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diff --git a/docs/content/en/content-management/comments.md b/docs/content/en/content-management/comments.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..311f24c14 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/content/en/content-management/comments.md @@ -0,0 +1,75 @@ +--- +title: Comments +linktitle: Comments +description: Hugo ships with an internal Disqus template, but this isn't the only commenting system that will work with your new Hugo website. +date: 2017-02-01 +publishdate: 2017-02-01 +lastmod: 2017-03-09 +keywords: [sections,content,organization] +categories: [project organization, fundamentals] +menu: + docs: + parent: "content-management" + weight: 140 +weight: 140 #rem +draft: false +aliases: [/extras/comments/] +toc: true +--- + +Hugo ships with support for [Disqus](https://disqus.com/), a third-party service that provides comment and community capabilities to websites via JavaScript. + +Your theme may already support Disqus, but if not, it is easy to add to your templates via [Hugo's built-in Disqus partial][disquspartial]. + +## Add Disqus + +Hugo comes with all the code you need to load Disqus into your templates. Before adding Disqus to your site, you'll need to [set up an account][disqussetup]. + +### Configure Disqus + +Disqus comments require you set a single value in your [site's configuration file][configuration] like so: + +{{< code-toggle copy="false" >}} +disqusShortname = "yourDisqusShortname" +{{</ code-toggle >}} + +For many websites, this is enough configuration. However, you also have the option to set the following in the [front matter][] of a single content file: + +* `disqus_identifier` +* `disqus_title` +* `disqus_url` + +### Render Hugo's Built-in Disqus Partial Template + +Disqus has its own [internal template](https://gohugo.io/templates/internal/#disqus) available, to render it add the following code where you want comments to appear: + +``` +{{ template "_internal/disqus.html" . }} +``` + +## Alternatives + +These are some alternatives to Disqus: + +* [Cactus Comments](https://cactus.chat/docs/integrations/hugo/) (Open Source, Matrix appservice, Docker install) +* [Commento](https://commento.io/) (Open Source, available as a service, local install, or docker image) +* [Graph Comment](https://graphcomment.com/) +* [Hyvor Talk](https://talk.hyvor.com/) (Available as a service) +* [IntenseDebate](https://intensedebate.com/) +* [Isso](https://posativ.org/isso/) (Self-hosted, Python) ([tutorial][issotutorial]) +* [Muut](https://muut.com/) +* [Remark42](https://remark42.com/) (Open source, Golang, Easy to run docker) +* [Staticman](https://staticman.net/) +* [Talkyard](https://www.talkyard.io/blog-comments) (Open source, & serverless hosting) +* [Utterances](https://utteranc.es/) (Open source, GitHub comments widget built on GitHub issues) + +[configuration]: /getting-started/configuration/ +[disquspartial]: /templates/partials/#disqus +[disqussetup]: https://disqus.com/profile/signup/ +[forum]: https://discourse.gohugo.io +[front matter]: /content-management/front-matter/ +[kaijuissue]: https://github.com/spf13/kaiju/issues/new +[issotutorial]: https://stiobhart.net/2017-02-24-isso-comments/ +[partials]: /templates/partials/ +[MongoDB]: https://www.mongodb.com/ +[tweet]: https://twitter.com/spf13 |