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the code is almost exactly like in the docs. It is not showing up. Do I need to add an entry_id or am I missing something else?

{exp:comment:form channel="blog" preview="blog/preview"}
     {if logged_out}
       
         <label for="name">Name</label>

         <input type="text" name="name" value="{name}" id="name">
      
      
         <label for="email">Email Address</label>

         <input type="text" name="email" value="{email}" id="email">
      
      
         <label for="comment">Comment</label>

         <textarea name="comment" rows="10%" cols="40%" id="comment">
            {comment}
         </textarea>
      
      {/if}
      
         {if captcha}
         <label for="captcha">Please enter the word you see in the
         image below:</label>

      
      
         {captcha}

          <input type="text" name="captcha" value="{captcha_word}">
      
         {/if}
      
         <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit">
      
     {/exp:comment:form}

Lets try this again. I created a comment entry form. And it show up like it should but when I replace the form tags with

{exp:comment:form} and {/exp:comment:form}

the form disappears. Someone must of run into this before.

Is commenting turned on in the channel preferences?

Is it allowed for the entry you are testing with? (checkbox in the Options tab of the entry)

What’s the full URI of the page where the from should be displaying?

Yes to both questions. The page url is /index.php/blog/blog. It is the same page as the articles itself.  When I look at the source the div is empty.

Ah.. OK, it’t the URI that need some help.

EE has two kinds of pages, multi-entry pages, and single-entry pages. By default, the comment form only works on the single-entry pages of the site:  https://ellislab.com/expressionengine/user-guide/add-ons/comment/#comment-submission-form

Your URI is for a multi-entry page, so the form won’t display there.

You’ll either need a URI that includes the Entry_ID number of your entry, or some how pass the Entry_ID number to the form using an embed or something.

You’ll likely need a URI something like:

/index.php/blog/category_name/123

Basically it ends with the entry ID number.

This might help if you are new to EE:

https://ellislab.com/expressionengine/user-guide/urls/url_structure.html#entries-and-other-things