Commenting System? Alternatives to Disqus/LiveFyre/IntenseDebate?

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insightdesign Reply #1, 13 years, 1 month ago

Hi all,

I'm looking for some advice on commenting systems.

Some specifics my client has requested:

if the visitor uses an email to sign-in and comment...it has to be a real email address.
ability to add most commented widget to his site which lists out the posts with the most comments; as well as a
latest comments widget which lists out the posts that have the latest comments
that he doesn't moderate any comments (unless of course there's spam or trolls in which case he wants to be able to delete them)

My findings so far:

Disqus - I would use this option due to its reputation as one of the best commenting systems BUT unfortunately I've noticed that the latest reboot of Disqus doesn't support widgets
LiveFyre - Gives the user multiple options to sign in and I like the commenting interface. However, no widgets :S I'm seeing something promising with LiveFyre's Streamhub stuff but I'm a bit confused at to what it actually is ??
IntenseDebate - Doesn't allow as many log-in options as the previous two..but there ARE widgets...but I can't use this option since you can use a bogus email address :S

So..whatcha guys think?

Sar

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BobRay Reply #2, 13 years, 1 month ago

Have you looked at the Quip extra and Register (part of the Login package)?

I think they do almost all of what you want. Register will make sure the user's email address is valid.

I think one option with Quip is to moderate the user's first comment, but allow all comments after that to be published without moderation.

You might also look at the Subscribe extra, which includes Registration capability and allows the option of letting the user self-select groups and/or interests.

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insightdesign Reply #3, 13 years, 1 month ago

Quote from: BobRay at Aug 23, 2013, 11:45 PM

Have you looked at the Quip extra and Register (part of the Login package)?

I think they do almost all of what you want. Register will make sure the user's email address is valid.

I think one option with Quip is to moderate the user's first comment, but allow all comments after that to be published without moderation.

You might also look at the Subscribe extra, which includes Registration capability and allows the option of letting the user self-select groups and/or interests.

Hi BobRay!

No, I haven't tried Quip yet because I was looking for more a of a plug-and-play solution. I don't want to bother templating the output or anything...which I'm guessing I'll hafta do with Quip seeing that it's a MODx Snippet

Otherwise I think I wouldn't have bothered with all of this researching I'm doing right now and use Quip.

So, this is for anyone else reading this post looking for a similar solution
I've been playing around this morning and I think I'll show my client Disqus. I've found a piece of code which displays most recent comments:

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://YOURDISQUSWEBSITENAME.disqus.com/recent_comments_widget.js?num_items=25&hide_avatars=0&avatar_size=40&excerpt_length=200"></script>

and the following code ALMOST works so obviously it's unusable now. It displays a pretty cool tabbed widget that displays Top Commenters, Most Recent Comments and lastly the one tab that doesn't work is, Most Popular Posts:

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://YOURDISQUSWEBSITENAME.disqus.com/combination_widget.js?num_items=25&hide_mods=0&color=grey&default_tab=recent&excerpt_length=70"></script>

BUT I did realize that Disqus has their own version of Most Popular Posts called 'Top Discussions' which is kind of buried under the comment input box. You have to click on 'Community' in order to see it :S So...I have a feeling that my client is going to think that it's way too hidden. He wants it to be its own separate widget.