#indieweb 2026-04-19

2026-04-19 UTC
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Loqi [indienews] New post: https://fnhipster.com/posts/rsd26
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justanoob just wanted to ask where people looked for inpiration for their sites
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[Kupietz] @justanoob Frequently, right here and in the Indieweb zoom meetups. There are a lot of people sharing things that they're doing, lots of ideas going around. I glance at any link that gets posted here that sounds remotely interesting, and often they are.
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[Kupietz] I'm never really interested outright copying anything (although I have no qualms about it if I did) but I see plenty that sparks other ideas.
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justanoob thanks!
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ZodiacalComet justanoob: going into the rabbit hole on travelling through links, besides stumbling upon interesting reads. I find something that I take note of to consider adding to my own site.
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[tantek] What is design?
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Loqi 📐🖌 Design is a term that broadly encompasses graphics & other aspects of isual design such as typography, user interface (UI), user experience (UX), information architecture (IA), URL design, and everything else that affects how users experience a web site & its pages and interact with them https://indieweb.org/design
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[tantek] justanoob some good inspo there too ^
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lesleylai Hello! I am Lesley, with my website at https://lesleylai.info/.
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lesleylai I've been aware of the indieweb community for a while, but this is my first time joining. I just attended a Homebrew Website Club meeting and it's lovely. Looking forward to learn more!
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Loqi [indienews] New post: "I Love Bubbles" https://kiko.io/post/I-Love-Bubbles/
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[capjamesg] lesleylai++ welcome!
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[capjamesg] I like your website!
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[tantek] Nice clean and usable website! Looks great on mobile too. Welcome lesleylai++
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[capjamesg] What is own your links?
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Loqi Own your links is the concept of creating links on your own website that redirect to other properties you own, for instance social media accounts or content you have created on other websites https://indieweb.org/own_your_links
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[capjamesg] Re: the link I have on my website to start a call. I have been thinking about creating links that let me create documents with Proton Docs, Sheets, etc.
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[capjamesg] like http://example.com/newdoc or something.
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[capjamesg] I really like the https://docs.new shortcut that Google has but I’d prefer for any shortlink to work with the tech I want to use.
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[tantek] I find it unhelpful because it's too forgettable like most CLI
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[capjamesg] I think the first step I need is to figure out if Proton has a URL that redirects you to a new document.
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[tantek] capjamesg consider a /new top level redirect which goes to your post creation UI and then in there you can have links to create docs on 3rd party services as well
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[tantek] That way you don't need yet another link to remember
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[capjamesg] Ah I like a /new page.
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[tantek] You always just go to /new and then everything else is there to choose from
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[capjamesg] I’d probably have a grid of buttons for doc, blog post, web page, and a few other things.
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[capjamesg] What is new?
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Loqi Welcome to News About The IndieWeb where recent notable articles about the IndieWeb are cited and linked to keep you up to date https://indieweb.org/new
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[tantek] Sure!
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[capjamesg] tantek++ nice suggestion!
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[tantek] lol that redirect was added because some people who shall remain unnamed would ask "what is new" when all they wanted to do was random chat and this was before the #indieweb-random channel existed
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[capjamesg] Wow the Proton Docs pattern is http://docs.proton.me/new.
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[tantek] Parallel reinvention!
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[capjamesg] Proton has a public forum for accepting suggestions which is where I found the link: https://protonmail.uservoice.com/forums/945460-general-ideas/suggestions/50823335-short-link-for-creating-new-documents-emails-eve. That’s a cool idea for accepting feedback on a web service.
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[capjamesg] I now have a https://jamesg.blog/new page.
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[tantek] capjamesg feel free to delete the current /new redirect and start a fresh page with dfn, your indieweb example, and that silo/service example
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[tantek] That way it'll show up in the newsletter next Friday!
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[capjamesg] I will do that tomorrow morning — great idea!
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[morgan] Indieweb Zinefest is brewing! Consider participating and adding your date preferences to the pop-up section of the Wiki 🙂. https://indieweb.org/pop-up#:~:text=IndieWeb%20Zine%20Popup%20AKA%20IndieWeb%20Zinefest%5Bedit%5D