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>

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>

I don’t know if I am making sense in comparing Wordpress and Tumblr or if there is even a need to compare, but TUMBLR IS EASIER to use than Wordpress. The only problem I’m currently encountering with Tumblr is it’s lack for autosupport on “Commenting” and I guess I am not the only person who has the same problem. Anyways, I will still use Wordpress and will continue to use Wordpress (I love Wordpress) while I’m going to have another blog (it’s actually a personal “love life” blog for me and my girlfriend) using Tumblr. I will try to test Tumblr more and will write more about it or maybe build a theme for it. ^_^

All is well.

**Transferring to new webhosting space by next week .