Here's another blog platform I hadn't heard of until this morning. Apparently their main selling point is that you post from email. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Pagecord - Publish your writing effortlessly from your inbox

https://pagecord.com/

#blog #blogging #indieweb #SmallWeb

I have questions about #webmentions (bonus points for in the context of #eleventy).

Do you need to use webmention.io? I've seen several posts that reference it, is it reliable?

Also, is it possible to have webmentions on a per-post basis? To kind of use them as an alternative to comments or do they only work for the root domain?

Thanks!

This is a summary curation of prior posts of mine on why post, what to post, and how to post, as well as some bits I wrote on the #IndieWeb wiki. This post assumes you already have a blog â if you donât have one and wonder why you should, thatâs a different blog post.If you have a blog and ever feel ... tantek.com

This is a summary curation of prior posts of mine on why post, what to post, and how to post, as well as some bits I wrote on the #IndieWeb wiki. This post assumes you already have a blog — if you don’t have one and wonder why you should, that’s a different blog post.

If you have a blog and ever feel stuck about why you should post, what to post next, or how to write your post, hopefully this post will help you get unstuck, and publish your post.


Why Post

There is a whole wiki page on the topic:
* https://indieweb.org/why_post — which could use some gardening

Here are a few reasons why to post:

* Wean yourself off social media. Post to your own site instead of social media. If you already post on social media, into someone else’s garage¹, then you already have reason enough to post. So post on your own site first, and optionally syndicate² to that silo, only if you have friends who still use it to read posts.
* Search everything you write. Do you post long comments or issues on GitHub? Do you post on public mailing lists? Post such things to your own site, so you can more easily search everything you’ve written on a topic. Then post a copy to those external destinations.
* All the reasons to own your data: https://indieweb.org/own_your_data


What to Post

* Post positive things promptly: https://tantek.com/2018/357/t3
  * … from that day first: https://tantek.com/2018/364/t1
  * … in time order: https://tantek.com/2018/364/t5
* Make and share lists. People like lists
* Post to learn in public, and pass on what you learn


How to Post

* Use a local text editor
* Capture first, edit & publish later: https://tantek.com/2023/365/t1/
* Do something positive (in-person), then post about it: https://tantek.com/2018/002/t1
* Single topic post
* Short and to the point. Edit and remove anything distracting from the main point.
* Quotable post title
* Summary opening paragraph
* Put tangents aside
* Quotable sentences and multi-sentence paragraphs
* Subheadings help cluster related paragraphs
* Use a footer for updates, terminology, previous posts, additional reading, and citations.
  * Move definitions, citations, etc. to the footer unless including them inline either provides little risk of distraction or significantly helps reading flow
  * Use footer sections: Previously, Post Glossary, References, Additional Reading
* Check your references


Each of these points could be its own blog post. There are many more whys, whats, and hows. This is a start.
* https://indieweb.org/why_post
* https://indieweb.org/what_to_post
* https://indieweb.org/how_to_post

Add your own to each, and help organize them.


Glossary

mailing list
  https://indieweb.org/mailing_list
own your data
  https://indieweb.org/own_your_data
post footer
  https://indieweb.org/posts#Footer_sections
silo
  https://indieweb.org/silo
social media
  https://indieweb.org/social_media


References

¹ https://tantek.com/2023/001/t1/own-your-notes
² https://indieweb.org/POSSE


This is post 29 of #100PostsOfIndieWeb. #100Posts

https://tantek.com/2024/306/t1/simple-embeds
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I really need to make something to syndicate to Bluesky. It seems wonderful to have a new alternative to the now-dead Twitter, but I still want to post to my blog first.

ATProto feels a tiny bit overengineered. It was obviously built to have a semi-centralized reach layer, and that shows in its design. Plain HTML pages and/or microformats2 are a much simpler format, and at times richer than Bluesky's default Lexicon.

I want to gain benefits of both.

#Bluesky #Kittybox #POSSE

@randomgeek I read your blog post on adding #WebMentions on a static #hugo website. I would love to do the same for my site. Any pointers? Things you changed or updated since that blog post?
https://randomgeekery.org/post/2020/11/using-the-webmentionio-api/

Also, the link to your SQLite post seems to be broken

If you want to get more out of your #web experience & truly express yourself (attn #art!), creating your own personal website might be a good option!

We've got guides & tutorials on how to get started with the #indieweb; no prior knowledge required. And if you ever have questions, ask in our forum!

32-Bit Cafe

Alrighty. I think I got my website all setup for the #indieweb. Got the #webmention setup, web signin and the h-card and stuff. Fun stuff! #infosec

https://epic-worlds.com

New board is up on my #Neocities website covering the past November 💓

https://librarymonster.io/

It's a big one, tackling: #election2024 #Decentralization #InfoSec Festive #Papercraft #GOFanfiction #Tarot #Pagan #IndieWeb

I finally implemented image galleries on my website! Very grateful to those who helped me figure out my date issue. https://nathanupchurch.com/blog/galleries/ #eleventy #11ty #indieweb #blog

@rowan I read your blog post on adding #WebMentions on a static #hugo website. I would love to do the same for my site. Any pointers? Things you changed or updated since that blog post?
https://rowanmanning.com/posts/webmentions-for-your-static-site/

“Third-party apps are no longer able to display your Strava activity data on their surfaces to other users.”

I’ve long had “integrate with Strava” on the backburner for my website, but now I think I just need to host my activities myself. This feels a lot like when Twitter clamped down on their API.

https://www.dcrainmaker.com/2024/11/stravas-changes-to-kill-off-apps.html

#Running #WebDevelopment #Strava #Indieweb

Basically would allow for interoperability between different task managers, maybe even self-hosting? Idk, it could be fun
#Technology #BuildInPublic #IndieApps #IndieWeb

So now I've got myself coming up with plans for building an open task standard to use for Routines and other task management apps

Like ActivityPub for reminders? Or rather like a calendar file for reminders?
#Technology #BuildInPublic #IndieApps #IndieWeb