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  • Conversing to the Fediverse With WordPress

    Conversing to the Fediverse With WordPress

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteRecently I saw a post stating that WordPress can speak with the fediverse more effectively. For months we could post to the fediverse but if we replied to a toot via WordPress it would be lost. Those on Mastodon instances would comment but be "ignored". For months I thought that it…

  • A Possible WordPress Implosion

    A Possible WordPress Implosion

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesWordPress and WordPress engine are fighting at the moment. Mullenweg wants WP-Engine to pay its fair share, or contribute more developer hours to keep improving WordPress as a whole. To be more specific “a significant percentage of its revenues for a license to the WordPress trademark.” source “The abbreviation ‘WP’ is not…

  • A Pi5, WordPress and ClasssicPress

    A Pi5, WordPress and ClasssicPress

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesLast night I started to install wordpress on the Pi5 and I got it to work. I then started to install ClassicPress via the ClassicPress switchtoclassicpress plugin and got blocked. I was blocked because in order for WordPress to update plugins, themes and wordpress it needs to have access to itself via…

  • The iOS Astronomy Wallpaper and Seasons

    The iOS Astronomy Wallpaper and Seasons

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesIf you’re wondering why one of the tags in my post is “Day 388” it’s because I shifted from WordPress to ClassicPress once again. In so doing I lost access to Akismet and Jetpack. By losing Akismet I lose comment spam filtering. I also lost access to the Jetpack app so I…

  • More Experimenting with ClassicPress

    More Experimenting with ClassicPress

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesAlthough I didn’t achieve what I set out to achieve I have been experimenting with ClassicPress and the Fediverse, but rather than do it from my main blog I have decided to experiment within a subdomain and so far I have achieved much. I see that activitypub and webfinger can be installed…

  • ClassicPress and the Fediverse – Not Quite Ready

    ClassicPress and the Fediverse – Not Quite Ready

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesYesterday I experimented with migrating my blog from WordPress to ClassicPress to see whether ClassicPress plays nicely with the fediverse. It does but there is room for improvement. If you want instructions on how to migrate from wordpress you can find the instructions here. Summarised, you download the switch to ClassicPress plugin,…

  • What Do The Logs Show

    What Do The Logs Show

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteJoke: I was on the phone with tech support when I walked by these and I was asked “What do the logs show?” I had a double take before I understood he meant the web logs and other server logs. I then continued walking I am getting somewhere with my studies.…