A couple of questions for you Paul. First, why do we need to log in to the Firefox addons site in order to download from there? I can get other addons that don't require a login?
Second, I was pondering an interim solution to allow blog admins to somehow get pinged when a comment is made on their non-disqus-enabled blog.. in fact, could the ping functionality (like which WP uses when you link to an article) be used in this case?
Paul
· 1 year ago
Mozilla requires all extensions to go through a review process (highly rated, good reviews on the add-ons site, lots of downloads). Until it goes through that review process, only "developers" (anyone can get a login) are able to download it and test it out. I submitted the extension a few weeks ago and have heard nothing, so if someone knows how to make that happen I am all ears.
I like the idea sending trackbacks to non-Disqus blogs. I liked it so much I implemented it right after reading your comment :)
I'm sent an email to the Disqus guys asking for help on some of the API stuff so the trackback contains the actual first comment and not just a generic "gReader Comments". The problem I was running into was knowing if someone commented because the page doesn't reload.
Scroll down or search for "gReader" and you will find it. There seems to be a typo in the message body.. "do" instead of "so".
There does seem to be some sort of script error on the linked page: Warning: implode() [function.implode]: Bad arguments. in /home/sixtart0/public_html/gReader/trackbacks/trackback_cls.php on line 368
Otherwise, looks good!
Phil Glockner
· 1 year ago
Excellent! Glad to be helpful! :) And thanks for the answer.
Phil Harnish
· 1 year ago
Awesome work Paul. I thought about this feature as well and you implemented it brilliantly. Very polished :)
Paul
· 1 year ago
Feel free to post your thoughts or any support requests here.
somegirl
· 1 year ago
nice. i'm giving it a try...
Andy C
· 1 year ago
Does it work on Firefox 3 beta 5 ? The Add-Ons site says 'This is for early version of Firefox' and the 'Add to Firefox' button doesn't work. Shame 'cos I would love to try it out.
You might have to save it, and then do a "File | Open File" in order to install it.
Andy C
· 1 year ago
Bookmarklet works in FF3beta5 but is named 'javascript;javascript' :-)
Paul
· 1 year ago
It actually says that for all versions of FF - you just have to rename it to whatever you want. I ended up running out of leisure time, and that was one thing I decided just to leave as is. Glad to know it works in FF3.
jeffisageek
· 1 year ago
have the plugin installed and think it is gonna be a great feature to use with google reader...its new so you have to expect a few bugs and errors out there...but I like the concept. good work.
sarahintampa
· 1 year ago
nice job!
clifnotes
· 1 year ago
I like the BookMarklet. As someone mentioned, the name of the bookmarklet ends up as javascript..... No problem, just renamed it.
Paul
· 1 year ago
Didn't realize the bookmarklet would be so popular - I took the 3 minutes to fix it...and thanks to FriendFeed for the code :)
engtech
· 1 year ago
I'm looking forward to when this can automatically detect any blog that uses disqus. For me, that's the killer feature. I want to be able to leave comments on the original blog.
Paul
· 1 year ago
I have actually been debating whether to put this in or not: • It's going to be somewhat flaky because it would just be scraping the page's html and checking for Disqus to grab the forum_id • It would be taking a hit on loading speed • The conversations I actually want to read are from people who would post through this - not every single blog: think of the FriendFeed conversations vs. Digg conversations - which ones do you really read? Maybe I can convince the Disqus guys to add this to the API which would take care of 1 & 2.
khodabakchian
· 1 year ago
+1. 1&2 should be encapsulated in their API. They should have a way to return a comment structure given a post url. They should also have an API to let the client know if for a given RSS feed id or website url, if that site is disqus powered.
Then you could have a wiki page where anyone can manage the lookup table between feeds and disqus comments. Using Google Code for a wiki is probably better than using Infogami, because it'll give you more control options and better speed.
FamManLib
· 1 year ago
Paul (or anyone else who can answer): I really like this plugin but after using it a bit in the last day, I am beginning to realize that either I am just really not "getting it" or I am plain stupid. Is my comment on a non-Disqus-enabled blog visible to the post author at all? Or not? Does my comment made in gReader Comment become visible to *anyone* in the original blog post? Forgive me if these are dumb questions.
Paul
· 1 year ago
Currently, the comments in the plugin are only linked directly to a few dozen blogs that use Disqus. Any non-Disqus blogs you can be sure that the comment will not go through. It's really not visible to the author. Think of the extension more as a conversation between advanced users (like FriendFeed). If you have your Disqus account linked up to FriendFeed, it will also show up in your feed there.
Most likely, the post author will have no idea you posted a comment in here so I wouldn't use this as a means of trying to contact them. Either send an email, or post directly to the blog's comment system. Sorry for the confusion!
