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5.8 KiB
Markdown
209 lines
5.8 KiB
Markdown
Isso – Ich schrei sonst
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=======================
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You love static blog generators (especially [Acrylamid][1] *cough*) and the
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only option to interact with your 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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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 54kb minified, 18kb gzipped)
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* I18N, available in german and english (also fallback)
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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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- a working C compiler
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Install Isso with:
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~> pip install isso
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Set your database location and website:
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~> cat my.cfg
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[general]
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dbpath = /var/lib/isso/comments.db
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host = http://example.tld/
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Optional: you can import your comments from [Disqus.com](https://disqus.com/):
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~> isso -c my.cfg import ~/Downloads/user-2013-09-02T11_39_22.971478-all.xml
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[100%] 53 threads, 192 comments
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Now start the server:
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~> isso -c my.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 INFO: connected to HTTP server
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Make sure, Isso can connect to the server that hosts your blog, otherwise you
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are not able to post comments.
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Website Integration
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-------------------
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You can run Isso on a dedicated domain or behind a sub URI like `/isso`. It
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makes actually no difference except for the webserver configuration (see
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below).
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Whatever method you prefer (just change the URL), to embed comments add
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```html
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<script src="http://example.tld/js/embed.min.js"></script>
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```
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to your HTML (presumedly into `<head>`) and
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```html
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<div id="isso-thread"></div>
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```
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below your post. That's all. The JavaScript client will automatically detect
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the API endpoint.
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To show the comment count for posts (but no comments), add
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```html
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<script src="http://example.tld/js/count.min.js"></script>
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```
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to your header and all links ending with `#isso-thread` are updated with the
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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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### Client Configuration
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You can configure the client (the JS part) via `data-` attributes:
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* data-title
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When you start a new thread (= first comment on a page), Isso sends
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a GET request that page to see if it a) exists and b) parse the site's
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heading (currently used as subject in emails).
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Isso assumes that the title is inside an `h1` tag near the isso thread:
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```html
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<html>
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<body>
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<h1>Website Title</h1>
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<article>
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<header>
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<h1>Post Title</h1>
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<section id="isso-thread">
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...
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```
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In this example, the detected title is `Post Title` as expected, but some
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older sites may only use a single `h1` as their website's maintitle, and
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a `h2` for the post title. Unfortunately this is unambiguous and you have
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to tell Isso what's the actual post title:
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```html
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<section data-title="Post Title" id="isso-thread">
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```
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Make sure to escape the attribute value.
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* data-isso
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Isso usually detects the REST API automatically, but when you serve the JS
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script on a different location, this may fail. Use `data-isso` to
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override the API location:
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```html
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<script data-isso="/isso" src="/path/to/embed.min.js"></script>
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```
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* data-isso-css
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Set to `false` prevents Isso from automatically appending the stylesheet.
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Defaults to `true`.
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```html
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<script src="..." data-isso-css="false"></script>
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```
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* data-isso-reply-to-self
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Set to `true` when spam guard is configured with `reply-to-self = true`.
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### Webserver configuration
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* nginx configuration to run Isso on `/isso`:
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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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* nginx configuration to run Isso on a dedicated domain:
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```nginx
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server {
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listen [::]:8080;
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server_name comments.example.tld;
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location / {
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proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
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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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### Init Scripts
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* SystemD: [isso.service](https://github.com/jgraichen/debian-isso/blob/master/debian/isso.service)
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* SysVinit: [isso.init](https://github.com/jgraichen/debian-isso/blob/master/debian/isso.init)
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* OpenBSD: [GH:Gist](https://gist.github.com/noqqe/7397719)
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Documentation
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-------------
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- [Configuration](https://github.com/posativ/isso/blob/master/docs/CONFIGURATION.rst)
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- [uWSGI](https://github.com/posativ/isso/blob/master/docs/uWSGI.md)
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- [Contributing](https://github.com/posativ/isso/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md)
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- [Development](https://github.com/posativ/isso/blob/master/docs/DEVELOPMENT.md)
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- [API overview](https://github.com/posativ/isso/raw/master/docs/API.md)
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For further help, join `#isso` on Freenode!
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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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