How to enable Disqus comments

[yihui]

Add {{ template "_internal/disqus.html" . }} to foot_custom.html, and configure the Disqus shortname in config.toml.

Preview: https://deploy-preview-4--hugo-xmin.netlify.com/

[histrio]

This will lead to comments block appearing on the main page also.

[yihui]

Yes, and you can load comments conditionally, e.g. https://github.com/yihui/hugo-lithium-theme/blob/master/layouts/partials/disqus.html#L1 Use a parameter disable_comments: false in the YAML metadata of a post to disable comments for a specific post.

[histrio]

Thanks, yihui
How can I disable comments on the main page (list.html) then?

[yihui]

@histrio Please see https://gohugo.io/variables/page/ for more available variables that you can use.

[oneleaftea]

@histrio easiest way is to simply add it to the single.html template above the footer instead of the footer template itself. Then it won't show up on the main page or list pages.

[histrio]

@oneleaftea I resolve it like this

{{ if .IsPage }}
  {{ template "_internal/disqus.html" . }}
{{ end }}

in layouts/partials/foot_custom.html

[Hussain-Alsalman]

You could create /post sub folder in layout folder and create custom single.html. This will also prevent comments section to appear on other pages except posts.

[anest-uk]

I have most of this working on both xmin and learn patterns as described above:
@oneleaftea "I resolve it like this"

So I am making only one change (outside of config.toml) to foot_custom.html.

However adding disable_comments: false or disable_comments: true to the front matter of a page makes no difference - I always get disqus enabled i.e. it shows up at the foot when deployed to netlify.

I'd like to suppress comments on some pages.

[pat-alt]

@oneleaftea I resolve it like this

{{ if .IsPage }}
  {{ template "_internal/disqus.html" . }}
{{ end }}

in layouts/partials/foot_custom.html

To make sure comments are only enabled under posts, @oneleaftea's suggestion can be tweaked slightly:

{{ if eq .Section "post" }}
  {{ template "_internal/disqus.html" . }}
{{ end }}