Index: bp-themes/bp-default/single.php
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--- bp-themes/bp-default/single.php	(revision 4405)
+++ bp-themes/bp-default/single.php	(working copy)
@@ -29,9 +29,15 @@
 
 							<?php wp_link_pages( array( 'before' => '<div class="page-link"><p>' . __( '<strong>Pages:</strong> ', 'buddypress' ), 'after' => '</p></div>', 'next_or_number' => 'number')); ?>
 						</div>
+							
+							<?php  
+							$comment_count = get_comments_number(); 
+							($comment_count >= 1 ) ? $post_has_comments = true : $post_has_comments = false;
+							($comment_count == 1)? $print_count = __( $comment_count . ' Comment', 'buddypress') : $print_count = __( $comment_count . ' Comments ', 'buddypress');
+							?>
+							
+						<p class="postmetadata"><span class="tags"><?php the_tags( __( 'Tags: ', 'buddypress' ), ', ', '<br />'); ?></span> <?php  if( !$post_has_comments && !comments_open()  && pings_open() ): ?> <span class="comments-off-pings-on comments"><?php  _e('Pingbacks Open, Comments Off', 'buddypress') ?></span><?php  elseif( !$post_has_comments && !comments_open() && !pings_open() ): ?><span class="comments-off comments"><?php _e('Comments Off', 'buddypress') ?></span><?php elseif( $post_has_comments && !comments_open() ) : ?><span class="comments"><?php   _e( $print_count . '&#187; Comments are now closed ', 'buddypress') ?> </span><?php else: ?><span class="comments"><?php comments_popup_link( __( 'No Comments &#187;', 'buddypress' ), __( '1 Comment &#187;', 'buddypress' ), __( '% Comments &#187;', 'buddypress' ) )  ?></span><?php endif; ?></p>
 
-						<p class="postmetadata"><?php the_tags( '<span class="tags">' . __( 'Tags: ', 'buddypress' ), ', ', '</span>' ); ?> <span class="comments"><?php comments_popup_link( __( 'No Comments &#187;', 'buddypress' ), __( '1 Comment &#187;', 'buddypress' ), __( '% Comments &#187;', 'buddypress' ) ); ?></span></p>
-
 						<div class="alignleft"><?php previous_post_link( '%link', '<span class="meta-nav">' . _x( '&larr;', 'Previous post link', 'buddypress' ) . '</span> %title' ); ?></div>
 						<div class="alignright"><?php next_post_link( '%link', '%title <span class="meta-nav">' . _x( '&rarr;', 'Next post link', 'buddypress' ) . '</span>' ); ?></div>
 					</div>
@@ -55,4 +61,4 @@
 
 	<?php get_sidebar() ?>
 
-<?php get_footer() ?>
\ No newline at end of file
+<?php get_footer() ?>