mkdocs-material/docs/setup/adding-a-comment-system.md
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template: overrides/main.html
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# Adding a comment system
Material for MkDocs allows to easily add the third-party comment system of your
choice to the footer of any page by using [theme extension]. As an example,
we'll be integrating [Giscus], which is Open Source, free, and uses GitHub
discussions as a backend.
[Giscus]: https://giscus.app/
## Customization
### Giscus integration
Before you can use [Giscus], you need to complete the following steps:
1. __Install the [Giscus GitHub App]__ and grant access to the repository
that should host comments as GitHub discussions. Note that this can be a
repository different from your documentation.
2. __Visit [Giscus] and generate the snippet__ through their configuration tool
to load the comment system. Copy the snippet for the next step. The
resulting snippet should look similar to this:
``` html
<script
src="https://giscus.app/client.js"
data-repo="<username>/<repository>"
data-repo-id="..."
data-category="..."
data-category-id="..."
data-mapping="pathname"
data-reactions-enabled="1"
data-emit-metadata="1"
data-theme="light"
data-lang="en"
crossorigin="anonymous"
async
>
</script>
```
You can either integrate [Giscus] on every page by overriding the `main.html`
template, or create a new template (e.g. `blog.html`) to extend from `main.html`
which includes the comment system, so you can decide for each page whether you
want to allow comments or not.
In order to integrate [Giscus], follow the guide on [theme extension] and
[override the `content` block][overriding blocks], extending the default by
calling the `super()` function at the beginning of the block:
``` html hl_lines="8"
{% extends "base.html" %}
{% block content %}
{{ super() }}
<!-- Giscus -->
<h2 id="__comments">{{ lang.t("meta.comments") }}</h2>
<!-- Replace with generated snippet -->
<!-- Reload on palette change -->
<script>
var palette = __md_get("__palette")
if (palette && typeof palette.color === "object")
if (palette.color.scheme === "slate") {
var giscus = document.querySelector("script[src*=giscus]")
giscus.setAttribute("data-theme", "dark") // (1)!
}
/* Register event handlers after documented loaded */
document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", function() {
var ref = document.querySelector("[data-md-component=palette]")
ref.addEventListener("change", function() {
location.reload()
})
})
</script>
{% endblock %}
```
1. This code block ensures that [Giscus] renders with a dark theme when the
palette is set to `slate`. Note that multiple dark themes are available,
so you can change it to your liking.
Replace the highlighted line with the snippet you generated with the [Giscus]
configuration tool in the previous step. If you extended `main.html`, you should
now see the [Giscus] comment system at the bottom of each page. If you created
a new, separate template, you can enable Giscus by [setting the page template]
via front matter.
[Giscus GitHub App]: https://github.com/apps/giscus
[theme extension]: ../customization.md#extending-the-theme
[overriding blocks]: ../customization.md#overriding-blocks
[setting the page template]: ../reference/index.md#setting-the-page-template