WriteFreely @writefreely@writing.exchange
A minimalist blogging platform made for writers. Flexible, private-by-default, and self-hostable.
Get started: https://writefreely.org
Get hosting: https://write.as (@write_as)
Joined May 2021
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Welcome to the official Mastodon account for the 
#WriteFreely project! We'll share smaller, more frequent updates here than we do on our official blog (@writefreely@blog.writefreely.org).
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Write Freely is a writing platform on the Fediverse, sort of like a Fedi version of Medium.
It lets you write long form texts on the Fediverse, and people can follow your Write Freely account, so they see your latest posts.
The official site is at https://writefreely.org, you can also follow them at @writefreely
You can find instances to sign up on at https://writefreely.org/instances
There are apps available at https://writefreely.org/apps
If you are techy, there's instructions for self-hosting an instance at https://writefreely.org/start
If you aren't techy, you can still make your own Write Freely instance by using https://writefreely.host
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Figured out why the main feed on my @writefreely instance stopped federating. Here's the fix if anyone needs it.
Originally, my site was configured as a solo instance. I changed it to a shared instance when I added @sessionzero. Apparently, @lrhodes@social.lrhodes.net was pointing to the landing page, so when the configuration change shifted the original blog to a new path (social.lrhodes.net/lrhodes), that broke federation. All it took to fix it was setting the landing page to the new path (ie. /lrhodes).
I'm thinking of moving our documentation to a more purpose-built platform / site generator, instead of the custom one we have now on https://writefreely.org/docs.
Ideally, we'd switch to a tool that supports Markdown (current docs: https://github.com/writefreely/documentation), and allows people to search.
Any recommendations?
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I'm moving my office hours for WriteFreely Swift projects to Friday afternoons!: https://write.as/angelo/im-moving-my-office-hours-for-writefreely-swift-projects-to-friday-afternoons?pk_campaign=rss-feed
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I'm giving a talk at 12pm Eastern on how we've implemented Web Monetization in @write_as, @writefreely, and @snap_as. Come check it out! https://workshop.webmonetization.org
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Had a chat with @maguay@twitter.com about @writefreely, privacy, and removing roadblocks from our tools to help you write more.
Oh hey, we're at the top of Hacker News right now ☺️ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27800248
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[#wfdev] thebaer opened #485: 0.13.1 hotfix https://writefreely.org/pull/485
#WriteFreely v0.13.1 is nearly ready for release!
We've updated our demo instance, https://pencil.writefree.ly, to include all our staged changes -- so please feel free to test things out there! You can join with this invite link, if you don't have an account yet: https://pencil.writefree.ly/invite/bC4fvc
We've also changed the editor there to the new Classic editor, so you can test out our latest fix.
Find a bug? Let us know: https://github.com/writefreely/writefreely/milestones/0.13.1
We now have fixes pending for all reported issues in v0.13. If you'd like to help review them, we'd truly appreciate it! https://github.com/writefreely/writefreely/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Aopen+milestone%3A0.13.1
We've started bringing code for email subscriptions from @write_as to #WriteFreely! It's still very much a work in progress, but it'll land in v1.0.
#WriteFreely v0.13 is already being adopted pretty widely! A few bugs have crept in, though, so we'll be releasing a bugfix release (v0.13.1) soon.
If you'd like to contribute, please feel free to grab any open issues! https://github.com/writefreely/writefreely/milestone/24
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Just a heads-up: tomorrow's WriteFreely office hours are being moved to the same time on Wednesday, June 22nd.
Details here https://discuss.write.as/t/office-hours-for-writefreely-swift-projects/2788/
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Just pushed some final changes for #WriteFreely v0.13, specifically the exclusive content feature powered by Web Monetization. I wasn’t going to include this in WF yet, since it previously required setting up an additional receipt verifier server. But now that there’s a publicly available receipt verifier, WF admins and users can enable this feature without any extra setup. Once I do a little more testing, I’ll merge that and then release v0.13!
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Developing themes for @write_as / @writefreely has always been a bit of a pain. I've gotten used to working around the limitations, but I always wanted to make the process accessible to more people.
Today I'm finally releasing 🐴 CSShorse, a tool for editing #WriteFreely themes and previewing your work in real-time, with your real blog. (Based on @htmlhouse.)
We just had a month of #WriteFreely project hosting paid for directly from community donations! A huge thanks to everyone who's contributed so far.
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Swift Package Index: Try WriteFreely in a Swift Playground: https://write.as/angelo/swift-package-index-try-writefreely-in-a-swift-playground?pk_campaign=rss-feed
Today is the last day to get our official #WriteFreely app for iPhone and iPad at a big discount (66% off)! https://write.as/deals/coil-blogs-users-get-started-on-ios
A minimalist blogging platform made for writers. Flexible, private-by-default, and self-hostable.
Get started: https://writefreely.org
Get hosting: https://write.as (@write_as)
Joined May 2021
