On Thu, Feb 11, 2021 at 8:21 AM Jason McBrayer <jmcbray at carcosa.net> wrote: > > Solene Rapenne writes: > > > On Wed, 10 Feb 2021 10:15:18 -0500 > > Jason McBrayer <jmcbray at carcosa.net>: > >> I'd *like* to fairly rapidly get hosting a Gemini capsule to be "as > >> simple as hosting a Geocities site in 1996", and from there, make > >> progress towards "as simple as having a LiveJournal in 2004", the > >> catch being is that I want to do this with as little Web Platform > >> technology as possible, and preferably none. > >> > > > > this could be done as simply offering a nextcloud hosting that leads > > to a directory published on the gemini server. That's a bit overkill > > but will be easy to access to non tech people I think. > > That's certainly a thought! I'm not sure how straightforward a nextcloud > signup is. My current thinking is towards a cross-platform native GUI > app that provides a fully-integrated signup (within a ring of supporting > hosting providers), reading, and publishing (over scp/rsync). But I > don't currently have the sporks to implement it. > > -- > Jason McBrayer | ?Strange is the night where black stars rise, > jmcbray at carcosa.net | and strange moons circle through the skies, > | but stranger still is lost Carcosa.? > | ? Robert W. Chambers,The King in Yellow > That's what the Mansfield client does (minus a native GUI, since it's a text UI) - it's meant to be the quickest path to an account on a gemini server. After downloading the client (builds are available for Windows, Mac, and Linux), you can just press Ctrl-N and it will automatically do everything for you. Your account is based on whatever cert is active when you request an account. The client will make a new random one the first time you run it (with the common name of 'default'). There are shortcut keys in the client to manage the client's certs - with an option to create a new cert using a common name provided by the user. Editing text/gemini docs from a created account is done *in the Mansfield client* by design. We feel users shouldn't have to know anything about SSH to contribute content to geminispace. All of this works with the gemini server at ondollo.com by default. https://ondollo.com/mansfield We're super excited at the possibilities that exist when content creation moves in the direction of "as simple as it can be". Gemini and cert-based accounts feel like a great start. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://lists.orbitalfox.eu/archives/gemini/attachments/20210211/498a efdb/attachment.htm>
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