Notices by Fedi.Tips 🎄 (feditips@mstdn.social), page 45

@irina

Hmm... I'm not sure what to suggest in that case, sorry!

Normally I'd ask the developer @pfefferle if he has any ideas but I think he's a bit overwhelmed at the moment!

Sometimes some blogs have not been able to federate, and I'm not sure what has gone wrong. Perhaps something related to the way the hosting company functions?

@FinchHaven @bitpickup @pfefferle

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

@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?

@FinchHaven @bitpickup @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.

@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.

@irina

Did you follow all the steps in the link?

@mastodonmigration @martin

Thank you! 🙏

@rscottjones

I'm not sure... I would assume they will see it as replies?

Would be interested to hear!

@weirdwriter

It's possible that they've built this into the free/low tier behind the scenes.

@weirdwriter

Ok, thanks. Guess this is another feature that is only on the plug-in?

It looks like because the free/lower tiers don't have plug-ins, wordpress.com have done a simplified feature set with the most essential functions but left a lot of the plug-in's options out.

The WebFinger plugin optionally improves the federation side of things, but I am not a developer so I don't know exactly what it does. Also, I don't know whether its functionality is included in the free/low tier system?

@weirdwriter

By the way, can I ask if you get new block types added to your lowest paid plan?

If you try creating a new post are there any blocks available called "Fediverse followers" or "Follow me on the Fediverse"?

@weirdwriter

Yeah, it looks like the name change is only available through blogs that use the plug-in?

It's good you highlighted this, it should save confusion for other users.

@weirdwriter

Okay, I'm not sure what kind of hosting you have, but on the plugin for independently hosted sites you can change the blog's main address by going to Settings > ActivityPub > Settings > Change Blog Profile ID

I don't have a wordpress.com account so I'm not sure if that differs, or if changing the name is possible?

@weirdwriter @socialaudiodescription.com

Good point.

I am not sure, but will take a look and update the article if I find out.

Will reply again when I know more.

@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?

@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.

Okay, big news for everyone with a WordPress blog, including people with a free blog on wordpress.com!

You can now turn *any* WordPress blog into a Fediverse server which can be followed from Mastodon etc.

I've updated the instructions on how to do this at:

➡️ https://fedi.tips/wordpress-turning-your-blog-into-a-fediverse-server/

Just to repeat, this is now available to ALL WordPress blogs including free tier ones. The free tier has slightly different instructions, but effect is same.

(via https://wordpress.com/blog/2023/10/11/activitypub/)

#WordPress #Fediverse

@pfefferle

Have a rest, you've earned it! 👏

@Hawkmoon

Okay, fair enough! 😁