Contents 1 Barry Frost 1.1 My site 1.2 Aims/itches 1.3 I can help with

Barry Frost

Hello, I'm Barry, based in Windsor and London in the UK. I'm building an IndieWeb compliant publishing tool in Ruby that I use on my personal website. It's the second version of my software (the first launched in September 2013) but I've used barryfrost.com as my personal domain since 2002.

I've attended the London Homebrew Website Club and did a [small talk on my website. I'd really like to attend the next IndieWebCamp UK having missed the last couple through work commitments.

My site

I've written up a more detailed post on my site, but here are the key points:

• Features
  • Self-hosting using my personal, primary domain
  • Posting of all my notes, articles, bookmarks, photos, replies, reposts and likes directly on my site
  • POSSE syndication of my content with Bridgy
  • Microformats 2 markup, including h-entry and h-card
  • Send and receive replies, reposts, likes and mentions using Webmention
  • Reply/repost/like contexts fetched and displayed above posts
  • Authentication via IndieAuth and rel="me" links
  • Micropub posting as the primary method of creation for all post types
  • Webaction buttons to allow actions on Twitter directly from a post
  • Storage using text files in Markdown and YAML front-matter metadata
  • All pages and assets are served via https
  • RSS feeds of new posts and webmentions
  • Auto-embedding of images and YouTube videos linked in posts
  • View posts by tags
  • Monthly archive index pages
  • Navigate index pages using pagination
• Using
  • Ruby 2.2 with Sinatra
  • Unicorn on nginx
  • MongoDB for indexing/querying posts
  • Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Linux
  • Hosted on a 1Gb Digital Ocean Droplet (VPS)

Aims/itches

• Allow for multiple in-reply-to's
• Proxy non-SSL images and "back up" Twitter profile icons
• Expand full URLs from tweet reply-contexts t.co links
• Tool/bookmarklet for one-click Micropub reposts
• Check-in post type; import my Foursquare data
• Localise timestamps with Javascript
• Enable liking for Last.fm songs, POSSE'd to my account
• Vouch
• Collection posts

I can help with

• Ruby (to an intermediate level)
• nginx setup and SSL
• Heroku and Digital Ocean hosting advice/tips