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I have a weblog with comments turned on. But the {comment_total} tag will not display the comment count.
This is the code:

{exp:weblog:entries weblog="weblogname" limit="1"}
<div class="post-title">
<div class="post-comment"><a href="#comments">({comment_total})</a></div></div>
{/exp:weblog:entries}

Can anyone suggest what the problem might be?

Thanks

What version and build of EE are you using? Are you nesting this with {exp:comment:entries}, perhaps?

I am using ExpressionEngine 1.6.9 Build:  20100430

the comment total is not nested with the {exp:comment:entries}.

here’s the complete code (with most styling removed)

{exp:weblog:entries weblog="beertalk" limit="1"  }
<div class="post-comment"><a href="#comments">({comment_total})</a></div>
{entry_date format="%M"}
{entry_date format="%d"}
{title}
{categories}
  <a href="http://{path=beertalk/categories}"> {category_name}</a>  
{/categories}
<div class="post-body">
{if blogimage}{blogimage}{/if}
{if blog_mainbody}{blog_mainbody}
{/if}
{if blog_website_link}
<h4><a href="http://{blog_website_link}" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Website Link</a></h4>

<p>{/if}<br />
  {lg_social_bookmarks permalink="{title_permalink='beertalk/view'}" title="{title}"}<br />
    </p><h4>Enjoy this post? Share it with others.</h4>
<p>    <ul class="post-social"><br />
      {social_sites}<br />
        <li><br />
          <a href="http://{social_site_url}" title="Bookmark on: {social_site_name}">_            /themes/cp_global_images/lg_social_bookmarks/favicons/{social_site_img_url}  _          </a><br />
        </li><br />
        {/social_sites}<br />
    </ul><br />
  {/lg_social_bookmarks}<br />
{/exp:weblog:entries}

I don’t see why that shouldn’t work. Do you have comments enabled for that entry? Are there, in fact, comments?

Yes comments are allowed and yes there are comments in the entry.
The comments are displaying okay, it is just the comment count that is not working for any entry!

Hi Alli,

Can I ask you to upgrade to the latest build if at all possible so that we can troubleshoot with the most up to date code in place. Were the comments added via a comment form on this site or perhaps imported in some way?

Cheers

Greg

Hi Greg

I upgraded to the latest build but i forgot to say that the MSM is also installed on this system.

Did you upgrade the MSM as well? Also, to repeat Greg’s question, were the comments added via a regular comment form?

hi

Yes, as far as I know the MSM is up to date.

The comments were added via a regular comment form.

If you try with a very minimal template, does that work? Do you have a link we can see?

Hmm, strange.. they comment numbers have suddenly started working! It has probably been the upgrade to the latest build and I didn’t cleared my cache properly!

Anyway, problem solved- whatever it was. Thanks for all your help.

Glad things are working again. Don’t hesitate to post again as needed.