Luckily, ghpages-ghcomments doesn’t need to use the same repository as your site to provide comments. By creating a public repository for just comments, you can continue to use your private repository for your site:

1. Create a public repository
2. Update _data/gpgc.yml to use it:

repo_owner: __YOUR_GITHUB_USERNAME__
repo_name: __YOUR_PUBLIC_REPOSITORY__

You can now:

1. Prevent new comments from being added to a page
2. Hide all comments and prevent new comments on a page
3. Prevent new comments from being added site-wide

1. Preventing new comments from being added to a page

Add gpgc_disabled: true to your page’s Front Matter:

---
layout: post
title: Creative Business-to-Business Churn
gpgc_disabled: true
---

Example: this post has comments disabled.

You might choose to do this if you want to stop a flame war or other harassment on the page but you don’t want to hide the helpful comments that are already there. Later, you can remove the gpgc_disabled line and readers will be able to comment again.

2. Hiding all comments and preventing new comments on a page

Add the label GPGC Muted to the post’s issue in your site’s ghpages repository.

Example: this post has had its comments hidden because its issue has the GPGC Muted label.

You might choose to do this if private or confidential information has been written in one or more comments. By muting the comment issue, you can immediately hide every comment on the page while you, as the site’s owner, moderate and edit the comments on the issue page. Once you’ve finished tidying the thread, you can remove the label and the updated comments will appear on the page.

3. Preventing new comments from being added site-wide

Add this line to your site’s _data/gpgc.yml file:

disabled: true

Short of removing ghpages-ghcomments altogether, you might choose to do this if your site is experiencing malicious attacks from several commenters or a group of trolls but you don’t want to hide the helpful comments that are already on your pages. Like the other options, this site-wide effect can also be reversed by removing the disabled line.

Firefox

Show the console from the Tools menu and selecting Web Developer » Web Console. By default, Firefox will only show HTTP and JavaScript warnings and errors. To see all HTTP traffic, enable the Log setting from the Net menu:

From there, use Ctrl-Shift-R on Windows and Linux, and Command-Shift-R on Mac to force a full refresh and see your post’s web activity. For example, here is the traffic when browsing to Not a Sunrise but a Galaxyrise:

I chose this page because it demonstrates how ghpages-ghcomments follows GitHub’s pagination. Look at the last two GET requests. The first request retrieves the first 30 comments, and the second uses the pagination information in the header to retrieve the next and final group of comments.

Chrome

In Chrome, the workflow is very similar although the presentation is different. Show the console from Menu Button and selecting More tools » Developer Tools. You’ll see your post’s web activity under the Network tab. The keyboard shortcut for a full refresh is the same: Ctrl-Shift-R on Windows and Linux, and Command-Shift-R on Mac.

In your _data/gpgc.yml file, update this line:

enable_diagnostics: true

With this setting, both the terminal output from the git hooks (in commit and push) and the blog pages will give diagnostic information.

Example

Terminal

$ git add _posts/2015-02-07-use-diagnostics-to-troubleshoot.md

$ git commit -m "Add post describing new setting 'enable_diagnostics'"
(global): enable_diagnostics == true
(global): GitRepoRoot == c:/repos/ghpages-ghcomments
(global): GpgcCacheFile == c:/repos/ghpages-ghcomments/.git/gpgc_cache
(global): GpgcDataFile == c:/repos/ghpages-ghcomments/_data/gpgc.yml
(global): operation == commit
Commit: changedPosts == A       _posts/2015-02-07-use-diagnostics-to-troubleshoot.md
Commit: allChangedPosts == _posts/2015-02-07-use-diagnostics-to-troubleshoot.md
Commit: Adding _posts/2015-02-07-use-diagnostics-to-troubleshoot.md to c:/repos/ghpages-ghcomments/.git/gpgc_cache
[gh-pages 45905f0] Add post describing new setting 'enable_diagnostics'
 1 file changed, 41 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 _posts/2015-02-07-use-diagnostics-to-troubleshoot.md

