diff --git a/site/src/docs/configuration/frontend/index.md b/site/src/docs/configuration/frontend/index.md index f02e2a58..95eed434 100644 --- a/site/src/docs/configuration/frontend/index.md +++ b/site/src/docs/configuration/frontend/index.md @@ -2,68 +2,69 @@ title: Frontend Configuration --- -## Comments +## Configuration -It's the main widget that renders a list of comments. +- **`host`**`: string` (required) – hostname of Remark42 server, same as REMARK_URL in backend config, e.g. "https://demo.remark42.com" +- **`site_id`**`: string` (optional, `remark` by default) – the `SITE` that you passed to Remark42 instance on start of backend. +- **`url`**`: string` (optional, `window.location.origin + window.location.pathname` by default) – url to the page with comments, it is used as unique identificator for comments thread + Note that if you use query parameters as significant part of URL (the one that actually changes content on page) you will have to configure URL manually to keep query params, as `window.location.origin + window.location.pathname` doesn't contain query params and hash. For example, default URL for `https://example/com/example-post?id=1#hash` would be `https://example/com/example-post` + +- **`components`**`: ['embed' | 'last-comments' | 'counter']` (optional, `['embed']` by default) – an array of widgets that should be rendered on a page. You may use more than one widget on a page. + Available components are: + - `'embed'` – basic comments widget + - `'last-comments'` – last comments widget, see [Last Comments](#last-comments-widget) section below + - `'counter'` – counter widget, see [Counter](#counter-widget) section below +- **`max_shown_comments`**`: number` (optional, `15` by default) – maximum number of comments that is renered on mobile version +- **`theme`**`: 'light' | 'dark'` (optional, `'light'` by default) – changes UI theme +- **`page_title`**`: string` (optional, `document.title` by default) – title for current comments page +- **`locale`**`: enum` (optional, `'en'` by default) – interface localization, [check possible localizations](#locales) +- **`show_email_subscription`**`: boolean` (optional, `true` by default) – enables email subscription feature in interface when enable it from backend side, if you set this param in `false` you will get notifications email notifications as admin but your users won't have interface for subscription +- **`simple_view`**`: boolean` (optional, `false` by default) – overrides the parameter from the backend minimized UI with basic info only -Add this snippet to the bottom of web page: +Example with all of the params: ```html - ``` -And then add this node in the place where you want to see Remark42 widget: +## Basic configuration + +Place configuration on a page of your site. +Add following **initialization** script after it. + + +```html + +``` + +## Comments + +It's the main widget that renders a list of comments with ability of commenting. +Add following snippet in the place where you want to see Remark42 widget. The comments widget will be rendered in that place. ```html
``` +::: note 💡 +**Note:** The initialization script should be placed after the code mentioned above. +::: -After that widget will be rendered inside this node. +If you want to set this up on a Single Page App, see the [appropriate doc page](https://remark42.com/docs/configuration/frontend/spa/). -If you want to set this up on a Single Page App, see the [appropriate doc page](https://remark42.com/docs/configuration/frontend/). -##### Themes +#### Themes Remark42 has two themes: light and dark. You can pick one using a configuration object, but there is also a possibility to switch between themes in runtime. For this purpose, Remark42 adds to the `window` object named `REMARK42`, which contains a function `changeTheme`. Just call this function and pass a name of the theme that you want to turn on: @@ -71,13 +72,15 @@ Remark42 has two themes: light and dark. You can pick one using a configuration window.REMARK42.changeTheme('light'); ``` -##### Locales +#### Locales Right now Remark42 is translated to English (en), Belarusian (be), Brazilian Portuguese (bp), Bulgarian (bg), Chinese (zh), Finnish (fi), French (fr), German (de), Japanese (ja), Korean (ko), Polish (pl), Russian (ru), Spanish (es), Turkish (tr), Ukrainian (ua), Italian (it) and Vietnamese (vi) languages. You can pick one using a [configuration object](https://remark42.com/docs/getting-started/installation/#setup-on-your-website). Do you want to translate Remark42 to other locales? Please see [this documentation](https://remark42.com/docs/contributing/translations/) for details. -#### Last comments +## Widgets + +### Last comments widget It's a widget that renders the list of last comments from your site. @@ -86,13 +89,17 @@ Add this snippet to the bottom of web page, or adjust already present `remark_co ```html ``` +::: note 💡 +**Note:** If you want to render not only last comments widget you need to add all of the names of widget that you want to initialize. +::: + And then add this node in the place where you want to see last comments widget: ```html @@ -101,22 +108,25 @@ And then add this node in the place where you want to see last comments widget: `data-max` sets the max amount of comments (default: `15`). -#### Counter +### Counter widget It's a widget that renders several comments for the specified page. - Add this snippet to the bottom of web page, or adjust already present `remark_config` to have `counter` in `components` list: ```html ``` +::: note 💡 +**Note:** If you want to render not only comments widget you need to add all of the names of widget that you want to initialize. +::: + And then add a node like this in the place where you want to see a number of comments: ```html @@ -130,77 +140,3 @@ You can use as many nodes like this as you need to. The script will find all of Also, the script can use `url` property from `remark_config` object or `window.location.origin + window.location.pathname` if nothing else is defined. -## Widgets - -### Counter widget - -### Last comments widget - -## API for Single-Page Applications - -Tested initially on [Nuxt.js](https://nuxtjs.org/), but it should apply to all SPAs. - -- Add the following JavaScript to your `index.html`, which in this case, it is identical to `` - -```js -;(function () { - var host = // Your remark42 host - var components = ['embed'] // Your choice of remark42 components - - ;(function(c) { - for (let i = 0; i < c.length; i++) { - const d = document - const s = d.createElement('script') - s.src = remark_config.host + '/web/' + c[i] + '.js' - s.defer = true - ;(d.head || d.body).appendChild(s) - } - })(components) -}) -``` - -- Created `remark42Instance` when the `div` containing remark42 has appeared, usually at `mounted` or `componentDidMount` of the SPA lifecycle. Destroy the previous instance first, if necessary. - -```ts - initRemark42() { - if (window.REMARK42) { - if (this.remark42Instance) { - this.remark42Instance.destroy() - } - - this.remark42Instance = window.REMARK42.createInstance({ - node: this.$refs.remark42 as HTMLElement, - ...remark42_config // See