Disqus - Latest Comments for dkeats

Re: dkeats.com

dkeats — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:23:47 -0000

This is a disqus reply test

Re: dkeats.com

dkeats — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:22:23 -0000

This is a disqus test

Re: dkeats.com

dkeats — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:57:47 -0000

Add new comment test from OSCON in Portland.

Re: dkeats.com

dkeats — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:56:01 -0000

This is a reply test from OSCON in Oregon

Re: dkeats.com

dkeats — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 15:19:01 -0000

Does reply work now?

Re: How to use disqus_url

dkeats — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 05:01:59 -0000

Thanks, unfortunately thats not the problem. I use the permalink and disqus_container_id exactly as per the instructions, but it does not work to reply unless you open the permalink. This makes it useless for a dynamic site, so there is some overlap with what you were discussing, but what I have done is supposed to work. It is the exact use case of the instructions. Its a pity that something so potentially useful is not working, and the amount of information to solve it is just not available. Without being able to solve it, I guess I will have to remove the disqus plugin which is a real pity as I really like it.

Re: How to use disqus_url

dkeats — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 04:08:53 -0000

Please see my other message. I cannot see anything that I am doing wrong. The container ids are consistently ac30df328541b9ac69beaae3c668dcce, and according to your instructions, this should work. Sorry, but this has me stumped.

Re: dkeats.com

dkeats — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:18:56 -0000

Is reply working yet?

Re: How to use disqus_url

dkeats — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 02:52:17 -0000

Can there be more than one of
var disqus_container_id = "ac30df328541b9ac69beaae3c668dcce";
in a page? If not, how can you have a discussion per post? If so, how does the script know which one is the right one....?

Re: How to use disqus_url

dkeats — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 02:47:54 -0000

The page contains the following for one view:

<div id="ac30df328541b9ac69beaae3c668dcce"> </div>
<script type="text/javascript">
var disqus_url='http://www.dkeats.com/index.php?module=blog&action=viewsingle&
postid=gen13Srv30Nme10_1352_1214637235&userid=1563080430';
var disqus_container_id = "ac30df328541b9ac69beaae3c668dcce";
</script>

and the following for the other view:

<div id="ac30df328541b9ac69beaae3c668dcce"> </div>
<script type="text/javascript">
var disqus_url='http://www.dkeats.com/index.php?module=blog&action=viewsingle&
postid=gen13Srv30Nme10_1352_1214637235&userid=1563080430';
var disqus_container_id = "ac30df328541b9ac69beaae3c668dcce";
</script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://disqus.com/forums/dkeats/embed.js">

All four references t container_id are the same, whether in div or script.

ac30df328541b9ac69beaae3c668dcce
ac30df328541b9ac69beaae3c668dcce
ac30df328541b9ac69beaae3c668dcce
ac30df328541b9ac69beaae3c668dcce

I am not sure what category id is, it is not mentined in the help documentation. Your help says:
Can I change the container ID from disqus_thread?
Yes. Set the following JavaScript parameter.
var disqus_container_id = "your-custom-id";

Which is what I did by generating it from a hash on the permalink.

So, any further assitance with respect to category id and where I use it would be very much appreciated. Thanks for your help so far, I think I am nearly there....

regards
derek

Re: How to use disqus_url

danielha — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 21:07:28 -0000

The issue is that the container id is not correct.

To find the category id, look at the URL when you're at a category. For example, in the following category: http://disqus.disqus.com/c/218/

The id is 218.

Re: How to use disqus_url

dkeats — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 03:24:11 -0000

This is what is in the page:
<script type="text/javascript">
var disqus_url='http://www.dkeats.com/index.php?module=blog&action=viewsingle&postid=gen13Srv30Nme10_1352_1214637235&userid=1563080430';
var disqus_container_id = "ac30df328541b9ac69beaae3c668dcce";
</script>

Could it be that the disqus_url or var disqus_container_id are too long for your database records? The var disqus_container_id value is a hash on the url.

Re: How to use disqus_url

dkeats — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 03:20:57 -0000

Actually, even that doesn't make sense. But I just created a post there called Testing disqus replies. You can see what I mean youself if you like. Just post a reply while on www.dkeats.com, then it does not show. Click the title of the post to open it with the permalink URL (the same one that is embedded in the page as disqus_url, and the post a reply. It shows up in the page, and if you go back to www.dkeats.com it is there.

