diff --git a/LICENSE.txt b/LICENSE.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2c095c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LICENSE.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,274 @@
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diff --git a/disqus.info b/disqus.info
index b4b43e8..4e245ae 100644
--- a/disqus.info
+++ b/disqus.info
@@ -7,5 +7,14 @@ files[] = disqus.admin.inc
 files[] = disqus.install
 files[] = disqus.module
 files[] = disqus.php
+files[] = disqus.views.inc
+files[] = includes/views_handler_field_node_disqus_comments.inc
 
 configure = admin/config/services/disqus
+
+; Information added by drupal.org packaging script on 2011-04-07
+version = "7.x-1.8"
+core = "7.x"
+project = "disqus"
+datestamp = "1302216715"
+
diff --git a/disqus.js b/disqus.js
index 74d971d..06711c3 100644
--- a/disqus.js
+++ b/disqus.js
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ Drupal.behaviors.disqus = {
             this.sso = settings.disqus.sso;
           }
         };
-
         // Make the AJAX call to get the Disqus comments.
         jQuery.ajax({
           type: 'GET',
diff --git a/disqus.module b/disqus.module
index 5ac1270..a2b3b2d 100644
--- a/disqus.module
+++ b/disqus.module
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ function disqus_menu() {
   $items['disqus/closewindow'] = array(
     'title' => 'Please wait',
     'description' => 'Once the user logs in through the Disqus login workflow, they are redirected here to automatically close the popup window.',
-    'access arguments' => array('view disqus comments'),
+    'access arguments' => array('access content'),
     'page callback' => 'disqus_closewindow',
     'file' => 'disqus.admin.inc',
     'type' => MENU_CALLBACK,
@@ -254,25 +254,23 @@ function disqus_node_view($node, $view_mode) {
             'class' => array('links', 'inline'),
           ),
         );
-
-        // Attach disqus.js to load the Disqus comment count JavaScript.
-        $node->content['links']['#attached']['js'][] = drupal_get_path('module', 'disqus') . '/disqus.js';
-
-        // Add the disqusComments setting.
-        static $added = FALSE;
-        if ($added == FALSE) {
-          drupal_add_js(array(
-            'disqusComments' => $node->disqus['domain'],
-          ), 'setting');
-          $added = TRUE;
-        }
-        break;
+        $node->content['links']['#attached'] = array(
+          'js' => array(
+            array('data' => drupal_get_path('module', 'disqus') . '/disqus.js'),
+            array(
+              'data' => array('disqusComments' => $node->disqus['domain']),
+              'type' => 'setting',
+            ),
+          ),
+        );
+        
+      break;
     }
   }
 }
 
 /**
- * Implements hook_note_delete().
+ * Implements hook_node_delete().
  */
 function disqus_node_delete($node) {
   db_delete('disqus')->condition('nid', $node->nid)->execute();
@@ -604,10 +602,60 @@ function disqus_theme() {
     'disqus_noscript' => array(
       'variables' => array('disqus' => NULL),
     ),
+    'disqus_post_count' => array(
+      'variables' => array('disqus' => NULL, 'view_mode' => ''),
+    ),
   );
 }
 
 /**
+ * A theme function that renders a Comment count for the current thread
+ * 
+ * @param $variables
+ *   An array containing a "disqus" array, containing the following items:
+ *     - "domain": The domain associated with this Disqus account.
+ *     - "title": The title of the thread.
+ *     - "developer": Whether or not testing is enabled.
+ *     - "url": The disqus_url variable (http://disqus.com/docs/help/#faq-16).
+ * 
+ */
+function theme_disqus_post_count($variables = array()) {
+  //Extract disqus object
+  $disqus = $variables['disqus'];
+  //build a render array for the link to the node
+  $content = array(
+    '#theme' => 'link',
+    '#text' => t('Comments'),
+    '#path' => $disqus['identifier'],
+    '#options' => array(
+      'fragment' => 'disqus_thread',
+      'attributes' => array(
+        // Identify the node for Disqus with the unique identifier:
+        // http://docs.disqus.com/developers/universal/#comment-count
+        'data-disqus-identifier' => $disqus['identifier'],
+      ),
+      'html' => FALSE,
+    ),
+  );
+  /* This attaches disqus.js
+   * Which will look for the DOM variable disqusComments which is set below
+   * When found, the disqus javascript api replaces the html element with the attribute: "data-disqus-identifier" 
+   * and replaces the element with a comment count
+   */
+  $content['#attached'] = array(
+    'js' => array(
+      array('data' => drupal_get_path('module', 'disqus') . '/disqus.js'),
+      array(
+        'data' => array('disqusComments' => $disqus['domain']),
+        'type' => 'setting',
+      ),
+    ),
+  );
+  
+  return drupal_render($content);
+}
+
+/**
  * Prepares the noscript tag which is used when JavaScript is not available.
  *
  * @param $variables
@@ -623,6 +671,14 @@ function theme_disqus_noscript($variables = array()) {
   return '<noscript><p>' . l(t('View the discussion thread.'), 'http://' . $disqus['domain'] . '.disqus.com/?url=' . urlencode($disqus['url'])) . '</p></noscript>';
 }
 
+
+/**
+ * Implementation of hook_views_api().
+ */
+function disqus_views_api() {
+  return array('api' => 3);
+}
+
 /**
  * Creates an instance of the Disqus PHP API.
  *
diff --git a/disqus.views.inc b/disqus.views.inc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9dccf36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/disqus.views.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+* Implementation of hook_views_data_alter.
+*/
+function disqus_views_data_alter(&$data) {
+  // Number of Disqus comments made on the given node.
+  $data['node']['disqus_comments'] = array(
+    'field' => array(
+      'title' => t('Disqus Comments'),
+      'help' => t('The number of Disqus comments made on the node. Note that this will not work in the preview.'),
+      'handler' => 'views_handler_field_node_disqus_comments',
+    ),
+  );
+  dpm($data);
+}
diff --git a/includes/views_handler_field_node_disqus_comments.inc b/includes/views_handler_field_node_disqus_comments.inc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6adb7af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/includes/views_handler_field_node_disqus_comments.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?php
+/**
+* Field handler to present the number of Disqus comments on a node.
+*/
+class views_handler_field_node_disqus_comments extends views_handler_field {
+  function init(&$view, $options) {
+    parent::init($view, $options);
+  }
+
+  function query() {
+    // Override parent::query() without altering query.
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * When rendering the field.
+   */
+  function render($values) {
+    // Ensure Disqus comments are available on the node user has access to edit this node.
+    $node = node_load($values->nid);
+    if (user_access('view disqus comments') && isset($node->disqus)) {
+      
+      return theme('disqus_post_count', array('disqus' => $node->disqus)); 
+    }
+  }
+}
