Thursday 29 December 2011

Comments

I decided to give Disqus a try. It's been recommended before, and often, but I was just too lazy to bother with the change. Amusing Bunni mentioned it again so I thought hey, worth a try. It lets you reply to specific comments rather than just adding another one at the end of a long list. Might make it easier to follow conversations.

It 'says' it's importing the Blogger comments. There are a hell of a lot of them so it might take a while.

We'll see how this works out. If it's crap I can revert to Blogger. All your comments are still there on my Blogger screen.


Update: That was quick. The order is a bit jumbled but new ones should follow a proper thread pattern.

We'll see how this thing pans out. If you use NoScript you might have to 'allow Disqus.com'. If you block all cookies you'll need to allow disqus.com in the 'exceptions' list. Couple of clicks.

88 comments:

Peter Edwardson said...

Let's see

Mark Wadsworth said...

Disqus seems to recognise me when I post from home, but logging in from anywhere else can be difficult if not impossible.

Mark Wadsworth said...

And let's try out the 'reply to a specific comment' option as well while I'm here.

Lfb_uk said...

Is it any good, I suppose the proof will me in the pudding!

Legiron said...

It syncs with Blogger so the comments appear in the Blogger list too. If this disqus thing doesn't work out and I revert to Blogger, all comments should still be there.

I'll have to wait and see if the anons can get in all right.

Lfb_uk said...

But replying from an iPhone with auto correct is a fekin pain

Curmudgeon said...

Won't allow comments using your Blogger ID, so thus a major pisser for many of us.

Amusing Bunni said...

I think you'll like it, LI, thanks for the shout-out!
Let me be the first to post a happy photo! (It also posts youtube vids in a pop out box) I'm very happy with it. Ilm sure with your internet skills, you'll figure out how to set up the blocking features and all that.

Legiron said...

I don't know if there's an option for allowing Blogger profiles. I've only had this new toy a few minutes ;)

Willysun said...

It took a while to load at first, my browser seems to be getting the hang of it now though.

dickpuddlecote said...

Interesting

Legiron said...

One issue - it doesn't like the commenter who likes to put in really long usernames. 150 characters only. Sometimes he just rambles but some of his stuff is good.

SuperSam25 said...

works for me.

c777 said...

It's a good vehicle for a rant on the Failygraph.

Angry Exile said...

Hard for me to say since it 'knows' me anyway from ranting on the Teletubbygraph site where they also use Disqus. I'll try logging out and using another profile.

Fermat said...

a test

Fermat said...

hmmm. only worked with all my Fx extensions disabled. need to dig a bit more

Angry Exile said...

Trying it with Blogger ID now.

ViewfromtheSolent said...

that's better

Angry Exile said...

Trying it now using Open ID and my blog as the site.

Curmudgeon said...

Now, does it let me comment via OpenID?

Curmudgeon said...

Yes, that works...

ViewfromtheSolent said...

final confirmation

theprog said...

Seems OK, but no preview option. Had to change my user name to post as prog. 

Anyway, while I'm here maybe folks would like to vote on this (last option hopefully....)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/8891521/Smoking-in-cars-should-be-banned-doctors.html 

Conan_the_Librarian said...

Oh God, it's the Torygraph...

Westcoast2 said...

Waves ~~~~~ test

mrs.raft said...

Here I am. Or am I?

cfrankdavis said...

No problem for me. I signed up on Disqus about 6 months ago, and then forgot my name and password, and then rediscovered them a few weeks ago. This will give me an incentive to remember them.

Does HTML work at all?

sparkythetroll said...

oooh it looks shite to me, talk about eyestrain muddled layout, its still not moderated leggy but im sure only the determined will put up with it, and the extra info needed is an extra hurdle and missing options will be a pain so thats good enough for me.

i really cant tackle trolling this...it makes my eyes hurt, and it wont have the same disruption effect either....so im gone

my word is my bond.....go back to old blogger no moderation and i will be back, leave it like this and this is the end.

think on next time leggy....a scary avatar, a scary name and bullshitting with threats and bluffs and a big gob is a magnet to someone like me who can run rings around you......you were punching well above your weight with me.

see ya

dickpuddlecote said...

Aha!

Dick Puddlecote said...

Or maybe not. How about this?

The Filthy Engineer said...

just trying

sparkythetroll said...

can you delete me leggy so i know if it works...lmao

this new look gives me the same feeling as car sickness....it really is a troll repellent

sparkythetroll said...

who posted first , who posted last...who the hell knows....is this a wind up

Subrosa Blonde said...

Are you receiving me?  Over and out.

Subrosa Blonde said...

I use a Google ID which Blogger encouraged.

spark off said...

thats better leggy....back to game on

spark off said...

i will let the dust settle on this madness...let us know what you have decided

John Baker said...

