Introducing the New DISQUS


With this latest update, we are making Disqus easier, faster, and more portable. Simple enough, right? Let’s begin.
DISQUS
In reverse order!

Portable

WordPress Plugin 2.0

We’ve been working on improving integration with platforms. Available now, the new WordPress-Disqus plugin 2.0 features the following:

  • Comments are indexable by search engines (SEO-friendly)
  • Export and import of comments
  • Automatic synchronization between Disqus.com and your WordPress comments
  • Uses the new Disqus API
  • Moderate/administer your blog right from the WordPress admin

This update makes it easier than ever to try Disqus out.

Note about import: Comments imported into Disqus will be initially unclaimed. People can merge these comments with their Disqus profiles simply by claiming the comments.

The WordPress plugin is just one of the first uses of our new, revamped APIs, which we built to open Disqus up to developers. There are currently some developers using our API for custom integrations or connecting web applications with the Disqus network. We are still polishing up our public documentation, but they will be available soon.

Faster

Disqus now has a new look. The look itself isn’t faster — it’s accessing your stuff that is now speedier. The entire interface was retooled to improve how you use Disqus. Not only is using Disqus faster, we’ve worked on making the entire service quicker. We know many people trust our service to be fast and reliable so we spent some time making sure we’re delivering on this.

The New Homepage for Commenters

The new Disqus homepage is completely focused on you, the commenter. From the homepage, you are able to view your and friends’ comments, track replies, and manage everything from a single interface.

Adding and Following Friends

Following people’s comments has been improved. On someone’s profile, click “Follow”. You can view view all of your friends’ comments by toggling the button on the homepage.

Easier

New Admin Interface for Bloggers

Publishers, bloggers, or website owners have a hard job. The new Admin interface makes it much easier to moderate commenters and administer settings. We feel that the new Disqus.com is much more useful; we hope you take a look around and will agree with us.

Comment Blogs

Disqus also has new profiles for commenters. While familiar, the new profiles have one big difference: we’re treating them as comment-blogs. Many people don’t have a blog, but comment regularly all over the place. A comment blog is their place to collect and show off their thoughts. We have big plans for this, including customization.

Welcome

With 30,000 websites signed up, this network of connected, cross-platform discussions has been growing faster than ever. We intend for Disqus to grow alongside the great communities it’s helping bring together.

So, welcome to the new DISQUS.

Jobs

Disqus is hiring. We’re looking for smart developers to help take Disqus and online discussion to the next steps. If you’d like to join a fun, small and growing startup in San Francisco, send us your resume or portfolio to jobs@disqus.com.

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Daniel on August 12th 2008 in disqus

  • I really like Disqus its very easy to implement, and for your readers use.

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  • Disqus is top of the line commenting software. I am installing it on all my blogs.
  • IPO
    I would like to add it in my blog if there was an option to change the links to do follow, I uninstalled just because all of them were no follow.
  • Thanks for sharing
  • I use a sociable, whether it is useful?
  • Looking at deploying this for commenting across all enclave blogs
  • prasadgupte
    Is there a demo?
  • "Esto es una prueba de comentario"
    What language ?


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  • Esto es una prueba de comentario
  • happykaka
    Where can I download the plugin and How can I publish blog on this site?
  • I'm also concerned that my commenters (and myself!) no longer have the ability to edit comments. I hope this is a feature that will be implemented in 2.0.1.I'm getting dangerously close to hitting the Uninstall button. The lack of adequate (or easy to find) documentation to continue showing earlier comments is frustrating to say the least.
  • you are told us here "not introducing the new disqus" but it's name is "THE NEW DISGUSTING INTRODUCTION",THANX FOR THAT
  • I tried installing Disqus, but had to remove it because it doesn't support more than once instance of itself per page! The blog platform I'm using (Business Catalyst) allows only one post to be showed per page, but then the "recent posts" menu still causes Disqus to misbehave on clicked-to pages.
  • This seems to be a very nice application that could be of great use for searchers like us. It has great features, I would love to register on this site.
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  • Nice and intresting post
  • I cannot deny that Disqus are impressive.Having a website that doesn't take comments lightly,giving full support to user that have difficulties integrating and providing lots of other features that are simply there to magnify the usability of your blog. Impressed totally!
  • ryanlow
    Being able to moderate or administer our blog right from Wordpress admin, really makes it easier and faster. Dislike the need to open a new window to check status of comments and etc. Will start to explore more on other added features.
  • jonaw
    Disqus has the simplest interface which is a good news as it is user-friendly,neat and there are numerous guides to teach us on installation, etc.

