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@jtr 🥰

@mcg @greghiggins @vincent @skoobz Yep, use that plug-in or a theme with built-in support for Open Graph, like Tiny Theme by @mtt.

@rmdes Oui! There is more than one way to edit robot.txt on Micro.blog. Pick the one that makes the most sense to you and remember to check that it actually works the way you intend by visiting /robots.txt on your blog.

@ericmwalk @jtr I did! 😊 Custom Robots makes it a copy-n-paste job.

@pratik Hehe, thanks again for helping me with support, @heyloura. You’re the best! 🎉 Sorry it’s such a poorly paid job. 😊

@jtr robots.txt in a Micro.blog context is sparsely documented in Search engine indexing. An OpenAI-specific discussion with an example is over at the Help Center. I’m thinking about writing a plug-in to make this a little easier…

@pimoore My guess is that the code responsible for scrubbing away most HTML from replies needs tweaking.

@pratik Sorry, I might missunderstand your question, but links (a elements with href attributes) are allowed on Mastodon.

@JohnPhilpin Yeah, just like the Micro.blog timeline, Mastodon only allows a subset of HTML elements.

@JohnPhilpin Striking! 😊

@JohnPhilpin @manton Oh, yes, using HTML in replies is quite an adventure. 😊 There’s maybe definitly inconsistencies there.

Sometimes it helps to update the reply (it did, for this one).

@pimoore Yes, it should, as long as it renders into a s or del element in the RSS or JSON feed you’ve set up to go to your timeline.

@JohnPhilpin Yes, probably, in most cases. 😊 But it’s important to understand that del does not guarantee your text to be strikethrough. It represents deleted text, and it’s up to browser vendors, web designers and developers how to style that element. For example, deleted text could be shown as red, or light gray, or blurry instead. Or not at all.

s, on the other hand, literally is the strikethrough element. So use that if strikethrough text is what you want.

Trying one’s best to use the semantically correct element is good for accessibility as well. Tools, like screen readers and refreshable braille displays, might convey meaning based on the text’s underlying semantics.

@JohnPhilpin @pimoore Both are fine to use, but semantically they represent different things. s is for representing stuff that is no longer relevant or accurate. del is for representing text that has been deleted.

@renevanbelzen @news @pimoore s is not deprecated, but strike is. When in doubt, check the HTML Standard.

@cdevroe Love this! I’m also in the static first camp.

@toddgrotenhuis Yes, that’s probably the most common method. They are called kräftmjärde here (we use this one). For more active fishing, one can use a hand net like the kids in Carl Larsson’s painting.

@Annie Thanks for checking out my plug-in! 🥰 And thanks, @heyloura, for helping out. You’re now officially part of my plug-in support team. 😉

@cdevroe Image Capture, maybe?

@miguelmanalo Enjoy the show! We went yesterday and had a great time.

@ppel Yay! 🥳 Thanks for checking it out.

@khurtwilliams The experimental feeds @pratik mentioned is available over at micro.blog.via.dahlstrand.net.

@Mtt Hey, sorry for my late reply. You can get a list of a post photos via .Params.photos and the avatar URL is available via .Site.Author.avatar. Is that what you’re looking for?

@g 🥰

@ndreas Låter som en bok i min smak, den hamnar överst i att-läsa-högen. Tack för tipset!

@ndreas Okej, jag använder JavaScript för att göra det svårare för automatiserade spamrobotar som letar efter e-postadresser på webben. Men om adressen du använder redan är publikt delad på annat håll, kan du bocka ur Obfuscate email address (to mitigate scraping) på inställningssidan. När din blogg har byggts om är JavaScriptet borta och då bör länken fungera även på jobbdatorn.

