Tag Archives: Webmentions

Webmentions allow websites to respond to other websites from their own site, essentially creating site-to-site social media. The NLJ supports Webmentions.

June 12, 2026

Jun 2026

Finding Backlinks to Your Articles and Blog Posts

Nicholas A. Ferrell

I share various tools for finding backlinks to one’s own articles, blog posts and other online media.

September 6, 2023

Sep 2023

Local Avatars and Redirecting Gravatars

Nicholas A. Ferrell

On how to host avatars locally on WordPress AND redirect Gravatar requests locally for users without local avatars.

October 25, 2022

Oct 2022

IndieWeb Standards, RSS, and Atom

Nicholas A. Ferrell

An argument in favor of the coexistence of RSS and ATOM feeds with microformats and other modes of connecting independent blogs and websites.

July 12, 2022

Jul 2022

Fediverse Clone Wars and Decentralized Social Media

Nicholas A. Ferrell

On the strengths and limitations of current Fediverse networks and the future of decentralized social media.