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Created by sørenpeter (www.darch.dk)
So are you also tired and depress by having to use big tech's social medias to stay connected with friends and interesting people?
And are you a creative human, who want back control over you art, music, words, code, instead of having to shoehorn your soul into the grid of blackbox algoritmes?
Then it is you, who I've made timeline for.
So are you also tired of having to use big tech's social medias to stay connected with friends and interesting people, and having your privacy pried upon?
>> The decentralised social micro-blogging platform that actually respects your privacy
And are you a creative human, who want back control over you art, music, words, code, instead of having to shoehorn your soul into the grid of blackbox algoritmes?
Then it is you, who I've made timeline for.
## 🧶 What is timeline and twtxt/yarn?
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My visions for timeline is to bring back the fun and quirckness of bygone sites such as Geocities of the 1990s and Myspace of the 2000s, that enables creating a personlised place for you to express yourself online and also being able to follow others who inspire you. At the same time providing a good looking basic design with the help of [Simple.css](https://simplecss.org), which allows you to customise the look and feel. Even to the level where timeline aligns with the design of your excsing webpage, like I did on: [darch.dk/timeline](https://darch.dk/timeline).
![](media/screenshot.png)
**Conversation view with replies / Profile view / Gallery View**
<center> *Conversation view with replies / Profile view / Gallery View* </center>
## 🚨 DISCLAIMER / WARNING
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5. Open up `www.example.net/timeline/` in your browser and check for any errors
### Webfinger setup
### Webfinger endpoint setup
6. For allowing others to look you on using webfinger, you need to move the `.well-known` folder from within the `_webfinger_endpoint` to the root of your domain, so it is accesable from www.example.net/.well-know/webfinger
7. You also need to edit the `index.php` file wihtin the `.well-know/webfinger` folder and set the correct path for you timeline installation in `$timeline_dir` variable.
> TODO
## 🎨 Customization
* Upload your own `avatar.png` (can also be a .jpg or .gif)
- Upload your own `avatar.png` (can also be a .jpg or .gif)
- Edit your `twtxt.txt` and `config.ini` with the correct path
* Open up `custom.css` and try out the provided themes by uncommenting the code
- Open up `custom.css` and try out the provided themes by uncommenting the code
* Change the colors and other elements in `custom.css` to you liking
- Change the colors and other elements in `custom.css` to you liking
# TODO
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## Ideas and inspiration
* [twtxt](https://twtxt.readthedocs.io) - The original decentralised, minimalist microblogging service for hackers
- [twtxt](https://twtxt.readthedocs.io) - The original decentralised, minimalist microblogging service for hackers
* [yarn.social](https://yarn.social) - The multi-user pods allowed everyone to use twtxt as a social media without selfhosting
- [yarn.social](https://yarn.social) - The multi-user pods allowed everyone to use twtxt as a social media without selfhosting
* [groovy-twtxt](https://git.mills.io/mckinley/groovy-twtxt) - A curated list of groovy twtxt-related projects
- [groovy-twtxt](https://git.mills.io/mckinley/groovy-twtxt) - A curated list of groovy twtxt-related projects
## Code by others
* [twtxt-php](https://github.com/eapl-gemugami/twtxt-php) - A minimalistic and personal PHP site for your twtxt microblogging.
- [twtxt-php](https://github.com/eapl-gemugami/twtxt-php) - A minimalistic and personal PHP site for your twtxt microblogging.
* [Slimdown](https://github.com/jbroadway/slimdown) - A simple regex-based Markdown parser in PHP.
- [Slimdown](https://github.com/jbroadway/slimdown) - A simple regex-based Markdown parser in PHP.