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Showing category on posts on home page Hi, Iโ€™ve found themes that show the category on the post page, but I would like a home page that shows all posts, in their entirety, including their category. is there a theme that does this, please?
11.03.2026 09:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Inkwell - adding feed failing I run into the same issue when I try to add usernames with custom domain names for their blogs. Usernames without custom domains, like `@news`, work fine. Have you bumped into this, @manton?
10.03.2026 17:09 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Inkwell - adding feed failing So, I tried again and used https://www.manton.org and https://dahlstrand.net. Then it added them correctly. The first time was typing in the Micro.blog username `@manton` and `@sod` and that is when it failed.
10.03.2026 17:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Inkwell - adding feed failing I noticed this as well when trying to add Micro.blog users. I tried https://sod.micro.blog/feed.json and https://manton.micro.blog/feed.json and both of these give me the same subscription failed error. I was able to add 9to5 Mac and The Verge though.
10.03.2026 16:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
I really screwed up setting up a domain I already have and transferring it to micro.blog Thanks yโ€™all, weโ€™re following up in email and will get it resolved.
10.03.2026 15:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Reply text box not working There isnโ€™t a built-in setting for changes like that, but you can make modifications if you know JavaScript. The comment feature is handled by `conversation.js`, so you could either patch that script or build your own solution from scratch.
10.03.2026 08:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Inkwell - adding feed failing Thanks for reporting that. I looked into this and the feed looks fine, but when Inkwell tries to download it, it gets a 403 Forbidden response. It seems like weโ€™re being blocked for some reason.
10.03.2026 03:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Reply text box not working Ahโ€ฆ duh, I guess I forgot. Is there a way to change the text there perhaps, so it explains it better? Or perhaps a way to turn off the box so it only shows after someone signs in? Thanks
10.03.2026 03:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Inkwell - adding feed failing Iโ€™m testing out inkwell, adding some feeds. Itโ€™s failing on the following: spoon-tamago.com ### Spoon & Tamago which is working fine in other rss readers. I get the error โ€œsubscription failed. Please try againโ€. Thanks
10.03.2026 00:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
โ„น๏ธ Feeds syncing with Inkwell Inkwell is our feed reader for Micro.blog. It has an API for syncing posts and unread status that is inspired by Feedbinโ€™s API, plus a few other extra things to integrate with Micro.blog. All API calls should authenticate with a Micro.blog token in an `Authorization` HTTP header as documented elsewhere in the help. Use the hostname `micro.blog`, not `micro.ink`. `GET /feeds/v2/subscriptions.json` * Returns the current userโ€™s subscriptions. * Supports `since` and `mode=extended`. * Response ids are local subscription ids and local feed ids. `GET /feeds/v2/subscriptions/:id.json` * Returns a single subscription. * Supports `mode=extended`. * `:id` is the local subscription id. `POST /feeds/v2/subscriptions.json` * Creates a subscription. * JSON body can include `feed_url` or `url`. * Returns the subscription object and sets `Location` on success. `PATCH /feeds/v2/subscriptions/:id.json` * Updates a subscription title. * JSON body: `title`. * Returns the updated subscription object. `POST /feeds/v2/subscriptions/:id/update.json` * Queues a refresh for one subscription. * Returns the subscription object. * `:id` is the local subscription id. `DELETE /feeds/v2/subscriptions/:id.json` * Deletes a subscription. * Returns `204 No Content` on success. * `:id` is the local subscription id. `GET /feeds/v2/entries.json` * Returns entries for the current user. * Supports `page`, `per_page`, `since`, `ids`, `read`, `starred`, `mode`, and `include_enclosure`. * Response ids are local entry ids and local feed ids. `GET /feeds/v2/entries/:id.json` * Returns a single entry. * Supports `mode=extended` and `include_enclosure=true`. * `:id` is