Popup comment and single posts

I’m working on a Test Photoblog getting ready to move DH’s blog from MT to WP. 1 post setup. My problem which is driving me nuts is with the popup comments.

I have my own working photoblog on 1.2 with popup comments – at https://thelifearoundme.net. (after I have the test site moved, I plan on upgrading myself). Please make note of my comments, go to previous and see how it is still a popup. For this to work I used “IF $single=false” right before the call to popuplink. We don’t want our comments to go anywhere else but on the page of the photo.

My test site is https://mikrut.net/test. It works fine on the index page. Tried it with a single.php and currently just using index. Tried using IS_SINGLE for 1.5. no go, tried what I had for 1.2 no go. The area is currently bordered and the COMMENTS are now not showing up once we start navigating.

What am I missing?? What would be the call for IS_single if I want to be false like in 1.2? I’ve tried a couple of scenarios.. no go.

Any thoughts would help.. right now I’m tapped. Maybe I just need to step back from it. ;D