microbloggers (webring)

Updated 2024 Mar 18 by Likho (licho@firemail.cc)

(WORK IN PROGRESS - feel free to send feedback)

The microbloggers webring started with microblog.py but lists any site with a microblog. A .json file is required on a member’s site. This is ordinarily generated by microblog.py.

If you have a microblog and would like to be listed, send an email to me. You can also cause an e-mail to be sent to me by leaving a comment on my site profile on neocities. Alternatively, if you are listed by any current member, I may eventually find you.

• list of members (json)
• widget (tba/wip)

How to join if you (want to) use microblog.py

See

1. https://likho.neocities.org/pages/likhos-microblog-py#getting-started

2. https://likho.neocities.org/pages/likhos-microblog-py#enable-webring

How to join fundamentally

1. You need a .json file somewhere on your website with the following information filled in.

• your name
• canonical url to your microblog
• avatar
• description, of either self or topics
• number of posts
• the time of your most recent post in epoch time

Example:

{
    "username": "likho", 
    "url": "https://likho.neocities.org/microblog/", 
    "avatar": "https://likho.neocities.org/microblog/images/avatar.jpg", 
    "short-bio": "a short description about yourself or what you write about, 
    "post-count": 70, 
    "last-updated": 1707910889
}

2. Generate last-updated with the following command

    date  +%s

3. Link back to this page or

Given the list of members (json),

For each member, fetch their .json and generate an html element that displays:

• their (user)name
• URL
• avatar
• short-bio
• post count
• the time since they last updated their microblog

In a page that is linked by the main layout of the microblog (as opposed to an entry).

Members