What solution to make "answer" button more visible?

Question

Many new users to the site use "comment" button instead of "answer" one.

That's because "comment" button is repeated on every answer, while "answer" button is visible only below the question and in grey color and small fonts. That should be the most obvious one. How can I change the code to:

- make the font bigger for the button ;

- make the padding larger ;

- eventually repeat the button below every answer

Thanks

Answer 1

What I do is put a big button at the end of all the answers that does exactly the same as the link up top. To do that, put the following in your advanced theme (check docs for details):

function a_list($a_list)
{
    parent::a_list($a_list);
    if ( count($a_list['as']) > 0 )
    {
        $this->output(
            '<p align="center"><input name="q_doanswer" onclick="return qa_toggle_element(\'anew\')" value="Post an answer" title="Answer this question" type="submit" class="qa-form-tall-hover qa-form-tall-hover-answer"></p>'
        );
    }
}

If you want the button after every answer, you could instead copy the a_list function exactly from qa-includes/qa-theme-base.php and put the output line inside the loop.