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At long, long last, a bug with hashtags on @writefreely instances running MySQL 8+ is getting fixed in our next release, v0.16.

https://github.com/writefreely/writefreely/pull/1461

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GitHub - writeas/writeas-cli: Command line client for Write.as / WriteFreely Command line client for Write.as / WriteFreely. Contribute to writeas/writeas-cli development by creating an account on GitHub.

Making some small housekeeping updates to our #Writeas / #WriteFreely command-line client. I'd like to add a lot of basic missing functionality to it, so it's much more useful for everyone.

https://github.com/writeas/writeas-cli

code.as Gitea (Git with a cup of tea) is a painless self-hosted Git service written in Go

Finally figured out what was going on with the heavy load on our Gitea instance, https://code.as -- a ton of spammers coming in, when I thought we'd closed registrations.

I've cleaned them up and put in some new protections, so should be able to keep the site up now for the repos we host there!

You would really think when you have 5 years to implement a feature, you'd squeeze it in there somewhere. But here we are!

Either way, implementing the 5-year renewal stuff now will also come with some new experiments I'm excited to try, as far as benefits for our most loyal writers.

A few priorities on the @write_as list, but this week it's two areas that I really need to address:

- Giving users who were silenced more insight into the reason, and a smoother way to appeal. This is taking up a ton of my time right now, especially as we're seeing more spammers complain, but I […]

Write.as (@write_as@writing.exchange) 1.8K Posts, 158 Following, 4.41K Followers · Type words, put them on the internet — and fediverse. Powered by @WriteFreely. Part of the @musing@musing.studio suite. @snap_as@musing.studio · @remark_as@musing.studio · @submit_as@musing.studio Toots here by @matt.

Working on some #fediverse things in @write_as today.

- New `preview` property on our Articles, so future supporting platforms can fall-back to a short-form representation of blog posts

- Interop issues with #Ghost

GitHub - writeas/wp-import: Import your WordPress blog to Write.as Import your WordPress blog to Write.as. Contribute to writeas/wp-import development by creating an account on GitHub.

Fixed a big bug in our (experimental) command-line #WordPress import tool, if you're using it.

https://github.com/writeas/wp-import

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Temporary email issues Thank you, this is really helpful to know! I’m going to revert that latest change, so that should at least fix the issue going forward. Otherwise, I’m working on a new feature that’ll show you which posts never got sent as emails, and then let you manually send them again – so that should help make sure people still get those posts. Going to get that done tonight if possible, stay tuned!

Going to revert the recent change that broke things, and add a new way to re-send any emails that might've failed to send while this bug existed.

https://discuss.write.as/t/temporary-email-issues/16632/4

Support SMTP email configuration by thebaer · Pull Request #1131 · writefreely/writefreely This adds the ability to configure a bulk email provider via SMTP, instead of only supporting Mailgun. Work in progress. Closes T905 I have signed the CLA

In #WriteFreely news, I just have to wrap up SMTP support (https://writefreely.org/pull/1131) and then I think we can get v0.16 out finally.

Still had features like "require email on signup" on the roadmap for this version, but going to push that to the next release.

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Some weird things going on with email right now on @write_as... sometimes emails are sending while it's disabled on a blog; other times, we're not sending at all, after the other day when I put in some failsafes for the initial issue.

Probably going to add some better logging that everyone can […]

Display fediverse:creator header tag on posts by thebaer · Pull Request #1253 · writefreely/writefreely This uses the fediverse actor a blog author has added in the Verification field on their blog, looking up the handle locally (required by this tag, instead of the URL required for the rel=me tag) t...

Adding the `fediverse:creator` tag on @writefreely posts: https://github.com/writefreely/writefreely/pull/1253

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Along those lines, we could really use help reviewing these pull requests from anyone with Docker experience! https://github.com/writefreely/writefreely/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Aopen+label%3Adocker

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Finally able to get back on #WriteFreely development again. I'm working through some pull requests for our upcoming v0.16 release. Hoping to have this out by the end of the month!

If you're able to, would appreciate any help building and testing out everything on the `develop` branch! […]

GitHub - writefreely/wf-migrate: Tools for migrating between WriteFreely instances. Tools for migrating between WriteFreely instances. - writefreely/wf-migrate

If you had trouble building our command-line tool for migrating between @writefreely instances, we've just fixed that!

https://github.com/writefreely/wf-migrate

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Was really planning on releasing @writefreely v0.16 in November, but had some life things get in the way.

Working on getting a few more features in now so I can put that out this month.

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it might be too much to knock out in a week. there are issues like user quotas, server config for uploading bigger files, etc.

let's see if we can get image uploads in @writefreely v0.16 😬

if anything, could get some basics in -- custom avatars and uploading via the classic browser. but not sure how the management UI is going to work out

Another update in upcoming @writefreely v0.16: Archive pages! This makes it easy to see a full list of all posts you've ever made on your blog, sorted by year.

If you're able to, please help test and review this change: https://github.com/writefreely/writefreely/pull/1128

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okay, on to more #WriteFreely code review

Just merged an important fix for official @writefreely binaries. They should work again on all platforms with our next release, v0.16!
https://github.com/writefreely/writefreely/issues/1064

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The next version of WriteFreely (v0.16) will support Likes from the fediverse!

We could use your help reviewing and testing it out here: https://github.com/writefreely/writefreely/pull/1122

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A WriteFreely Github issie: "Hello everyone, I’m considering using WriteFreely to power the blog for my jewelry store, Australian Opal Direct (linking to their site), and would love some advice. My main goal is to create engaging content that highlights the beauty and history of opal jewelry while also boosting SEO. A few questions: Does WriteFreely support SEO optimizations (like meta tags or sitemaps)? Are there any themes or plugins that work well for product-focused blogs? Is it easy to integrate product links within blog posts to drive traffic to specific pages? Can I easily track content performance using analytics tools? Thanks in advance for any guidance or tips from the community!"

the spammers are getting clever over on github

On a roll today, and have one last little treat coming on @write_as today 😊

They mostly involve bringing #WriteFreely into parity with #Writeas. The goal is to have all features available in WF by v0.17!

Just updated our workboard for new features coming in the next few #WriteFreely releases: https://todo.musing.studio/tag/writefreely/

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Still need to test how well this works today, but just fixed compilations errors with our command-line utility for migrating between @writefreely instances.

https://github.com/writefreely/wf-migrate

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Each has its own requirements and small differences -- what metadata do we reveal or send along? what content do we show? what format is it in? etc.

Places we send out #WriteAs posts upon publishing:

- locally
- Integrations (cross-posting)
- ActivityPub
- Email

Places we render posts:

- Blog index (web)
- Blog post (web)
- https://tiny.write.as (web)
- https://read.write.as (web)
- API (json)
- RSS feed

Okay, got the #fediverse side of things working. The publishing and rendering side of #WriteAs / #WriteFreely really is a mess. Needs a major refactor

Finishing up a new integration on @write_as (announcing soon), and looking at our cross-posting usage. It's really fallen off -- only 4 posts sent out this year. I think the feature made the most sense when Twitter was around.