How to add text under comment form?

[Shawn]

I would like to add some text under the comment form, in older versions i added the text in comments.php.
but this doesn´t work anymore.
how or where do i have to put my lines?
THX

[Colin]

Why don't you use an ad-hoc widget area or the widget area above footer with a text widget in it rather than hacking core files?

If you must do it by modifying core files do it in a child theme and then you will be able to upgrade without losing your custom changes.

[Shawn]

a widget makes no sense, the users should read the text before posting. and a widget woud be too far down.
and i have no ideo how to use ad hoc widgets right under the comments
yeah, child theme, sorry but i haven´t understood how this works yet. the video is nice but hard to understand if you are not that good with english.
and the question would be the same, whre do i put my code??

[sayontan]

It is still in the same place - comments.php, after the call to "comment_form".

[Shawn]

could you be more specific please?
i tried to insert my lines at the end after
<?php endif; ?>
and before
</div>
that worked fine in previous versions, but not anymore

[sayontan]

could you be more specific please?
i tried to insert my lines at the end after
<?php endif; ?>
and before
</div>
that worked fine in previous versions, but not anymore

I don't have any "endif" in the file. Which file are you talking about? Which folder is it in?

[Shawn]

i use the wordpress editor to edit the "comments.php"
the file ends with

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<p><?php _e('Sorry, the comment form is closed at this time.', "suf_theme"); ?></p>
<?php
      }
?>
<?php endif; ?>
</div>

[sayontan]

That is not the current file. I have removed the use of "suf_theme" in the files more than one year back.