Hi there!
I´m trying to understand how Disqus works. I´ve been into the www.disqus.com help page, but I don´t understand a couple of very basic things:
- My site´s comments are still "stored" inside my drupal site, right? I mean whet if some day in the future I don´t want to use disquss anymore and delete the module from my installation...? How the comments will appear then?
- I want my anonymous users to still be able to comment using their facebook/twitter/whatever account they may have. I don´t want to register those users. I understand that I can do that with disquss, but, what if I don´t use the disquss module in the future? How are those comments going to appear?

I know that the best way to know these things is to try and use disquss, but I don´t want to try the module in my live installation before asking someone that is already using the module...

Thanks for your insight!!
Rosamunda

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debplatt commented

I'd also like to know more about how disqus and drupal work together. I just don't know what implications there are to my site were I to install disqus.

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Rosamunda commented

I just asked the people at disquss, and they´ve told me that:
1. The comments are stores inside their servers. (So I guess you kinda lose some control?)
2. They have an export script (available to be used inside a Drupal installation) in case you don´t wan´t to use disquss anymore.

Tha thing is: How about all those comments that are already attached to several nodeposts? How do you show those old ones and still make disquss available?

Tanks,
Rosamunda

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SilviaT commented

sub!

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BigEd commented

I was looking at using this but I feel really unsure about the detail. Sure it looks great but is it really going to be just as flexible.

I already have comments on my pages do i have to remove these? is there an advanced import/export of data.

Thanks,

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Rosamunda commented

No answer since... forever.
Anyway, I´m just holding my horses to use this module. Disquss seems great, but I don´t want to give other site the control over the comments in my site.

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bkosborne
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Location New Jersey, USA
commented

I'm working on a complete rewrite of the disqus_migrate submodule. This more or less will alleviate your concerns. Like you found out, the comments are stored with Disqus and not Drupal by default. They are loaded via AJAX on page load.

If you ever wanted to move back to using Drupal's core comments, you would have to export the comments from Disqus back into Drupal. However, the current implementation of importing is not that great.

The one I'm working on uses the API to automatically sync the posts from the Disqus server back into Drupal's database, which can then be hidden using CSS. So when you want to go back to using core comments, you just disable the Disqus module and re-enable Drupal commenting on your posts.

I'm a co-maintainer of the module now, and once I get this big change pushed out I can focus on taking care of some of these other issues/features.

Brian

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bkosborne
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Location New Jersey, USA
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Status: Active » Closed (works as designed)
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Rosamunda commented

Thanks for your answer Brian!
The changes you say seems like wonderful news!
Right now this module (if you actually want your comments to be stored outside your site) is good only for new sites, because in a working, old site, you have hundreds, if not thousands of comments that you want them to live and get along with disqus.

Is there a way to manage the use of disqus inside the drupal comment system?

Thanks!
Rosamunda

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MakeOnlineShop commented

I love Disqus but it seems bad for SEO to have comments on disqus servers, right ?

So Disqus works exactly as Facebook comments and you loose the benefit of having lots of comments on your sites.

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calefilm commented

I wish Drupal had better comments. Seems ridiculous to use 3rd parties for comments as the posts above hit it right on. I've inquired about Disqus and didn't even get a response. That is not Drupal cool.