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Hi,

I am currently able to display comments on the index/category pages of my site by embedding a comments template and passing the weblog and entry id variables as is demonstrated in the wiki.

My main template contains:

{embed="includes/homepagecomments"  comment_total="{comment_total}" entry_id="{entry_id}" title="{title}" url_title="{url_title}"}

My comments template contains:

{exp:comment:entries weblog="{my_weblog}" limit="20" orderby="date" sort="desc" entry_id="{embed:entry_id}"}
{url_as_author} said: {comment} <span class="posteddate">on {comment_date format='%m.%d.%y'}</span>
{/exp:comment:entries}

However, adding pagination to the mix on the primary template creates erratic results. Should this functionality be possible? Do I need to resort to a direct query in order for it to work?

Thanks in advance,
Jess

Yup, pagination messes with displaying comments.

Have a look at this older thread to give you an idea for a workaround: http://ellislab.com/forums/viewthread/97723/

Hey, thanks so much for this quick response! I had seen that thread, so I guess I’ll have to take the query plunge.

Thanks again,
Jess

No prob, don’t hesitate to post your code here if/when you run into trouble.

OK, so I’ve quickly run into trouble 😊

I am able to get comments using this query:

<pre><code>{exp:query sql="SELECT * FROM exp_comments where entry_id='{embed:entry_id}’”}
{url_as_author} {url} {name} said: {comment} on {comment_date format='%m.%d.%y'}
{/exp:query}<pre><code>

First - {url_as_author} does not work. I added in {url} and {name} as tests, so I suppose I can just create the link a different way.

Second - this query replicates the strange pagination behavior. I am guessing this is because I start out with a conditional that tests for {comment_total} from the parent template. (These are hide/show comment boxes in hidden divs. They only appear if a comment exists, thus the conditional).

Would you recommend that I instead test for {total_comments}? I tried adding it in, but it doesn’t seem to work either?

Care to post a link or show your complete template code, not just the embed?

yes to both. link is here:

http://jaypremack.net/index.php?/jpw/indexrev/

main template

thanks so much for the continued support - this is a beast!