From 5302fde0bc8a7dac8093d48f3f023aad4dc681f6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lance Willett <nanobar@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2012 00:48:03 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Twenty Eleven: better closed comments notes. Check only for
 "comment" type comments when deciding whether to show the message. Props
 iandstewart and obenland, closes #20469.

git-svn-id: http://core.svn.wordpress.org/trunk@22588 1a063a9b-81f0-0310-95a4-ce76da25c4cd
---
 wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/comments.php | 13 +++++++------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/comments.php b/wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/comments.php
index 359b001c6c..63f48280b5 100644
--- a/wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/comments.php
+++ b/wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/comments.php
@@ -63,14 +63,15 @@
 		</nav>
 		<?php endif; // check for comment navigation ?>
 
-	<?php
+		<?php
 		/* If there are no comments and comments are closed, let's leave a little note, shall we?
-		 * But we don't want the note on pages or post types that do not support comments.
+		 * But we only want the note on posts and pages that had comments in the first place.
 		 */
-		elseif ( ! comments_open() && ! is_page() && post_type_supports( get_post_type(), 'comments' ) ) :
-	?>
-		<p class="nocomments"><?php _e( 'Comments are closed.', 'twentyeleven' ); ?></p>
-	<?php endif; ?>
+		if ( ! comments_open() && ! empty( $comments_by_type['comment'] ) ) : ?>
+		<p class="nocomments"><?php _e( 'Comments are closed.' , 'twentyeleven' ); ?></p>
+		<?php endif; ?>
+
+	<?php endif; // have_comments() ?>
 
 	<?php comment_form(); ?>