hello #Indieweb folk, could I ask for some help testing a tool to discover and submit webmentions from your static website. I appreciate any feedba...
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Authentication for the IndieWeb
IndieAuth lets you sign in with your own domain instead of creating yet another username/password combination. If you can add an HTML tag to your website, you can use IndieAuth.
Just add this to your site's <head>:
<link rel="authorization_endpoint" href="https://indieauth.com/auth">
No passwords to remember
Your domain is your identity
Part of the open web standards
For more information see indieauth.com
RSS Discovery
Automatically discovers your RSS feeds on your static website.
Webmention Targets
Scans the URLs in your feeds to discover URLs that will receive webmentions.
Webmention Sending
Automatically submits webmentions to discovered URLs, connecting your content to the web.
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- What is the IndieWeb?
- The IndieWeb is a movement to decentralize the web. It's a place where you can be your own publisher, and where you can find and connect with others who share your interests. indieweb.org has more information.
- What is a webmention?
- A webmention is a way to connect your content to the web. It's a modern version of trackbacks or pingbacks. Check out webmention.io for more information.
- What is IndieAuth?
- IndieAuth is a protocol for authenticating users on the web. It's a way to connect your content to the web. Check out indielogin.com for more information.
- What is RabbitEars?
- RabbitEars is a tool that discovers and sends webmentions from your static website. It's a simple tool that uses the IndieAuth protocol to authenticate you and then scans your blog for RSS feeds and webmention targets.
- How do I get started?
- Just sign in with your domain and RabbitEars will take care of the rest. You will need to support the IndieAuth protocol on your site. It's easy to do, check out the quick setup.
- What if I don't have an RSS or Atom feed?
- Currently, I only support RSS feeds. There may be services out there that can create one for you, but we don't support them yet.
- How do I add a webmention target to my site?
- Just add a link to another URL on your site and RabbitEars will validate and send a webmention to that target URL. This will let the target URL know that you mentioned them and from which URL.
- Why did I build this?
- I'm a big fan of the IndieWeb and I want to help make it easier for people to participate in the IndieWeb. I'm also a big fan of static websites and I want to help make it easier for people to add some dynamic features to their own static websites. I wanted a way to participate in the IndieWeb with my static blog and that's why I created RabbitEars.
- What is the future of RabbitEars?
- For the time being this is just a way to submit webentions from a static site so I can let other sites know I mentioned them. If there is interest I would like to add a way to receive webmentions as well in the future, so the other sites can submit a webmention to your site.
Webmentions
I built a tool to help me participate in the IndieWeb. It’s called RabbitEars. It’s a simple tool that lets me submit webmentions (links in my blog...
Tinkering on a tool to discover and submit webmentions from the RSS feed from a website. Using it to send webmentions from my site. Hoping others f...