How to Install dyu comments on Fedora CoreOS Latest

dyu comments is a commenting system for static websites. It is simple, fast, and easy to use. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install dyu comments on Fedora CoreOS Latest.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, you need to have the following:

  • A running instance of Fedora CoreOS Latest
  • A static website

Installation

  1. First, you need to download dyu comments from GitHub using the following command:
wget https://github.com/dyu/comments/archive/main.zip
  1. Extract the downloaded file using the following command:
unzip main.zip
  1. Navigate to the extracted directory using the following command:
cd comments-main
  1. Install the required dependencies using the following command:
npm install
  1. Start dyu comments using the following command:
npm start

The dyu comments server will now start running, and you should see the following output:

> [email protected] start /home/user/comments-main
> node app.js

dyu comments server listening on port 3000

Configuration

Once you have installed dyu comments, you need to configure it to work with your static website.

  1. In your static website, create a new page for dyu comments. For example, create a file named comments.html with the following content:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>Comments</title>
</head>
<body>
    <script src="/js/comment.js"></script>
    <div id="dyu-comments"></div>
</body>
</html>
  1. In your static website, create a new JavaScript file named comment.js with the following content:
var dyuComments = {}

dyuComments.host = 'http://localhost:3000'
dyuComments.domain = 'yourdomain.com'
dyuComments.owner = 'Your Name'
dyuComments.repo = 'your-repo'
dyuComments.path = 'your-path'

var script = document.createElement('script');
script.src = `${dyuComments.host}/js/comment.js`;
script.onload = () => {
  var comments = document.getElementById('dyu-comments')
  dyu_comments(comments, dyuComments)
}
document.head.appendChild(script)
  1. Update the dyuComments object with your own domain name, GitHub owner name, repository name, and file path. For example:
dyuComments.host = 'http://localhost:3000'
dyuComments.domain = 'mywebsite.com'
dyuComments.owner = 'myusername'
dyuComments.repo = 'my-repo'
dyuComments.path = 'blog/post-1'
  1. Upload the comments.html and comment.js files to your static website.

Conclusion

Congratulation! You have successfully installed and configured dyu comments on Fedora CoreOS Latest. You can now enable comments on your static website with this lightweight and easy-to-use commenting system.