I want anyone to see a way to add comment

You are mixing and misunderstanding the two basic features of a blog. Hopefully, your visitors are more knowledgeable…

To make a post = you are an admin, editor, author or contributor who is logged in.

To comment on a post – no need for all that. Any visitor can comment.

And no, a blogging tool and a site created with is is NOT a forum, as stated on your site. For forum – use a forum software, if that’s what you want! (Right tool for the right job pinciple)

Click around on people’s name here and see how other blogs look like, and how the posts and comments are different.

What is the difference between a forum and a blog? I have the blog setup so anyone can comment. Why can’t that be called a blog?

So can I let everyone be an author and then post?

I have now researched forum software. I want to continue to use wordpress. I just want people to be able to post. All that is involved is to change the word “Comment” to “Post” and to show it. Most people will not know the difference. My site is for non-bloggers. They are barely computer literate. I just want it to be easy for them to take part in an on-line discussion.

Of course, I still haven’t figured out how to show the full
“comment”. I want expanded views so that it looks like one post after another.

Thanks anyone who can help with that.

All that is involved is to change the word “Comment” to “Post” and to show it.

If you are convinced that the statement above is correct… please, don’t ask for help here beacuse it means you know more about this software than we do after helping here in the forum for 4 years.

I still haven’t figured out how to show the full
“comment”. I want expanded views so that it looks like one post after another.
It will never happen. Not only because what you are saying doesn’t make sense – but because blogging software doesn’t work like this.

Maybe you should do a lot of reading and less posting.
The online manual

Ha!! I figured it out. That is what I wanted.

https://www.stsimonsisland.coastalviewpoint.com

My fix is working perfectly.

https://www.stsimonsisland.coastalviewpoint.com

A forum is a discussion area where all participants interact with all others. Typical forums on a discussion board are moderated discussions by one member moderating or “managing” the direction of the discussion between all members.

A blog (short for web log) in it’s true nature is a log of one persons thoughts, ideas, much like a diary. The Blog has since become a “participation” medium through which the author of the blog can allow people who read it, to comment on what they read. This sometimes transforms into a discussion (of one post item) between the author and one or more people. This dialogue differs from a forum because a blog has no members and is not typically a group discussion but usually transforms into one.

It seems to be that you are trying to make a blog fit into your news service. This is not impossible, however, if you give “authority” rights to anyone to create posts as the author (you), then you are giving them rights to change, delete, or add other posts you have created. It also give them the ability to delete your blog all-together.
If you would like a forum, look into the Forum Company at Forumco.com

If you do not want others to create topics for discussion (adding new posts) to your news service, then they are restricted to “commenting” on the posts “you” create as the author. In a Forum, members can create topics of discussion(posts). In a Blog, “readers” can comment (or post a comment) on an article or idea you have “posted.”

My advice for anyone attempting to manage a news service, or a discussion group, to be at the very least, familiar with the proper basic terminology of the trade they are delving into.