Themetation

WordPress 2.6

1. Open your theme folder, locate the comments.php. Look for

<?php foreach ($comments as $comment) : ?>

2. Add the following codes after it. To start the condition IF it is comment.

<?php $comment_type = get_comment_type(); ?>
<?php if($comment_type == 'comment') { ?>

3. Look for

<?php endforeach; /* end for each comment */ ?>

4. Add the following codes before it. To end the IF condition.

<?php } /* End of is_comment statement */ ?>

To Display Trackbacks/Pings

<ol>
<?php foreach ($comments as $comment) : ?>
<?php $comment_type = get_comment_type(); ?>
<?php if($comment_type != 'comment') { ?>
<li><?php comment_author_link() ?></li>
<?php } ?>
<?php endforeach; ?>
</ol>

WordPress 2.7

The comments.php has a different structure in the new version. Let’s see how it can be done.

1. Open comments.php:

<?php if ( have_comments() ) : ?>

2. Add the following codes after it.

<?php if ( ! empty($comments_by_type['comment']) ) : ?>

3. Look for:

<?php wp_list_comments(); ?>

4. Change to this:

<?php wp_list_comments('type=comment'); ?>

5. We add this codes after the wp_list_comments function.

</ol><?php endif; ?>

To Display Trackbacks/Pings

<?php if ( ! empty($comments_by_type['pings']) ) : ?>
<h3 id="pings">Trackbacks/Pingbacks</h3>
<ol class="commentlist">
<?php wp_list_comments('type=pings'); ?>
</ol>
<?php endif; ?>

The Full Loop

<?php wp_list_comments('type=pings'); ?>
<?php if ( have_comments() ) : ?>
	<?php if ( ! empty($comments_by_type['comment']) ) : ?>
	<h3 id="comments"><?php comments_number('No Responses', 'One Response', '% Responses' );?> to &#8220;<?php the_title(); ?>&#8221;</h3>

	<ol class="commentlist">
	<?php wp_list_comments('type=comment'); ?>
	</ol>
	<?php endif; ?>

	<?php if ( ! empty($comments_by_type['pings']) ) : ?>
	<h3 id="pings">Trackbacks/Pingbacks</h3>

	<ol class="commentlist">
	<?php wp_list_comments('type=pings'); ?>
	</ol>
	<?php endif; ?>

	<div class="navigation">
		<div class="alignleft"><?php previous_comments_link() ?></div>
		<div class="alignright"><?php next_comments_link() ?></div>
	</div>
 <?php else : // this is displayed if there are no comments so far ?>

	<?php if ('open' == $post->comment_status) : ?>
		<!-- If comments are open, but there are no comments. -->

	<?php else : // comments are closed ?>
		<!-- If comments are closed. -->
		<p class="nocomments">Comments are closed.</p>

	<?php endif; ?>
<?php endif; ?>

To Simplify the Trackbacks/Pings ( Optional )

1. In single.php. Change this:

<?php comments_template(); ?>

into this:

<?php comments_template('', true); ?>

2. In Comments.php, Add this codes in the trackbacks section. You can also add into your function.php.

<?php
    function list_pings($comment, $args, $depth) {
           $GLOBALS['comment'] = $comment;
    ?>
            <li id="comment-<?php comment_ID(); ?>"><?php comment_author_link(); ?>
    <?php } ?>

3. Look For:

<ol class="commentlist">
<?php wp_list_comments('type=pings'); ?>

4. Replace with this:

<ol class="pinglist">
<?php wp_list_comments('type=pings&callback=list_pings'); ?>

The Full Loop

<?php if ( have_comments() ) : ?>
	<?php if ( ! empty($comments_by_type['comment']) ) : ?>
	<h3 id="comments"><?php comments_number('No Responses', 'One Response', '% Responses' );?> to &#8220;<?php the_title(); ?>&#8221;</h3>

	<ol class="commentlist">
	<?php wp_list_comments('type=comment'); ?>
	</ol>
	<?php endif; ?>

	<?php if ( ! empty($comments_by_type['pings']) ) : ?>
	<h3 id="pings">Trackbacks/Pingbacks</h3>
       <?php
           function list_pings($comment, $args, $depth) {
           $GLOBALS['comment'] = $comment;
       ?>
            <li id="comment-<?php comment_ID(); ?>"><?php comment_author_link(); ?>
       <?php } ?>
	<ol class="pinglist">
	<?php wp_list_comments('type=pings&callback=list_pings'); ?>
	</ol>
	<?php endif; ?>

	<div class="navigation">
		<div class="alignleft"><?php previous_comments_link() ?></div>
		<div class="alignright"><?php next_comments_link() ?></div>
	</div>
 <?php else : // this is displayed if there are no comments so far ?>

	<?php if ('open' == $post->comment_status) : ?>
		<!-- If comments are open, but there are no comments. -->

	<?php else : // comments are closed ?>
		<!-- If comments are closed. -->
		<p class="nocomments">Comments are closed.</p>

	<?php endif; ?>
<?php endif; ?>

WordPress 2.7 Comment Loop Styling

The new comments loop automatically adds some classes to the LIs tag.

• comment, trackback, pingback classes get added depending on the type of the comment.
• byuser – Added if the comment is by a registered user of the site.
• comment-author-authorname – Added for specific registered users.
• bypostauthor – Added if the comment is by the author of the post the comment is attached to.
• odd and even – Classes are added to odd and even numbered comments
• alt is added to every other comment
• thread-odd, thread-even, and thread-alt – Classes are the same as the odd/even/alt classes, but these only apply to the top level of each set of comments and replies
• depth-1 is added to the top level comments, depth-2 to the next level, and so on.

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