Aha yerself. Looks like it works ok, may try this on the F2C blog.

sparkythetroll said...

what the fuck is this muddle....scroll down and it goes bananas, i cant work out  the thread layout...load more comments and it gets worse.

sparkythetroll said...

it just went back to blogger....im dizzy

sparkythetroll said...

have a pop at deleting me leggy and then try and ban my proxy please

Legiron said...

You're not on your proxy. You might be mad but you're not stupid. You're on someone's unsecure WiFi.

junican41 said...

Testing, testing. 1,2..1,2...

Rob F said...

At least he's decided what his name is, now.  Until the next time, anyway.

He's gone, and his word is is his bond?  We would be so lucky.

trollnamedsparky returns said...

cheers leggy...its breachable within seconds , i have written a post below somewhere  in the maze which explains the position now.

you can get it to by loading more comments, scrolling up and down, let the browser update and settle down and a couple of clicks and you are there.

good luck...i reckon i will be back cos this is a flop but it will keep me aw

junican41 said...

Well, that was ok, though I could do with removing the '41'. How did that get there?

trollnamedsparky returns again said...

have another go leggy , im going to try a few new moves to see if that works, i dont like what i just had to do

junican41 said...

That was supposed to be a reply. Try again.

junican41 said...

Let me try a reply here....Nutter, nutter, nutter....

office said...

The Daily Telegraph uses it, but I'm not impressed

junican41 said...

That was supposed to be a reply to the Nutter. Not working properly.

junican41 said...

I'll try again later.

office said...

I'm not impressed, it decided my name was the first word of my e-mail address was my name!

junican41 said...

Ah! That's what's happened to mine! Shall investigate.

Junican said...

Should be ok now.

Junican said...

I'll try a reply....

Junican said...

Replying is not working for me...

Junican said...

Weird....it will not let me reply to myself, but worked here.

Patnurse said...

I can reply but posting a comment doesn't look easy

Junican said...

Testing again....Nutter, nutter, netter...

Patnurse said...

Yes, this is me and I can post 

Junican said...

Sorry about that , LI. Had to test...
It seems that Disquus will not let me reply to myself, but will to others (apart from my first attempt with the Nutter). All very odd...

Fausty Writes said...

I hope you took a backup from within Blogger, L-I - just in case you change your mind. I didn't, and I wish I had!

A while back, I tried Intense Debate. Lots of bells and whistles and really quite good - but it had failings, so I ditched it. On ditching ID, I lost all those comments that had been entered via its interface.

Fausty Writes said...

Junican, I can reply to myself! Can't think why I'd want to though, since there's an Edit facility.

Legiron said...

It's synced with Blogger so all comments are copied there.

Antony said...

It's a shame it posts the newest comment first - I find you quickly lose track of the whole "order of battle", as it were.

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Junican said...

Sometimes it is handy to be able to add comments to something you have already posted without altering the original. An after-thought. But that's just my way, I suppose. 

Junican said...

Antony,

You can change the order using the box on the right above.

Junican said...

Here we go.

Junican said...

Now it is working! What gives?

Fermat said...

This is the most interesting thread in a long time

faustiesblog said...

Tempting! I might just follow suit, after watching your place for a couple of weeks!

faustiesblog said...

You're right, Junican. To keep a true record, I shouldn't edit mine - but I can't stand seeing my own typos and grammatical errors.

Guest said...

Testing, testing ...

Guest said...

Testing again, just to make sure

Guest said...

Ooh!  It works! And it looks as if I'll even be able to give myself a proper name, too!  Just got to think of something witty to call myself now ...

Legiron said...

It's certainly the longest!

Junican said...

I thought of mentioning 'typos' and such. I guess a lot depends on the circumstances - for example, if it is quick, you might think of a little additional thing which you could edit for. I suppose that we can only do what we think is most sensible!

Angry Squaddie said...

Well, much as I was impressed that sparkydickhead impersonated me, this seems right to me!

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I must say, It's an impressive post. Testing, Testing and testing all around

Angry Exile said...

Last I checked ID didn't have a proper working import/export tool for Blogger but you could export all the comments to an XML file so they weren't lost forever. The real big failing with ID in my experience is shithouse support. There's an error in the code somewhere on mine that prevents the comment link from showing up and another somewhere in the uninstall/reinstall procedure that's supposed to fix it, and nobody at ID ever responded to my emails. I know it's a free service but that's still poor.

The upside is that is vastly more tuneable than Blogger's comment system. I tried Disqus as well and was reasonably happy until it somehow published Microdave's personal email address in plain view. Never seen it before or since with Disqus so I think it was a one off, but I dropped it in favour of ID anyway. Not perfect but it'll do me.

dafthat said...

anon anon anon   ANON  anon                     anon                                              anon  and on and on......

dafthat said...

Sorry i just had to:)

John Pickworth said...

I like Disqus.... been registered for years so I can play with the folks on the newspaper comments ;-)

john.debicki said...

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Talwin said...

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