Comments

Articulate itself does not manage comments, instead it leaves it up to the experts to manage comments for you. Out of the box Articulate will support comment integration with:

• Disqus (recommended)
• Google+
• Facebook

By default the Disqus comment engine is enabled but you'll need to enter your Disqus 'shortname' into your Articulate root blog node. To get a Disqus shortname, just register your blog at http://disqus.com. Once this is all done, Disqus comments will be shown.

If you do not want to use Disqus and instead want to use Google+ or Facebook then you'll need to modify the current theme you are working with. In most cases this will be the the theme's Post.cshtml file and you will see some code similar to:

@if (Model.EnableComments)
{
    @Html.ThemedPartial(Model, "CommentsDisqus")         
}

Depending on if you want Google+ or Facebook, just swap out the term "CommentsDisqus" with either "CommentsFacebook" or "CommentsGooglePlus"

Importing comments

If you are using Disqus and are importing to Articulate from a BlogMl source, there's an option on the Articulate BlogMl importer to allow you to Export Disqus Xml comments. If you select this option, you will be provided a link after the BlogMl has been imported. You can then download the Disqus Xml comments and use that file to import them into your Disqus account.