FamManLib
· 1 year ago
OK, got it. I feel rather dumb but now I know what to expect! Thank you for explaining.
Roger Kondrat
· 1 year ago
Hi Paul, it would be great if you included TechWinter.com in your Script as we are a popular site in Europe using Disqus.
Cheers
Paul
· 1 year ago
Done.
smbeebe
· 1 year ago
neat!!
Phil Glockner
· 1 year ago
Hi Paul, Not sure where you'd like me to file any bugs I might find.. here is one. If you would like me to submit a different way, just let me know.
I found a bug trying to open a gReader comment on a feed from the site io9.com:
Warning: fopen(http://io9.com/379209/clone-wars-trailer-shows-all out-jedi-mayhem) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.1 500 Server Error in /home/sixtart0/public_html/gReader/comments_disqus.php on line 221 Failed when checking for Disqus thread.
Paul
· 1 year ago
It has an anti-Jedi mechanism built-in. No really...I couldn't figure out why it gives the error on just that page. I put in an error check that will continue loading the page, it just has no way of checking whether it uses Disqus if it gets that error (because it couldn't open it).
Are you having any problems with the loading circle animation being stuck when you post comments?
Phil Glockner
· 1 year ago
Could the problem be that there is an unconverted space in the URL? ("all out" instead of "all-out") As for the the loading circle animation, I haven't had that issue yet. I'll let you know if I do.
Paul
· 1 year ago
You nailed it. Thanks for pointing it out...I just didn't have the patience to pinpoint it last night!
"if you pass a URL with spaces, those have to be encoded to %20, and any html entities such as & have to be decoded to & or the fopen() call fails" [php.net]
This little piece of PHP code fixed the issue: str_replace(' ', '%20', html_entity_decode($dispurl))
Phil Glockner
· 1 year ago
I didn't see it yesterday either, haha. So, is the PHP in the addon or on the server end? I'm guessing server.
Paul
· 1 year ago
You're right - it's server-based. The extension is pure javascript that puts an overlay on Google Reader that when clicked on opens up an iframe. The contents of that new iframe is in the following format: http://www.sixteenseven.com/gReader/comments_di...... ..
That's why a lot of these fixes/additions I'm doing are easy to push out because they don't require you to re-install the extension.
digitarald
· 1 year ago
I know how hard it is to invest time into a personal project, especially for the presentation and documentation, but its not very nice to rip off the design (and a lot of content) from http://www.lokeshdhakar.com/projects/lightbox2/ without any credit.
Paul
· 1 year ago
Agreed. Credit is now shown in the Contact section. I appreciate the understandable reminder.
MatTrue
· 1 year ago
Hi, great extension.
This probably isn't common, but it seemed to crash Flock 1.1 (FF2 based) with Better GReader extension when I tried to switch to preview mode.
and there were no comments (probably b/c of the feedburner part). Looks like it's fixed now.
Also, when scrolling a long section of comments (in gReader and here) on any FF2 based browser on Mac, everything gets messed up.
Paul
· 1 year ago
I just subscribed to the blog using the feedburner feed using FF2 and everything seems to be working as expected. I'm sorry, but I don't have the time or resources to check for compatibility with Flock or Mac-based browsers. If you happen to have any ideas of how to fix the problems I could certainly implement them.
zsection
· 1 year ago
Very impressive - truly
Paul
· 1 year ago
Thanks! I just added a few new features using the RSSMeme API, but I haven't had time to document them quite yet. The biggest one is if the article has Google Notes tied to it (from other users) they will be shown towards the bottom now.
Alex
· 1 year ago
Привет. Жаль, что русские об этом сервисе пока е знают
lucifr
· 1 year ago
Wonderful plugin! Firefox RC1 is released now. Can you update it so as to support RC1? Thanks!
Paul
· 1 year ago
Just updated it. Thanks for the reminder!
lucifr
· 1 year ago
Good job! Lot of thanks~~
steveballmer
· 1 year ago
This would be good if it wasn't from Gaggle!
kenmat
· 1 year ago
This is cool! Thanks for sharing :)
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· 1 year ago
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· 1 year ago
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· 1 year ago
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· 1 year ago
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rita6
· 1 year ago
Google Reader's built-in public page to easily share interesting items with your friends and family. Google Reader constantly checks your favorite news sites and blogs for new content.
This isn't working for me - in Google Reader it just says 'array.' Suggestions?
Ronald
· 1 year ago
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· 1 year ago
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· 1 year ago
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· 1 year ago
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Does it work on Firefox 3 beta 5 ? The Add-Ons site says 'This is for early version of Firefox' and the 'Add to Firefox' button doesn't work. Shame 'cos I would love to try it out.
noel
· 1 year ago
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Nishant
· 1 year ago
A couple of questions for you Paul. First, why do we need to log in to the Fire fox add-ons site in order to download from there? I can get other add-ons that don't require a login?
