hugolib: Deprecate .Site.DisqusShortname

Use .Site.Config.Services.Disqus.Shortname instead.
gohugoio · Oct 18, 2023 · 3f947c1 · 3f947c1
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diff --git a/content/en/content-management/comments.md b/content/en/content-management/comments.md
@@ -24,8 +24,9 @@ Hugo comes with all the code you need to load Disqus into your templates. Before
 
 Disqus comments require you set a single value in your [site's configuration file][configuration] like so:
 
-{{< code-toggle copy=false >}}
-disqusShortname = "yourDisqusShortname"
+{{< code-toggle file="hugo" >}}
+[services.disqus]
+shortname = 'your-disqus-shortname'
 {{</ code-toggle >}}
 
 For many websites, this is enough configuration. However, you also have the option to set the following in the [front matter] of a single content file:

diff --git a/content/en/templates/internal.md b/content/en/templates/internal.md
@@ -55,9 +55,16 @@ Hugo also ships with an internal template for [Disqus comments][disqus], a popul
 To use Hugo's Disqus template, first set up a single configuration value:
 
 {{< code-toggle file="hugo" >}}
-disqusShortname = "your-disqus-shortname"
+[services.disqus]
+shortname = 'your-disqus-shortname'
 {{</ code-toggle >}}
 
+Hugo's Disqus template accesses this value with:
+
+```go-html-template
+{{ .Site.Config.Services.Disqus.Shortname }}
+```
+
 You can also set the following in the front matter for a given piece of content:
 
 * `disqus_identifier`
@@ -72,8 +79,6 @@ To add Disqus, include the following line in the templates where you want your c
 {{ template "_internal/disqus.html" . }}
 ```
 
-A `.Site.DisqusShortname` variable is also exposed from the configuration.
-
 ### Conditional loading of Disqus comments
 
 Users have noticed that enabling Disqus comments when running the Hugo web server on `localhost` (i.e. via `hugo server`) causes the creation of unwanted discussions on the associated Disqus account.
@@ -91,7 +96,7 @@ You can create the following `layouts/partials/disqus.html`:
         return;
 
     var dsq = document.createElement('script'); dsq.type = 'text/javascript'; dsq.async = true;
-    var disqus_shortname = '{{ .Site.DisqusShortname }}';
+    var disqus_shortname = '{{ .Site.Config.Services.Disqus.Shortname }}';
     dsq.src = '//' + disqus_shortname + '.disqus.com/embed.js';
     (document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0] || document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0]).appendChild(dsq);
 })();

diff --git a/content/en/variables/site.md b/content/en/variables/site.md
@@ -35,9 +35,6 @@ All the methods below, e.g. `.Site.RegularPages` can also be reached via the glo
 .Site.Data
 : custom data, see [Data Templates](/templates/data-templates/).
 
-.Site.DisqusShortname
-: a string representing the shortname of the Disqus shortcode as defined in the site configuration.
-
 .Site.Home
 : reference to the homepage's [page object](/variables/page/)