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Have any input on the #typography in #WriteFreely? We're working on small, gradual improvements now, and we'd love to hear your feedback!

https://writefreely.org/pull/263

via @writeas_dev / #wfdev

The new theme this week has been a long time coming - our official "Dark mode" for the default blog theme! It pairs nicely with the dark mode of the editor.

https://write.as/themes/dark-theme

Follow @themes for more custom themes to use for your Write.as or #WriteFreely blog!

We're curious - how do active users of @write_as & #writefreely describe it to your friends?

https://discuss.write.as/t/how-do-you-describe-write-as-to-your-friends/1064

And while I mentioned some of our features that are exclusive to Write.as today, of course you can get the same writing experience with the free and open-source software behind it all, #WriteFreely.

Find a federated instance to join here: https://writefreely.org/instances

Start your own instance here:
https://writefreely.org/start

We're doing a final sale for the year on our annual Pro subscription, from now until December 31st: get 20% off the normal subscription price, locked-in for as long as you keep the subscription.

This is a great time to set yourself up for a year of writing freely on the web -- and to support #WriteFreely development at the same time ♥️

https://write.as/newyear

#WriteFreely v0.11.2 is out now! This is an important update that fixes bugs with federation, among other things — we recommend all admins upgrade.

Read more on the @writefreely blog: https://blog.writefreely.org/version-0-11-2

Did you know you can create your own editor to publish to Write.as / #WriteFreely? We created a Glitch app to showcase this, using the SimpleMDE Markdown editor! (https://simplemde.com)

Try it out here: https://simplemde-writeas.glitch.me

We have a new Write.as / #WriteFreely theme this week from our community! This one comes by way of Scotland, from @matt.

https://write.as/themes/longhouse-life

We're doing something a little different this year — trying to encourage more people to start a blog with a #CyberMonday sale on Write.as Pro. For all of tomorrow, you can get a year of Pro for 25% off our normal price — just $45 per year.

Besides giving you all the features we offer, your subscription helps directly fund #WriteFreely development. Just upgrade between 12:01am and 11:59pm UTC to lock in this price permanently.

Want to talk about federation on #WriteFreely? No need to sign up for our forum -- we'll also be hanging out on SocialHub:

https://socialhub.activitypub.rocks/c/software/writefreely

Feel free to stop by and ask questions or start conversations!

Want to get involved with #WriteFreely development?

We just added a "Good First Issues" label in our development tracker, and our first task up for grabs: adding ActivityPub "attachments" information for images included in a post.

Learn more about how to get started on that here: https://phabricator.write.as/project/profile/85/

#wfdev

This month, to coincide with #NaNoWriMo, we've made some Pro features free for everyone. But whether you're participating or not, we'll also be sharing ways you can use Write.as / #WriteFreely to get your story out on the platform -- no matter what form it takes.

Here's our guide on how to set a blog up for your story with our "Novel" format:

https://howto.write.as/creative-writing

We've joined other fediverse projects on the SocialHub forum, with dedicated categories for #WriteFreely and #Pherephone! Feel free to join us over there.

WriteFreely: https://socialhub.activitypub.rocks/c/software/writefreely

Pherephone: https://socialhub.activitypub.rocks/c/software/pherephone

Looks like the videos from #APConf are up now! Check them out on Peertube: @apconf

Included is my talk (@matt) about how we're building #WriteFreely and our other #ActivityPub projects.

"Federated Blogging with WriteFreely"

https://conf.tube/videos/watch/c81c92cd-b023-4a32-966c-bb2233e35483

We would love to know more about how you use Write.as / #WriteFreely. Let us know (and get a sneak peek at our upcoming submission manager) via Submit.as!

https://submit.as/writeas/how-do-you-use-write-as

It's also a great time to grab a free account! Accounts created on August 1 or later (eastern US time) will have a limit on the number of posts they can create for free.

Besides helping us reach sustainability sooner, with these changes we want to encourage people to spread out across other #WriteFreely instances. There are already some great ones to pick from!

https://writefreely.org/instances

We're going to phase out our Casual plan for new users next month, as we move towards a focus on our apps and helping more #WriteFreely instances get started.

Read more on @intheopen: https://write.as/intheopen/casual-phase-out-and-whats-next

We like to talk about how lightweight #WriteFreely is by saying it's "light enough to run on a Raspberry Pi." But to actually do that, you'd need to go through the work of compiling everything yourself.

Well, not anymore. Now we'll be releasing ARMv7 builds that can run on a Raspberry Pi, starting with WriteFreely v0.10.

Download that build here:
https://github.com/writeas/writefreely/releases/tag/v0.10.0

Coming in #WriteFreely v0.10: more control over your home page! As the admin of a multi-user instance, you'll be able to:

* Change the content of the home page (as seen here: https://pencil.writefree.ly)

* Change the default page that non-users land on (e.g. instead of the home page, it could be your About page, or a specific blog)

Both #WriteFreely and #Plume are only a couple stars away from 1,000 on GitHub! Why not send them over the threshold? ⭐

WriteFreely
https://github.com/writeas/writefreely

Plume
https://github.com/Plume-org/Plume