May 29, 2024

Turn a pad into a website

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.

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

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.

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

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I do self-funded research and I'm writing a book.

> What's the book about?

About technologies and agency.

Meaning, technologies can foster agency. No doubt. But I am also asking:

Can usage of technologies give us a sense of empowerment while in fact undermining our abilities?

I posted a summary of the prologue on the homepage: https://yctct.com/

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