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Komments – Simple comment embedding

51 points by paulmillr 12y ago

zrail 12y ago
I can't find the repo. Is this open yet or is it just going to be the hosted version? If it's the latter, I can't find any pricing info, are you planning to charge?
- rwz 12y ago
  Hi, I'm the author of that thing. It's free and I'm not planning to charge unless it'll actually take off and maintenance cost gonna rise to much for me to keep it free.
  - piratebroadcast 12y ago
    This is for ruby/rails? Is there gem or a repo?
    - treirich 12y ago
      Everything is script based- no gems, just embedded JS.
    - mattpolito 12y ago
      Setup really is just javascript on the page but I do have a gem to aid in getting configured. http://github.com/mattpolito/komments_gem http://github.com/mattpolito/komments_gem
  - Fastidious 12y ago
    Where is the repo?
  - chanux 12y ago
    a Hashrocket open source project at the footer is a bit confusing. Neat project. Kudos!
bckmn 12y ago
I asked this in the 'Komments' as well, but: Is there any option to export my site's Komments if I ever choose to leave?
- rwz 12y ago
  Gonna reply here as well. For now I can do this manually for you. If there's gonna be a lot of people asking for it, will consider building an export feature.
  - michaelx386 12y ago
    It sometimes convinces me to go ahead with a service if I know I can get data out later down the line. It might be worth building it anyway to encourage more people to sign up, even if most users never end up using it.
kissickas 12y ago
Out of curiosity, why can't I authenticate via Google? Or with a komments ID?
sergiotapia 12y ago
Why does it need these permissions for Twitter oauth? Read Tweets from your timeline. See who you follow.
- dangrossman 12y ago
  Because the OAuth flow for "Sign In with Twitter" only has two permission levels to the account: read or write. There is nothing more granular like "read only e-mail address and name". They're requesting the minimum possible access to your account already. https://dev.twitter.com/oauth/reference/post/oauth/request_token https://dev.twitter.com/oauth/reference/post/oauth/request_t...
sjogress 12y ago
I see that the footer says "a Hashrocket open source project". Is the source available on GitHub/Bitbucket or similar?
- rwz 12y ago
  Not yet.
  - izolate 12y ago
    Do it. I'll get involved.
  - michaelmior 12y ago
    So then this project isn't open source. I understand that it will be, but it seems disingenious to add the comment about it being open source.
    - rwz 12y ago
      Removed the "open source" mentions. Sorry for the confusion. I didn't post it on Hacker News, I've just mentioned it in twitter for people who follow me. Didn't expect that much attention from HN.
  - sneak 12y ago
    Yeah, that's really lame - don't call it open source until AFTER you've published the code - with an open source license.
dangrossman 12y ago
Add a WordPress plugin that replaces their comment system, the same way Disqus' does so, and you'll instantly work with over 1 in 5 sites on the web -- 80 million websites or so. If you really want this to take off, that'd be what gets the growth going and gives you a large enough userbase to figure out what's going to break and what features you need. It also addresses early adopter concerns about what happens if Komments goes away: a WordPress plugin can simultaneously store all the comments in the native format as well as in Komments so that it can be swapped out at any time.
- rwz 12y ago
  That's actually a pretty good idea. Thanks.
- iamtew 12y ago
  There is also Isso, a open source and self-hosted comment tool that implements on your site just like Disqus.
  - crixlet 12y ago
    Do you have a direct lsso? Can't seem to find it anywhere
    - adamman 12y ago
      Looks like this is it: http://posativ.org/isso/ http://posativ.org/isso/
earlz 12y ago
This looks really cool. I really wonder how hard this will be to embed into a site manually.
- treirich 12y ago
  Took me literally 5 minutes to embed into my site. It's just copying over some HTML. Super easy.
treirich 12y ago
The website doesn't do a very good job of describing the integration,and I've seen a few people asking about it. Basically this is just JavaScript that you embed on your page, no back-end integration required. All your comments are actually hosted by them so you don't have any direct access to comments on your back-end. I have been looking for a simple solution to comments for a personal site, so I tried this out. Integration was dead simple, copy & paste into your HTML. Wouldn't use on any bigger projects until I see the full source, but I will continue to use it for now.
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RyanMcGreal 12y ago
Currently getting this: > Application Error > An error occurred in the application and your page could not be served. Please try again in a few moments. > If you are the application owner, check your logs for details.
- rwz 12y ago
  I put it back online, but seems like there are some segfaults happening in the markdown parser. Will look into it.
yekim 12y ago
I can't get to komments.net. HN server overload? I'm getting this error message: Application Error An error occurred in the application and your page could not be served. Please try again in a few moments. If you are the application owner, check your logs for details.
krapp 12y ago
This seems like a good idea - there need to be more solutions in this area. Although I'd prefer something entirely self-hosted, still, I look forward to seeing the source code somewhere.
huac 12y ago
is markdown support necessary/desirable for the majority of users? while i don't think it's hard to learn markdown, it remains true that only a small subset of technically-inclined users will use the syntax as intended, while everyone else will be more comfortable with WYISWYG editors

