Comments¶
Summary¶
Pyblosxom does not come with comments functionality built-in. There are several ways you can add comments functionality to your blog. This chapter talks about those.
Disqus¶
Disqus is a comments platform web service that allows you to add comments to your blog.
Pros:
- it’s easy to install
- it handles spam for you
- supports notifications and replies
Cons:
- it’s a web service that you have no control over
- it might be difficult to move your comments over to a new system
If this is interesting to you, sign up for a Disqus account.
Writing your own comments plugin¶
Pyblosxom allows for plugins allowing you to write a plugin to add comments to your website. This isn’t for the feint of heart–there are a lot of bits to think about.
Pros:
- you’re in complete control over how comments work on your site
Cons:
- not for the feint of heart
Comments plugin¶
Pyblosxom comes with a comments plugin that has a series of features, but also has some issues and isn’t trivial to set up.
Pros:
- it’s entirely in your control
- you can extend and modify it to meet your needs
- a lot of Pyblosxom users use it
Cons:
- many people find it difficult to install
- it’s missing common comment system features like replies, threads, …
- you have to implement and maintain your own anti-spam measures
- it hasn’t been well maintained in the last couple of years
This comments plugin is documented in the comments chapter of Part 2: Core plugin documentation.