$ git push origin gh-pages
(global): enable_diagnostics == true
(global): GitRepoRoot == c:/repos/ghpages-ghcomments
(global): GpgcCacheFile == c:/repos/ghpages-ghcomments/.git/gpgc_cache
(global): GpgcDataFile == c:/repos/ghpages-ghcomments/_data/gpgc.yml
(global): operation == push
Push: siteDataFile == c:/repos/ghpages-ghcomments/_config.yml
GetValueFromYml: ymlFile == c:/repos/ghpages-ghcomments/_data/gpgc.yml
GetValueFromYml: ymlKey == repo_owner
GetValueFromYml: value == wireddown
GetValueFromYml: ymlFile == c:/repos/ghpages-ghcomments/_data/gpgc.yml
GetValueFromYml: ymlKey == repo_name
GetValueFromYml: value == ghpages-ghcomments
GetValueFromYml: ymlFile == c:/repos/ghpages-ghcomments/_data/gpgc.yml
GetValueFromYml: ymlKey == label_name
GetValueFromYml: value == Example GitHub Pages Comments
GetValueFromYml: ymlFile == c:/repos/ghpages-ghcomments/_data/gpgc.yml
GetValueFromYml: ymlKey == label_color
GetValueFromYml: value == 90a959
LabelExists: Querying "https://api.github.com/repos/wireddown/ghpages-ghcomments/labels" for "Example GitHub Pages Comments"
LabelExists: [
  {
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/wireddown/ghpages-ghcomments/labels/bug",
    "name": "bug",
    "color": "fc2929"
  },
  {
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/wireddown/ghpages-ghcomments/labels/duplicate",
    "name": "duplicate",
    "color": "cccccc"
  },
  {
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/wireddown/ghpages-ghcomments/labels/enhancement",
    "name": "enhancement",
    "color": "84b6eb"
  },
  {
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/wireddown/ghpages-ghcomments/labels/help%20wanted",
    "name": "help wanted",
    "color": "159818"
  },
  {
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/wireddown/ghpages-ghcomments/labels/invalid",
    "name": "invalid",
    "color": "e6e6e6"
  },
  {
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/wireddown/ghpages-ghcomments/labels/question",
    "name": "question",
    "color": "cc317c"
  },
  {
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/wireddown/ghpages-ghcomments/labels/wontfix",
    "name": "wontfix",
    "color": "ffffff"
  },
  {
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/wireddown/ghpages-ghcomments/labels/Example%20GitHub%20Pages%20Comments",
    "name": "Example GitHub Pages Comments",
    "color": "90a959"
  },
  {
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/wireddown/ghpages-ghcomments/labels/in%20work",
    "name": "in work",
    "color": "5319e7"
  }
]
Push: allCommittedPosts == _posts/2015-02-07-use-diagnostics-to-troubleshoot.md
GetValueFromYml: ymlFile == _posts/2015-02-07-use-diagnostics-to-troubleshoot.md
GetValueFromYml: ymlKey == title
GetValueFromYml: value == Use Diagnostics to Troubleshoot
GetValueFromYml: ymlFile == c:/repos/ghpages-ghcomments/_config.yml
GetValueFromYml: ymlKey == url
GetValueFromYml: value == https://wireddown.github.io/ghpages-ghcomments
RawUrlEncode: Encoding "Use Diagnostics to Troubleshoot"
RawUrlEncode: Result: "Use%20Diagnostics%20to%20Troubleshoot"
IssueExists: Querying "https://api.github.com/search/issues?q=Use%20Diagnostics%20to%20Troubleshoot+repo:wireddown/ghpages-ghcomments+type:issue+in:title" for "Use Diagnostics to Troubleshoot"
IssueExists: {
  "total_count": 0,
  "incomplete_results": false,
  "items": [

  ]
}
CreateIssue: Posting to "https://api.github.com/repos/wireddown/ghpages-ghcomments/issues" with '{"title":"Use Diagnostics to Troubleshoot","body":"This is the comment thread for [Use Diagnostics to Troubleshoot](https://wireddown.github.io/ghpages-ghcomments/2015/02/07/use-diagnostics-to-troubleshoot).","assignee":"wireddown","labels":["Example GitHub Pages Comments"]}'
Created issue "Use Diagnostics to Troubleshoot" for "wireddown/ghpages-ghcomments"
Push: Resetting c:/repos/ghpages-ghcomments/.git/gpgc_cache
Counting objects: 8, done.
Delta compression using up to 2 threads.
Compressing objects: 100% (4/4), done.
Writing objects: 100% (4/4), 860 bytes | 0 bytes/s, done.
Total 4 (delta 2), reused 0 (delta 0)
To https://github.com/wireddown/ghpages-ghcomments.git
   49f71a6..45905f0  gh-pages -> gh-pages

HTML

ghpages-ghcomments can detect four problems:

1. gpgc Error: Missing CSS

2. gpgc Error: CSS 404

3. gpgc Error: Search Failed

4. gpgc Error: Missing Issue

Look at the raw view, these contents are ignored:

• in-line comment in the front matter
• bookend double quotes in the value

---
layout: post
title: "Issue 6 is fixed" # This line shows issue #6 is fixed
---

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