Encouraging discussion with Disqus

Disqus is a feature rich commenting system, which also helps reduce the barrier by preventing anonymous users from registering and commenting on our site. Features of the Disqus comment system include:

• Social integration allowing users to use their credentials from third-party social networks to log in and then share their comment

• Discussions continually updated in real time

• Comments can be posted through e-mail and mobile devices

• Comments and discussions can be followed over a range of different websites; our users won't be restricted to just ours

• Comments can be rated, and poorly rated comments can be hidden from the conversation if they don't add value

Register for Disqus

To use the Disqus module we need to register our site to use Disqus:

1. This can be done from the registration page: http://disqus.com/admin/register/.

2. Here we simply enter a few short details about our website, and a few details about us as the primary moderator, and click Continue:

   

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