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diff --git a/srv/src/api/tpl/follow.html b/srv/src/api/tpl/follow.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8cf9dc6 --- /dev/null +++ b/srv/src/api/tpl/follow.html @@ -0,0 +1,152 @@ +{{ define "body" }} + +<script async type="module" src="/assets/api.js"></script> + +<p> + Here's your options for receiving updates about new blog posts: +</p> + +<h2>Option 1: Email</h2> + +<p> + Email is by far my preferred option for notifying followers of new posts. +</p> + +<p> + The entire email list system for this blog, from storing subscriber email + addresses to the email server which sends the notifications out, has been + designed from scratch and is completely self-hosted in my living room. +</p> + +<p> + I solemnly swear that: +</p> + +<ul> + + <li> + You will never receive an email from this blog except to notify of a new + post. + </li> + + <li> + Your email will never be provided or sold to anyone else for any reason. + </li> + +</ul> + +<p> + With all that said, if you'd like to receive an email everytime a new blog + post is published then input your email below and smash that subscribe button! + You will need to verify your email, so be sure to check your spam folder to + complete the process if you don't immediately see anything in your inbox. +</p> + +<style> + +#emailStatus.success { + color: green; +} + +#emailStatus.fail { + color: red; +} + +</style> + +<input type="email" placeholder="name@host.com" id="emailAddress" /> +<input class="button-primary" type="submit" value="Subscribe" id="emailSubscribe" /> +<span id="emailStatus"></span> + +<script> + +const emailAddress = document.getElementById("emailAddress"); +const emailSubscribe = document.getElementById("emailSubscribe"); +const emailSubscribeOrigValue = emailSubscribe.value; +const emailStatus = document.getElementById("emailStatus"); + +emailSubscribe.onclick = async () => { + + const api = await import("/assets/api.js"); + + emailSubscribe.disabled = true; + emailSubscribe.className = ""; + emailSubscribe.value = "Please hold..."; + emailStatus.innerHTML = ''; + + try { + + if (!window.isSecureContext) { + throw "The browser environment is not secure."; + } + + await api.call('/api/mailinglist/subscribe', { + body: { email: emailAddress.value }, + requiresPow: true, + }); + + emailStatus.className = "success"; + emailStatus.innerHTML = "Verification email sent (check your spam folder)"; + + } catch (e) { + emailStatus.className = "fail"; + emailStatus.innerHTML = e; + + } finally { + emailSubscribe.disabled = false; + emailSubscribe.className = "button-primary"; + emailSubscribe.value = emailSubscribeOrigValue; + } + +}; + +</script> + +<h2>Option 2: RSS</h2> + +<p> + RSS is the classic way to follow any blog. It comes from a time before + aggregators like reddit and twitter stole the show, when people felt capable + to manage their own content feeds. We should use it again. +</p> + +<p> + To follow over RSS give any RSS reader the following URL... +</p> + +<p> + <a href="{{ BlogURL "feed.xml" }}">{{ BlogURL "feed.xml" }}</a> +</p> + +<p> + ...and posts from this blog will show up in your RSS feed as soon as they are + published. There are literally thousands of RSS readers out there. Here's some + recommendations: +</p> + +<ul> + <li> + <a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/rss-feed-reader/pnjaodmkngahhkoihejjehlcdlnohgmp"> + Google Chrome Browser Extension + </a> + </li> + + <li> + <a href="https://f-droid.org/en/packages/net.etuldan.sparss.floss/"> + spaRSS + </a> + is my preferred android RSS reader, but you'll need to install + <a href="https://f-droid.org/">f-droid</a> on your device to use it (a + good thing to do anyway, imo). + </li> + + <li> + <a href="https://ranchero.com/netnewswire/">NetNewsWire</a> + is a good reader for iPhone/iPad/Mac devices, so I'm told. Their homepage + description makes a much better sales pitch for RSS than I ever could. + </li> +</ul> + +{{ end }} + +{{ template "base.html" . }} |