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diff --git a/http/src/blog.upphtml b/http/src/blog.upphtml index 6655aa1..5c37aba 100644 --- a/http/src/blog.upphtml +++ b/http/src/blog.upphtml @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ pp "${SHARE}"/components/meta.upphtml </aside> <section> -<p><a href='/blog/subscribe'>How to subscribe to this blog</a></p> +<p><a href='/subscribe'>How to subscribe to my logs</a></p> </section> #! diff --git a/http/src/subscribe.upphtml b/http/src/subscribe.upphtml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7b5d369 --- /dev/null +++ b/http/src/subscribe.upphtml @@ -0,0 +1,91 @@ +#! +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='/rss.xml'>RSS feed</a> (or <a +href='/blog/rss.xml'>blog RSS feed</a>, or <a href='/microlog/rss.xml'>microlog +RSS feed</a>) or my <a href='gemini://joeac.net/logs/longlog.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> |