Disqus - preserve the thread when page is redirected (!167) · Merge requests · GitLab.org / GitLab Docs

I'm using this method to preserve the comments thread when we redirect a page on the docs:

Define Disqus' this.page.identifier as the page slug
When there's a redirect, we use redirect_from in the new page frontmatter so Disqus will use the old URL as identifier

---
redirect_to: 'new/path.md'
---

And the redirect layout will not include the comments.

The new doc will have in its frontmatter:

---
redirect_from: 'old/path.hml'
---

So that Disqus will always identify the page from the redirect_from slug.

Page with redirect_from:

Normal page:

@axil is my logic right?

Refs:

Edited Dec 01, 2017 by Marcia Ramos

Disqus - preserve the thread when page is redirected