Monday, 29 August 2011

Trying out the Livefyre commenting system


Since the re-launch of the site I have been looking for a way to make the process of commenting easier. I ended up with a connection to Facebook, keeping the WordPress commenting system, but using Facebook for authentication.

While page views on the site have been slightly over zero, comments have been, well, basically zero :) So I'm trying out a third-part system, Livefyre, with the intention to provide an even easier interface for comments, authentication via other means beyond Facebook and other more advanced features like subscriptions, @ mentions and cross-posting comments to Facebook and Twitter.

So far it looks nice, I like the fact the not only is there an plugin for Wordpress, but Livefyre actually integrates with Wordpress: previous comments are imported and new comments are also added in the Wordpress database. So give it a try and let me know in the comments how it looks :)

Note #1: Cross-posting to Facebook isn't very sexy as the actual comment is not shown on Facebook but rather a "I posted a comment" message which will not bring many clicks.

(2/9) Note #2: Obviously Livefyre broke the WP-FB Comments plugin and now comments are not shared with the Facebook page. Livefyre has the same functionality although at the moment I can't put the URL of my page in the Livefyre control panel. The excellent support team of Livefyre have tracked me down though (see comments) so I'm hoping this will be solved soon.

(3/9) Note #3: More resources on WordPress commenting systems and plugins
- 10+ WordPress comment management plugins
- Advanced commenting systems for WordPress
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15 comments:

  1. MarkosGiannopoulos29 August 2011 at 23:21

    Hello world, this is a comment using Livefyre :)

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  2. jennalanger2 September 2011 at 08:06

    Hi Markos, welcome to Livefyre! Happy to have you in the Network, and we'll check out the Facebook post as it should actually show the text of the comment as well. Thanks for the heads up!

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  3. MarkosGiannopoulos2 September 2011 at 10:01

    Hi @jennalanger ,thank you for stopping by. When I try to put the url of FB page on the LiveFyre control panel I get "You entered an invalid Facebook fan page". My page is here https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Markos-Giannop...

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  4. jennalanger5 September 2011 at 09:02

    @MarkosGiannopoulos You need to have the permanent url that is more like facebook.com/livefyre Once you get that URL it will work with your Facebook page.

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  5. MarkosGiannopoulos5 September 2011 at 13:48

    @jennalanger I see so I need a username (and 25 fans :)). It's kind of a strange requirement though, I'm sure the connection would work either way (it did with the WP-FB Comments WordPress plugin)

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  6. jennalanger8 September 2011 at 05:57

    @MarkosGiannopoulos Ah, interesting. Currently we have to wait until you get the username, but we'll help you get to 25! :)



    Livefyre does the import when you activate the plugin. To get those comments in Livefyre you can deactivate and reactivate, it will trigger the import again.

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  7. MarkosGiannopoulos8 September 2011 at 07:19

    @jennalanger thanks for the like :)

    tried deactivating / activating the plugin and just got the "It looks like you're done...start using livefyre!" message on the Livefyre plugin page. Is it something else i need to do ?

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  8. jennalanger8 September 2011 at 21:27

    @MarkosGiannopoulos Ah, sorry forgot the step of leaving a comment while Livefyre is off. That triggers Livefyre to realize that there are new comments and it restarts the import. I wouldn't recommend doing this on a regular basis as it can affect the consistency of the sync. We'll get you to 25 fans in no time!

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  9. Markos Giannopoulos9 September 2011 at 00:42

    Hello from Facebook :)

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  10. Markos Giannopoulos9 September 2011 at 00:46

    Thank you Jenna, for the sake of experimentation I'm going to try it ;)

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  11. Web Design Outsource27 September 2011 at 00:35

    Livefyre is simply amazing. I just switched to it and until now I'm still amazed by it. it's really great, trust me.

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  12. b.nijhoff11 October 2011 at 12:25

    Thanks for sharing your thought on livefyre. I also like the livefyre system and installed it like a week ago.

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