51 points by paulmillr 12y ago

zrail 12y ago

I can't find the repo. Is this open yet or is it just going to be the hosted version? If it's the latter, I can't find any pricing info, are you planning to charge?

rwz 12y ago
Hi, I'm the author of that thing. It's free and I'm not planning to charge unless it'll actually take off and maintenance cost gonna rise to much for me to keep it free.
- piratebroadcast 12y ago
  This is for ruby/rails? Is there gem or a repo?
  - treirich 12y ago
    Everything is script based- no gems, just embedded JS.
  - mattpolito 12y ago
    Setup really is just javascript on the page but I do have a gem to aid in getting configured. http://github.com/mattpolito/komments_gem http://github.com/mattpolito/komments_gem
- Fastidious 12y ago
  Where is the repo?
- chanux 12y ago
  a Hashrocket open source project at the footer is a bit confusing. Neat project. Kudos!

bckmn 12y ago

I asked this in the 'Komments' as well, but: Is there any option to export my site's Komments if I ever choose to leave?

rwz 12y ago
Gonna reply here as well. For now I can do this manually for you. If there's gonna be a lot of people asking for it, will consider building an export feature.
- michaelx386 12y ago
  It sometimes convinces me to go ahead with a service if I know I can get data out later down the line. It might be worth building it anyway to encourage more people to sign up, even if most users never end up using it.

kissickas 12y ago

Out of curiosity, why can't I authenticate via Google? Or with a komments ID?

sergiotapia 12y ago

Why does it need these permissions for Twitter oauth? Read Tweets from your timeline. See who you follow.

dangrossman 12y ago
Because the OAuth flow for "Sign In with Twitter" only has two permission levels to the account: read or write. There is nothing more granular like "read only e-mail address and name". They're requesting the minimum possible access to your account already. https://dev.twitter.com/oauth/reference/post/oauth/request_token https://dev.twitter.com/oauth/reference/post/oauth/request_t...

sjogress 12y ago

I see that the footer says "a Hashrocket open source project". Is the source available on GitHub/Bitbucket or similar?

rwz 12y ago
Not yet.
- izolate 12y ago
  Do it. I'll get involved.
- michaelmior 12y ago
  So then this project isn't open source. I understand that it will be, but it seems disingenious to add the comment about it being open source.
  - rwz 12y ago
    Removed the "open source" mentions. Sorry for the confusion. I didn't post it on Hacker News, I've just mentioned it in twitter for people who follow me. Didn't expect that much attention from HN.
- sneak 12y ago
  Yeah, that's really lame - don't call it open source until AFTER you've published the code - with an open source license.

dangrossman 12y ago

Add a WordPress plugin that replaces their comment system, the same way Disqus' does so, and you'll instantly work with over 1 in 5 sites on the web -- 80 million websites or so. If you really want this to take off, that'd be what gets the growth going and gives you a large enough userbase to figure out what's going to break and what features you need. It also addresses early adopter concerns about what happens if Komments goes away: a WordPress plugin can simultaneously store all the comments in the native format as well as in Komments so that it can be swapped out at any time.

rwz 12y ago
That's actually a pretty good idea. Thanks.
iamtew 12y ago
There is also Isso, a open source and self-hosted comment tool that implements on your site just like Disqus.
- crixlet 12y ago
  Do you have a direct lsso? Can't seem to find it anywhere
  - adamman 12y ago
    Looks like this is it: http://posativ.org/isso/ http://posativ.org/isso/

earlz 12y ago

This looks really cool. I really wonder how hard this will be to embed into a site manually.

treirich 12y ago
Took me literally 5 minutes to embed into my site. It's just copying over some HTML. Super easy.

treirich 12y ago

The website doesn't do a very good job of describing the integration,and I've seen a few people asking about it. Basically this is just JavaScript that you embed on your page, no back-end integration required. All your comments are actually hosted by them so you don't have any direct access to comments on your back-end. I have been looking for a simple solution to comments for a personal site, so I tried this out. Integration was dead simple, copy & paste into your HTML. Wouldn't use on any bigger projects until I see the full source, but I will continue to use it for now.

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RyanMcGreal 12y ago

Currently getting this: > Application Error > An error occurred in the application and your page could not be served. Please try again in a few moments. > If you are the application owner, check your logs for details.

rwz 12y ago
I put it back online, but seems like there are some segfaults happening in the markdown parser. Will look into it.

yekim 12y ago

I can't get to komments.net. HN server overload? I'm getting this error message: Application Error An error occurred in the application and your page could not be served. Please try again in a few moments. If you are the application owner, check your logs for details.

krapp 12y ago

This seems like a good idea - there need to be more solutions in this area. Although I'd prefer something entirely self-hosted, still, I look forward to seeing the source code somewhere.

huac 12y ago

is markdown support necessary/desirable for the majority of users? while i don't think it's hard to learn markdown, it remains true that only a small subset of technically-inclined users will use the syntax as intended, while everyone else will be more comfortable with WYISWYG editors