for those of us that live in a city, what if we all created a guest network on our routers called “- The Peoples’ Wi-Fi -“ and set the password to ‘Liberate-The-Net’ so anyone anywhere could access the internet regardless of their location or situation?

#directaid #mutualaid #communityaid #indieweb #wifi #internet #connectivity #community #urban #LiberateTheNet #ThePeoplesWiFi #FCC #ACP #AffordableConnectivityProgram #infosec #solarpunk

Lots of people had lots of interesting things to say about my last blog post, so I tried to sum it all up as best I could:

https://gilest.org/indie-easy-again.html

#indieweb

Wordpress vs Backdrop - A Comparison

Backdrop CMS and WordPress are both content management systems (CMS), but with different philosophies, histories, and they each offer distinct user experiences. In this article, we will outline some of the key differences between the two platforms, covering aspects such as usability, functionality, community, security, performance, and flexibility with data.

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https://simplo.site/posts/wordpress-vs-backdrop-comparison

#IndieWeb #Websites #Wordpress #BackdropCMS

Pet peeve: if you join a #webring (and if you own a blog, you totally should!), for goodness sake, include navigation links for the webring on your site! #indieweb

ActivityPub plugin for WordPress has bumped to version 2.0, lots of good changes. No-brainer prediction that blogging with ActivityPub will continue to improve throughout 2024, in Micro.blog, WordPress, and elsewhere.

gilest.org: Make the indie web easier

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If we want the future web we’re all clamouring for, we need to give people more options for self-hosted independence. If we seriously, truly want the independent, non-enshittified personal web to flourish, we need to make it easier for people to join in.

If you’re an entrepreneur, this such an opportunity! While everyone else is zigging with “AI”, you could be zagging with something genuinely useful for people.

#indieweb #personal #publishing #tools #cms #hosting #independent #simplicity #complexity

Recomment the 「Indie Microblogging 」book.

Learned a lot about the history of the IndieWeb, and some key web standards.

Thanks the author!

https://book.micro.blog

#indieweb

Here is a video promo for a Backdrop CMS training that we'll be offering on Jan 23-24 targeted at beginners looking to build their first Backdrop site.

Backdrop CMS is powerful opensource CMS that allows for ambitious database driven websites without the need for coding or css.

https://youtu.be/7kzMgawd5Dk?si=cygGfYPPF3FyqQXo

Direct link to training is:
https://simplo.site/events/build-your-own-website-backdrop-cms

#BackdropCMS #Indieweb

I’ve been so inspired recently by all the wonderful folks out there blogging, so I decided to do the same. Here goes my first post: https://abdo.wtf/blog/hello-world/

#neocities #indieweb

Make the indie web easier

Setting up BridgyFed Part 1 - I started the setup of BridgyFed so that I can federate my website using BridgyFed. Read More >

This is post 2 of #100Posts #100Days of my 2024 #100DaysofIndieWeb #IndieWeb project. @snarfed.org.
https://tmichellemoore.com/blog/bridgyfed-setup-part-1-website-and-profile-setup/

so, what's the deal with #indieweb ?
isn't just another way to make sites be independent and still interact with each other?

just like federation, no?

Eureka! I just learned how to hand-code my own RSS feed on my HTML site 😲 It works!

Added it to NetNewsWire. It's like magic. 🤓

#neocities #html #indieweb

@baldur see before I decided to launch my own website to host my own content, I did consider just posting on Medium and writing and posting using an app that connected to Medium

Glad I ended up going with my own website in the end

#OwnYourData #IndieWeb

Remember sites like #textsfromlastnight? The type of aggregator sites that flourished on the web before everyone moved to Facebook Pages?

Where have all the websites gone? #smallweb #indieweb #openweb
https://fromjason.xyz/p/notebook/where-have-all-the-websites-gone/

these are exactly my thoughts on the #indieweb barriers for beginners getting into #webdev or building a personal website. definitely resonates, so thanks for writing it, giles!

if your tool or platform (or SSG...) requires users to start with a command line, it's not easy enough for beginners. diversify the web from #wordpress and simplify, simplify, simplify!

https://gilest.org/indie-easy.html