diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0163bc15..b0118bc7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 exampleSite/Makefile
+*~
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index de808807..ed1f0edd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -109,6 +109,38 @@ copyright = "© Copyright Year, Your Name"
     href = ""
 ```
 
+#### Comments
+This theme supports comments with [Disqus](https://disqus.com), [Isso](https://posativ.org/isso) and [utterances](https://utteranc.es/).
+Disqus is a fully provided comment solutionm although the free tier is add supported.
+Isso is a lightweight, self-hosted server similar to disqus.
+Utterances is a comment widget leveraging Github issues for comments.
+Following are code snippets to enable each comment section.
+
+##### Disqus
+```toml
+disqusShortname = "my-disqus-shortname"
+```
+##### Isso
+Be sure to allow CORS on your server hosting the hugo site if the domain hosting isso is different to the domain hosting the hugo site.
+```toml
+data = "https://comments.example.com/"
+jsLocation = "https://comments.example.com/js/embed.min.js"
+id = "thread-id" #optional
+css = true #optional
+lang = "en" #optional
+replyToSelf = true #optional
+requireAuthor = false #optional
+requireEmail = false #optional
+avatar = true #optional
+avatar-bg = "#f0f0f0" #optional
+```
+##### utterances
+```toml
+[params.utterances]
+repo = "GithubUser/comment-repo"
+issue = "pathname" #optional
+theme = "github-light" #optional
+```
 ### Updating
 
 To get updates to the theme, run the following from the root directory of your Hugo site: 
diff --git a/layouts/_default/single.html b/layouts/_default/single.html
index 146c5c19..ecb5da2f 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/single.html
+++ b/layouts/_default/single.html
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@
         {{ .Content }}
     </div>
 
-    {{ template "_internal/disqus.html" . }}
+    {{ partial "comments.html" . }}
 {{ end }}
diff --git a/layouts/partials/comments.html b/layouts/partials/comments.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..198a8b7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/layouts/partials/comments.html
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+{{ if and .Site.DisqusShortname }}
+<article class="comments">
+  {{ template "_internal/disqus.html" . }}
+</article>
+{{ else if .Site.Params.isso }}
+<article class="comments">
+  <script
+    data-isso="{{ .Site.Params.isso.data }}"
+    {{ if .Site.Params.isso.id }}
+    data-isso-id="{{ .Site.Params.isso.id}}"
+    {{ end }}
+    {{ if .Site.Params.isso.css }}
+    data-isso-css="{{ .Site.Params.isso.css }}"
+    {{ end}}
+    {{ if .Site.Params.isso.lang }}
+    data-isso-lang="{{ .Site.Params.isso.lang }}"
+    {{ end }}
+    {{ if .Site.Params.isso.replyToSelf }}
+    data-isso-reply-to-self="{{ .Site.Params.isso.replyToSelf }}"
+    {{ end }}
+    {{ if .Site.Params.isso.requireAuthor }}
+    data-isso-require-author="{{ .Site.Params.isso.requireAuthor }}"
+    {{ end }}
+    {{ if .Site.Params.isso.requireEmail }}
+    data-isso-require-email="{{ .Site.Params.isso.requireEmail }}"
+    {{ end }}
+    {{if .Site.Params.isso.avatar }}
+    data-isso-avatar="{{ .Site.Params.isso.avatar }}"
+    {{ end }}
+    {{ if .Site.Params.isso.avararBg }}
+    data-isso-avatar-bg="{{ .Site.Params.isso.avatarBg }}"
+    {{ end }}
+    src="{{ .Site.Params.isso.jsLocation }}">
+  </script>
+  <noscript>Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by <a href="https://posativ.org/isso/">Isso</a>.</noscript>
+  <div>
+    <section id="isso-thread"></section>
+  </div>
+</article>
+{{ else if .Site.Params.utterances }}
+<article class="comments">
+  <script src="https://utteranc.es/client.js"
+          repo="{{ .Site.Params.utterances.repo }}"
+	  {{ if .Site.Params.utterances.issue }}
+          issue-term="{{ .Site.Params.utterances.issue }}"
+	  {{ else }}
+          issue-term="pathname"
+	  {{ end }}
+	  {{ if .Site.Params.utterances.label }}
+	  label="{{ .Site.Params.utterances.label }}"
+	  {{ end }}
+	  {{ if .Site.Params.utterances.theme }}
+          theme="{{ .Site.Params.utterances.theme }}"
+	  {{ else }}
+	  theme="github-light"
+	  {{ end }}
+          crossorigin="anonymous"
+          async>
+  </script>
+</article>
+{{ end }}
diff --git a/layouts/post/single.html b/layouts/post/single.html
index 787d83c1..56dd60ad 100644
--- a/layouts/post/single.html
+++ b/layouts/post/single.html
@@ -13,5 +13,5 @@ <h5>{{ .Params.Subtitle }}</h5>
         </article>
     </div>
 
-    {{ template "_internal/disqus.html" . }}
+    {{ partial "comments.html" . }}
 {{ end }}