As I was searching for easy workarounds in the internet for Tumblr Comments (obviously, Tumblr does not have the comment feature enabled automatically on their themes), I found some sites saying that they have used Disqus and have so far loved using it.
So I gave it a try and in less than 3 minutes I was good to go! My friends can now add comments on my ever-so-mushy-dedicated-to-my-girlfriend Tumblr Blog. The instructions on how to put Disqus is really very straightforward and they have the instructions on their site. For the sake of everybody, I’m going to put the steps below:
1. Login to your Disqus account (If you don’t have one, obviously you need to signup for one)
2. If you just started the account, you will be asked what platform you are using, in this case select Tumblr.
3. Now, Log into your Tumblr account to edit your theme and select Custom HTML.
4. Paste the following code so that it is right before
{/block:Posts}. This adds a comment counter/permalink.
<p style="font-size: 10px; text-align: left"><a href="{Permalink}#disqus_thread">Comments (View)</a></p>
Look carefully:
{/block:Posts} is not the same as {block:Posts}.
5. Then, paste the below Disqus Code for Tumblr somewhere after {/block:Posts}
{block:Permalink}<script type="text/javascript">var disqus_url = "{Permalink}";
var disqus_title ="{block:PostTitle}{PostTitle}{/block:PostTitle}";</script>
<div id="disqus_thread"></div>
<script src="http://disqus.com/forums/xxxxx/embed.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<a href="http://disqus.com" class="dsq-brlink">blog comments powered by <span class="logo-disqus">Disqus</span></a>
{/block:Permalink}
<script type="text/javascript">
//<![CDATA[
(function() {
var links = document.getElementsByTagName(\\\\\'a\\\\\');
var query = \\\\\'?\\\\\';
for(var i = 0; i < links.length; i++) {
if(links[i].href.indexOf(\\\\\'#disqus_thread\\\\\') >= 0) {
query += \\\\\'url\\\\\' + i + \\\\\'=\\\\\' + encodeURIComponent(links[i].href) + \\\\\'&\\\\\';
}
}
document.write(\\\\\'<script type="text/javascript"
src="http://disqus.com/forums/xxxxx/get_num_replies.js\\\\\' + query + \\\\\'"></\\\\\' + \\\\\'script>\\\\\');
})();
//]]>
</script>
Wow, that worked! Thanks!
glad I could help ^_^
Hi and thanks for the code!
But there is something missing in your code, after line 3 (in the empty line):
Without it, there is no chance to actually POST comments.
At least in my case
yeah i think there is something missing there.. im still trying to tweak something cause there seems to be something wrong with my code snippets..
glad i could help though..
why did you delete the missing code?
line 3:
ok, you didn’t, it wasn’t taken over.
line 3:[code][/code]
hahaha.. yeah ‘it wasn’t taken over’ is the correct description..
another try in double quotes…
“”
another try; double quotes instead of the first and last arrowheads:
“div id=”disqus_thread”></div”
OK…
replace the first double-quote with a less-than-sign
and the last double-quote with a greater-than-sign
and insert the line after line 3 into the disqus-code.
hmmmmmmm i did it but the “” are now showing up.. does not look “codish” if ever such word exist..
OK NOW its good!
My pleasure!
You shouldn’t use above code for your own blog.
It’s the code for ‘xxxxx’ (Pat Lucci).
Login to your own Disqus account and choose ‘Add Website’ under ‘My Websites’. THEN you’ll be asked, what platform you are using and your OWN code will be generated and offered by Disqus.
oh yeah i forgot to point that out… my bad.
i can’t put it! DX
what seems to be the problem erik?
Thanks so much for this! It was a really big help with my Tumblr blog. Worked like a charm.
thanks so much, simple instructions and worked perfectly the first time!
Yeah! disquss is really good plugin for blog comment posting.This is also why i switched to Disqus.
It works! but the only problem is that there’s 2 comment links. How can I get rid of one of them?
what is “Disqus” about? I dont understand.. and for example.. chose a theme and then I changed the colors etc..but if I want to add a code I have to erase all the changes i made..is there other wats I can d tis?
the actual service is great but the placement is allll wrong and i dont know how to fix it
the comment link is too far down to the point that it looks as if it is part of the previous entry…
html help, anyone?
DON’T USE DISQUS! COPY OF COMPLAINT LODGED AGAINST DISQUS.
My problem is that your stupid moderating system takes comments that are completely innocent and wont post it. You tell me what’s wrong with the following comment: “My dad hit a child when he was a Detective and let me tell you, I’d never seen him cry until that night. He was a toughie. The child ran out in front of him without waiting for the crossing light. She was too small to see. Thank God she survived. My dad was a mess for a long time.” Now, what the heck is wrong with that. We know it’s probably a randomly generated catch system because apparently you people are too lazy to put a live person to catch the flaws. People are leaving the Channle 2 site because of your screwed up moderating system! I lodged a complaint with Click2 Houston to let them know that we are unhappy and unsatisfied with your service. My next step is notifying the sponsors of each story. Get your crap together or lose participants! You suck! A lot of people are really pissed off at your service.
I can’t get the comments to work on my website. I signed up for Disqus and I added the code and the link at the end of one of my posts, but then it said “Page Not Found” when I clicked on the link. What am I doing wrong?
yeah, im getting the same thing, autumn…did it all according to the directions and every time someone clicks the ‘comments’ on my tumblr they get sent to a page that says ‘page not found’
can’t figure out what i’m doing wrong.
please check this, (www.ihsankl.tumblr.com) is it right? how bout visitor who doesn’t have a tumblr/ disqus account? are they still can post a comment? thx b4
@ihsan yes, anybody can make a comment if you use disqus.. ^_^
Thank you
Thank you
Thank you
I’ve been going crazy for the last few hours trying to figure it out! The Disqus site is very informative, glad I got it to work through your site!
I meant to write, UNINFORMATIVE. Brain is fried, thanks again!
You’re most welcome, Nina.. I’m glad I was able to help! ^_^
Thank you so much! worked instantly.