deleting code for posts and comments

Don’t edit the Twenty Ten theme! Your changes will be over-written the next time you upgrade WordPress or the theme. For this reason, it is recommended that you consider creating a child theme for your customisations.

thanks so much for the fast reply – was so surprised – will try this…
thanks again

but sorry next question if i do create a child theme do i just in css
comment out the /* #comments {…. */ and the in the page.php comment out
>!–<?php comments_template( ”, true ); ?>–> ?
i read that i could just take out

* <?php the_time(‘F jS, Y’) ?><?php edit_post_link(‘, Edit’); ?>
* <div class=”comm”><?php comments_popup_link(‘Post Comment’, ‘Comments (1)’, ‘Comments (%)’); ?></div>

but this i cant find anywhere in the index or page or single page.php
thanks
melanie

You need to create copies of these template files in your child theme. You can then edit the copies as much as you like.

Your “missing code” block is probably in the parent’s loop.php template file.