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Zachary Moonshine
Zachary Moonshine
@zachary-moonshine
8 years ago
831 posts
does the system count how many comments are left using disqus as it does with native comments ?
On blogs for example on my home page when i see lists of blogs they always show how many comments and likes they have on each one but i just added disqus module to it and i was hoping it would include both commenting counts from both modules is this correct ?
updated by @zachary-moonshine: 07/28/17 01:23:11PM
michael
@michael
8 years ago
7,805 posts
no.

disqus keeps all your comments on their system. Each comment is submitted to them via ajax and is not stored in your database.

There maybe a way to request that info via their API.
Zachary Moonshine
Zachary Moonshine
@zachary-moonshine
8 years ago
831 posts
yeah that would be awesome as i think disqus is used quite a bit it would be a shame not to be able to flaunt how many comments we get from them
paul
@paul
8 years ago
4,335 posts
The Disqus module was one of the first JR5 modules we developed as a quick way to add a commenting system to Jamroom. The native comment module followed soon afterwards. I think this is the first question we've had about Disqus in a very long time. It would be interesting to know if any others are usig Disqus as the main commenting system on their sites?


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Paul Asher - JR Developer and System Import Specialist
Zachary Moonshine
Zachary Moonshine
@zachary-moonshine
8 years ago
831 posts
i see now once you click on the item and see the item detail page you can see disqus shows how many comments but they just dont show in the jamroom lists.
michael
@michael
8 years ago
7,805 posts
Probably better not to. Each item in the list will require an API call to disqus. If you have 10 items, thats 10 javascript connections to another server that need to happen in order for your page to load.

Your site, your call though.
Zachary Moonshine
Zachary Moonshine
@zachary-moonshine
8 years ago
831 posts
when you click on the item and see the disqus module they already have it showing the number of comments so i suppose thats good enough but someone can only see it if they click the item in the list and see the detail page maybe i should just remove the comment count from the list ?
paul
@paul
8 years ago
4,335 posts
The comment count in an item list would reference the Jamroom Comment module so yes, if you are not using that and are using Disqus instead, remove it.
hth


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Paul Asher - JR Developer and System Import Specialist
Zachary Moonshine
Zachary Moonshine
@zachary-moonshine
8 years ago
831 posts
i was just about to remove the native comment module but then i see this?
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paul
@paul
8 years ago
4,335 posts
Sorry - I was advising you to remove the 'comment count' line in the list template. I thought that was what you were talking about. Sorry for the confusion.


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Paul Asher - JR Developer and System Import Specialist
Zachary Moonshine
Zachary Moonshine
@zachary-moonshine
8 years ago
831 posts
no thats cool but i suppose if i cant remove the comment module all together i should maybe remove the list count since it will be inaccurate better maybe to leave it to the persons surprise when they click the item and see instead of them seeing it says zero comments could turn them away
Zachary Moonshine
Zachary Moonshine
@zachary-moonshine
8 years ago
831 posts
ok where exactly would i go to remove that line i cant seem to find it ?
Zachary Moonshine
Zachary Moonshine
@zachary-moonshine
8 years ago
831 posts
nevermind i decided to go ahead and remove disqus even though its a pretty great plugin its better to keep 3rd party crap off the site and make it more exclusive to the members but i tell ya one thing i really liked about disqus was how it showed other comments below it with links to help drive traffic around but i do have recommended links to the side panel on detail pages so that works, i just need to work on getting my community to start commenting more