@ndreas Ah, spännande! Vad är det för inställning? Gissningsvis är det inget jag kan göra något åt, men jag försöker gärna arbeta runt blockeringen om det går. 😊

@ndreas Sköj! Några teman har inbyggt stöd för mina insticksmoduler men det du använder, Alpine, kräver extra handpåläggning. Du behöver skapa ett custom theme (om du inte redan gjort det) och klistra in en kodsnutt. Följ instruktionerna under rubriken Include the Reply by email link in your custom theme och hojta om du kör fast. (Du behöver vara inloggad på Micro.blog för att länken ska fungera.)

@SamHawken You can reply with images using Markdown syntax like this: ![A puppy fails to take a bite out of a way too big fruit, with the text 413 Payload Too Large.](https://http.dog/413.jpg).

@jean Happy birthday, Jean! 🥳

@ndreas The comments-on-your-site-sphere is pretty packed. If you don’t care about privacy, Disqus is probably the most well-known provider. If you don’t mind paying for a service, Commento is a leaner alternative that does not track visitors or show them ads. And there are more options out there (some are self-hosted). AlternativeTo.net lists a handful.

I see others have recommended a couple of my plug-ins as well. Let me know if you need assistance setting them up.

@otaviocc @pcora @maique On iOS, per-app text size can be changed by navigating to Settings → Accessibility → Per-App Settings and tapping Add App to add Micro.blog. Then, tap Micro.blog followed by Larger Text.

@mandaris You’re welcome! It looks like your experiment was a success. 🙌

@bjhess Clicked through to the latest issue, saw a photo of a soldering iron, and instantly subscribed (via web feed). A newsletter about weird old + future internet sounds tailor-made for me.

@cygnoir Hey! 👋 Thanks for the report, this one stumped me too for a while. Long story short: turns out, the raw bookmark feed the plug-in consumes can contain “empty” entries. I’ve pushed a new version (0.11.0) just now. Hopefully, the empty blocks will go away once you’ve updated.

@vincent Happy birthday! 🥳 I’ve tried 37 on for a couple of months now, and I must say, it’s a pretty good age to be in. 😊 Hope your day is filled with happenings and people that make you happy.

@g Glad it worked out. Thanks for the donation. 🙏

@toddgrotenhuis Yeah, that’s probably the best solution unless your feed reader of choice support filters. In Feedbin, for example, you can set up actions that filter away posts based on rules like “if author equals Joe” and so on.

@Mtt Oh, my, you think way too highly of me but thank you. I’m putting plug-in guru on my business card now. 😊 It’s possible to create dynamic files in Hugo using the assets pipeline and resources.ExecuteAsTemplate.

So, for example, one could put a file named support.txt in the assets directory and add template code in the same way as with theme templates. I’m doing this with the file documents.json in my Search Space plug-in. But, in that case, I’m listing the blog’s posts instead of metadata.

@chrishannah Yeah, I hear you, it’s definitely not for everyone.

@jensimmons Exciting! Thank you (and the team) for everything you do. I hope you get some well-deserved rest soon.

@chrishannah It might not fit everyones definition of easy, but for iPhone 12 and later, Apple offer a self service program with repair manuals and a parts store. Not available in all countries, though.

@birming 🤤 Jag har inte klämt årets första mjukglass än, men det är hög tid! Blev inte mindre sugen nu…

@Mtt 👏👏👏

@toddgrotenhuis I have to admit I don’t know. 😔 As the feeds are public, I can see a potential privacy issue with muted/blocked versions. Anyone could infer who’s muting who based on the feed’s content.

So if there is, or ought to be, a muted/blocked version of the feed, it should probably have a private URL (like the bookmarks feed).

@KimberlyHirsh Me too! 😊

@JohnPhilpin Hmm, I wonder why the article goes through so much trouble to construct the channel feed URL manually? It’s right there in the HTML already: <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="RSS" href="https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id=UCX6OQ3DkcsbYNE6H8uQQuVA">. Most feed readers should be able to figure that out automatically when you give them the YouTube URL, https://www.youtube.com/user/MrBeast6000 in this example.

@kimonostereo Oh, yes, that looks like a lot of fun! What quest are you on, display panel replacement?