#indieweb 2025-02-21
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IWDiscord <xandra.cc>
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xandra.cc thank you!!! :D i’m sure this has been included in the indieweb stream, but wanted to let y’all know i’m still looking for articles to round out *good internet* magazine, launching in may! this print and digital magazine will revolve around personal websites, the indie web, anti-enshittification, etc. the main audience is webdev hobbyists and people who like doing Internet Things in their spare time!
# xandra.cc [edit] thank you!!! :D i’m sure this has been included in the indieweb stream, but wanted to let y’all know i’m still looking for articles to round out *good internet* magazine, launching in may! this print and digital magazine will revolve around personal websites, the indie web, anti-enshittification, etc. the main audience is webdev hobbyists and people who like doing Internet Things in their spare time!
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# semii2179 capjamesg[d]: thanks
# [morganm] I wanted to share an updated version of a simple website I am working on, it's like a cookie clicker except for Web Sustainability guidelines. Thanks Tantek and James for early reviews https://wsg-o-matic.netlify.app/
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# GeneticJen Hey everyone, wondering if I could ask a couple of questions about permashortcitations/links
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capjamesg[d] Sure thing!
# GeneticJen It looks to me like Bluesky and Mastodon are turning my permashortcitations into links. (xxxx.xx xxxx). All the IndieWeb FAQs lead me to believe that shouldn't happen... do you think I'm doing something wrong or am I looking at pages that are outdated?
# GeneticJen It seems to be the .uk that causes it
# GeneticJen But I thought using ccTLDs was common practice
# capjamesg[d] I'm not sure, but [tantek] may be able to help.
# SylvatiCodes hi all, new here, but your paths seem to be similar in some respects to mine. looking forward to walking with you all
# capjamesg[d] Welcome, SylvatiCodes!
# capjamesg[d] Do you have a personal website that you're working on?
# SylvatiCodes i guess i'll have to brush up on my org mode site, buy a cc domain and deploy it xD
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# SylvatiCodes i have been coding (hobby and job) for a few years and want to start my own (initially side) business doing websites for a specific niche tiny/small businesses... having things like booking and payments but want it less shittified... i guess, but not sure, that you recommend wordpress here?
# SylvatiCodes @xandra.cc fellow bard I have subscribed to the mailing list also :)
# SylvatiCodes (do the irc messages get relayed to discord?)
# capjamesg[d] Yes 🙂
# capjamesg[d] All of the chats -- Discord, Slack, IRC -- are connected together.
# SylvatiCodes d'oh yeah i realised straight away after sending that haha... kinda new-ish to irc and its capabilities
# capjamesg[d] No worries!
# capjamesg[d] We have a lot of content about WordPress on the wiki?
# capjamesg[d] *.
# capjamesg[d] What is WordPress?
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Loqi WordPress is open source CMS software used by many on the Indieweb as well as a blog hosting service https://indieweb.org/Wordpress
# capjamesg[d] ^^
# capjamesg[d] The indieweb community is mainly focused on personal websites though, so there may not be pages related to your specific requirements for business applications.
# SylvatiCodes understood o7 I will peruse the site after work <3
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[jeremycherfas] And if you want to avoid some of the complications of, for example, the blocks editor in WP, there’s always ClassicPress.
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# jak2k Is WordPress still a good software to use after all that Mullenweg drama? WordPress even stated, that they will serve Trump: https://x.com/WordPress/status/1881469141233889435
# capjamesg[d] My site now has a buttons page, brought back from a tiny site I made years ago on Neocities: https://jamesg.blog/buttons
# capjamesg[d] [edit] My site now has a buttons page, brought back from a tiny site I made years ago on Neocities: https://jamesg.blog/buttons
# SylvatiCodes jak2k django it is, then ;)
# SylvatiCodes capjamesg just read your snow post on your blog... you know they say if you don't like the weather here, just wait 5 minutes! definitely appropriate in February ha
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# capjamesg[d] SylvatiCodes Haha love that 😄
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[tantek] might be seeing some folks showing up asking how to setup recurring donations on their own site instead of Patreon due to this: https://support.patreon.com/hc/en-us/articles/27991664769677-How-iOS-in-app-purchases-work-on-Patreon
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# awkwardducky Can someone help guide me towards the methods to search the indieweb. Any search engine that specifically searches the indieweb?
# awkwardducky Currently just using the random site selector to explore around...
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[aciccarello] Hi awkwardducky you might want to check out https://indieweb.org/discovery
# [aciccarello] Something like the IndieWeb Webring has a lot of sites listed but isn't really a search tool https://xn--sr8hvo.ws/directory
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# awkwardducky Thanks!!! I'll check it out!!!
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# Loqi [indienews] New post: "CSF_01: Three Steps for IndieWeb Cybersecurity" https://tantek.com/2025/052/b1/steps-indieweb-cybersecurity
# capjamesg[d] [tantek]++
# capjamesg[d] Great post!
# SylvatiCodes so how does 'indieweb' work, as a concept? is it personal websites only, or is there also an element whereby people are going back to backlinks as a means of discovery?
# capjamesg[d] What is the indieweb?
# Loqi The IndieWeb is a community of independent and personal websites based on the principles of: owning your domain and using it as your primary online identity, publishing on your own site first (optionally elsewhere), and owning your content https://indieweb.org/indieweb
# capjamesg[d] ^^
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# capjamesg[d] If you have a personal website, you're indieweb 🙂
# SylvatiCodes very punk <3
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