can only be removed by CSS editing after purchasing a custom design upgrade.

celebratenijawomen on "I want a static website, not a blog"

celebratenijawomen — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 21:32:58 +0000

Hi , I am using Chateau
would like a static page, tried to follow the instruction above but can't find the option to disable comments/discussion in the general setting or on the page, please see my website
http://celebratenijawomen.net/

1tess on "I want a static website, not a blog"

1tess — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 17:25:05 +0000

For us volunteers, it is often useful to know which theme a person who wants help is using because some answers are theme-specific. And sometimes we need to look at source code to see what the problem is.

lisareswick on "I want a static website, not a blog"

lisareswick — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 17:05:38 +0000

Again, thanks...I am just trying to build my site so I set it to private, which I assume is the best way to go about that? Of course I wouldn't make it public until it is built.

And again, my site is intended as a site and not a blog--just a website to showcase my work and what I can do for clients, and not a dialog between me and whomever reads it. It's a portfolio website, essentially, but I am a writer, so it's not a photography site. It can't be just images, it has to have description and text.

I am happy to have that list of themes because I was choosing at random and would love to find one that is more appropriate to what I am doing with my site.

Thanks.

1tess on "I want a static website, not a blog"

1tess — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 16:54:33 +0000

You should have a clear understanding of the differences between posts and pages.
Posts have dates, pages do not.
Posts can be categorized and tagged, pages cannot.

If you disable comments for the entire site, then the comments box will not appear.
The list of themes I provided above do not show any note about comments. If you choose one of them you can not only have no comment box, but also no evidence that there might have been one.

(as long as you have no comment yet—your blog is private so I'm assuming you have no comments on any pages)

lisareswick on "I want a static website, not a blog"

lisareswick — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 16:48:48 +0000

Thanks for all of this and I will try it all...but to be clear, it's not just that I want to disable comments and don't want the comment box to appear at all....I will try simply creating all static pages that might be the thing to do....and maybe also choosing/finding an appropriate theme...

1tess on "I want a static website, not a blog"

1tess — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 16:40:08 +0000

@goldendesignstudio

All themes have Settings—>Discussion on the dashboard: the little icons/lisht on the left of your dashboard.

There is also a discussion module on your page editor as well, but that turns off comments for only that single page, not for all pages. If you don't see it look up to the top right and choose Screen Options to make it visible. But if you disable comments from the Settings—>Discussion, then there is no point: your comments are already turned off.

1tess on "I want a static website, not a blog"

1tess — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 16:33:57 +0000

I still do not want to have my text appear as a blog post, with date and "posted by" info

Then don't write any posts: write only pages.
http://en.support.wordpress.com/post-vs-page/

You've made a static front page?
http://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/front-page/
You can hide some pages like this:
http://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/hide-pages/
Or make a custom menu and include only the pages you want your readers to navigate:
http://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/

goldendesignstudio on "I want a static website, not a blog"

goldendesignstudio — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 16:31:51 +0000

I am using twenty eleven and do not have the "disable comments" /comments off option. Am I stuck with the blog? Trying to set this up as a website

1tess on "I want a static website, not a blog"

1tess — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 16:26:33 +0000

I do not want a comment box

dashboard—>settings—>discussion—>disable comments (Default article settings)—>save

Most themes will display “Comments off”
But a few have a different message.
Some themes display no message:

Adventure Journal, Andrea, Autofocus, Black-Letterhead, Blix, Blogum, Bold Life, Bouquet, Bueno, Chateau (concise layout), Chunk, Comet, Dusk to Dawn, Duster, Esquire, Flower Power, Forever, Fresh & Clean, Greyzed, Imbalance 2, iTheme2, Manifest, Nuntius, P2, Parament, Pink Touch 2, Quintus, Reddle, Retro-fitted, Retro MacOS, Shaan, Skeptical, Splendio, Strange Little Town, Suburbia, The Journalist v1.9, Toolbox, Twenty Eleven, Twenty Ten, Vertigo, Vostok, Wu Wei
from http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2010/04/23/comments-off-1/

lisareswick on "I want a static website, not a blog"

lisareswick — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 16:04:38 +0000

I posted before on this and was told how to make a page static, which I did. But I still do not want to have my text appear as a blog post, with date and "posted by" info, and I do not want a comment box anywhere on the site. The site is just for telling potential clients what I do and showing examples of my work. I understand I should be able to accomplish this with a WordPress site, but I still don't understand how since the templates all have these blog features--and I don't see a way to remove them. I have been referred to the WordPress tutorial, but I still don't see an answer to my question there. Can you advise?