the local entry id. `GET /feeds/highlights` * Returns the current userโ€™s highlights as a JSON Feed. * Supports `limit` and `offset`. * Includes highlight text and the related entry id. `GET /feeds/:entry_id/highlights` * Returns highlights for one entry as a JSON Feed. * `:entry_id` is the local entry id. * Requires access to that entry. `POST /feeds/:entry_id/highlights` * Creates a highlight for one entry. * JSON body: `text`, `start`, `end`. * Returns the new highlight id and total count for the entry. `DELETE /feeds/:entry_id/highlights/:highlight_id` * Deletes one highlight from an entry. * Returns an empty JSON object. * Both ids are local ids. `GET /feeds/v2/icons.json` * Returns feed icons for the current userโ€™s subscriptions. * Each item includes `host` and `url`. * Only feeds with a known icon are included. `GET /feeds/v2/feeds/:id/entries.json` * Returns entries for one subscribed feed. * Supports the same filtering as `GET /feeds/v2/entries.json` except `ids`. * `:id` is the local feed id. `GET /feeds/v2/unread_entries.json` * Returns unread entry ids. * Response ids are local entry ids. * In Feedbin mode, local-only unread entries are preserved. `POST /feeds/v2/unread_entries.json` * Marks entries as unread. * JSON body: `unread_entries` array of local entry ids. * Returns the saved local entry ids. `DELETE /feeds/v2/unread_entries.json` * Marks entries as read. * JSON body: `unread_entries` array of local entry ids. * Returns the updated local entry ids. `POST /feeds/v2/unread_entries/delete.json` * Alternate read-marking endpoint for clients that prefer `POST`. * JSON body: `unread_entries` array of local entry ids. * Returns the updated local entry ids. `GET /feeds/v2/starred_entries.json` * Returns starred entry ids. * Response ids are local entry ids. * In Feedbin mode, local-only starred entries are preserved. `POST /feeds/v2/starred_entries.json` * Stars entries. * JSON body: `starred_entries` array of local entry ids. * Returns the saved local entry ids. `DELETE /feeds/v2/starred_entries.json` * Unstars entries. * JSON body: `starred_entries` array of local entry ids. * Returns the updated local entry ids. `POST /feeds/recap` * Generates and returns the Reading Recap. * JSON body is an array of entry IDs. * If the Reading Recap isnโ€™t ready yet, youโ€™ll get back an HTTP 202. * We recommend trying every few seconds until you get a 200 OK, but give up after 1-2 minutes.
09.03.2026 19:20 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Reply text box not working To reply on Micro.blog, commenters need to sign in with their Micro.blog, Mastodon, or Bluesky account. Once signed in, the reply text box should become active.
09.03.2026 08:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
I really screwed up setting up a domain I already have and transferring it to micro.blog This is probably something @manton needs to take a look at. If he doesnโ€™t show up here, feel free to email help@micro.blog, and Iโ€™ll make sure it gets assigned to him.
09.03.2026 08:11 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
I really screwed up setting up a domain I already have and transferring it to micro.blog And I am back, oh no! So, I did my homework this time, read what I could find on the help forum to make sure there wasnโ€™t an identical issue. My issue is this: when I go here, to access DNS so I can, for example, point back to my main website from another site: When I click on โ€œView recordsโ€, I see this: I understand that transfer from one registrar to another can take up to 8 days, so I waited to see if name.com would email me. My other registrar messaged me to let me know of the transfer, but name.com has not gotten back yet. Iโ€™m still embarrassed with myself for not getting a screenshot of my DNS records before transferring. Is this going to make it difficult to set up an email with my domain?
08.03.2026 22:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Newletter issue related to Daylight Savings Time? Looks like posts are being stamped with `-0600` instead of `-0500` after todayโ€™s DST change. Is there a place I can adjust that?
08.03.2026 19:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Newletter issue related to Daylight Savings Time? I have email subscriptions enabled to send an email for each long blog post with a title, but todayโ€™s email wonโ€™t generate. Is this possibly related to daylight savings time?
