Adding a Comment Box to a Write.as Blog
Adding a comment box to any blog is probably a good idea. It lets your readers speak to you directly, discuss whatever you've written. That's fun.
At the moment of writing, Matt, the lead designer β and god of the circuits β for write.as is working on a sub-product called remark.as, an easy plug-and-play comment box, designed specifically for write.as;
However, I'm not one to wait, and reasonable alternatives exist.
For this demonstration, we'll be using commento. Commento is a more privacy-aware and ad-free alternative to Disqus (that shitty comment box you say on almost every half-baked blog) that's backed by funding from the Mozilla foundation.
Simply create an account, and on the dashboard, click βNew Domain.β
You'll need to use either a write.as subdomain, or your own custom domain. You can't use a sub-directory, like my blog does.
Next, they'll tell you to stick this code wherever you want the box to show up. This won't work with write.as, since write.as doesn't allow the <script>
tag.
Instead, you'll have to take the JavaScript located here, and insert it into the JavaScript box for your site.
Now getting a comment box to appear is as simple as adding <div id="commento"></div>
wherever you think it'd look the nicest.
This isn't the nicest, cleanest way to do something like this, but it works, and it's the best solution until remark.as is a finished product.