Re: How to use disqus_url

dkeats — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 03:18:04 -0000

If you go to www.dkeats.com and try to post a reply while you are on just the plain URL, the reply is posted to disqus and is available via the dashboard, but it does not appear in the page. If you click the posts title, and open the permalink, then you can post and the reply appears in the page. It seems as if the reply is using the actual URL rather than the disqus_url. At least thats one deduction.

Re: dkeats.com

dkeats — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 03:16:21 -0000

This is a test of the reply

Re: dkeats.com

dkeats — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 03:15:51 -0000

This is a comment to test the commenting system.

Re: How to use disqus_url

danielha — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:55:16 -0000

Hi there, I'm not quite sure what you mean. It looks like replying is
working fine.

Re: How to use disqus_url

dkeats — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 08:29:40 -0000

I got it, thanks. Its working now on www.dkeats.com. But now, the reply only works when the page is opened via the permalink, although if you do post a reply that way, it is visible no matter which way you enter the site. That is kind of strange. Is that normal behaviour?

Re: dkeats.com

dkeats — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 08:25:30 -0000

Looks like you have to open the permalink (via clicking the posts title) in order to be able to reply. However, once you have done so, the comment does show up via the id anyway. That is a bit strange.

Re: dkeats.com

dkeats — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 08:21:01 -0000

I keep posting this reply, but it does not show up. Disqus seems to have some bugs.

I am beginning to get a sense that perhaps the Grokstar (apologies to Heinlein) could actually be a great teacher in the developing world who could sell her teaching ability in the developed world for $20, and undercut your $40 Grokstar in the US, thus creating a global market. This would be possible because you have separated teaching from learning, and both from the process of assessment. Am I right in that?

Re: dkeats.com

dkeats — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 08:19:30 -0000

I keep posting this reply, but it does not show up. Disqus seems to have some bugs.

I am beginning to get a sense that perhaps the Grokstars (apologies to Heinlein) could actually be a great teacher in the developing world who could sell her teaching ability in the developed world for $20, and undercut your $40 Grokstar in the US, thus creating a global market. This would be possible because you have separated teaching from learning, and both from the process of assessment. Am I right in that?

Re: dkeats.com

dkeats — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 08:18:05 -0000

I am beginning to get a sense that perhaps the Grokstars (apologies to Heinlein) could actually be a great teacher in the developing world who could sell her teaching ability in the developed world for $20, and undercut your $40 Grokstar in the US, thus creating a global market. This would be possible because you have separated teaching from learning, and both from the process of assessment. Am I right in that?

Re: dkeats.com

dkeats — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 08:16:15 -0000

Re: dkeats.com

dkeats — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:07:12 -0000

Philipp Schmidt also posted something at http://bokaap.net/ideas/entrepreneurial-educati...

Re: dkeats.com

dkeats — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:02:54 -0000

I am curious as to how you would envisage this working in the developing world, almost everyone is under paid. It is easy to see how Tiger Woods and Kevin Garnett get paid so well, because their activities generate the revenue streams that ultimately fund their income. In the Korean example, Megastudy, the revenue is also generated because of the highly competitive nature of higher education and the pressure to get into a good institution because it later on leads to higher income levels (or is perceived to do so). Thus the teachers are not performing a social good, but rather a value-added service in an environment that many would argue has an unhealthy level of competition. Furthermore, is getting students better grades necessarily better education?

For entrepreneurial education to work, especially in poorer countries, there needs to be a revenue model that puts value into the core of education, not as a hyper-competitive add on. Such a model must lift the quality of education overall. Otherwise, it would contribute to a lowering of social justice and a deepening of social divisions. After all, rock stars are not the norm for rock performers, even though they may represent an aspirant state for many. They also represent a model of generating aggregate demand that is perhaps on its way out.

Being in higher education, $2 million is about 10-14 times what a University President makes in this country. I could only imagine how many teachers must earn much less in order for that teacher to earn more. Certainly we need to value education more, and we need to enable passionate and competent teachers to do better than just survive, but I am not sure that in 2008 the rock star is the correct analogy. On the other hand, you might just be able to get the Dr Phil generation to line up with cash in hand. But what about Africa? Is it the thing for us?