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compwright/disqus-demo
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Demo project for AtlantaPHP October 2014 talk, "Building for Success and Failure With Disqus"

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disqus-demo
===========

[](#disqus-demo)

Dependencies
------------

[](#dependencies)

- PHP 5.4+
- PHP Memcache extension (not Memcached)
- PHP Mongo extension
- Memcached
- MongoDB

If you do not have these dependencies and are on Mac OS X, you can quickly install them with [Homebrew](http://brew.sh/):

```
brew install php55
brew install php55-memcache
brew install php55-mongo
brew install memcached
brew install mongodb

```

Be sure to follow the post-install instructions provided by Homebrew to start the memcached and mongod servers.

Install with Composer
---------------------

[](#install-with-composer)

```
$ composer create-project compwright/disqus-demo ./disqus-demo
$ cd disqus-demo
$ cp .env-sample .env

```

Configuration
-------------

[](#configuration)

1. Create a [Disqus Application](https://disqus.com/api/applications/register/), and put the API key, API secret, and access token in your `.env` file
2. [Register your website on Disqus](https://disqus.com/admin/create/), and put the forum name (the Disqus subdomain you chose) in your `.env` file
3. Start the built-in PHP server by running the `start-server.sh` file

You're off to the races!

###  Health Score

20

—

LowBetter than 13% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity7

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/138688?v=4)[Jonathon Hill](/maintainers/compwright)[@compwright](https://github.com/compwright)

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Top Contributors

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