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@pratik Are you sure it’s an actual JPEG and not just a HEIC file with a .jpg filename extension? (That was the case with David’s Shortcut.)

@ridwan RSS is an XML-based format, so no conversation should be needed. But the specific feed in your screenshot is only partially valid. That might cause all sorts of trouble, so we should eliminate the validation errors.

For example, using W3C’s Feed Validation Service, we can see the title currently being set to <no value>, and that’s not great. Try changing the title by going to Micro.blog’s Design page. From there, you should be able to change the Site title to something else.

Then, recheck the feed to see if something else needs fixing.

@yatil If you access Micro.blog via a web browser, you can hide posts from Mastodon folks with the following CSS: .post:has(.post_username &gt; a[href*="@"]) { display:none; }. Some browsers, like Safari on macOS, have built-in support for this. For others, you might have to install a plug-in like Stylebot.

@crossingthethreshold The pool photo is a HEIC file, not a JPEG. So the Shortcut is probably uploading the original image, not the one from your conversion action.

When editing, tap Show More in the Get Contents of URL acition (the last one). There should be a Key called file there; make sure the value is the JPEG photo and not the original.

There is no such thing as a silly theory. 😊 But a weak WiFi signal results in either a slow connection (the Shortcut takes a while to run) or no connection at all. Shortcuts notice if you’re offline, and you will get an error message: “The Internet connection appears to be offline.”

The reason why you get the question marks is that you’re uploading HEIC files. That’s not a file format web browsers support. You can download the question mark file and look at it on your computer. So the Shortcut has been working all the time – it’s just that browsers don’t speak HEIC. cc @pratik

@crossingthethreshold That gray square and question mark are almost certainly because you’re uploading HEIC files or another file format not supported by your browser. Try uploading a JPEG or PNG instead.

Regarding the other Shortcut: the Humboldt app may not be installed on your device.

@jmuscara @jean @help To follow a person, they need to host their content on their own domain or subdomain. Like example.com or example.tumblr.com. People hosting content under directories like tumblr.com/example/ can’t be followed. Also, there needs to exist a web feed (RSS, Atom, or JSON). Neither is true for the two examples you provided, unfortunately.

If you share a person you can’t follow on Mastodon, I will try to figure out why.

@crossingthethreshold Thanks for sharing. Both Shortcuts worked for me on iOS 16.1.1. Hard to tell why they are not on your device.

Regarding privacy and permission, the Shortcuts need access to your Photo library and make network requests to micro.blog. So make sure that’s the case by editing the Shortcut, hitting the ℹ️ followed by Privacy.

You can also try running the Shortcuts in editing mode. Sometimes that gives a clue as to where things go wrong.

Ensure the file you are uploading is a JPEG or PNG (not a HEIC). Also note that if you have more than one blog, the uploads might end up on one you’re not expecting it to. (The last one you selected in the web interface.)

As a last resort, try removing and re-installing the Shortcuts.

@pratik is right that it’s possible to design Shortcuts that only work on one platform or the other. But that’s not true for the two Shortcuts you’ve shared. They work fine on both macOS and iOS.

@ericgregorich Just like @manton, I’ve used custom style blocks in some of my plug-ins. It’s fast and easy, but if you have a lot of CSS, you might want to break it out to separate files. Hugo has a robust assets pipeline, so you can: have dynamic (template-based) CSS files, bundle multiple CSS files into one, process SASS and SCSS, run minification, and more.

There’s a minimal example on the page Creating a resource from a template.

@pratik @rknightuk There can only be one!!1! 😂 But seriously, the more plug-in developers and theme magicians, the better. Thanks for sharing your work with the community, Robb! 🥰

@danielsantos On the search result page, there should be an Add to bookshelf… section where you can add the book to one of your shelves. But only if you’re signed in to your Micro.blog account.

Sometimes when you follow links, they open in in-app browsers or a browser where you’re not signed in. When that happens, you must sign in or switch to a browser where you’re already signed in. Also, see this conversation. Ping @manton.

@msnintendique64 I use the Reminders app for that, with a list called Inbox. It’s my default list. Using the share sheet, I can put almost anything in there for processing later. Websites, files, text selections, whatever. Works with Siri as well.

@ChrisHannah Congrats! 🎉 Interesting read. Did you notice an increase in interactions or subscriptions? For example, Mastodon follows, emails, more requests to the RSS feed, people checking out your app, and so on?

@pratik The discovery enables plug-ins that could be helpful for blog authors when visiting their own blogs. Like Edit this Post-buttons or even inline editing of blog posts:

Screenshot of a blog post in inline editing mode. The author has selected a part of the text and made it bold.

This has always been possible, but thanks to the API endpoint @manton shared, it gets much more straightforward to implement.

@axbom P.s. Sanna och jag har dragit igång podden Hej (resten av) internet! I senaste avsnittet, Ett eget hem (eller en trädgård) på nätet, delar vi våra tips på hur en kommer igång med egen domän och webbnärvaro. Många likheter med din checklista. 😊

Vi har en idé om att då och då bjuda in indiewebbiga gäster för samtal om och kring ens hem på webben. Skulle du tycka det vara sköj att vara med?

Wow, that’s excellent news. Thanks, @manton! 🥰 This makes a couple of plug-in ideas I have more feasible.

@matti Ah, sorry, I misread the question. That’s the identifier for the post’s entry on the Micro.blog timeline. It’s currently not possible to get the post identifier from a URL. So you will have to do it the hard way, iterating through the posts looking for a matching permalink. For example, it should be achievable via the XML-RPC API. @manton

@Katedohe Welcome back to the cozy corners of the internet. 😊 I read your “bounce on Twitter” thread and can vouch for the Micro.blog and Buttondown combo – it works well!

@gr36 Yep! New Micro.blog accounts have ActivityPub enabled by default, but if the person you want to follow registered before October 2022, they have to enable it manually.

@vincent Yeah, that’s a good idea. Potentially, there are multiple ways to follow a fellow Micro.blogger: on the Micro.blog timeline, via webfeeds (RSS), newsletter, and ActivityPub.

All the above should be identifiable automatically for Micro.blog-hosted blogs and could be presented on the person’s profile page. And maybe one should be able to add additional options?

For someone visiting a profile, it could look something like this mockup. Here, I imagine the visitor just tapped the More… button:

Mockup of a Micro.blog profile page for a person with the handle @downnorth with Follow and More buttons. The More button is active, and a drop-down menu is shown. It shows five links: Subscribe to Newsletter, Follow on Mastodon, Subscribe to Webfeed (RSS), Mute @downnorth, and Report a ToS Concern.

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