#indieweb 2026-09-11

2026-09-11 UTC
Hike, brennan, barnaby, cotsuka, arkadio, JoshuaMorris, sage_rakurai and toastal joined the channel
#
rnkn what does it mean by connecting one's site to the indieweb?
#
[tantek] what context did you see that expression?
#
[tantek] also here's a freebie for anyone participating in the Rocktober challenge: https://news.wttw.com/2026/09/10/50-ton-prehistoric-boulder-was-unearthed-o-hare-contest-name-it
#
rnkn [tantek]: a couple of messages above from winddershins1
#
rnkn but I assume it’s a common thing?
#
[tantek] I think folks have different opinions about what it means if anything, beyond "connected to the web"
#
rnkn true
cotsuka joined the channel
#
[aciccarello] "connecting" makes me think of connecting with other sites/tools (mentions and publishing apps) but connecting/setting up a public website also fits!
#
rnkn what's the indieweb feeling on website platforms (own domain) that charge a fee (e.g. neocities, nekoweb, etc.)?
#
kepler rnkn: well for one, the platforms you listed optionally charge a fee
#
kepler second of all, i may not be speaking for everyone here because im not a big official person, but they're still definitely indie web because you're making your own site
#
rnkn I put them in the category of paid when using one's own domain
#
rnkn cool
cotsuka and [snarfed] joined the channel
#
[snarfed] paidsoftware++
#
[snarfed] payingforsoftware++
#
Loqi payingforsoftware has 1 karma in this channel over the last year (2 in all channels)
#
Loqi paidsoftware has 1 karma over the last year
#
[snarfed] payingforhosting++
#
Loqi payingforhosting has 1 karma over the last year
#
[snarfed] oh, sorry, if the question wasn't "is paying ok" but "are website platforms ok," then...also yes! eg https://micro.blog/ is one very indieweb-friendly host that we like and recommend here, and it's very much one of those
#
[artlung] What is a custom domain name?
#
Loqi A custom domain name is a domain which you attach to an existing hosting provider or website creation and management silo https://indieweb.org/custom_domain_name
cotsuka, brennan, jeremycherfas, aldur654, kleb60, barnaby, mort8088, [Murray], plantroon, mossymaker and slovak joined the channel; toastal left the channel
#
slovak add geoCities.ws to possible free hosting indie web pages in getting started topic
gordinator, cotsuka, coldfeet, mort8088, toastal, bterry1, ax562, ZodiacalComet, doesnm_ and jjuran joined the channel
#
wolfhina Hey I am Hina from illionois
#
[aciccarello] Hi wolfhina
#
[capjamesg] Welcome!
cotsuka, [mikemai2awesom], JadedBlueEyes1, mort8088, gordinator, bterry1 and extralongdivisio joined the channel; toastal left the channel
#
extralongdivisio /whois wolfhina
#
WinnerWind epic irc command fail, happens to the best of us, though
cotsuka joined the channel
#
extralongdivisio irc is so confusing >_<
#
aaronpk the web chat interface is not an IRC client
#
fafau06 don't mind me sipping my tea from discord, watching the neighbors lol
#
[tantek] it's a *very* minimal IRC client 😅
#
WinnerWind im not even sure if we can classify the web interface as an IRC client but ill be honest, no idea how it works
#
extralongdivisio @aaronpk I'm figuring that out now. Trying to make a desktop clinet connect to this channel...you may see more command fails
#
WinnerWind extralongdivisio: you should connect to libera.chat and join #indieweb there, that's the IRC channel for this place
#
[tantek] WinnerWind the web UI is OSS in GitHub
#
WinnerWind [tantek]: oh, cool! thnx!
barnaby joined the channel
#
extralongdivisio @WinnerWind it's not loading in my browser for some reason. The site pings in terminal but otherwise hates me :/
#
WinnerWind https://libera.chat/ doesn't work for you?
#
aaronpk get an actual IRC client and connect to libera.chat, don't hack the web chat at chat.indieweb.org 😂
#
WinnerWind true, libera.chat is much more stable than the web chat in my experience
#
doesnm or use https://web.libera.chat or https://web.libera.chat/gamja
cotsuka and XLdivision joined the channel
#
XLdivision hello from Halloy?
#
gRegor Welcome XLdivision
#
XLdivision yay! this is "extralongdivio" from an actual IRC client instead of the web UI
#
Loqi does a happy dance!
#
doesnm halloy are cool
XLdivision, Xlongdivision, xtralongdivision, gordinator, ZodiacalComet, brennan, rossabaker, coldfeet and toastal joined the channel
#
boredgargoyle I wish there was a bouncer-less way of saying IRC and getting history…
#
boredgargoyle Using IRC*
barnaby and barnabywalters joined the channel; toastal left the channel
#
gRegor irccloud supports it
#
gRegor what is irccloud
#
Loqi 💬 Internet Relay Chat (abbreviated IRC), in particular the #indieweb channels on the libera.chat network, is the primary community discussion forum for IndieWebCamp and anything about the IndieWeb https://indieweb.org/irccloud
BigShip, cotsuka and joshproehl joined the channel
#
wturrell IRCCloud is pretty nice. Paid obviously, but… what I’m still finding quite confusing on here is when people reply to someone else whose account contains square brackets (because it’s on Discord). Can’t stop myself from thinking the brackets indicate that person is the one talking.
#
gRegor The free tier has history access
jonnybarnes and Nebraskka joined the channel
#
boredgargoyle Ohhh didn’t know about irccloud
#
[0x3b0b] I thought square brackets were Slack. And me, because I'm special. Where it's distinguishable to me, Disappointment is IWDiscord talking about people in angle brackets.
#
[tantek] yes square brackets is Slack ids
#
[tantek] i don't see any angle brackets from IWDiscord in https://chat.indieweb.org/2026-09-11#bottom
#
aaronpk the logs do some reformatting :)
#
[0x3b0b] May be a combined artifact with my Matrix bridge. To me, boredgargoyle is narration coming from IWDiscord
#
[0x3b0b] Or to be a bit more precise, from "@hbirc_libera.chat_iwdiscord:bw3.dev"
jonnybarnes, cotsuka, toastal, oakridge and brennan joined the channel; toastal left the channel
#
valerieflynn Finished a simple website renovation of my Dad's memorial website.
#
IWDiscord <v​alerieflynn>
#
IWDiscord <v​alerieflynn>
#
valerieflynn I've been meaning to do this with my Dad's website for years. Looks much nicer than the old version. Glad I got it online. Looks much nicer than the old version.
#
valerieflynn Used Publii for this project for the first time. Other than a few learning curves, it went pretty smoothly. Figured since my Dad's professional website was the first one I ever made back in the early 2000s, the renovation should be the first website I do in Publii.
#
IWDiscord <v​alerieflynn>
#
valerieflynn https://georgeflynn.com/
cotsuka joined the channel