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<script async type="module" src="{{ StaticURL "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>
<p style="color: var(--nc-ac-1);">
Unfortunately Google considers all emails from my mail server to be spam. I'm
tired of seeing the bounce errors on my side, so I'm disabling the ability to
sign up for the mailing list with a GMail address. Sorry (not sorry).
</p>
<style>
#emailStatus.success {
color: green;
}
#emailStatus.fail {
color: red;
}
</style>
<form action="javascript:void(0);">
<input type="email" placeholder="name@host.com" id="emailAddress" />
<input class="button-primary" type="submit" value="Subscribe" id="emailSubscribe" />
<span id="emailStatus"></span>
</form>
<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("{{ StaticURL "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>
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