IntenseDebate Extension

IntenseDebate is a Javascript-based commenting system, which is perfect for static websites.

Install

To use the IntenseDebate integration, you simply need add an extension to the pipeline in your _ext/pipeline.rb file.

require 'intense_debate'

Awestruct::Extensions::Pipeline.new do
  extension Awestruct::Extensions::IntenseDebate.new
end

Don't forget to add the require import.

Configure

Your _config/site.yml needs to include the property intense_debate_acct with your account identifier.

Property	Description
intense_debate_acct	The identifier for your IntenseDebate account

Use the extension

The extension adds two methods to every page within the site.

`page.intense_debate_comments`

This will emit the javascript necessary to provide IntenseDebate comment integration for the comments for the target page. Typically this should only be used once per page.

.content
  = page.content
.comments
  = page.intense_debate_comments

`page.intense_debate_comments_link`

This will emit the javascript necessary to provide simple IntenseDebate comment links for the target page. This is okay to invoke several times on a master aggregator (or index) page.

- for post in site.posts
  .post
    .abstract
      = post.abstract
    .comments
      = post.intense_debate_comments_link