[ANN] Flounder - a Gemini site builder/host

[colecmac at protonmail.com]

Hello,

Flounder looks awesome, nice work. It's a beautiful website, and
looks great on Gemini too. To my knowledge this is the first time
gemtext has been used like this outside Gemini, like as a generic
format.

> I want to create more dynamic content (e.g. the homepage), but
> I haven't prioritized that work yet.

That would be great, the first thing I tried to do was visit
flounder.online in my Gemini browser but it didn't work of course.
Otherwise it's a bit confusing.

> I also have yet to find a great way of translating links between
> gemini / https (right now it's via proxy)

Could you explain more? I don't know Rust but I'd be happy to
help idea-wise.

The twtxt protocol sounds cool, and good addition to the small web.

Finally, you should check out gemlog.blue if you haven't already, on
the Web and Gemini. It's a similar project, but with a slightly different
focus, as the posts are only available on Gemini.

Cheers,
makeworld

‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
On Friday, August 14, 2020 8:24 PM, alex wennerberg <alex at alexwennerberg.com> wrote:

> Hey all!
>
> I've been working on a project based on Gemini that you might be
> interested in:
>
> => https://flounder.online/
>
> It's a simple website builder, kind of like Geocities for Gemini. I have
> really enjoyed Gemini and the Gemini network and I wanted to create a
> platform that made building static Gemini sites easy and accessible. I
> was inspired by Solderpunk's work on Shizaru
> (https://tildegit.org/solderpunk/shizaru/), where files are limited to
> 32KiB in size, which provides some interesting restrictions. I think
> it's a cool way to get people into the "small web" who might be
> interested in its principles politically or philosophically but lack the
> technical abilities to use some of the existing tools.
>
> I also implement twtxt -- The twtxt protocol fits really well with
> Gemini. It seems to be almost entirely inactive, but I think it's neat.
>
> Right now, I'm only serving static content on Gemini via Agate. I want
> to create more dynamic content (e.g. the homepage), but I haven't
> prioritized that work yet. I also have yet to find a great way of
> translating links between gemini / https (right now it's via proxy) It's
> still very early in development, but it's usable and people seem to be
> having fun so far. Feel free to join if you're interested!
>
> You can find the Rust code here:
> https://github.com/alexwennerberg/flounder I'd love any feedback or
> contributions.
>
> All the best,
>
> Alex