Is it possible to enable comments in page?

[calfzhou]

My previous WordPress pages also allow user leave comments. So I'd like to add comments to pages.

[talha131]

It's pretty easy to implement. Lets think about two use cases.

1. User wants comments on Page
2. User wants to keep Page clean from comments

Now for the user who wants comments, there can be two ways.

1. Set a meta variable in Page metadata, like set_comments: true
2. Use Pelican feature of assigning custom template

I personally prefer way 1, it means less code.

[calfzhou]

I prefer way 1.

[talha131]

Note to self

• enable comments for page by default
• if comments_intro is defined in a post/page but it is empty then don't show comments. It is to help user disable comments on page/post on per post basis.

[talha131]

@calfzhou @tshepang

Page template has Disqus comment. I have also used Jinja Macro in the code which enables us to use Polymorphism. This means less code maintenance.

Please feel free to share your opinion about it. Let me know if you find any bug.

[calfzhou]

Thank you @talha131 , my page comments came back!

[talha131]

I originally wanted to have a way to disable comments on per article and per page basis. Then I decided not to until a user demands for it. I mean why implement a feature if no one is gonna use it 😄

[azzamsa]

if comments_intro is defined in a post/page but it is empty then don't show comments. It is to help user disable comments on page/post on per post basis.

@talha131 I tried it, and it didn't work. I can use comments: true in Octopress, by the way.

I am still curious. As far I know Elegant is pelican "theme" not "framework", but why such this thing, handled by a "theme" ?. I searched "disable comment in certain page pelican", didn't find any answer in SO, and link to here.

[azzamsa]

Luckily I have add that ability. (Add ability to enable comments per page)