From dca59d5369853ffc597dba07b25579986f9ef2d6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Drew Bowering <db@d-b.ca>
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2025 09:56:04 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] enable comments on d-b.ca posts

---
 config/_default/params.toml    |  9 ++++++++-
 layouts/partials/comments.html | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 layouts/partials/comments.html

diff --git a/config/_default/params.toml b/config/_default/params.toml
index 8e25aa4..34ec595 100644
--- a/config/_default/params.toml
+++ b/config/_default/params.toml
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ forgejoDefaultServer = "https://v8.next.forgejo.org"
   showDate = true
   showViews = false
   showLikes = false
+  showComments = true
   showDateOnlyInArticle = false
   showDateUpdated = false
   showAuthor = true
@@ -164,4 +165,10 @@ forgejoDefaultServer = "https://v8.next.forgejo.org"
 
 [rssnext]
   # feedId = ""
-  # userId = ""
\ No newline at end of file
+  # userId = ""
+
+[remark42]
+  enabled = true
+  host = "https://comment.d-b.ca"
+  site = "d-b.ca"
+  locale = "en"
diff --git a/layouts/partials/comments.html b/layouts/partials/comments.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..71aa3c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/layouts/partials/comments.html
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{{- with .Site.Params.remark42 -}}
+<hr>
+<p><b>Comments and questions are welcome!</b> <i>You can use your email address to Sign In (your email address is not publicly displayed), or you can use your Google or GitHub account. All comment data is hosted locally by d-b.ca and is not tracked. Please refer to the <a href='https://remark42.com' target="_blank"><b>Remark42</b></a> <a href='https://remark42.com/privacy/' target="_blank">Privacy Policy</a> for more information.</i></p>
+<div id="remark42"></div>
+<script>
+    var remark_config = {
+        host: '{{ .host }}',
+        site_id: '{{ .site }}',
+        components: ['embed'],
+        url: '{{ $.Permalink }}',
+        theme: document.documentElement.classList.contains("dark") ? 'dark' : 'light',
+    };
+
+    document.getElementById("appearance-switcher").addEventListener('click', event => {
+        window.REMARK42.changeTheme(document.documentElement.classList.contains("dark") ? 'light' : 'dark');
+    });
+
+    !function(e, n) {
+        for (var o = 0; o < e.length; o++) {
+            var r = n.createElement('script'),
+            c = '.js',
+            d = n.head || n.body;
+            'noModule' in r ? (r.type = 'module', c = '.mjs') : r.async = !0, r.defer = !0, r.src = remark_config.host + '/web/' + e[o] + c, d.appendChild(r)
+        }
+    }(remark_config.components || ['embed'], document);
+
+</script>
+{{- end -}}

From caef30217140d653eaa3aae32141904212f15b1d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Drew Bowering <db@d-b.ca>
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2025 15:25:25 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] add privacy policy link - Google in particular demands
 this.

---
 config/_default/menus.en.toml | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/config/_default/menus.en.toml b/config/_default/menus.en.toml
index 40889ae..cea1fbd 100644
--- a/config/_default/menus.en.toml
+++ b/config/_default/menus.en.toml
@@ -67,3 +67,7 @@
 #   name = "Categories"
 #   pageRef = "categories"
 #   weight = 20
+
+[[footer]]
+  name = "Privacy"
+  url = "https://comment.d-b.ca/web/privacy.html"