jekyll · jekyllbot · Apr 7, 2025 · Apr 7, 2025
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ The title for this section is `Posts` by default and rendered with an `<h2>` tag
 
 Refers to snippets of code within the `_includes` directory that can be inserted in multiple layouts (and another include-file as well) within the same theme-gem.
 
-  - `disqus_comments.html` &mdash; Code to markup disqus comment box.
+  - `comments.html` &mdash; Markup to render comments (via Disqus; active only when Jekyll environment is set to `production`).
   - `footer.html` &mdash; Defines the site's footer section.
   - `google-analytics.html` &mdash; Inserts Google Analytics module (active only in production environment).
   - `head.html` &mdash; Code-block that defines the `<head></head>` in *default* layout.
@@ -272,22 +272,20 @@ You can *add* custom metadata to the `<head />` of your layouts by creating a fi
 
 ### Enabling comments (via Disqus)
 
-Optionally, if you have a Disqus account, you can tell Jekyll to use it to show a comments section below each post.
-
-:warning: `url`, e.g. `https://example.com`, must be set in you config file for Disqus to work.
-
-To enable it, after setting the url field, you also need to add the following lines to your Jekyll site:
+Optionally, if you have a Disqus account, you can render a comments section below each post with the following configuration:
 
 ```yaml
-  disqus:
-    shortname: my_disqus_shortname
+url: "https://my_domain.com"
+disqus:
+  shortname: my_disqus_shortname
 ```
 
 You can find out more about Disqus' shortnames [here](https://help.disqus.com/installation/whats-a-shortname).
 
 Comments are enabled by default and will only appear in production, i.e., `JEKYLL_ENV=production`
 
-If you don't want to display comments for a particular post you can disable them by adding `comments: false` to that post's YAML Front Matter.
+If you don't want to display comments for a particular post you can disable them by adding `comments: false` to that
+post's YAML Front Matter.
 
 ### Author Metadata
 

diff --git a/_includes/comments.html b/_includes/comments.html
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{% if site.disqus.shortname -%}
+  <script>
+    var disqus_config = function () {
+      this.page.url = '{{ page.url | absolute_url }}';
+      this.page.identifier = '{{ page.id }}';
+    };
+    (function() {
+      var d = document, s = d.createElement('script');
+      s.src = 'https://{{ site.disqus.shortname }}.disqus.com/embed.js';
+      s.setAttribute('data-timestamp', +new Date());
+      (d.head || d.body).appendChild(s);
+    })();
+  </script>
+  <noscript>
+    Please enable JavaScript to view the <a href="https://disqus.com/?ref_noscript">comments powered by Disqus.</a>
+  </noscript>
+{% endif -%}
diff --git a/_includes/disqus_comments.html b/_includes/disqus_comments.html
diff --git a/_layouts/post.html b/_layouts/post.html
@@ -36,9 +36,15 @@ <h1 class="post-title p-name" itemprop="name headline">{{ page.title | escape }}
     {{ content }}
   </div>
 
-  {%- if site.disqus.shortname -%}
-    {%- include disqus_comments.html -%}
-  {%- endif -%}
+  {% if jekyll.environment == 'production' -%}
+    {% if page.comments == false -%}
+    <div class="comments-disabled-message">
+      Comments have been disabled for this post.
+    </div>
+    {% else -%}
+      {%- include comments.html -%}
+    {% endif -%}
+  {% endif -%}
 
   <a class="u-url" href="{{ page.url | relative_url }}" hidden></a>
 </article>
diff --git a/_posts/2016-05-20-my-example-post.md b/_posts/2016-05-20-my-example-post.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ---
 layout: post
 author: John Doe
+comments: false
 ---
 
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diff --git a/_sass/minima/_layout.scss b/_sass/minima/_layout.scss
@@ -259,7 +259,6 @@
   .post-authors { margin-top: 3px }
 }
 
-
 .post-title,
 .post-content h1 {
   margin-bottom: 10px;
@@ -306,6 +305,10 @@
   }
 }
 
+.comments-disabled-message {
+  text-align: center;
+  font-weight: 300;
+}
 
 .social-media-list {
   display: table;