New name for this blog
For some time this blog has been about a lot more than writing for income. I’ve changed its name of this blog from “The Business of Writing” to “The World of Writing” to reflect its current focus.
Administrative
The WordPress ActivityPub plugin
The ActivityPub protocol, best known as a key element of Mastodon, is catching on for multiple uses. There’s an ActivityPub plugin for WordPress, which makes a site’s feed available through ActivityPub. When you add it to your site, people with Mastodon accounts can use them to read your blog. (Some Mastodon sites put limitations on reading long posts.)
The current version is in beta and has limitations. The WordPress site has to be in your root directory. Because of the way I set this site up a long time ago, that locks me out. But recently Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, has taken over development of the plugin. The result should be faster development and fewer limitations. Matthias Pfefferle, the plugin’s developer, will continue to work on it (and hopefully get better paid for it).
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Barnes & Noble data breach
Barnes & Noble was hit with a cyberattack that may have exposed customer information, though they say payment data isn’t affected. Customers have reported being unable to access their Nook library. It looks as if either the breach made systems malfunction, or B&N has taken some servers offline while going after malware.
I mention this since some of you may have purchased The Magic Battery or Files that Last from Barnes & Noble. Hopefully all will be well soon.
RSS feed correction
Today I discovered that the RSS feed link in my sidebar was broken. I don’t know how long it’s been that way, and I wish someone had told me. The correct RSS link is here, and it’s now in my sidebar.
It doesn’t work with Leaf; I don’t know why. It works with Feedbro. If you have problems with it, please let me know.