From c05a2980bba19f3b822bde9efe69669fc947389b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Adolfo Reyna <aeroreyna@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2026 11:28:07 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Reduce comment padding and move post navigation below
 comments using card template

---
 comments.php | 14 ++++-----
 single.php   | 87 ++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------------
 2 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 57 deletions(-)

diff --git a/comments.php b/comments.php
index 733b925..e824b57 100644
--- a/comments.php
+++ b/comments.php
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ if (post_password_required()) {
 }
 ?>
 
-<div id="comments" class="comments-area reading-container mt-5">
+<div id="comments" class="comments-area reading-container mt-3">
 
 	<?php
 	// Move the comment form ABOVE the comments thread.
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@ if (post_password_required()) {
 	$html_req = ($req ? " required='required'" : '');
 
 	$args = array(
-		'class_form' => 'comment-form mb-5',
-		'class_submit' => 'btn btn-secondary fw-bold text-uppercase mt-4 px-4 py-2',
-		'title_reply_before' => '<h2 id="reply-title" class="comment-reply-title h4 font-sans mb-4 fw-bold">',
+		'class_form' => 'comment-form mb-4',
+		'class_submit' => 'btn btn-secondary fw-bold text-uppercase mt-3 px-4 py-2',
+		'title_reply_before' => '<h2 id="reply-title" class="comment-reply-title h4 font-sans mb-3 fw-bold">',
 		'title_reply_after' => '</h2>',
-		'comment_field' => '<div class="comment-form-comment mb-4"><label for="comment" class="form-label text-muted small text-uppercase tracking-wider fw-bold">Add a Perspective <span class="text-danger">*</span></label><textarea id="comment" name="comment" cols="45" rows="4" maxlength="65525" required="required" class="form-control border-0" style="background-color: #f1f3f5;"></textarea></div>',
+		'comment_field' => '<div class="comment-form-comment mb-3"><label for="comment" class="form-label text-muted small text-uppercase tracking-wider fw-bold">Add a Perspective <span class="text-danger">*</span></label><textarea id="comment" name="comment" cols="45" rows="4" maxlength="65525" required="required" class="form-control border-0" style="background-color: #f1f3f5;"></textarea></div>',
 		'fields' => array(
-			'author' => '<div class="row g-3 mb-3"><div class="col-md-6 comment-form-author"><label for="author" class="form-label small fw-bold">Name ' . ($req ? '<span class="text-danger">*</span>' : '') . '</label><input id="author" name="author" type="text" value="' . esc_attr($commenter['comment_author']) . '" size="30" maxlength="245"' . $html_req . ' class="form-control bg-white" /></div>',
+			'author' => '<div class="row g-3 mb-2"><div class="col-md-6 comment-form-author"><label for="author" class="form-label small fw-bold">Name ' . ($req ? '<span class="text-danger">*</span>' : '') . '</label><input id="author" name="author" type="text" value="' . esc_attr($commenter['comment_author']) . '" size="30" maxlength="245"' . $html_req . ' class="form-control bg-white" /></div>',
 			'email' => '<div class="col-md-6 comment-form-email"><label for="email" class="form-label small fw-bold">Email ' . ($req ? '<span class="text-danger">*</span>' : '') . '</label><input id="email" name="email" type="email" value="' . esc_attr($commenter['comment_author_email']) . '" size="30" maxlength="100" aria-describedby="email-notes"' . $html_req . ' class="form-control bg-white" /></div></div>',
 			'url' => '<div class="comment-form-url mb-4"><label for="url" class="form-label small fw-bold">Website</label><input id="url" name="url" type="url" value="' . esc_attr($commenter['comment_author_url']) . '" size="30" maxlength="200" class="form-control bg-white" /></div>',
 		),
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ if (post_password_required()) {
 	?>
 
