Easel

Super simple blog/message/feed framework.

Host it yourself. Decentralize to your hearts content. Add to it. Learn from it. Go nuts.

Check out mine! @Vochsel

Instructions

Overview

It's as simple as could possibly be:

1. Host an this index.html file on a web site somewhere.
2. Add content in sequentially named files in content/feed/* next to index.html.
3. Get started by making a file named 1.md and go for gold!

The most basic setup looks like this

content/feed/1.md
index.html

Your index.html literally only needs this line <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/vochsel/easel/src/easel.js"></script>

Creating content

Use markdown for styling, embed whatever you want, it's your site.

Customizing your Profile

Easel looks for a file called easel.json next to index.html. There you can add any profile information you want.

{
    "handle": "",
    "name": "",
    "profilePicture": "",
    "headerPicture": "",
    "location": "",
    "description": ""
}

Advanced (PHP)

We need to bundle the easel.php file alongside index.php (Maybe we can update this in place?)

Behind the scenes...

It's literally just a website.... it is.

Vague Roadmap

(No gaurantees, but feel free to join the conversation or contribute!)

• Pagination? Definitely lazy load
• Add multiple sub routes of content feeds with automatic navigation
• Improve styling
• Add minified version
• Link profile easel.json to twitter/mastodon etc
• Link people together
• Follow people?
• A feed of other peoples stuff?
• Automatic RSS feed generation? (No idea how yet)