Hi,
I’d like to know the easiest way to create a “Comments” field on a page similar to those you might see in a blog or NYT article page-- that automatically add to previous comments. I looked into the stock FW blogging actions, but I’m not sure that’s what I want. It’s important that I’m able to post the page in question to a specific domain, so using a Google blog account wouldn’t really work. Any ideas?
Thanks in advance!
You could use Disqus for this. It’s a free download, free membership
thing, the downside is that everything is installed on their server,
but the upside is you don’t have to program it or maintain a database,
and they are pretty good about detecting and removing spam
automatically. Once a person has a Disqus login, they are
automatically logged in on any Disqus-enabled site, so it’s handy for
the user, too.
Otherwise, you’ll need to install a database and some sort of comment
script on your server, and make a form to post comments. It’s not that
hard to do, but running your own comes with a heavy burden of checking
it every day or so and deleting all the trolls and bots.
Walter
On Mar 15, 2010, at 12:26 PM, johnnylion wrote:
Hi,
I’d like to know the easiest way to create a “Comments” field on a
page similar to those you might see in a blog or NYT article page–
that automatically add to previous comments. I looked into the stock
FW blogging actions, but I’m not sure that’s what I want. It’s
important that I’m able to post the page in question to a specific
domain, so using a Google blog account wouldn’t really work. Any
ideas?
Thanks in advance!
Hi Walter,
Thanks for your reply. I checked the Disqus site and it looks promising. So, will I be able to use this in a site that’s not tied to one of the blogging sites (WordPress, etc.) that are mentioned on the site? The “Universal Code” option seems to imply this.
How does one insert a “Comment” field into a Freeway Pro page? Will it automatically expand a page to accommodate multiple comments?
It’s been a while since I used this, but I think I just drew a markup
item where I wanted it to go, pasted in the JavaScript that they give
you, and that’s it. No step 3. The comment count code and the
permalink thing are optional. You don’t need those to get the basic
comments to work.
Walter
On Mar 15, 2010, at 4:12 PM, johnnylion wrote:
Hi Walter,
Thanks for your reply. I checked the Disqus site and it looks
promising. So, will I be able to use this in a site that’s not tied
to one of the blogging sites (WordPress, etc.) that are mentioned on
the site? The “Universal Code” option seems to imply this.
How does one insert a “Comment” field into a Freeway Pro page? Will
it automatically expand a page to accommodate multiple comments?
I added a few comments, and, as you can see, the comments flow off the bottom of the page. How do I get the page to dynamically expand to accommodate the discussion entries?
You’re going to have to look into a flexible-height or inline layout
for your page. Placing the Disqus comments in a floating layer won’t
do the trick, because the page will only be as tall as you tell it to
be in that case, and the box doesn’t “know” how tall its contents are.
One thing you could try which would get you this very quickly (without
re-jigging your entire page) is to select the box where you put the
Disqus tag and un-check Layer in the Inspector.
I added a few comments, and, as you can see, the comments flow off
the bottom of the page. How do I get the page to dynamically expand
to accommodate the discussion entries?