Thanks Garvin
I totally replaced the two pages with a fresh copy, with the new code and everything works great! Your help was extremely invaluable.
Tami

I tried that but it distorted the comments template and gave me errors.... also the region/ location came up as a http:// region

Any other idea?

Well not that proficient at all I could do without the commented homepage for the website I am using it on if I had to. This is my first time using this software so I am not terrible familiar with any of it. Any and all help would be fantastic :) you can see where I am using this at jamesshelnut.com ...

I want to add the field " location" as in city state country to the comment form so I will know where the comments originate geographically. I have looked at the comment plugin and can't figure out how to get this to show up. Can any one help with this coding issue? I would sure appreciate it.