Thursday, 1 December 2011

Disqus Comment Users: keep your comments synced!

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If you are using Disqus comments, you really should ensure you are keeping your comments 'synced' with Blogger.

What does this even mean?
It means, to put it plainly, that your comments are being published via Disqus but are also being "backed up" to Blogger.

Why should I do this?
You should do this because if you ever take your Disqus comments away, you will have your Blogger comments there behind-the-scenes as backup.  

Who knows, maybe Blogger will get their act together and introduce some awesome comment system and you'll want to go back.  If you ever decide you don't want to use Disqus any more, you obviously don't want to lose your comments now do you??

Let me answer that for you: NO!

(This is why I do not like Intense Debate.  You do not have that option! Use Intense Debate and wish to return to Blogger? SORRY, but your comments are a goner)

So if you have Disqus all installed and working well, here is how to make sure that your comments are and stay synced. 

STEP 1:
Log into Disqus and click on your site.

STEP 2: 
Make your way to the TOOLS and then IMPORT/EXPORT area and click on "Blogger" (see below)

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*** EXTREME EMAIL WARNING: BEFORE PROCEEDING READ THIS!! ***
When you sync your Disqus comments, you may receive emails from Blogger saying you have a new comment - this is normal and just means the comments are coming over.  This means (as far as I know!) that if you have 1000 comments to sync, you are going to get 1000 emails! WOWSERS!

My advice is to therefore to turn off email notification on your comments from within Blogger until this is complete! Don't say I didn't warn you! ;)




STEP 3: You now want to click on "Enable" in the 'Keep new comments synced' area (see below)
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This is where things got interesting for me.  I had 29 comments to sync and it got stuck on number 16.  I clicked the link to re-sync remaining comments but I went around in a big circle and it would not sync them. I waited a day or so and tried again and it was fine (must have been a Disqus glitch at the time). See the orange highlighted bit below.....


You can always contact Disqus for help if this happens to you too and I believe they can fix it.
Obviously if you have a lot of comments it may take a long time. You can check the status of it in this area.

31 comments:

  1. good info. Thanks for sharing :)

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  2. Hey :D Which program;programs do you use to make your templates? Thanks

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    1. Thanks for taking the time to discuss this, I feel strongly about it and really like learning more on this matter. If possible, as you gain expertise, would you mind updating your blog with more details? It is extremely helpful for me. :)
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  3. Hi Anon, I actually don't use any program at all! I just write the CSS code myself to suit.

    I do make the images in photoshop though.

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  4. Thanks! Hope this helps me fix my problem.

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  5. I did this and all my comments that have the correct datestamp in Disqus came over to Blogger with the date of the export, January 20. When I leave Disqus installed the comments show up with the correct date but when I uninstall Disqus the date for each comment is January 20. I'm so frustrated. Do you think you could give me your opinion on correcting this? Should I remove the comments in Blogger and then do a re-import and hope that the dates will be correct OR will I lose the comments if I delete them in Blogger, they don't stay in Disqus?
    Sorry to be rambling.
    Meissa

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  6. Wow.. Very nice one..
    You shared good thinks..
    Useful one..

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  7. i agree, blogger's comment system sucks

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  9. Thanks, this was very helpful. Question. Can Disqus comments show up in a new window like the blogger pop up comments?

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  10. Disqus works with all the main web browsers, including Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Internet Explorer, and Opera. Disqus currently only supports browsers using the WebKit layout engine for mobile devices.

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  13. Thanks for the tip I will try disqus very soon

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  14. Thanks for sharing your wonderful ideas, very useful.

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  15. Thanks for this very informative article! Keep up the fantastic work.

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  19. I just clicked for Disqus to sync all of the comments with Blogger. Unfortunately, I'm trying to go back to Blogger because for months I've been unable to use the comments section in Explorer 9 and Disqus doesn't seem to have a solution. The screen shots are different than what I'm seeing. Has the procedure changed? Thanks.

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  20. Thank you for your help. I'm french but I anderstoud all of your post.

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  21. Very good tutorial ! Thank you a lot for it.

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  22. Thank you very much!, I was having second thoughts when I read somewhere else that you could not DO THIS (export to blogger). But thanks to you, I can now switch to Disqus, and thank you for mentioning Intense Debate because I had it as my second choice, but now thanks again, NICE INFO!

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  24. This is awesome. Thank you for explaining this all! I was getting frustrated today because I had an email in my inbox of a comment but for some reason it wasn't showing up on my actual blog entry. I'm curious if it's some kind of syncing error or if Disqus and Blogger just don't always play nice with each other??

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  26. Thanks for the info! I just switched over to Disqus from Intense Debate on Blogger, so far I like it a whole lot more! :)

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