Did you ever get the solution for popup comments, i’ve been reading some of your issues and did see a real answer …
then i read this blog and it helped ME with the issue of the popup comments…
https://playworkplay.com/blog/understanding-comments-popupphp/comment-page-1/
in the classic
<?php //comments_popup_script(); // off by default ?>
copy this into your template header.php …
<?php comments_popup_script(); // off by default ?>
hope it helps…
//Lotte
