no Sidebar on comments page

<?php get_sidebar(); ?> just need to be added before <?php get_footer(); ?> on the comments template page.

Ok, I looked for the <?php get_footer tag and didn’t find it in the Comments.php file

I added the get_side bar tag anyway at the bottom and it added the content to the bottom of the page and it didn’t change to the background that I use for the sidebar pages, like the main page.

The background change I noticed was in the header.php code

<?php
// Checks to see whether it needs a sidebar or not
if ( !$withcomments && !is_single() ) {
?>
	#page { background: url("<?php bloginfo('stylesheet_directory'); ?>/images/kubrickbg-<?php bloginfo('text_direction'); ?>.jpg") repeat-y top; border: none; }
<?php } else { // No sidebar ?>
	#page { background: url("<?php bloginfo('stylesheet_directory'); ?>/images/kubrickbgwide.jpg") repeat-y top; border: none; }
<?php } ?>

Any ideas what I need to change to have the side bar background on the comment pages (single page) show up and also the main content left justified???

Look in wp-content, themes, default, single.php

At the bottom, between

</div>
and
<?php get_footer(); ?>

add

<?php get_sidebar(); ?>'
so it looks like this

</div>

<?php get_sidebar(); ?>

<?php get_footer(); ?>`

here is teh complete modified file…even though the only thing you have to add is the second to last line….

<?php get_header(); ?>

<div id=”content” class=”narrowcolumn”>

<?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>

<div class=”navigation”>
<div class=”alignleft”><?php previous_post_link(‘« %link’) ?></div>
<div class=”alignright”><?php next_post_link(‘%link »’) ?></div>
</div>

<div class=”post” id=”post-<?php the_ID(); ?>”>
<h2>” rel=”bookmark” title=”Permanent Link: <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>”><?php the_title(); ?></h2>

<div class=”entry”>
<?php the_content(‘<p class=”serif”>Read the rest of this entry »</p>’); ?>

<?php wp_link_pages(array(‘before’ => ‘<p>Pages: ‘, ‘after’ => ‘</p>’, ‘next_or_number’ => ‘number’)); ?>
<?php the_tags( ‘<p>Tags: ‘, ‘, ‘, ‘</p>’); ?>

<p class=”postmetadata alt”>
<small>
This entry was posted
<?php /* This is commented, because it requires a little adjusting sometimes.
You’ll need to download this plugin, and follow the instructions:
https://binarybonsai.com/archives/2004/08/17/time-since-plugin/ */
/* $entry_datetime = abs(strtotime($post->post_date) – (60*120)); echo time_since($entry_datetime); echo ‘ ago’; */ ?>
on <?php the_time(‘l, F jS, Y’) ?> at <?php the_time() ?>
and is filed under <?php the_category(‘, ‘) ?>.
You can follow any responses to this entry through the <?php comments_rss_link(‘RSS 2.0’); ?> feed.

<?php if ((‘open’ == $post-> comment_status) && (‘open’ == $post->ping_status)) {
// Both Comments and Pings are open ?>
You can leave a response, or ” rel=”trackback”>trackback from your own site.

<?php } elseif (!(‘open’ == $post-> comment_status) && (‘open’ == $post->ping_status)) {
// Only Pings are Open ?>
Responses are currently closed, but you can ” rel=”trackback”>trackback from your own site.

<?php } elseif ((‘open’ == $post-> comment_status) && !(‘open’ == $post->ping_status)) {
// Comments are open, Pings are not ?>
You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.

<?php } elseif (!(‘open’ == $post-> comment_status) && !(‘open’ == $post->ping_status)) {
// Neither Comments, nor Pings are open ?>
Both comments and pings are currently closed.

<?php } edit_post_link(‘Edit this entry.’,”,”); ?>

</small>
</p>

</div>
</div>

<?php comments_template(); ?>

<?php endwhile; else: ?>

<p>Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.</p>

<?php endif; ?>

</div>

<?php get_sidebar(); ?>

<?php get_footer(); ?>