[wp-hackers] Disable feedback for pages option

[Michael B]

Without looking at that theme, what's the purpose of the custom field?  Why
not just remove the call to the comment form in the default page template
and be done with it?  You could always create a Page template that has the
comment form if you knew there'd be Pages that need comments enabled.




On 6/26/07, Stephen Rider <wp-hackers at striderweb.com> wrote:
>
> This can be done in a Theme and a custom field.  Check out the
> Sandbox Theme with the "Spartan" setting.  I found this out by
> surprise when I stopped getting comments on a popular page!
>
> Stephen
>
> On Jun 26, 2007, at 6:28 AM, Leonid Mamchenkov wrote:
>
> > it would be nice to have a global option to disable comments and
> > pingbacks for pages.  Currently it's either pages AND posts, or on an
> > individual level.
> >
> > The common case scenario that I see is that pages are used for About
> > Us and Contact Us kind of pages, which don't need either comments or
> > pingbacks.  Posts are used for everything else, and feedback is just
> > fine there.
> >
> > Have someone maybe saw a plugin which allows a control like this?
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