Tag: disqus | Danny Brown

Old Friends So it wasn’t that long ago I mentioned I was moving my comments system to DISQUS.

The fact that the system was being used on more blogs, and also had social media integration with its Reactions feature that pulled stats from anywhere else your blog was being discussed, seemed pretty cool.

Yet, lately, DISQUS seems to have had some continued issues.

One is that the Reactions (the comments from Twitter, Digg, etc, that show up as trackbacks) seem to be stop-start as to whether they show or not. Another issue (and far more serious) is that DISQUS doesn’t seem to be set up for commenting when viewing a blog on a mobile or smartphone.

At first, I thought it may just be me, but then Ari Herzog pointed it out as well. Considering that more people use their smartphones for browsing now, this is a bit of an issue.

So, time to swap back to the good old WordPress standard comments option. I can also switch CommentLuv back on, which for community is one of the best WordPress plug-ins ever (CommentLuv shows your last blog post and is great for finding new bloggers).

I will say this for DISQUS – their customer support is usually pretty top-notch. If they can get the mobile aspect sorted, and also stabilize the features like Reactions (which means stopping the unrelated porn links that can appear), I’d be more than happy to try again.

In the meantime, I kinda like the new stripped down approach. How about you?

photo credit: David Reece

After debating whether to move my blog commenting system over to DISQUS, I’ve finally decided to go ahead and do it.

(Update November 30 2009 – I have moved back to the WordPress comments system, you can find out why here.)

I’ve actually had the system on my blog before, prior to changing to the Thesis (now Headway) theme.

Then, for some reason, DISQUS just wouldn’t work. I’m not technical enough to understand why not – suffice to say I went back to the standard WordPress comments.

Now though, with both an upgraded Thesis Headway and WordPress, DISQUS seems to be my friend again. And with the new social media additions since my last dabble, I’m curious enough to try again.

(Plus it’s a nice excuse to have a picture of a pretty girl on my post).

So, currently my existing WordPress comments are being synced over to DISQUS so the comment count may show zero in numerous (if not all) posts. Hopefully this shouldn’t take too long and is a minor inconvenience if you’re trying to find a previous comment.

Look forward to seeing you in the new comments section and let me know what you think.

Cheers!

Update November 30 2009 – I have moved back to the WordPress comments system, you can?find out why here.

Note: This blog no longer runs on the Headway framework. Instead, it’s a custom WordPress design by Lisa Kalandjian of SceneStealer Graphics.

photo credit:?esbie