Second, I was pondering an interim solution to allow blog admins to somehow get pinged when a comment is made on their non-discus-enabled blog. In fact, could the ping functionality (like which WP uses when you link to an article) be used in this case?
Paul
· 1 year ago
Sorry for the very belated reply...I had to turn off notifications due to spam in this thread. The login is required because Firefox hasn't accepted it as an official add-on yet. You can use bugmenot.com to login if you don't want to create an account yourself.
As for Pings, I've actually already implemented that functionality. It tries a few different obvious trackback URLs to ping the original blog if it is not Disqus-enabled. It doesn't grab all of them, and I was having trouble if just one person commented...so after you comment you might refresh the iframe and see if it sends a ping!
pubmed
· 1 year ago
Great work
veryjiggy
· 12 months ago
Hi,
I can see the 'comments' icon, but when I click on it, no comments appear. Even for posts which have comments on them, nothing shows via this software. Is it necessary for the blog to have Disqus for us to see comments also?
Olaf_UCKERMANN
· 11 months ago
OK, i got it. Now i will see how it works.
JC John Sese Cuneta (謝施洗)
· 11 months ago
Hi,
I have a problem. The "Comments" link doesn't show anymore for some reason.
It was showing before, and I dont remember changing anything, other than gReader seem to have updated the main page again (I might be wrong).
Thanks ^^
PS I only have: Add Star; Share; Share with note; Email; Keep unread; Add tags
charlieanzman
· 10 months ago
Brilliant!!!!
germanstudent
· 5 months ago
is there any chance you'll update the plugin for FF 3.5? :)
Paul
· 5 months ago
It's now been updated to work with 3.5 without giving update errors. Thanks for letting me know, I tweaked my Firefox long ago to update all add-ons regardless of compatibility --> http://bit.ly/X3DdK.
germanstudent
· 5 months ago
wow! thank you so much for the quick response! I'll test it now. I'll post a DISQUS blog entry later this day and will link to your site. Best, Markus
germanstudent
· 5 months ago
edit: I guess I wrote this comment too fast. Now I see the new version. Sorry for the confusion. I'll try again
hmmm. that's weird. I could only install the plugin with the livehacker instructions but it won't work. I tried several "DISQUS blogs" but I can't see where I can post a comment within the google reader
germanstudent
· 5 months ago
Sorry to bother you again. I now tried to install the new plugin on a Windows 7 and a Windows XP machine (FF 3.5). When I subscribe to a DISQUS blog I can only see "add star, share, share with note, email, keep unread and edit tags" but not the comment box which is shown in the screenshot. Have I forgotten something? Install the plugin, restart FF then subscribe to a RSS Feed with DISQUS comments and I should see the extra box in Google Reader, right?
Would be very happy about a short anwer. Markus
Paul
· 5 months ago
Update once more (sorry!) to 4.3.2 - I didn't have support for other countries domain names (ie google.de) and I'm guessing that's where our problem is.
You should now see the "Comments" link next to all the others for *every* post, but only Disqus blogs will let you interact (all the others are read-only comments of twitter/friendfeed/wordpress).
germanstudent
· 5 months ago
Thank you but unfortunately it is still not working after deleting gReader and adding 4.3.2 again. I don't know why. You said the comments link should appear in every feed regardless if its blog uses Disqus. This is how it looks like here with v. 4.3.2 http://is.gd/1yGln
All Comments
Second, I was pondering an interim solution to allow blog admins to somehow get pinged when a comment is made on their non-disqus-enabled blog.. in fact, could the ping functionality (like which WP uses when you link to an article) be used in this case?
I like the idea sending trackbacks to non-Disqus blogs. I liked it so much I implemented it right after reading your comment :)
I'm sent an email to the Disqus guys asking for help on some of the API stuff so the trackback contains the actual first comment and not just a generic "gReader Comments". The problem I was running into was knowing if someone commented because the page doesn't reload.
http://regulargeek.com/2008/04/14/comment-where...
Scroll down or search for "gReader" and you will find it. There seems to be a typo in the message body.. "do" instead of "so".
There does seem to be some sort of script error on the linked page:
Warning: implode() [function.implode]: Bad arguments. in /home/sixtart0/public_html/gReader/trackbacks/trackback_cls.php on line 368
Otherwise, looks good!
http://www.sixteenseven.com/gReader/releases/gr...
You might have to save it, and then do a "File | Open File" in order to install it.