 	<?php if (have_comments()): ?>
-		<h2 class="comments-title mt-5 h5 font-sans border-bottom pb-3 mb-4">
+		<h2 class="comments-title mt-4 h5 font-sans border-bottom pb-2 mb-3">
 			<?php
 			$comment_count = get_comments_number();
 			if ('1' === $comment_count) {
diff --git a/single.php b/single.php
index 5b60913..5b90fb8 100644
--- a/single.php
+++ b/single.php
@@ -69,59 +69,46 @@ get_header(); ?>
 					?>
 				</div>
 			</footer><!-- .entry-footer -->
-		</article><!-- #post-<?php the_ID(); ?> -->
-
-		<div class="mx-auto px-3" style="max-width: 680px;">
-			<nav class="navigation post-navigation mt-5 border-top border-bottom py-4" aria-label="Posts">
-				<div class="row justify-content-between g-4">
-					<div class="col-md-6 text-start">
-						<?php
-						$prev_post = get_previous_post();
-						if (!empty($prev_post)):
-							?>
-							<a href="<?php echo esc_url(get_permalink($prev_post->ID)); ?>"
-								class="text-decoration-none d-flex align-items-center gap-3">
-								<?php if (has_post_thumbnail($prev_post->ID)): ?>
-									<?php echo get_the_post_thumbnail($prev_post->ID, 'thumbnail', array('class' => 'post-nav-thumbnail shadow-sm')); ?>
-								<?php endif; ?>
-								<div>
-									<div class="text-muted small fw-bold mb-1 text-uppercase tracking-wider">Previous</div>
-									<div class="fw-bold text-dark lh-sm"><?php echo esc_html($prev_post->post_title); ?>
-									</div>
-								</div>
-							</a>
-						<?php endif; ?>
-					</div>
-					<div class="col-md-6 text-end">
-						<?php
-						$next_post = get_next_post();
-						if (!empty($next_post)):
-							?>
-							<a href="<?php echo esc_url(get_permalink($next_post->ID)); ?>"
-								class="text-decoration-none d-flex align-items-center justify-content-end gap-3 text-end">
-								<div>
-									<div class="text-muted small fw-bold mb-1 text-uppercase tracking-wider">Next</div>
-									<div class="fw-bold text-dark lh-sm"><?php echo esc_html($next_post->post_title); ?>
-									</div>
-								</div>
-								<?php if (has_post_thumbnail($next_post->ID)): ?>
-									<?php echo get_the_post_thumbnail($next_post->ID, 'thumbnail', array('class' => 'post-nav-thumbnail shadow-sm')); ?>
-								<?php endif; ?>
-							</a>
-						<?php endif; ?>
-					</div>
-				</div>
-			</nav>
+			<div class="mx-auto px-3 mb-3" style="max-width: 680px;">
+				<?php
+				// If comments are open or we have at least one comment, load up the comment template inside the constrained column.
+				if (comments_open() || get_comments_number()):
+					comments_template();
+				endif;
+				?>
+			</div>
 
 			<?php
-			// If comments are open or we have at least one comment, load up the comment template inside the constrained column.
-			if (comments_open() || get_comments_number()):
-				comments_template();
-			endif;
-			?>
-		</div>
+			$prev_post = get_previous_post();
+			$next_post = get_next_post();
+			if (!empty($prev_post) || !empty($next_post)):
+				?>
+				<div class="mt-5 pt-5 border-top">
+					<h3 class="h4 font-serif fw-bold mb-4 text-center">More Articles</h3>
+					<div class="row justify-content-center gx-4 gy-4">
+						<?php
+						global $post;
+						$original_post = $post;
 
-	<?php endwhile; // End of the loop. ?>
+						if (!empty($prev_post)) {
+							$post = $prev_post;
+							setup_postdata($post);
+							get_template_part('template-parts/content', 'card');
+						}
+						if (!empty($next_post)) {
+							$post = $next_post;
+							setup_postdata($post);
+							get_template_part('template-parts/content', 'card');
+						}
+
+						$post = $original_post;
+						wp_reset_postdata();
+						?>
+					</div>
+				</div>
+			<?php endif; ?>
+
+		<?php endwhile; // End of the loop. ?>
 </main><!-- #main -->
 
 <?php