*banned 4 MarkDown love* @design_RG@qoto.org

@teknonomicon

A little side trip, have been looking at finding a decent image hosting service. I did use those in the past, when I was very active in Forums, and had a good experience.

EXCEPT - when they change terms of service, want to charge now, or simply disappear all together.

The last happened with a site I used a lot, since it was simple and reliable; until it wasn't.

Thye were gone, and all the images posted in hundreds of forum posts were also gone from them. The addresses on them no longer worked, a major pain.

Frustrating. So went looking again, and it's a mixed bag those days. I don't want to use a Google photos space because of tracking. Prefer a site that is not too small, but not Big Tech.

A decent one that gives me proper, full image URL to use in blog post is https://postimage.org

They have free service, show full urls, and seem decent. Will they be around for the long run? Unknown, but at the moment that might do.

Screenshot below shows the image data info with various formats - for forum use, or full url to use in html coding.
@rgx@wordsmith.social @rgx@write.tedomum.net

@Absinthe Well done, you are on a roll! 😉

@teknonomicon

Ah, I am glad to know. Was feeling like I was spamming the feed a bit, but needed the testing. Getting there now, I got one that works.

Will post a more polished version when I get it all working.

@rgx@wordsmith.social @rgx@write.tedomum.net

@Keeneire
You are welcome. 😄

@mewmew

@rgx@wordsmith.social

Experimenting is needed, not all places offering blog hosting have the same features.

write.as which has a nice video, showing easy fediverse connections, also has a lot of limitations for Free accounts.

The Fediverse instances list for write.freely can be useful -- Although a lot of them are NOT open to registrations, check the rightmost column.

https://fediverse.network/writefreely

From that page, I looked at a couple of instances, there's one in Canada: https://fediverse.network/personaljournal.ca

...and settled in another one, located in France, under better European Union privacy protection rules. https://fediverse.network/write.tedomum.net

This last one, I created a new blog, copied my test post, and did the searching for the account here in Mastodon.

It did work, the account was found. After I published the page there, it showed here as a Toot, which I can click to view (has link to web page hosting) and reply with comments to.

@rgx@write.tedomum.net is my current testing page. Click on the username and it will show a typical Mastodon user page, with stats and toots listed.

@rgx It worked, and shows up here as expected! 🆗

@rgx Tested and works as expected, the barebones first post is getting prettier. I like it, edit and saves are very fast.

Now, if I can reduce the number of TABS open here... That would greatly help. 😜

@rgx

The blog editor only allows formating via html tags. You can type in easier ones, but a time saver can be an extension for your browser that natively supports markup languages.

Found one, I have used a similar in the past for Forums, with BBcode tag formatting.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/bbcodewebex/

Testing 1, 2, 3...

Hello blog world.

@rgx

https://wordsmith.social/rgx/a-first-post

Write.freely is the open sourced software that is in use at Write.as.

There are other instances, offering different levels of services, number of blogs supported, free or paid levels, etc.

* A summary of instances of write.freely is here: https://writefreely.org/instances

* List of features of Write.freely: https://writefreely.org/features/

* About write.freely page: https://writefreely.org/about

Looking for a blog space, so I can collate and have a permanent home for my tests, reports, ideas, etc.

Write.as is a blog platform for Writers, part of the Fediverse and can easily connect to other instances running Mastodon or Pleroma.

This video demonstrates how well that works. Quite cool - it's sad how many times we see well written blog posts without any feedback or comments, since people don't want to register to comment.

Here, people can see your new pages, and read and comment from their own instances. Thumbs up. Well done.

https://video.writeas.org/videos/watch/cc55e615-d204-417c-9575-7b57674cc6f3

*RT* " Holiday shopping reminder…

Mozilla tracks privacy/security concerns for some tech: https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/privacynotincluded/

If, like me, you already have Google Home Listening Device, just remember to unplug it before you discuss your plans to seize the means of production."

OP by Adrian, https://toot.cafe/@aardrian/103255753769984047

The Economist's last issue's cover deserves its own post. Great art and satyre.

https://www.economist.com/leaders/2019/12/05/britains-nightmare-before-christmas

@freemo Incredibly fine detail, you have a lot of patience. Well done.

@pschwede @spike The algorithm revision really gave everyone a chance at Top Toot of The Day.

TTooTD <--- acronym is even a pretty design (pronounced 'toot'ed')

@pschwede @spike Wow, on your first day even. Congrats, Spike!

@realcaseyrollins Yeah, excellent! Way to go, Casey. Well done... 👍

@freemo Wow, THAT small, I didn't even imagine. 😮

And thanks to the magic of the Firefox (or Chrome) Birdsite browser extension, we can bridge the Divide and tease the bird users with our own Toots here.

Screenshot from post above , as cross-posted and in my TW account.

** See details, where to get it, step by step guide on my own post: https://qoto.org/@design_RG/103244781718208800