    Apart of the above, I felt that Disqus should have more features implemented such as the number of comments commented, the day and date that the comment is written etc..
    This are some of my thoughts and hope that it will be taken into considerations.
  • Janliao
    I have utilized it myself and is very satisfied in the way Disqus brings out all the features.Great one.
  • I have just heard about disqus and I really think this is the coolest thing.
  • Hi, um, I just noticed when trying out my blog in Safari under OS X, and not being logged into my WP dashboard there, that the comment fields were all filled out with the details of one of my regular commentators. Name AND email address. And this person lives 250 miles away, so has never been near my computer. Does this happen all the time, because as I'm usually logged in, I wouldn't know. But once is enough.

    Please explain how this happened, and what steps you've taken to stop it happening again. I have a responsibility to my site visitors to protect their personal data. And so do you.

    I've been with Disqus a matter of weeks only, moving from IntenseDebate because I liked what I saw here. But if this happens just once, it's reason to doubt my decision. And if this means my commentator's name and email address were available around the world to anyone, then I have inadvertently opened him or her up to all manner of spam and abuse. Yeah. Thanks Disqus!

    So please, let me know what's happening. ASAP.
  • Uff.. I'm getting lost with this sudden growth of ways to login.
  • Is this iminlikewithyou?
  • I am a bit late here but I must comment you guys for doing a great job of constantly moving Disqus to the next level.
  • AartHilal
    Testing
  • Excellent version, thanks.
  • We have been hearing much about Disqus, comparing it against IntenseDebate, i guess it is a better choice to use Disqus for our new blog.
  • this version is great. Thanks!
  • SEO
    I am a proud new member of Disqus. Adding the plugin to our corporate blog. Hopefully management of comment spammers will be much easier from now.
    Rif Chia
  • Hey Rif, I got it installed on my blog too. Working quite nicely till date. Show you when back in office.
  • These are awesome features and absolutely something that will improve Disqus as a serivce!
    Now if only we could get these v2 features in the Movable Type plugin as well...
  • Mike Patch
    Wow thanks for this new version
  • The folks at Disqus are doing a good job. Way to go Daniel Ha. :-)
  • Michael
    Yup I think that diqus is great platform, thanks to you developer team
  • Just want to share that the new version rocks.
  • Disqus update- Like the new member profile page. Tracking replies with the new design is fun. Glad I added it to my blogspot blog.
  • I'm late! Is the job vacancy still open?
  • pcngocquy
    yeah! it's so great
  • So does one need to periodically visit the comment claim URL (http://disqus.com/claim) in order to claim comments from other blogs, as other bloggers import WordPress comments into Disqus with the new plugin? I think some sort of notification system should be implmented to inform Disqus users that an import has taken place. Disqus already has user email addresses in the system. As long as it is a unique field (i.e. no other users are using the same email address) it should be simple enough to identify matches within the system as the import takes place and send a notification to the imported comment author.
  • The problem with this is we do not want to blanket email everybody who
    has not even heard of the Disqus system.
  • Agreed. I'm saying that you would only notify existing Disqus users. For example, joeshmoe.com decides to install the Disqus WordPress plugin on his blog and import comments. Last week I had commented on his blog with my Disqus email address. When he runs the import I get an email. You also commented on joeshmoe.com, however, you do not have a Disqus account so you do not get an email when he runs the import.
  • This makes sense to me. Thanks for the feedback.
  • You bet. It would probably be best to give users the option to either automatically claim imported comments or receive notification in order to "manually claim" imported comments on other blogs. I foresee the import notifications becoming a nuisance as more bloggers make the switch (as I'm certain you hope they do), so giving users the option to automatically claim imported comments would be another good feature.

    Perhaps a viewable log can be kept of automatically and manually claimed comments. This will allow the user to review anything that was automatically claimed and unclaim, delete, or edit the comments. This would allow the user to handle rare cases where someone else has acted as an impostor with the user's email address.

    I'm sure there are a lot of Disqus users that are quite active commenting in the blogosphere (as I try to be) in non-Disqus commenting systems that may eventually switch over. I have posted comments on probably over a dozen different blogs, and if any one of them switch to Disqus, unless it is a blog I frequent I will have no idea that the switch was made. It would be nice to just have Disqus automatically claim the comments for me.
  • I remember having read somewhere in the forums that you had working pingback support for Diqus waiting to be published. Not in this release?
  • Hi Jere,

    Unfortunately, not yet. It's still sitting on our to-do list as we
    address some larger issues. We do have immediate plans for it.
  • Thanks, its good to know it's coming. I'm rewriting my own micro/structured blogging platform and planning to outsource commenting to Disqus (like Tumblr does), but having support for Pingbacks is a must feature.
  • Looking good. Will keep up to date with further developments.
  • any word on importing/exporting comments in blogger (blogspot) blogs?????
  • No word yet. It's on our to-do list. Any existing implementation on Blogger will be fully compatible once we release the import functionality.
  • Nice update. =]

    The redirected homepage once logged into the account is a bit odd/confusing. I think retaining the front page (as you see when logged off) with a sidebar of recent comments would be more helpful.

