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04: Information for Node Operators
Information that's mostly relevant to the staff operating nodes, once they're already set up.
02: Information for Existing Members
This shelf holds information that League members may find useful, including a deeper explanation of how the League works, other resources the League makes available to members, information on stewardship, moderation, and more.
05: League Documentation
Full text versions of important documentation and a historical record of proposals that have been considered and voted on by the League.
01: Getting Started
New to the Website League? Start here.
03: Information for Prospective Operators
If you are considering setting up a node to join the Website League, look here first.
GoToSocial setup guide
Note: This guide is currently a work in progress. These instructions may not be complete, and are subject to change. Welcome to this guide for putting together a Website League node! Hosting a webserver on the public Internet can be a bit daunting, but hopefu...
Information on our GoToSocial fork/patchset
Instance operator legal obligations (US)
test book
test book
Akkoma setup guide
Note: This guide is currently a work in progress. These instructions may not be complete, and are subject to change. Welcome to this guide for putting together a Website League node! Hosting a webserver on the public Internet can be a bit daunting, but hopefu...
Known Issues
Some unique issues, challenges, and technical limitations that have been identified regarding the specific software and the way they work within the League.
Nodes of the Website League
Looking to find a node? Curious which nodes exist, and which are actively accepting members? Look here.
How to use GoToSocial
Tips on how to get started with and use GoToSocial, one of the servers which powers some of Website League's nodes
Frequently Asked Questions: Node Operation
Basic questions, answers, and guidelines on what's expected of node staff.
How to use Akkoma
This is a mirror of the Akkoma-fe user guide. This guide was not written by the Website League, and has some information that is not relevant to League instances. It is a stopgap while we write a new guide for Akkoma users.
Stewards
Information on Website League Stewardship. Note: The Accepted Proposals book include various approved details with respect to stewardship procedures, such as adding new stewards and voting on procedures. If it's not here, you may find what you're looking for ...
Basic Information about the Website League
Important documents and common questions on the capabilities and limitations of the League and the Websites that it is made of.
Accepted Proposals
These are proposals that have been voted on and have been accepted by stewards.
Quick Links
A list of links to other WL resources, as well as other important information or services you may want to use.
Other League Resources
Information on the other resources the League uses and makes available.
Using the League
Welcome to the Website League! Now that you're here, you probably want to know how it works.
Reporting Issues
Have a problem with something? Or someone? Find a bug, but not like a cool one, like a glitch in the League somewhere? Here's what you do.
Code of Conduct
The full text of the Website League Code of Conduct.
Rejected Proposals
Proposals that were brought before the League but were not approved.
Suggested Reading
Documents that are not necessarily strictly pertinent to the League, but inform how we operate, and should be kept on hand for that reason.
Getting started
Akkoma
Akkoma specific things.
Planning a Node
Decisions The two big things you can't change about your node once you've started it is your domain name, and your software. There are currently no known migration options for migrating from one federating software to another, and ActivityPub is extremely rel...
Setting Up your Domain Name
This page assumes you have, at a minimum, the following: A domain name you wish to use A VPS and its corresponding IP address as well as IPv6 address If you don't have either, consider checking out the previous page, Introduction and Planning a Node, th...
Preparing Your VPS
This page makes the following assumptions: You have a running VPS. You have a domain name that's pointed to your VPS. If this is not the case, go through the first two pages, Introduction and Planning a Node and Setting Up your Domain Name, then come ba...
Installing GoToSocial
This page makes the following assumptions: You have a running VPS, prepared according to the instructions in Preparing Your VPS. You have a domain name that's pointed to your VPS. If either of these aren't true, please read through the last three pages....
table test
Owner (discord) Domain Exists? Admin/Main user Signups? Software Notes cyclar2 in.the.radiokids.zone yes @cyclar2@in.the.radiokids.zone Closed gts up to 10 users kilovolt_amp weague.awful.cloud yes @kalium@weague.awful.cloud Ope...
Planning a Node
Decisions The two big things you can't change about your node once you've started it is your domain name, and your software. There are currently no known migration options for migrating from one federating software to another, and ActivityPub is extremely rel...
Setting Up your Domain Name
This page assumes you have, at a minimum, the following: A domain name you wish to use A VPS and its corresponding IP address as well as IPv6 address If you don't have either, consider checking out the previous page, Planning a Node, then come back here...
Preparing Your VPS
This page makes the following assumptions: You have a running VPS. You have a domain name that's pointed to your VPS. If this is not the case, go through the first two pages, Planning a Node and Setting Up your Domain Name, then come back here. Logging...
Installing Akkoma
This install can get a little messy, and this guide should still be considered in a "beta" state. There have been some confusion from people testing this on their system. Take it slow and carefully, and ask for help if you need it. This page makes the followi...
Miscellenous Procedures
There are certain things you may want to do with your Akkoma install after the fact - for example, if you originally set up your instance to pull configuration from the config file, and you later wish to instead pull it from the database. This page is to guide...
List of Public Nodes
This is a list of Nodes that are open to public registrations. Please make use of the descriptions for each of these―some nodes may be better oriented for your purposes than others. Additionally: while both are suitable for general usage, as of writing Akkoma ...
Quick Reference for common admin tasks
Some administrative actions currently require using the gotosocial CLI and aren't available in the settings ui. To use the gotosocial CLI, you need to somehow pass your config to it. These examples use `--config-path`. Confirming a user's account You may n...
Setting up your profile
To access your settings, you'll need to go to the address bar of your web browser and enter: node.domain/settings Examples: (please feel free to add more nodes here for convenience) https://beam.phosphor.buzz/settings The GoToSocial project's docs have...
Introduction
Accounts on Website League have the form "@username@node.domain". username is the name of your account and node.domain is the name of your node (sometimes referred to as an instance). Unlike most websites which you can interact with directly, the GoToSocial ...
Posting with Phanpy
Phanpy is one of the options for a frontend to use with GoToSocial. To get started, open https://phanpy.social. Then, click 'Log in with Mastodon'. Phanpy will ask you for your instance domain (node domain). After you enter that, your browser will redirect b...
GoToSocial frontends
Here are some of your frontend options for using a GoToSocial node. This isn't an exhaustive list- many Mastodon clients are also compatible with GoToSocial. Phanpy https://phanpy.social/ A frontend with a large number of features. See Phanpy's readme for a...
draft structure doc
The Website League's structure and operational overview(i guess, this got away from me) todo: break up into separate documents? The Law Round These Parts Joining the Website League means a few things. For starters, you, the node you create or sign up on, and e...
Node Requirements
These are the requirements for a Node to be added to the Website League. Fulfillment of these requirements must be verified before the node can be added to any allowlists. The Node must adhere to the Website League Code of Conduct The rights and responsibi...
General overview
(original source) Be prepared for breaking changes, unexpected behavior and this user guide becoming obsolete and wrong. If there was no insanity it would be necessary to create it. --Catbag Akkoma-FE is the default user-facing frontend for Plerom...
Posting, reading, basic functions.
(original source) !!! warning Depending on your instance some of the options might not be available or have different defaults After registering and logging in you're presented with your timeline in right column and new post form with timeline list and notif...