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Just launched a bunch of #p3k updates: * Webmention handler now accepts a "vouch" parameter. If you send one, it will attempt to verify the vouch and reject the mention if the vouch is not approved. For backwards compatibility right now, webmentions are still accepted without a vouch parameter. * Webmentions that are vouched will show the URL that vouched for them alongside the comment. * Inbound links from referers are tracked internally which I will eventually use when trying to find a vouch URL when I wa
p3k updates this week: * Now I can post videos! http://aaronparecki.com/notes/2014/09/10/1/webactions * Added support for bookmark posts, and bookmarks can be created via micropub! http://aaronparecki.com/notes/2014/09/07/1/indieweb-bookmarks * Added a new interface to https://quill.p3k.io for creating bookmark posts. You can use it if you add bookmark support to your Micropub endpoint!
"Because I've already got webmentions on my site, Brid.gy worked straight out of the gate–a lovely demonstration of some small pieces, loosely joined." - @adactio on posting notes from his own website: http://adactio.com/journal/6826/
Just pushed out two fixes for IndieAuth.com: * Better feedback on SSL errors - https://github.com/aaronpk/IndieAuth/issues/40 * Allow http -> https redirects - https://github.com/aaronpk/IndieAuth/issues/28
Thinking about two-factor auth at a nano level, requiring human confirmation before any client can actually post to your site via your micropub endpoint. For example, I sign in to barnaby's experimental Taproot interface but don't trust it entirely yet. Instead of giving him blanket access to post to my site, every time his app makes a request to my micropub endpoint, it goes and asks me for confiramtion before publishing. Either OOB confirmation (2-factor auth via SMS or something) or an OAuth-like confirm
Just set up a weekly #indieweb newsletter published every Friday containing a list of recently-edited wiki pages. Let me know if you want to subscribe! More info: http://indiewebcamp.com/this-week-in-the-indieweb
Just released an update to the Ruby and PHP #webmention libraries to support endpoint discovery in tags. #indieweb https://rubygems.org/gems/webmention https://packagist.org/packages/indieweb/mention-client
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