Tag: wordpress

Indie version

The Implausi.blog is hosted on a WordPress site, and let’s be honest, we’re not really using all the functionality of it. We’re pretty much plain text with a few nice elements. It grinds my gears a little bit that the site is as slow to load as it is, with ridiculous file-sizes, and requires javascript to show a basic page.

So with the recent turmoil in the WordPress community, I started looking for options, and one of those is right here. Apparently I had the option of running a subdomain on the site, so currently indie.implausi.blog is available, as a very lite version of this site. (Raw HTML, baby! We’ll add some basic CSS in the near future).

We’re moving some of the basics over, not all at once, as described on the landing page there. The blog will mostly be raw xml, with podcast full text available as we go.

Over time, we may switch the main channel to a non-WP version entirely, but right now we’re doing some parallel development. See you there (or here)!

2024 Roadmap

What does 2024 look like, from the perspective of January 1st, 2024?

Here’s a rough map. I didn’t have a napkin, so some hotel stationery had to do.

January: we should be seeing the site overhaul taking place. It may take a bit of time to sort out the various sections, so it may look a little bare while the framework is filled out, but like should be grouped with like, which will make it a little easier to find things than in the constant flow of updates.

The focus will be on pages, not posts, grouping together the podcast and videos, and keeping the media stuff separate from the academic work. We’ll be publishing more of the previous academic work as I sort out the rights to it, and make it available here.

February: I will be head down working on finishing a book chapter, but there should be enough of a stockpile of episodes and posts that I’ve been working on during the holidays to carry us through.

March: starting several tutorial sections for teaching and learning. Some of this is for new skills that I’m trying to develop, documenting the learning process. Other stuff will see the academic writing should be coming through to the forefront, updating on topics I’ve research on and taught on before.

That takes us through to Q1. If the above goes well, then we should have a good framework in place for publishing online, and Q2 should see us start to kick into higher gears.

Sounds fun. Let’s go!

ActivityPub on WordPress part 3

This is test post number 3 of the ActivityPub plugin. I’ve followed the account on Mastodon, via my account, so we’ll see if that was possibly the issue with the post not showing up there.

If all goes well, this should be the first link from the Implausiblog directly available to the #fediverse :crosses fingers:

ActivityPub on WordPress

WordPress blog posts should bow be available directly on the Fediverse, viewable via Mastodon, Firefish, and other clients. I’ve just installed and activated it by using this tutorial here: https://fedi.tips/wordpress-turning-your-blog-into-a-fediverse-server/

And this is mostly a test post to see if it works. Might be visible to only a select few, but if it works I’ll give it a boost.

Also, trying a couple tags on the right to see how the plug-in integrates them.

And… how to reference them? Poster username? Let’s find out together…

Hmmm….

I think I’m following the profile now: @Dr.Implausible@implausi.blog

So let’s see if this quick edit helps it show in the timeline, which will allow for a boost?