Topic: Any way to use wp-commentnavi BEFORE the comments loop?

[mikedesign]

I would like to display the pagination for the comments at the top of the page - so I need to place the code BEFORE the comments loop. Is there any way to do that?

Thanks a lot in advance!
Mike

[GaMerZ]

It should work before or after the comment loop.

[mikedesign]

Really? When I put it before the loop:

<ol class="commentlist">
   <?php wp_list_comments(); ?>
</ol>

Then it doesn't show up but if i put it further below - then it does. I would like to display the navigation on top of the comments - any ideas?

Note: I'm running WordPress 3.0.4.

Thanks so much!! Very appreciated.
Mike.

[mikedesign]

Anyone?

[Ttech]

Could your theme have a css element that is being hidden?

[mikedesign]

No. Here's a very simple test:

<?php if ( have_comments() ) : ?>
   <h3 id="comments"><?php comments_number('No Comments', 'One Comment', '% Comments' );?></h3>

   <div class="navigation">
      <div class="alignleft"><?php previous_comments_link() ?></div>
      <?php if(function_exists('wp_commentnavi')) { wp_commentnavi(); } ?>
      <div class="alignright"><?php next_comments_link() ?></div>
   </div><br class="clear">

   <ol class="commentlist">
   <?php wp_list_comments(); ?>
   </ol>

   <div class="navigation">
      <div class="alignleft"><?php previous_comments_link() ?></div>
      <?php if(function_exists('wp_commentnavi')) { wp_commentnavi(); } ?>
      <div class="alignright"><?php next_comments_link() ?></div>
   </div>

So the pagination should appear in 2 places - above the comments and below. In each place it should be positioned between the "older comments" and "newer comments" default WordPress links. BUT the pagination only appears AFTER the comment loops and NOT before (but the "older comments" and "newer comments" link appear in both places).

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

[GaMerZ]

My bad, after some digging, I think it is not possible as before the wp_list_comment() function is called, none of the comment variables used for paging are being populated.

[mikedesign]

Thanks for replying! Do you know anyway around this? Or does anyone else in this forum know a way to display pagination before the comment loop?

Much appreciated! Thanks,
Mike.

[GaMerZ]

I don't have any workaround for this at the moment that does it efficiently.