@expert

My sites are powered by WordPress but they're not blogs.

The Fediverse compatibility is for WordPress blogs, i.e. sites that post regular new articles rather than a single set of static pages.

@mastodonmigration @martin

Thank you! 🙏

@martin

Note it can take a while to update. Maybe unfollowing and refollowing helps it propagate, not sure.

@juergen_hubert

If you copy and paste the URL of a blog post into your Mastodon search box, you should see the post appear if it is converted.

However, bear in mind servers will only notice any kind of Fediverse post if at least one person on that server has followed the account at time of publication or shared the post.

@Sparky

I don't know, but guess you could try?

@bitpickup

That #wordpress is the new feature that is going to save #Mastodon and the #Fediverse is the lastest hot-techy-take

So far all I've seen is:

1) people talking about how their blog is now "on" Mastodon -- but with only words

2) people talking about how their blog is now "on" Mastodon and posting a link that is no different than any link to any web site anywhere

3) a very few people talking about how their blog is now "on" Mastodon and posting a link that takes me to their blog, where I can read but cannot comment because it's not connected back to Mastodon in any way except by my 'back' arrow

I've seen one case where apparently I *could* comment but I did not -- mostly because the content was pretty uninteresting

So there's a long, long way to go before Wordpress "saves" Mastodon, to put it mildly

IMOO, of course

YMMV...

cc @feditips @pfefferle

This is not Mastodon's project, it's not made by anyone connected to Mastodon, nor is it designed to "save" Mastodon.

This is an independent Fediverse platform which is compatible with many other Fediverse platforms including Mastodon.

These aren't VC startups trying to build up hype machines ready for the stock markets, these are FOSS projects patiently improving their functionality over years with the help of volunteers and donors.

"These aren't VC startups trying to build up hype machines ready for the stock markets, these are FOSS projects patiently improving their functionality over years."

Wow

Apparently you've missed the hype I've seen

Or you're following the wrong hashtags

Or you have an entirely different definition of 'hype'

cc @bitpickup @pfefferle

I don't follow hype, I follow the actual platforms themselves.

I don't care about "hot takes", I care about the Fediverse.

Hype cycles are meaningless, especially about the Fediverse. There were articles in 2017 talking about how Mastodon was already dead, then 2022 how it was the hot new thing. None of it makes any sense.

@FinchHaven please, have some respect for @feditips , they're one of the best users, giving tips for ways of using Mastodon in interesting way.

I follow them and never was disappointed.

You're threatening the person behind FediTips, as if they were child, while they're not.

Please, before posting a reply, criticizing someone, make sure that it sounds polite and friendly, because the entire Mastodon project is focused to be a friendly, safe place for people to engage in.

Your recent replies to people that showed up in my feed, are seems to be pretty rudeness.

Before calling anyone a spammer (or whatever you want to call of!), make sure that you have done your research the right way, so you wouldn't do a mistake and be ashamed.

@irina

Did you follow all the steps in the link?

@irina

When you go to Settings > ActivityPub > Settings what is the account address shown for "blog profile ID"?

Is this what you tried to edit? Did you click "save changes" after editing it?

@KhunKai

Put it in the search box on Mastodon and the account's profile will appear.

Or if you include @ at the start you can mention it in posts and people will be able to click on it there.

For example try clicking on @khunkai.org and you'll see your blog's profile, which you can follow.

@khunkai.org

Thank you
🙂

Do you mean the Webfinger plugin?

I'm not completely sure on how necessary it is, I am not a developer. Sorry 😞

Accounts only show up on Mastodon searches if someone on your server is following them, or if they have been interacted with in certain ways by someone on your server.

It's good idea to tell people on Mastodon etc the blog's Fediverse address and encourage them to follow the blog. Remember to include @ at the beginning of the address so it is clickable.

@housepanther

It is an open standard so there's nothing to stop other blogging platforms from including ActivityPub.

Hopefully ActivityPub becomes a standard option on blogs the same way RSS did.

Hopefully ActivityPub becomes a standard option on blogs the same way RSS did.

ActivityPub is way too complex compared to RSS to be as ubiquitous. Anybody with a vaguely template engine shaped tool (hell, static site generators even) can create an RSS/Atom feed while ActivityPub effectively requires a backend server that's running near constantly / every X minutes (with permanent writable storage) for anything that's not a toy example for a quick blogpost.

Following an RSS feed is "just download this file every few hours and check if there's any new changes to it on your end". AP can't get that simple no matter how much you try (before it stops being widely compatible* AP, of course)

*: some AP projects may support outboxes, but none of the major ones like masto do afaik.

@ShittyKopper @housepanther

Fair enough, but just in terms of being an option on the blogging software? As in plugins etc?

@Theriac

Fair enough, but that would be an issue for wordpress.com to answer rather than the WordPress software or this plugin?

No, that's not this feature.

This is not about linking a Mastodon account.

The account this feature creates is on WordPress itself, no linking at all.