    EDIT: uhhh, second thought, I think I'm used to how it is hah.
  • We use disqus on our helloneighbour.com website and most people coming to the site using IE 6.0 or 7.0 get this error when loading pages :

    "not able to access site."

    I have the same issue. Removing disqus from our site fixes the problem. We are not using WP, rather we using the JS code.
  • We are also using the JS code but no such problems on our site via firefox, safari, IE or navigator.
  • Could you verify if removing mootools (while leaving Disqus) also
    fixes this issue?

    There may be a conflict and I'd like to make sure this is the case.
  • I removed mootools and reloaded in Firefox. The error FF was showing is now gone so this would presumably be the case, that disqus conflicts with mootools.

    Apart from removing mootools, would you have any suggested work arounds.

    Also, note that Firebug in Firefox reveals a number of CSS warnings which are not overly nice frlom the Disqus style sheet.
  • The CSS warnings refer to some rules that are IE-specific. This makes
    no impact on non-IE browsers.

    Mootools conflicts with the get_num_replies script that retrieves the
    comment count. There is not a true workaround at the moment, but we're
    still investigating.
  • Any word on allowing import of comments from a platform that is not WordPress? I am specifically interested in importing comments from sites that are not on one of the major platforms.
  • Which platform?
  • dax702
    I would like to be able to import comments from a simple CSV file into DISQUS database.. Am I dreaming?
  • You can email us help@disqus.com
  • dax702
    Just sent an email off to that address, thanks!
  • Either one I wrote myself, or Mephisto. I suppose I could stand up a local WordPress instance, import all my comments into that, and use that to import to Disqus. But my long term goal is to generate my site from local static files and use Disqus to moderate the comments. So what I'd really like is an API where I can import my existing comments.
  • Having several frustrating issues after upgrading to the new 2.0.1.

    1) I can't get it to update from legacy mode. I've entered my username and password, clicked on my blog name and then next and it says there's been an error and to email you guys. I'm not happy so I'm commenting. Especially given I've got a couple more things I want to comment on.

    2) The lack of a way to search through the help files is really annoying and daunting when you're having an issue. I'm all for helping myself and finding a solution to my own problems, but I won't comb through 25+ pages of posts to find what I need.

    3) You need to have clear uninstall and port comments back to WP instructions somewhere within the files of the plugin, in the readme.txt would be ideal.

    I love Disqus but it's complicating my blogging rather than enhancing at the moment. ;)
  • Hi there,

    I'm really sorry about the frustrating issues you're having. Let's see
    if I can help.

    1) We'll try to find out what the issue is and get back to you soon.
    If you email us at help@disqus.com it will be filed so we don't miss
    the problem.
    2) No search is annoying, but we haven't had much time to work on
    search just yet.
    3) Uninstalling is a simple matter of clicking "Uninstall" in the
    Advanced Options. Your comments are auto backed up if they were synced
    in the first place.
  • Looks great. Didn't notice any difference in speed, though.
    But I must say, it took me quite a while to figure out how to reply.
    Perhaps, on the Admin page, you can add a reply button at the end of each comment so the Admin can reply to the people that commented on their blog/website.
  • Dave
    Where can I download the Plugin? I just cannot find it.
  • I'm really glad you asked, because I googled it, searched through the documentation, etc. Other than Daniel's comment, I have no idea where they link to the download page. After going through that much trouble I don't even think I have the energy left to install it right now.
  • Hi, the link is in the first couple sentences of the post.
  • It must be a "hiding in plain" site kind of thing, I still can't seem to find it and I'm really trying. =)
  • Well, between the new changes on Disqus and the changes to Blogger, now none of the comments made through Disqus appear on my blog when viewing it in IE. Firefox seems to work fine, but IE is showing nothing.

    Rats.
  • This was fixed last night. Are you still having issues?
  • It's working great, again.

    Thanks!

    Dave
  • Nicki Brøchner
    I must say I have been looking forward to the new version of Disqus =) I must say that so fare it has delivered 99% of what I expected. Now it is time to take for the long road test ... And I hope it will get the last % =)

    Thanks guys :o)
  • Good stuff
  • Apparently I've successfully exported my comments from WP 2.6 to Disqus. However, the only comment showing up on my blog is from another Disqus user. How, exactly, do I restore my earlier comments (including some made AFTER I installed Disqus)?

    I'm getting dangerously close to hitting the Uninstall button. The lack of adequate (or easy to find) documentation to continue showing earlier comments is frustrating to say the least.

    I'm also concerned that my commenters (and myself!) no longer have the ability to edit comments. I hope this is a feature that will be implemented in 2.0.1.
  • Yes it will be.
  • And I just noticed my choice of how to display comments doesn't "stick"...even though all I did was add another comment to the page! What's the point?
  • I'd also like the ability to disable the comment rating system. What a great way to discourage people from commenting! *frown*
  • Fantastic!

    Any chance there will be a Tumblr plugin?
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