From 62e6bab910297aa15d76eb735ce3dd9b5417e26e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joe Carstairs Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2026 16:33:51 +0100 Subject: remove website/capsule content --- http/src/subscribe.upphtml | 91 ---------------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 91 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 http/src/subscribe.upphtml (limited to 'http/src/subscribe.upphtml') 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" -#! - -
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How to subscribe to my logs

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-The short version: use my blog RSS feed and -microlog RSS feed, or my -gemlog. -

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-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. -

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-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 -https://joeac.net/rss.xml, -and I've also got one for just my blog posts at -https://joeac.net/blog/rss.xml, -and one just for microlog posts at -https://joeac.net/microlog/rss.xml. -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! -

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-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. -

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-If you're not persuaded, try reading - -Cory Doctorow explaining why RSS is ridiculously good -. He's terrifyingly persuasive. Also, read his novels! -

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-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. -Feedly and -Inoreader have free tiers. -

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-If you want to have a little more control, you can self-host an RSS -reader, like Tiny Tiny RSS, -Miniflux, or -FreshRSS. 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. -

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-For the terminally geeky, there is also -Newsboat. I used it for ages, it works -fabulously, but it's all in the terminal, so you have to be OK with that. -

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-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. -

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