Write.as Development @writeas_dev@abunchtell.com

Updated the #WriteFreely Instances page to explain more of what's going on, and to not prioritize Write.as over everyone else's instance anymore.

At this point, it gets enough exposure elsewhere on the site. The goal for this page is to help all these other great communities grow.

https://writefreely.org/instances

Could use some input on this. Would data URIs be useful for you in WriteFreely? Or not needed?

https://writefreely.org/issues/80

[#wfdev] New task - T567: Federate scheduled posts https://writefreely.org/tasks/567

[#wfdev] nikclayton opened #80: data: URIs are incorrectly stripped https://writefreely.org/issues/80

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[#wfdev] New task - T566: Instance-level static pages https://writefreely.org/tasks/566

[#wfdev] ejheil opened #79: Anon posts can appear in fediverse feed https://writefreely.org/issues/79

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[#wfdev] New task - T565: Edit landing page https://writefreely.org/tasks/565

That would also go along nicely with the automatic SSL certificate generation we plan to add.

http://writefreely.org/tasks/542

I'm working on an integration with another blogging platform (which one? it's a surprise) that has me thinking about improving the #WriteFreely install process.

I'd like to get it down to one command (instead of the 2-4 it takes now). And if it could do things like set up a systemd service, that'd be awesome.

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[#writeasdev] uncertainquark opened writeas-gtk #24: No possiblity of having a clean file on app start https://github.com/writeas/writeas-gtk/issues/24

Almost finished with the store / Extend Write.as. Spent almost 16 hours on it today wrestling with Stripe, setting it up so users can have multiple subscriptions.

Now the tricky part is letting people go to the "Extra Blog" subscription first, without Casual or Pro, while letting them later subscribe to those plans (it already works the other way around). Tomorrow will be for testing all these different scenarios. Time for bed

Not everything in the store will have a fee -- especially smaller optional items.

But the first item for sale will be an additional blog for your account, for $12 per blog per year.

This will be available to everyone, even if you're not already a Casual or Pro user.

Like Write.as Labs, this'll also serve as a way to quickly release, test, and refine new chunks of functionality before releasing them to the world as add-ons you can install on your own #WriteFreely instance.

Today I'm working on the upcoming Write.as store. With this, I'll be able to start working on some features people have requested that will work better as add-ons than part of the core product.

Finished up that "featured blogs" page (https://writefreely.org/createdwith) and yes, I ended up building out a new service for grabbing website screenshots 😆 Called it https://Capture.as.

Not sure if I'll open that up to everyone yet. It works great for Write.as blogs, but results are mixed on other sites. If I can improve that, I'll launch it as a paid service.

While looking to grab screenshots for the blogs we'll feature on writefreely.org (https://discuss.write.as/t/want-your-blog-instance-featured/354) I remembered I already built a tool for @htmlhouse that'd help with this, called siteshot:

https://github.com/writeas/siteshot

...and now I've gone down the rabbit hole of potentially launching a little screenshot-capturing service.

[#wfdev] New task - T563: Instance-level stylesheet https://writefreely.org/tasks/563

Okay, deployed! Everything seems to be running smoothly.

You can see the new flow (especially if you're logged out) by going to this page: https://write.as/start -- that's where the process starts for most new users now.

Ended up being a ton of work for this new user onboarding flow -- it's tied up in everything. But I think it'll be a huge improvement. Once it's deployed, I'll be keeping an eye out for user feedback and seeing if people run into snags.

[#wfdev] mrvdb opened #78: Add touch icons https://github.com/writeas/writefreely/pull/78

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