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diff --git a/http/src/subscribe.upphtml b/http/src/subscribe.upphtml deleted file mode 100644 index 606e5c5..0000000 --- a/http/src/subscribe.upphtml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,91 +0,0 @@ -#! -PAGE="$1" -SITE_URL="$2" -export TITLE="How to subscribe to joeac's blog" -export DESCRIPTION="How to subscribe to joeac's blog" -#! - -<section> -<h1>How to subscribe to my logs</h1> - -<p> -The short version: use my <a href='/blog/rss.xml'>blog RSS feed</a> and -<a href='/microlog/rss.xml'>microlog RSS feed</a>, or my -<a href='gemini://joeac.net/logs/loglog.gmi'>gemlog</a>. -</p> - -<p> -If neither of those things means anything to you, no worries. You could just -look at my website every once in a while, but that gets old. A better way is to -use my RSS file. Here's how. -</p> - -<p> -An RSS file, if you don't know, is a file containing a list of posts in a format -that's so stupid even computers can understand it. Mine is at -<a href='https://joeac.net/rss.xml'>https://joeac.net/rss.xml</a>, -and I've also got one for just my blog posts at -<a href='https://joeac.net/blog/rss.xml'>https://joeac.net/blog/rss.xml</a>, -and one just for microlog posts at -<a href='https://joeac.net/microlog/rss.xml'>https://joeac.net/microlog/rss.xml</a>. -Since computers can understand it, you can get software to read it automatically -and tell you when I've made a new blog post. That's much less hassle than having -to check manually yourself! -</p> - -<p> -I'm not the only person serving RSS files, of course. You might not have heard -of them, but they're actually all over the Web. In the early days of the Web, -everyone was using them, so they've ended up built in to a whole load of -foundational Web technology, and hence ubiquitous, even if most Web users have -forgotten they exist. Once you've subscribed to my logs, you can subscribe to -basically any blog, podcast, or YouTube channel, and a lot of other Websites for -news, organisations, whatever. Point a well-designed RSS aggregator or RSS -reader at most Websites, and it'll automatically find an associated RSS feed. -</p> - -<p> -If you're not persuaded, try reading -<a href='https://doctorow.medium.com/you-should-be-using-an-rss-reader-76aed31151f9'> -Cory Doctorow explaining why RSS is ridiculously good -</a>. He's terrifyingly persuasive. Also, read his novels! -</p> - -<p> -If you just want to give it a go quickly, probably the quickest way is to -use someone else's RSS aggregator that they'll let you use as a service. -<a href='https://feedly.com/news-reader'>Feedly</a> and -<a href='https://www.inoreader.com'>Inoreader</a> have free tiers. -</p> - -<p> -If you want to have a little more control, you can self-host an RSS -reader, like <a href='https://tt-rss.org'>Tiny Tiny RSS</a>, -<a href='https://miniflux.app'>Miniflux</a>, or -<a href='https://freshrss.org'>FreshRSS</a>. But why would you do that? -Self-hosting is complicated! Why not just use a normal, local app? Here are -some options for that you might want to investigate. All these are active -free and open-source software projects at the time of writing. -</p> - -<ul> -<li><a href='https://hyliu.me/fluent-reader'>Fluent Reader</a> (Linux, Windows, Mac, also mobile I think?)</li> -<li><a href='https://www.rssowl.org'>RSSOwl</a> (Linux, Windows, Mac)</li> -<li><a href='https://capyreader.com'>Capy Reader</a> (Android)</li> -<li><a href='https://apps.kde.org/en-gb/akregator'>Akregator</a> (Linux, Windows (unstable))</li> -<li><a href='https://gfeeds.gabmus.org'>GFeeds</a> (Linux)</li> -<li><a href='https://lzone.de/liferea'>Liferea</a> (Linux)</li> -</ul> - -<p> -For the terminally geeky, there is also -<a href='https://newsboat.org'>Newsboat</a>. I used it for ages, it works -fabulously, but it's all in the terminal, so you have to be OK with that. -</p> - -<p> -You can also just enter 'RSS feed reader' into your favourite search -engine, software distribution, or app store and see what comes up. Try -adding 'FOSS' into the query to prioritise free, open-source software. -</p> -</section> |