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Yet More About Comments

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The feedback from the previous post is pretty clearly on the side of requiring registration. However, there was also a lot of love for Disqus. So here's a second question: Should I install Disqus or stick with the stock WordPress commenting system?

UPDATE: For now, the consensus seems to be FOR registration but SPLIT on Disqus. So I've turned on registration but I'm keeping the stock WordPress comments for now. We'll see how it goes.

UPDATE 2: As for the orange text in the comment box, I have no idea what's causing that. Like everything related to WordPress, there's an easy fix for this but only if you know which CSS variable controls it. There's no simple way of looking this up (that I know of) and I finally got sick of chasing around trying to figure it out for yet another minor appearance change. If anyone happens to know, tell me in comments and I'll change it.

UPDATE 3: Let me be clear: If you know which variable to change, let me know. If you just have a guess, please don't bother. I'm already pretty familiar with the WordPress guessing game.

52 thoughts on “Yet More About Comments”

  1. Bonnie McDaniel

    I have both a WordPress and Disqus account. The good thing about the latter is the ability to block people. But either way is fine with me.

  2. Art Eclectic

    Personally, I'd prefer Disqus.

    You can do some CSS magic with WordPress using a plugin. The one I use is Site Origin CSS, which is more complicated than it needs to be. The other one I know about is CSS Hero, which is $20.

    FWIW, the orange isn't terribly distracting so unless you have other CSS adjustments to make the effort to learn a plug-in worth it, I'd probably leave it.

  3. WanderinMCD

    It's this one that's causing it. You can change the color or just get rid of it entirely.

    .entry-content a:hover, :focus {
    color: #ff8627;
    }

  7. Rich Beckman

    FYI, I do not believe you can use your existing WordPress registration. At least is would not allow me to do so. I notice that when you go to the page for registration, it says "Register For This Site," which implies that the registration will not work elsewhere.

  8. Pittsburgh Mike

    I do like Disqus, and how it links up everything from all your visited sites. But I'm not sure I've ever used wordpress; maybe it lets you do the same?

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