Hi, I’d like to create a comments section with each post in our news section www.elektronauts.com/news . Kind of like in the Facebook feed. The optimal way would be to embed a topic in a widget. Has anything like this been tried before or is there a better way of implementing this?

Have you had a look at this? [image] Embed Discourse comments on another website via Javascript Integrations Discourse has the ability to embed the comments from a topic in a remote site using a Javascript API that creates an IFRAME. For an example of this in action, check…

Thanx! Works fine with a few modifications. Not possible to comment directly however. Might do with this though.

Hey @piratdavid , we are setting up a discourse platform locally right now and hope to put it online beginning of next year - we would like to head in the direction of your elektronauts page - as one of my team member is using it frequently and likes it a lot for its clarity - and I don t use it as …

Hi @anderer , Yes it’s developed as a plugin. The community can hopefully lead you in the right direction for you to develop something similar. Basically, you will need a Rails Engine/Plugin defining any additional routes you would like to introduce. Hope that was helpful. David

Hello @piratdavid , I read in another discussion that you are considering publishing your plugin - have you made up your mind about that? I personally think this is would be a valuable add-on to discourse - especially since there are numerous similar approaches as you have sucessefully implemented -…

Hi! It’s a little tricky because we have no history of releasing any open source software. I would really like to but there needs to be some discussions in the company. What’s your timeframe?

Heyho! Thanks for considering a release as open source software! I, myself, am very relaxed timewise, since the new website will need to be online only mid of april 2018 - it is supposed to be the central hub and website for the participants of a sustainability certificate programme at my universi…

Hi @piratdavid , happy new year : ) I wanted to inquire if you already had the chance for some discussion with your group/company… toodle pip andré

This is now possible [image] Embed Discourse as a full comment system on your site megaphoneAnnouncements Discourse’s embedding system lets you show topic comments on external sites via an iframe — but until now, the experience was read-only. Visitors had to c…

Topic as widget

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thomaspurchas (Thomas Purchas) Septembre 7, 2016, 11:50 2

Have you had a look at this?

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