https://github.com/Kongaloosh/blog-a-loosh
This is an indieweb blog developed for personal use.
https://github.com/Kongaloosh/blog-a-loosh
facebook flask-application indieweb linked-data-notifications python twitter webmention
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This is an indieweb blog developed for personal use.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/Kongaloosh/blog-a-loosh
- Owner: Kongaloosh
- Created: 2015-07-31T19:39:15.000Z (almost 10 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2024-12-27T03:32:47.000Z (6 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-12-27T04:23:32.862Z (6 months ago)
- Topics: facebook, flask-application, indieweb, linked-data-notifications, python, twitter, webmention
- Language: Python
- Homepage:
- Size: 35.9 MB
- Stars: 9
- Watchers: 3
- Forks: 2
- Open Issues: 26
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
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README
### What the heckbicuit is this?
I built this as a little hacked-together example of a flask [indieweb site](http://indiewebcamp.com/).
In short, the indieweb is about maintating control of your data and self-publishing on your own site.
I use this to power [kongaloosh.com](http://kongaloosh.com), my blog. I post my photos, updates, and anything else here and it gets whisked down the internet tubes to all the other social-media sites I use afterwards. This is my hub on the internet.
### What state is this project in?
Spaghetti.
Right now, to varying degrees of effectiveness, it can:
* what-you-see-is-what-you-get posting interface [NEW AND IMPROVED!]
* RSS and ATOM feed support
* recieve entries via a micropub endpoint using indieauth
* syndicate out to twitter and facebook using [bridgy](https://brid.gy/)
* bulk upload images (including mobile upload)
* post images
* post albums full of images
* recieve webmentions using [webmention.io](https://webmention.io/)
* send webmentions
* delete posts
* save and create drafts
* Indie-actions allowing people to auto-like, & auto-reply on instagram and twitter
* auto-add locations to posts, including placenames and geonames ids
* recieve linked data notifications
* Linking hashtags back to a stream using that tag
In short, it has most of the functionality of an indieweb site.
Keep in mind, I'm not a web-developer. That, and I just wanted to build this as rapidly as possible.
There's still a large degree of testing which is yet to be done. Proceed with caution.
### How do I use this?
You'll need your own server and domain name. You can register domain names with sites like [name cheap](https://www.namecheap.com/) and you can get cheap server space with [digital ocean](https://www.digitalocean.com/). [This is a really helpful tutorial on deploying flask apps on digital ocean](http://blog.marksteve.com/deploy-a-flask-application-inside-a-digitalocean-droplet).
Right now, the details in the template are my own. They details link to my site and my social accounts. This You'll need to change these.
Also, you'll find a folder of config files. Among them are the password and username for the site's login. **change these to something private**. From there, if you want to syndicate to other sites, you'll need twitter API keys. Find these, add these, and keep them *secret*.
From there, sign up for [indieauth](https://indieauth.com/). This allows you to authenicate on other sites using your own domain. These include sites like [Own Your Gram](https://ownyourgram.com/), which automatically posts your instagram photos back to your own site; and [Quill](http://quill.p3k.io/), an editor which will post notes to your site.
### Where is the data stored?
The data is kept in a human-readable format as .md files, and a more machine-readable format as .json in a folder called data. All other multimedia is kept alongside their respective .md and .json files. The data folder is broken down by year/month/day. Additionally we keep a sqlite database which maintains a record of posts, their location, and what tags are associated with them. However, this can all be inferred by looking at the .md files.
### Roadmap
1. (maybe) write a script which auto-magically configures social-keys
2. testing
3. Search-bar
4. Better and more complete integration of Linked-Data Notifications and Activity Streams
5. Better integration of twitter for posting from my site (auto-lookup for handles, etc)