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Isso – Ich schrei sonst
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You love static blog generators (especially [Acrylamid][1] *cough*) and the
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only option to interact with the community is [Disqus][2]. There's nothing
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wrong with it, but if you care about the privacy of your audience you are
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better off with a comment system that is under your control. This is, where
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Isso comes into play.
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[1]: https://github.com/posativ/acrylamid
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[2]: https://disqus.com/
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**[Try Yourself!](http://posativ.org/isso/)**
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Isso is not stable (pretty far from that state) and the database format may
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change without any backwards compatibility. Just saying.
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Features
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--------
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* [CRUD](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Create,_read,_update_and_delete) comments written in Markdown
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* SQLite backend, Disqus import
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* client-side JS (currently 61kb minified, 21kb gzipped)
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* I18N, available in german and english (also fallback)
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Roadmap
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-------
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- Ping/TrackBack™ support
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- simple admin interface (needs contributor)
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- spam filtering
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Installation
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------------
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- Python 2.6, 2.7 or 3.3
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- easy_install or pip
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Install Isso (and its dependencies) with:
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~> pip install isso
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Before you start, you may want to import comments from
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[Disqus.com](https://disqus.com/):
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~> isso import ~/Downloads/user-2013-09-02T11_39_22.971478-all.xml
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[100%] 53 threads, 192 comments
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You start the server via (try to visit [http://localhost:8080/static/post.html]()).
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~> isso run
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If that is working, you may want to [edit the configuration](https://github.com/posativ/isso/blob/master/docs/CONFIGURATION.rst).
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Webserver Configuration
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-----------------------
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This part is not fun, I know. I have prepared two possible setups for nginx,
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using Isso on the same domain as the blog, and on a different domain. Each
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setup has its own benefits.
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### Isso on a Sub URI
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Let's assume you want Isso on `/isso`, use the following nginx snippet:
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```nginx
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server {
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listen [::]:80;
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listen [::]:443 ssl;
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server_name example.tld;
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root /var/www/example.tld;
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location /isso {
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proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
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proxy_set_header X-Script-Name /isso;
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proxy_pass http://localhost:8080;
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}
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}
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```
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```html
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<script src="http://example.tld/isso/js/embed.min.js"></script>
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<div id="isso-thread"></div>
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```
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### Isso on a Dedicated Domain
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Now, assuming you have your isso instance running on a different URL, such as
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`http://example.tld:8080`, but your blog runs on `http://example.tld`:
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~> cat example.cfg
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[general]
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host = http://example.tld/
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~> isso -c example.cfg run
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2013-10-30 09:32:48,369 WARNING: unable to connect to SMTP server
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2013-10-30 09:32:48,408 WARNING: connected to HTTP server
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2013-10-30 09:32:48,409 INFO: * Running on http://localhost:8080/
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Make sure, Isso can connect to server that hosts your blog, otherwise you are
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not able to post comments.
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Integrate Isso with:
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```html
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<script src="http://example.tld:8080/js/embed.min.js"></script>
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<div id="isso-thread"></div>
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```
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Also, put the plain isso server behind a real web server or [use uWSGI][3].
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[3]: https://github.com/posativ/isso/blob/master/docs/uWSGI.md
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Website Integration
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-------------------
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To enable comments, add a `<div id="isso-thread"></div>` or `<section id="isso-thread" ...`
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below your post.
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To add comment count links to your index page, include `count.min.js` at the
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very bottom of your document. All links followed by `#isso-thread`, are
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updated with the current comment count.
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This functionality is already included when you embed `embed.min.js`, do
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*not* mix `embed.min.js` and `count.min.js` in a single document.
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Other Documents
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---------------
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- [Configuration](https://github.com/posativ/isso/blob/master/docs/CONFIGURATION.rst)
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- [API overview](https://github.com/posativ/isso/raw/master/docs/API.md)
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- [uWSGI usage](https://github.com/posativ/isso/blob/master/docs/uWSGI.md)
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Alternatives
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------------
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- [talkatv](https://github.com/talkatv/talkatv) – Python
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- [Juvia](https://github.com/phusion/juvia) – Ruby on Rails
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- [Tildehash.com](http://www.tildehash.com/?article=why-im-reinventing-disqus) – PHP
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- [SO: Unobtrusive, self-hosted comments](http://stackoverflow.com/q/2053217)
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