#Blaugust2026 is here! Come, join and let's write together and read each other!

🌐 https://blog.gridranger.dev/blaugust-2026/

#blog #post #indieweb #blaugust

I took a second pass at the indiebookclub UI I was working on. I kept getting stuck because I wanted to let people update the title/author/ISBN in case they were incorrect in Open Library, but I also thought that made the form feel too busy.

Eventually I realized that most of the time people will not need/want to update that information, so I can keep them read-only. This keeps the form minimal for the most common scenario. I can still include an edit link that will open the full form for people that want that level of control.

Since we already have the title from the search results, Read Status is the only other required field. I decided a minimal form would show that and the Tags field. The other fields can be tucked away under Advanced Options. I also tried shortening the Read Status field. I think that helps the visual flow. All of the dropdowns on this form have relatively short text anyway.

screenshot of new posting UI that has the book cover top left, beside it are three lines for title, author, and ISBN. Underneath that block are form fields: read status and tags tags; all displayed in a horizontal layout on a larger screen. Underneath those fields is a collapsed Advanced Options section

Screenshot 1: The default form is much more minimal

Next I updated the Published field. Previously, the field was always displayed and had an instruction to leave it blank if you wanted to publish the post right away. A better UX is if the default says “Now” and the datetime field only appears if you choose to change it.

screenshot of the same posting UI with the Advanced Options expanded. Additional fields shown: post status, visibility, and publish. Publish option has two pill-shaped buttons 'Now' and 'Select Date and Time'. 'Now' is selected by default and highlighted green.

Screenshot 2: Advanced Options expanded with the default Publish set to “Now”

screenshot of the same posting UI with the Advanced Options expanded. 'Select Date and Time' is selected and highlighted green. Underneath, a datetime field appears and a field with your timezone offset from UTC.

Screenshot 3: Advanced Options expanded and the “Select Date and Time” option selected

The next thing I am working on is lining up the left side of the title/author/ISBN text with the form inputs below them.

I am quite pleased with how this is turning out. Let me know what you think!

#indieweb #dev #indiebookclub

I took a second pass at the indiebookclub UI I was working on. I kept getting stuck because I wanted to let people update the title/author/ISBN in case they were incorrect in Open Library, but I also thought that made the form feel too busy.

Eventually I realized that most of the time people will not need/want to update that information, so I can keep them read-only. This keeps the form minimal for the most common scenario. I can still include an edit link that will open the full form for people that want that level of control.

Since we already have the title from the search results, Read Status is the only other required field. I decided a minimal form would show that and the Tags field. The other fields can be tucked away under Advanced Options. I also tried shortening the Read Status field. I think that helps the visual flow. All of the dropdowns on this form have relatively short text anyway.

screenshot of new posting UI that has the book cover top left, beside it are three lines for title, author, and ISBN. Underneath that block are form fields: read status and tags tags; all displayed in a horizontal layout on a larger screen. Underneath those fields is a collapsed Advanced Options section

Screenshot 1: The default form is much more minimal

Next I updated the Published field. Previously, the field was always displayed and had an instruction to leave it blank if you wanted to publish the post right away. A better UX is if the default says “Now” and the datetime field only appears if you choose to change it.

screenshot of the same posting UI with the Advanced Options expanded. Additional fields shown: post status, visibility, and publish. Publish option has two pill-shaped buttons 'Now' and 'Select Date and Time'. 'Now' is selected by default and highlighted green.

Screenshot 2: Advanced Options expanded with the default Publish set to “Now”

screenshot of the same posting UI with the Advanced Options expanded. 'Select Date and Time' is selected and highlighted green. Underneath, a datetime field appears and a field with your timezone offset from UTC.

Screenshot 3: Advanced Options expanded and the “Select Date and Time” option selected

The next thing I am working on is lining up the left side of the title/author/ISBN text with the form inputs below them.

I am quite pleased with how this is turning out. Let me know what you think!

#indieweb #dev #indiebookclub

Here comes another #linkdump on me #blog

Fun #foss mini games based on #Luanti
Various interesting blog posts including posts about #UNIX #BSD and #Linux
And some interesting #opensource software projects

https://far.chickenkiller.com/misc/linkdump3/

#blogging #smallweb #smolweb #indieweb #weblog #linkdumps #links

After a few very difficult weeks, a new project idea lifted my spirits last night. It may not be innovative, but it could be useful to the IndieWeb, and I’m excited by what I’ll learn while building something that helps others.

Phoenix Code: Das Werkzeug für meine Flucht ins IndieWeb

Es muß nicht immer Visual Studio Code sein. Um mein Projekt, Webseiten ohne Sinn und Verstand zu basteln, und dabei gleichzeitig meine Flucht weg von den Big-Tech-Konzernen und raus aus den asozialen Medien hinein ins IndieWeb zu unterstützen, habe ich nach einen Editor für HTML und CSS gesucht und bin dabei auf den Phoenix Code Editor gestoßen. https://kantel.github.io/posts/2026073001_phoenix_code/ #PhoenixCode #Texteditor #IndieWeb #StatischeSeiten #Webworking

«Su Internet, nessuno sa che sei un cane.»

#smallweb #indieweb

straight up like. the indieweb being computer-exclusive is like those coquette fashion boards only having white skinny girls for inspo. said it
the indieweb (particularly the social media refugee demographic) go fucking nuts over their indieweb culture shit they don't realize it's just aesthetic cults all over again

I built an open-source, ad-free tech hub! 🖥️🚀

Privates, werbefreies Projekt ohne Tracking:
• Computer Museum (BIOS & Linux Academy im Browser)
• World Observer (Minimalistische Dashboards)

Schaltzentrale: https://dennishilk.com

#IndieWeb #RetroComputing #Linux #FOSS #SelfHosted #OpenSource #Nginx

ICYMI, my critique of Profane Altars: Weird Sword & Sorcery is now up at my review archive blog.

This review was originally printed last year in New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine Issue #6.

(As always, boosts are appreciated!)

https://robinmarx.writeas.com/review-profane-altars-weird-sword-and-sorcery

#BookReview #Books #Bookstodon #Booksky #Fantasy #SwordAndSorcery #Blog #SmallWeb #IndieWeb @bookstodon

[some-subscribed-rss] New Post: Reinventing a Fourth Website Piecemeal and from First Principles Using Junk Found Lying on the Side of the Road, by Bruno Dias https://azhdarchid.com/indieweb-things-that-should-exist/
Late night blog post: azhdarchid.com/indieweb-thi...
Hello Fediverse! I might just set up the ultimate open social web publishing workflow. Publish on IndieWeb, Bridgy POSSE to Bluesky, then Bridgy Fed to Fediverse

#introduction
Sou a Dead Alien, desenvolvedora, escritora de ficção insólita e de horror, e criadora de glitch art e de neobrutalismo no web design.
Desenvolvi este espaço portfólio (https://portifolio-8pg.pages.dev/?v=1) como minha primeira "rebeldia" contra os templates genéricos e gentrificados do mundo corporativo.
#Escritores #Horror #WeirdFiction #IndieWeb #GlitchArt

this is nice https://github.com/runawaydevil/awesome-indieweb 😬
New second person post on toGround: toground.link/this-edge-of... #indieweb #birds #pnw

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