What is the challenge today?

Enhance the interface of my Jekyll Blog

How did I tackle this?

Decide on user stories to implement:

1. Viewers can follow and receive regular updates of my posts as they would like to
2. Posts can be automatedly tweeted as soon as they are published
3. Viewers can comment on my posts

Was it solved?

User story #3 was resolved but not #1 & #2

What did I learn?

RSS or Atom Feed are methods of tracking the contents of the blog with a summarised XML file. It is important for integration with automated publications on social media platforms like Twitter, FB, etc.

How to integrate Disqus:

• Login to disqus (or create a new account if needed)
• Find the section that says:

Ready to install Disqus?

It only takes a few minutes and gets you access to all features.

Click on “Get Started” If it’s not in the landing page, try the steps below:

Click on the Avatar (the icon/pic in the top right corner) => Choose "Home" from the dropdown menu
Click on the gear icon in the top right corner (after landing in the Home page of Disqus) => Choose "Add Disqus to Site" 
The features page should show up so one can find the section above

• Choose “I want to install Disqus on my site”

• Enter the name of your website as prompted in this format:

example.com 
subdomain.example.com

Wrong format examples:

http://www.example.com 
example.com/my-blog-name

More on troubleshooting here

• Upon comleting the creation of Disqus installation by accepting the policy & selecting Jekyll platform, find the “Universal Embed Code” in the installation instruction. Copy the entire code in section 1 only (2 and 3 are optional)
• Go to the repo of the blog & add the Disqus username to disqus property in the _config.yml file
• Go to _includes\disqus.html and add in the copied code (Universal Embed Cod) betweenand. Delete any other thing in the middle of these 2 lines if available
• Modify the md files of the posts expecting comments, or just modify the _layouts\post.html file if comments should be available for all posts as followed:

---
layout: #whateverwasthere-nochange
comments: true
#otherproperties
---

• Double check if everything was fine on the blog site & follow the troubleshoot guide from Disqus otherwise

What else should I try next (or next time)?

Finish up the Feed and automation

Delete the wrong shortname of my blog site on Disqus

What did I help others with today?

None @gain

How do I think/feel about that?

Sad