rob g.

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Computers, cats, books, bicycles. Sci-Fi, science, math. Music and photography. Travel.

Traveling light, long, backpacking or camping to know the land and culture. History, Architecture, foods.

Europe Fan. Culture is center. In Pols, left.

Coffee, Black with a bit of sugar. Espresso, yes please, unless late in the day.

Wine, Red of course. If hot weather, then Beer.

#TechnoMancer and #FediReporter , #Writer and voracious #Reader #nobot

Languages : English. Español. Português.

Tech Blog :https://write.tedomum.net/rgx/
Mastodon :https://qoto.org/@design_RG
Glitch-Social :https://muensterland.social/@rgx
Pleroma :https://fedi.absturztau.be/yann
rob g.Jan 3, 2021

Creating a site specific Search box in a Write.Freely blog - possible, with DuckDuckGo

Please see my post at the Write.as Discourse forum for details -- I managed to create a custom search box for my Write.freely blog using DDG.

Cannot be done with Google's Custom Search as it requires JavaScript -- disabled on WF for security reasons.

BUT DDG can do, and it uses an iFrame. Tested and working.

https://discuss.write.as/t/creating-a-site-specific-search-box-in-a-write-freely-blog-possible-with-duckduckgo/2271

Screenshots show Forum post and a Custom search page for TeDomum.net blog.

Creating a site specific Search box in a Write.Freely blog - possible, with DuckDuckGo

Hello! I found out a way to create a Site specific search which can be used in our Write.freely blogs. (had posted a topic here a month ago, about using Google’s Custom Search Engine – which cannot work for us as it requires JavaScript, not supported in standard WF instances). DuckDuckGo has this - and it is all inside an iFrame block, which does work from a normal WF page. I have tested it and it’s even better than the Google one as we are not logging into their voracious indexing of everyone...

Show threadrob g.Jan 3, 2021

@dino @write_as Thank you, Dino!

Appreciate your effort, hope we can get it working. I tried with my two write.freely accounts, one being the tedomum.net one, and it did not work. Same with the second one.

It did produce the output with my write.as account, but that one only has a single post atm.

Thank you for working on this. Happy New Year!

Show threadrob g.Dec 29, 2020

@tedel Welcome, Tedel, and I hope you enjoy your stay here.

Sad to hear your previous instance did disappear just like that. You could import a list of accounts you were following if you have saved one there before they disappeared.

Happy New Year!

Show threadrob g.Dec 29, 2020

@chrispanag ... except in Glitch-Social ones, are common in Pleroma instances.

A much lighter system. Easier to install and run, requiring less hardware. With more choices, and advanced features for the users.

Yes, there's a lot to see in Fediverse.

Show threadrob g.Dec 29, 2020

@chrispanag

> but haven't seen great value on other Fediverse offerings. Am I missing something? 😅

Yes, I would say so. Mastodon is the biggest platform in the Fediverse, but not the only one and there's a lot more to experience.

For example, Pleroma is similar to Mastodon, but has a much more modern design - from the engine up to the front end user interface.

Things like Markdown text formatting, larger maximum toot sizes which are almost non-existant in mastodon instances... (cont)

rob g.Dec 29, 2020
@scaglio It really is pretty awful, isn't it? 😜😀
Show threadrob g.Dec 25, 2020

@InBabel I thought about all the people who worked on these - the woodworkers, the stonemasons who built the church itself, the painters who left such nice work for the future visitors.

I chatted a bit with a gentleman who volunteers there for upkeeping the church, and we shared the wonder of this being touching us, so far after the work was created.

Very humbling. So much of what we do today will not last at all.

Have a good day! ✨🌞🙂

rob g.Dec 25, 2020

@InBabel I vividly remember my reflections earlier last year, while visiting a 17th century church in Coimbra, Portugal.

A simple and beatuiful one. The altars were all made of wood, and had exquisite carving, plus fine goldleaf applied in many places. Wonderful artisanal work.

They also had large areas which were hand painted, and so vivid, even now, 300 years later.

rob g.Dec 24, 2020

** On MarkDown Learning, Tutorial, and Editors **

@joaopinheiro And I came back, on a quiet moment to read your new blog page. Very nice - I really enjoyed it, and think it can be useful to other people as well.

Same as you, I first learned about MarkDown upon getting started with blogging - using the Write.Freely software, which is the free open source version of the Write.as blog.

This is just the Beginning of today's Blog post...

https://write.tedomum.net/rgx/on-markdown-learning-tutorial-and-editors

On MarkDown Learning, Tutorial, and Editors

----- This started as a reply in my Fediverse account: @[email protected] And I came back, on a quiet moment to read your new ...

rob g.Dec 24, 2020

@InBabel That is lovely, thank you for sharing.

I think, many times, of the hands which shaped things I see while visiting places inhabited for centuries.

All things must pass. Greetings!