WordPress and the IndieWeb
WHY YOU SHOULD OWN YOUR VOICE
Ongoing WordPress
Maintenance and Support
Web Hosting Platform
CRAFTED FOR EASY WEBSITE MANAGEMENT
Centralization
The Explosion of Social Media
Centralized Platform Domination
One Way Data Sharing
Decentralization & Distribution
Types of Networks
Truong, Nguyen & Jayasinghe, Upul & Um, Tai-Won & Lee, Gyu Myoung. (2016). A Survey on Trust Computation in the Internet of Things. THE JOURNAL OF KOREAN INSTITUTE OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION SCIENCES (J-KICS). 33. 10-27.
IndieWeb
What is the IndieWeb?
source: https://indieweb.org/IndieWeb
The IndieWeb is a community of individual personal websites, connected by simple standards, based on the principles of owning your domain, using it as your primary identity, to publish on your own site (optionally syndicate elsewhere), and own your data.
tech.lgbt - lgbtqia+ Mastodon Instance
PixelFed - Decentralized Instagram
The Four Freedoms
source: https://wordpress.org/about/
IndieMark
IndieMark Level 1
- #ownyourdata #ownyouridentity
- personal website
- usable for sign-in
- original, searchable content
Freedom of Form & Function
IndieMark Level 2
- post notes and POSSE
- h-card contact info
- POSSE to silos
- navigate across posts on site
MiCroFormats2 & h-card
<p class="h-card vcard p-note">
Howdy, I'm <a class="u-url p-name" href="https://davidwolfpaw.com">David Wolfpaw</a>, a web developer and troublemaker. I handled WordPress maintenance and support via <a class="url fn org" href="https://fixupfox.com/">FixUpFox</a>, and speak, write, and consult about WordPress, business processes, and productivity.
<link href="https://github.com/davidwolfpaw" rel="me">
<link href="https://twitter.com/DavidWolfpaw" rel="me">
</p>Owning Your Content
Publish Yourself & Syndicate
IndieMark Level 3
- post replies and send webmentions
- publish reply posts
- syndicate reply posts
Publish Reply Posts
Syndicate Reply Posts
IndieMark Level 4
- receive and display comments
- automated webmentions
- multiple response types
- RSVP to events without silos
Get External Interactions
IndieMark Level 5
- comments CRUD
- all of Level 4
- sending webmentions down to replies
- currently not possible with most platforms
Getting Started with IndieWeb
- Getting your own domain and hosting
- Setting up a WordPress site
- IndieAuth, Webmentions, microformats2
- Linking to profiles online with rel="me"
- Linking back where possible
Continuing with IndieWeb
- Backfill your content published elsewhere
- Post to your site, then publish elsewhere
- Provide for replies via Webmentions
- Set up Micropub to manage your content
