I made a major update to how my blog integrates with Mastodon. Did I break it?
If you're reading this on the Fediverse, then I did not! Hopefully I made it better.
Moar blog things to fix
Since I'm on a roll I figured I'd make a new list of things I want to fix on Webstead. Bugs and Features: Activities: I'd like to implement configurable units of measure (metric vs imperial) Activities and check-in style posts should have the media stacked in with the photos slider. This one is potentially a bigger feature because it makes me consider that it might make sense to totally overhaul how I handle media on posts in Webstead. Posts made via micropub seem to be using "future" date...
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From Kev: Why did you start blogging in the first place? I had a website before I had a blog, but mainly because I didn't know what a blog was. The first incarnation of a blog though, that happened back in 2002-2003 I think! What platform are you using to manage your blog and why did you choose it? Right now I'm using Webstead, a home-grown CMS. It's built using Django because it was easy to rapidly prototype in my free time. Now It's grown into quite the large system! I'm currently worki...
Read moreMy blog is a testament to the statement "you can just build things".
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An IndieWeb Fuelled Week Most of the free time I had in the past week (writing this weeknote a bit late; it’s already Wednesday) was spent surrounding topics I discovered while exploring the trove of information from indieweb.org. Re-dis...
Read moreI used to use Hugo, and did for a long time. But sending webmentions was always tricky! Eventually I broke down and just built my own blogging platform lol.