I actually have some extra goodies for you that should now allow your blog to import likes and comments from instagram. There's also a way to set things up so that when you do instagrams they automatically post to your blog directly too. You'll have to call me to set part of it up... We should also catch up about the latest draft this week too -- I just got back from a vacation trip.

Another thing to try (temporarily) is to change themes to something like SemPress or Independent Publisher to see if the comments show up properly. You can preview it on your site without actually activating it.

Scott, in case you don't get the webmention/comment from http://stream.boffosocko.com/2016/semantic-linkbacks-plugin-is-for-showing-comments-like-this-on

Semantic linkbacks plugin is for showing comments like this on your site. Separately there are also syndication links which show you where you syndicated your posts to (Facebook, Twitter, et al.)

Do you have brid.gy set up properly? Also sometimes comments can be caught up in your spam/Akismet filter. Occasionally (but not usually -- I've only seen one case) some comments.php sections can be wonky and webmentions won't show up in your comments at all.

I know I sent you a webmention to one of your posts the other day. I'm presuming now that you didn't see it...

Updated and works wonderfully! Thanks. (I was worried it would be worse as I've heard from colleagues that IG has been pulling developer API access recently.)

Given the philosophy behind this plugin and your Twitter plugin, I thought I'd take a moment to mention http://www.indiewebcamp.com which is a developer movement to assist people in owning all of their own content/data rather than relying on corporate silos/walled gardens. Your plugins sit squarely in this philosophical area.

There is a suite of related plugins (see http://indiewebcamp.com/wordpress, http://indiewebcamp.com/WordPress/Plugins, and http://indiewebcamp.com/Getting_Started_on_WordPress) that do additional types of similar data import and improved functionality. One particular function you (and your users) may appreciate is some of the plugins in combination with a service at http://brid.gy allow one to backport comments and likes from instagram, twitter, facebook, and google+ onto one's associated post on WordPress. As an example see the comments on: http://boffosocko.com/2016/05/24/55672775/. The combination of the your plugin and some of these allow users to own all of their instagram activity outright.

If you're interested and free this weekend, they're streaming a big annual meeting from Portland http://indiewebcamp.com/2016.

Is it just me or has @sciencemagazine quit showing/allowing comments on articles? Perhaps a response to http://stream.boffosocko.com/2016/indieweb-raison-detre-55-freedom-of-the-press-trumps-atrocious

UX/UI enhancement: Blank syndication links being syndicated · Issue #23 · dshanske/syndication-links


I've seen blank versions of syndicated links appear on various platforms, the one above is a capture from the reader Woodwind.xyz. I've also noticed it when syndicating to tumblr.com and Facebook (though I've removed it programatically since). I'm not sure if I've seen them display on other sources (in most cases I choose to use the icon versions rather than text, but could do a quick test to see if the text at least appears.) Since I'm sure there are others, I'm curious if there's a way to either fix how these show up (or not) or simply move them for POSSEd copies?

Thoughts on UX/UI:
I'm presuming that they're hooked onto the end of the_content(), which then means that they're being syndicated out as part of the body of the content. I would suggest that on most platforms, most people don't/won't care about the fact that there are syndicated copies (though for the near term of advertising the concept for the IndieWeb, keeping them may be valuable), particularly when they can view the primary source which ought to presumably have all the commentary and webmentions (by backfeed or other means).

Interestingly, I occasionally see, though not as often, the "Share This" data flow through in the same manner. In my case the share this appears _above_ the list of syndicated links: viz:
Is there some type of processing that Jetpack is doing to prevent this from syndicating as "content"?

The way I typically think about it, knowing about syndicated copies is mostly useful as a function of commenting rather than content, so that if someone comments in Facebook, for example, I go back to that silo to post a response, so their chosen platform can send notifications/emails etc about the interaction, and rely on webmentions to backport my own comment onto my site and to keep the flow of conversation on the original post rather than a separate post on my own site that points back to another. Perhaps then, the best default location for syndication links is within the comments section? This then solves the problem of syndicating out blank versions, but more closely associates the syndicated copies with the "conversation" about the post. Potentially putting them at the top of the comments section could also keep them relatively close to where they currently live as a default.

I pose most of this as ideas/potential suggestions, but I'm curious what others think in terms of what/how they use this functionality.

Congratulations! If you're not using the SemPress theme, you might also enjoy https://github.com/pfefferle/wordpress-uf2 which will do some of the mf2 material (as best it can) without remarking up your theme by hand. I've used a handful of WP themes with IndieWeb and not had problems sending/receiving webmentions (to my knowledge) or using other indiewebcamp.com goodness.

You might also appreciate the Independent Publisher theme, which is not only beautiful, but has some custom code for displaying comments, pingbacks/trackbacks, and even webmentions and will shortly have additional mf2 mark up as well (or should, in it's next release which is right around the corner.) The Github code is ahead of the official release on WordPress.org if you want to test it out.

Not receiving webmentions via Instagram on WP.org #671

I notice I'm not receiving likes/comments from Instagram via Bridgy (and apparently never have.)

I'm using OwnYourGram to PESOS Instagram photos into a WordPress (.org) site, which are then marked has having been syndicated using the Syndication Links WP plugin. The Instagram post naturally doesn't have a link to my web site's post, but my sites's post does have rel-syndication and u-syndication like so: `<a title="Instagram" class="u-syndication" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BFcP4knxC6m/" rel="syndication"> </a>`

Is there some other smaller fine point I'm missing from the Brid.gy about page and support? Has anyone else seen this with WP (.org)?

Cross reference:
https://brid.gy/instagram/chrisaldrich#
https://www.instagram.com/chrisaldrich/
with post https://www.instagram.com/p/BFcP4knxC6m/ "syndicated" from http://boffosocko.com/2016/05/15/55672649/

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You could start with http://indiewebcamp.com/Getting_Started_on_WordPress which will walk you through most of the process. You should start with the Webmention Plugin and Semantic Linkbacks to send/receive webmention support and to help comments look better respectively. Brid.gy connects your blog to responses from sites such as Facebook, Twitter, et al.

Keep in mind that some of the other plugins you'll run across may have small bugs or quirks as they're being actively developed. Most of the plugins in the WordPress.org repository are usually more stable than some you'll run across on GitHub, but those also are dated in terms of development work, so you'll have a better idea how current they are. You can usually find one or more of us via IRC, or in social media if you need help.

I played around with it a bit tonight. In general I like the fact that the webmentions are simple/short one liners listed last with the commenter's name (linked) along with whether they like, reposted, or mentioned the article and where.

Eventually at some point for very popular articles the list can get incredibly long at which point doing either a facepile (or even a simple list) would probably be preferable. Example
Liked by: John Smith, Bob Jones, Jane Chen, Larry Sommers, Charlie Brown
Reposted by: comma separated list of names
Mentioned by: list of names (wrapped with URL pointing to the mention)

In the end, some of this type of UI will depend on the site (perhaps it's an option in the theme? for n>some integer cutoff), but as it stands, the current solution you've given @raamdev is probably workable for the larger number of potential users.

Kudos on being one of the first themes to split this type of functionality out in your comments!!