Hello,

Is anyone answering forum questions? I really need help with this. Assistance is greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
JD Green
(using Magazine Basic but purchased Magazine Premium last year, can provide documentation if necessary)

insert "<?php comments_number('','1 Comment','% Comments'); ?>" after the code "the_author_posts_link" in the layout section (since I am using an older version of MB, I did this change in 'option1.php' layout file.

You now need to edit the loop.php file.

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echo '<div class="meta">';
if(is_home()) {
	if(theme_option('dates_index') == 'on') { echo '<div class="date">'; the_time(get_option('date_format')); echo '</div>'; }
	if(theme_option('authors_index') == 'on') { _e("By", "magazine-basic"); echo ' '; the_author_posts_link(); }
} else {
	if(theme_option('dates_cats') == 'on') { echo '<div class="date">'; the_time(get_option('date_format')); echo '</div>'; }
	if(theme_option('authors_cats') == 'on') { _e("By", "magazine-basic"); echo ' '; the_author_posts_link(); }
}
echo '</div>';

Okay, I've located the code you reference above.

I'd like to put the comment count after the excerpt, not in the meta info.

Do I use this code below?

<?php comments_number('','1 Comment','% Comments'); ?>"

If so, can you please tell me where to put it?

Thanks :)

Put it after line 191:

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theme_excerpt($wordlimit);
comments_number('','1 Comment','% Comments');

I think I need this to show outside the excerpt because I can't seem to style it within the excerpt. Can you tell me how to put it above the read more button?

Thank you and sorry for all the questions. Still getting the hang of working with the loop!

You can style it if you surround it with a div container.

echo '<div class="comment-count">'.comments_number('','1 Comment','% Comments').'</div>';

I tried that before and it didn't work. I tried it again using the code you provided and it's still not working. It wants to use the styles from the excerpt.

Here is what I'm using:

}*/
							theme_excerpt($wordlimit);
echo '<div class="comment-count">'.comments_popup_link('','1 Comment','% Comments').'</div>';
 
						} else {

Try this:

echo '<div class="comment-count">';
comments_number('','1 Comment','% Comments');
echo '</div>';

Hi cbavota,

Greetings!!

I have managed to display comment count in the front page by adding the relevant code i.e. comments_number('','1 Comment','% Comments'); in the loop.php at the layout section (MB 2.7.7). But it is very close to the author and I need to add a bar (|) or a space before the comment count.

I also need to link this to the comment section. Is this possible?

Your guidance will be much appreciated.

Use the comments_popup_link() instead of the comments_number() to make it link to the post comment section. You can add HTML before the function, outside of the PHP tags in order to space it however you want.