A VC - Latest Comments in Disqus V3

Re: Disqus V3

DisqusName — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 13:40:19 -0000

Repeat question???

Re: Disqus V3

DisqusName — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 09:43:56 -0000

Hi Daniel, thank you for your time. I just double checked again... The inputs are outside the iframe, so simple css targets them. But the #comment-form "textarea" is indeed nested within the iframe. And as I mentioned, the script no longer seems to target it. Thanks!

Re: Disqus V3

DisqusName — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 09:37:02 -0000

Hello, how do you enable the "Real-time updating is enabled. (Pause)" option? I can't seem to figure that out...

Re: Disqus V3

obscurelyfamous — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 17:32:39 -0000

What you mentioned is still valid if you're using either Classic theme. With the new "Narcissus" theme, the comment form is indeed outside of an iframe and is easier to style.

You will not have to use the script method. For more developer help, you can refer to http://disqus.com/developers/

Re: Disqus V3

Guest — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 14:28:30 -0000

Anybody know how to target the textarea (color, size, etc) inside the iframe now with v3? Before you'd use this... <script type="text/javascript">var disqus_iframe_css = "http://www.my-blog-url.com/...";</script> but it doesn't work anymore.

The inputs now seem to not be inside the iframe, so they can be styled with your own css or the css that you can input within the disqus app. Can anyone shed some light on this for me? Thanks!

Re: Disqus V3

Dave Pinsen — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 13:55:02 -0000

By checking back here, as I did just now. I guess this feature only works with nested comments though, because I have received Disqus e-mails from other blogs where there have been additional comments in the thread, but they weren't specifically addressed to me.

Re: Disqus V3

maverickny — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 08:18:23 -0000

Putting Disqus on my Tumblog was a breeze in 5 minutes.

Trying to figure out the instructions for Typepad have eluded me for ages to the point I gave up, which is a shame because I'd love to use Disqus with my main blog.

Switching platforms isn't so easy when you have hundreds of blogs and comments, especially if you are happy with it otherwise.

Re: Disqus V3

andyswan — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 07:12:11 -0000

Lol Isn't that what the end of summer is all about?

Re: Disqus V3

fredwilson — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 06:31:12 -0000

Version 1 was the original comment system and the emailing you mention is the killer feature that was in V1. How else would you know that I just replied to your comment?

Re: Disqus V3

fredwilson — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 06:12:14 -0000

I enjoyed the video ;)

Re: Disqus V3

fredwilson — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 05:48:29 -0000

Disqus could use some love from hosted wordpress and typepad

Re: Disqus V3

fredwilson — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 05:48:28 -0000

Boo hiss ;)

Re: Disqus V3

fredwilson — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 05:48:25 -0000

Not totally useless. I got to play golf with my investors instead of writing today :)

Re: Disqus V3

fredwilson — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 05:48:23 -0000

Yeah. That's going to happen to this blog sometime in the next 24 hours I think. So cool

Re: Disqus V3

fredwilson — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 05:48:20 -0000

Not exactly like js-kit's echo but addressing the same issue in a different way

Re: Disqus V3

Dave Pinsen — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 01:50:55 -0000

Could someone explain in one sentence what Disqus version 1 did? To me, Discus is who sends me the e-mails I delete after I leave a comment here.

Re: Disqus V3

Dale Dietrich — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:08:54 -0000

The video is too vague for me. I'm still wondering if it will fix my number 1 complaint with Disqus - that being, if you edit or delete a comment (including spam), the changed/deleted comment does not get posted/deleted to/from your underlying blog database. So, if we ever move to ID or the new Echo, or just go back to plain vanilla commenting, we are left with a quasi-corrupted comment stream.

Also, the system does not, or at least did not the last time I checked, save comments to your underlying database in WordPress's threaded format. So, while comments are nicely threaded when using Disqus, if/when we move to another commenting platform in the future, all the comments turn into flat, none-threaded comments that don't make sense outside of their context.

Don't get me wrong, I really like Disqus and Giannia and Danial have been terrifically helpful to me personally over the last year, I'm still concerned about how these two issues lock me into their system.

Let's hope v. 3 solves these problems!

...Dale

Re: Disqus V3

Pete — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:28:49 -0000

I like the drum loop. Does that come with v3?

Re: Disqus V3

andyswan — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:08:40 -0000

I changed my mind. GREAT VID

Re: Disqus V3

RacerRick — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:18:56 -0000

re '"widgetization" of the web'... I love the puzzle pieces. If something doesn't work... swap it out for a better service.

Unfortunately most of the web is still tied to download/install/setup software systems.

Re: Disqus V3

obscurelyfamous — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:16:47 -0000

Magic.

...but only for people who enjoyed the video.

Re: Disqus V3

RacerRick — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:14:51 -0000

love, love, LOVE disqus.

But I agree with Andy. That video is worthless.

Would rather see Daniel talking about it for 30 seconds rather then the music and moving fonts.

Re: Disqus V3

Keenan — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 13:26:26 -0000

Love Disqus, not sure of the value in that video, pretty much useless as andyswan said. I guess I'll learn more about the new features when I upgrade it to my blog. Way to progress boys!

Re: Disqus V3

obscurelyfamous — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 13:11:14 -0000

I wish I had a better answer for you, but as we are platform-agnostic, sometimes more closed platforms are a bit of a pain.

We offer some detailed intructions (they change from time to time) and there are community-contributed help as well, but TypePad is a tricky beast. To be honest, I recommend something more versatile like Movable Type if you can host it yourself, or a hosted blog like Tumblr. Not only for Disqus, but for more flexibility with any application you'd like to add.

Re: Disqus V3

ShanaC — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:55:38 -0000

It's a video. I love you guys a lot. But..I'm not in love with the whole I need to be here right now to comment thing. In some ways, do I really want the JSKIT ECHO v Disqus discussion to come down to "Who is one this page the most" or"Who makes this page the most productive for everyone who uses this page"

That's going to require some testing...
Bleh. I'll give you guys a report. As it is I need to play around with Wordpress...