May 29, 2024

Turn a pad into a website with Cryptpad and Codeberg Page (no code)

You can turn a pad (e.g. Google Doc, Cryptpad) into a website.

You don’t need to code.

You won’t use any proprietary software or SaaS.

You will only use tools which are freely distributed and copyleft-licensed.

The website will be hosted on the servers of a non-profit, Codeberg e.V..

How to publish your own webpage

• create a user account on https://codeberg.org
• fork the repository: https://codeberg.org/paad/pages
• create a pad on an instance of CryptPad https://cryptpad.org/instances/
• once the pad is created, click on Share, then click on the tab titled Link, then tick the box named Embed mode, then click the button COPY LINK
• back on your fork, select the file index.html
• click Edit file on the top right
• update the URL of the attribute src (in between quotes) in the iframe tag with the link you copied (the link of your pad)
• scroll down
• click on the button Commit change
• click on the button Visit Page at the top of the repository

A webpage with the pad you created should be displayed.

You can update the newly created pad in original link.

If you have questions, create an issue: https://codeberg.org/paad/pages/issues/new

Demo

The template looks like this: https://paad.codeberg.page/.

You can edit this webpage there: https://cryptpad.disroot.org/pad/#/2/pad/edit/3Lqt4VOP2uQqLcs5z+dBKob1/embed/

More

• You can add pages to your website by using the script build-html.sh to turn a Markdown file into an HTML file.
• You can edit the css file style.css to your own taste
• You can try to embed any other type of documents CryptPad offers: a spreadsheet, a kanban, a form, a diagram, slides, etc.

License

This programme is released under license GNU AGPL version 3 or later.

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