My Website now supports Webmentions
Author: -fab- <fab@redterminal.org>
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Published on: Thu, 07 Mar 2024 03:56:59 +0100
Last updated: Mon, 16 Sep 2024 03:56:59 +0100
This site supports "Webmentions". So what are Webmentions? Here are a few links:
Page about Webmention on indieweb.org (WWW)
webmention.io - Webmention service (WWW)
My website is just a proxy for my gemini content, because I thought it was the easiest way to bring my gemini content to the web. So *all* content on the website is available on the gemini site. In fact, I consider my site mainly as a gemini/gopher site. But bacardi55's article inspired me to do the same he did although he doesn't publish his webmentions and looks at them from a different angle.
No interactions / UGC to see here
The webmentions won't show up *immediately* on the corresponding gemini site. I will put them in manually afterwards (if I like). For now the webmention first only appears in my feedreader. This way I don't need to put in any JavaScript into my pages which I *really* don't want.
I had the idea to implement gemini comments too, but because of the lack of CGI support in the gmid gemini server from Omar Polo this is not possible at the moment. And moderating comments can be a hassle. That doesn't mean I don't like people interaction - quite the opposite is true! If you want to contact me you can still do that via email or through mastodon. Any comment is appreciated!
So with webmentions my smolnet site is even more "IndyWeb" even if it's not that pretty as other pages - it will never be. It will always be my gemini/gopher site and never turn into a full blown website. Another thing is my gopher server. It's not reachable through the web (yet?) so you can't send me webmentions to them.
All in all - Have fun!
-fab-
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