• It's going to be somewhat flaky because it would just be scraping the page's html and checking for Disqus to grab the forum_id
• It would be taking a hit on loading speed
• The conversations I actually want to read are from people who would post through this - not every single blog: think of the FriendFeed conversations vs. Digg conversations - which ones do you really read?
Maybe I can convince the Disqus guys to add this to the API which would take care of 1 & 2.
Every RSS 2.0 feed has an item for the comments URL: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html
Looking at Steve's feed, even though he uses disqus it still points to the WordPress comments page: http://www.feedvalidator.org/check.cgi?url=http...
But that's pretty moot, since the Google Reader API doesn't offer an entry point for getting the comments URL: http://code.google.com/p/pyrfeed/wiki/GoogleRea...
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What you could do is use the same trick as Pagerization where it can import a cache of information from a wiki. http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/7623
Then you could have a wiki page where anyone can manage the lookup table between feeds and disqus comments. Using Google Code for a wiki is probably better than using Infogami, because it'll give you more control options and better speed.
Most likely, the post author will have no idea you posted a comment in here so I wouldn't use this as a means of trying to contact them. Either send an email, or post directly to the blog's comment system. Sorry for the confusion!
Cheers
Not sure where you'd like me to file any bugs I might find.. here is one. If you would like me to submit a different way, just let me know.
I found a bug trying to open a gReader comment on a feed from the site io9.com:
Warning: fopen(http://io9.com/379209/clone-wars-trailer-shows-all out-jedi-mayhem) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.1 500 Server Error in /home/sixtart0/public_html/gReader/comments_disqus.php on line 221
Failed when checking for Disqus thread.
Are you having any problems with the loading circle animation being stuck when you post comments?
As for the the loading circle animation, I haven't had that issue yet. I'll let you know if I do.
to pinpoint it last night!
"if you pass a URL with spaces, those have to be encoded to %20, and any
html entities such as & have to be decoded to & or the fopen() call
fails" [php.net]
This little piece of PHP code fixed the issue: str_replace(' ', '%20',
html_entity_decode($dispurl))
an overlay on Google Reader that when clicked on opens up an iframe. The
contents of that new iframe is in the following format:
http://www.sixteenseven.com/gReader/comments_di......
..
That's why a lot of these fixes/additions I'm doing are easy to push out
because they don't require you to re-install the extension.
This probably isn't common, but it seemed to crash Flock 1.1 (FF2 based) with Better GReader extension when I tried to switch to preview mode.
When it happened, I was trying to comment on http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheSecretDiaryOf...
and there were no comments (probably b/c of the feedburner part). Looks like it's fixed now.
Also, when scrolling a long section of comments (in gReader and here) on any FF2 based browser on Mac, everything gets messed up.
had time to document them quite yet. The biggest one is if the article has
Google Notes tied to it (from other users) they will be shown towards the
bottom now.
Firefox RC1 is released now. Can you update it so as to support RC1? Thanks!
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Second, I was pondering an interim solution to allow blog admins to somehow get pinged when a comment is made on their non-discus-enabled blog. In fact, could the ping functionality (like which WP uses when you link to an article) be used in this case?
As for Pings, I've actually already implemented that functionality. It tries a few different obvious trackback URLs to ping the original blog if it is not Disqus-enabled. It doesn't grab all of them, and I was having trouble if just one person commented...so after you comment you might refresh the iframe and see if it sends a ping!
I can see the 'comments' icon, but when I click on it, no comments appear. Even for posts which have comments on them, nothing shows via this software.
Is it necessary for the blog to have Disqus for us to see comments also?
I have a problem. The "Comments" link doesn't show anymore for some reason.
I'm using: gReader 4.2.2
Firefox 3.0
Ubuntu 8 / Intrepid
It was showing before, and I dont remember changing anything, other than gReader seem to have updated the main page again (I might be wrong).
Thanks ^^
PS
I only have: Add Star; Share; Share with note; Email; Keep unread; Add tags
post a DISQUS blog entry later this day and will link to your site.
Best, Markus
hmmm. that's weird. I could only install the plugin with the livehacker instructions but it won't work. I tried several "DISQUS blogs" but I can't see where I can post a comment within the google reader
Have I forgotten something? Install the plugin, restart FF then subscribe to a RSS Feed with DISQUS comments and I should see the extra box in Google Reader, right?
Would be very happy about a short anwer.
Markus
You should now see the "Comments" link next to all the others for *every* post, but only Disqus blogs will let you interact (all the others are read-only comments of twitter/friendfeed/wordpress).
http://is.gd/1yGln
the URL of my Google Reader looks like this http://www.google.de/reader/view/#stream/feed%2... for Gizmodo (no disqus)
btw: Bookmarklets work perfectly.