Could I ask #fediverse for some #fedihelp?

[johentsch@hostux.social]

Could I ask #fediverse for some #fedihelp? What is currently best technical solution for writing a #blog where each blog post is an #ActivityPub message that is fully displayed on Mastodon? Last time I tried the #wordpress #integration #plugin, only links to the blogposts were displayed on Mastodon.

The ideal solution would actually be some integration with #quarto so I can flexibly integrate the blog in my page but other solutiona are just as welcome. Thank you in advance!

[informapirata@activitypub.space]

WordPress is currently one of the best solutions for creating a federated blog.

In the section

https://YOURBLOG/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=activitypub

you must add tags that allow you to select the elements you want to display in the Fediverse: you can display the entire content of your post or select just some elements.

These are the most important:

[ap_title] - The title of the post.
[ap_content] - The content of the post.
[ap_excerpt] - The summary of the post (can be truncated).
[ap_permalink] - The permalink of the post.
[ap_shortlink] - Shortlink of the post. I recommend Hum.
[ap_hashtags] - The tags of the post such as hashtags.

But there are many others.

[johentsch@hostux.social]

@informapirata
Aaahhh that's probably what I had missed last time, thanks! Actually I forgot to specify: Is it possible to display the threads evolving in the Fediverse under the blog post, effectively replacing the comment section?

[obenland@mastodon.social]

@johentsch @informapirata The plugin is moving away from template tags, towards just working out of the box. So don’t be discouraged if you don’t see that setting.

Yes, replies from Fediverse accounts get saved as comments to the post and displayed as part of the comment thread. Any replies there then also get federated out.

[tofeo@mstdn.social]

@johentsch

I am very interested about your experience. I am searching the same.

Yes wordpress works but more or less as far as I experiment it

I don't know about #quarto

Presently I am playing with https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2024/02/activitypub-server-in-a-single-file/

[julian@activitypub.space]

Yeah definitely keep at it with the Wordpress plugin. obenland@mastodon.social and pfefferle@mastodon.social are working hard on it and improving it all the time!

If it didn't work for you before it could very well be a completely different experience the next time around.

johentsch@hostux.social