08.03.2026 19:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Reply text box not working At the bottom of my posts, the reply text box is not interactive: clicking on it does not allow typing text, and thereโ€™s no blinking cursor (or similar) as youโ€™d get with other text boxes. The โ€œPostโ€ bottom doesnโ€™t seem to do anything either. Why is the first question (I guess I broke it somehow with my theme, but where?) And can I remove it/play with it somewhere inside Microblog?
08.03.2026 18:20 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Adding Books Iโ€™m having the same thing, and itโ€™s similarly a big reason for using micro.blog.
08.03.2026 15:14 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Many book covers recently vanished Hi there - Iโ€™ve been happily using the awesome micro.blog bookshelves feature for a long time now, making sure that every book I add has a cover selected (or I upload one if there isnโ€™t one). Unfortunately recently I noticed that at least 30-40 of my books I added in the past are suddenly displaying a grey โ€œbook cover not availableโ€ icon instead of the cover when I know they all originally had covers! I tried rebuilding the site but it didnโ€™t help. Is there a way to fix this problem? Many thanks.
08.03.2026 12:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Adding Books Apologies for starting a new thread, but my issue appears to be _slightly_ different than the other active book-related post. Search is working fine for me, but when I select a book to add to a shelf, nothing happens. It appears to be processing, but the book isnโ€™t added. Iโ€™ve tried adding to all 3 default shelves (โ€œWant to Read",โ€Reading,โ€ and โ€œReadโ€) and see the same behavior on all 3. This feature is a huge reason I like micro.blog - any help would be great!
06.03.2026 18:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Help with shortcodes Thank you. I appreciate your assistance with this. Itโ€™s all a learning experience.
05.03.2026 16:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Help with shortcodes Hi and welcome! Unfortunately, I couldnโ€™t find anything in the documentation or source code that indicates support for embedding YouTube Music albums. If you just want to link to an album, you can do it in Markdown like this: Deep Cuts That should render into a link like below: Deep Cuts
04.03.2026 06:59 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Can't cancel subscription | No replies to email Manton has deleted my account. Thank you for your quick response, Sven.
04.03.2026 02:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Help with shortcodes Hey, I have managed to figure out the shortcode stuff to post a YouTube link but today I tried posting a link to an album from YouTube Music and it straight up didnโ€™t work. I realise I had a playlist link so I searched again and found the correct album link but that still didnโ€™t work for me. I did find a reference to shortcodes for Hugo and it didnโ€™t mention anything specific about YouTube music so maybe itโ€™s not supported or maybe it is and Iโ€™m just doing it wrong? Any assistance would be appreciated. Edit: What Iโ€™m asking specifically is two things. Firstly is it possible to post links to YouTube Music albums? If not then I know to stop trying, if it is though, can anyone tell me what the syntax is please?
03.03.2026 13:47 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Can't cancel subscription | No replies to email Only @manton can delete your account. He might see this thread, but youโ€™re also welcome to email help@micro.blog again from an address that can receive replies, and Iโ€™ll make sure the issue gets assigned to him.
03.03.2026 12:16 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Can't cancel subscription | No replies to email No problem, Sven. Thank you for the update. If you can help me delete my account that would be good. When I try that, I receive a message saying I have an active subscription, so my account canโ€™t be deleted.
03.03.2026 11:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Two versions both appear to be live Oh, sorry, I misunderstood you. Since you only provided one link, I assumed Integrity had another version of that URL. I get it now, thereโ€™s duplicate posts (two URLs). If your blog seems out of sync with duplicate or missing posts, running a full rebuild from the logs page usually fixes the problem.
03.03.2026 10:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Two versions both appear to be live Iโ€™m not sure. Itโ€™s still happening hours after making the change. Both posts show up if I search but if I go to the Posts page I can only see the more recent version. If you want to look, my site is: https://billbennett.micro.blog/
03.03.2026 09:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Two versions both appear to be live Blog post versions are a feature meant for you as the blog owner, but they arenโ€™t visible to the public. External tools, like Integrity, can only access the currently published version of a post. This means one of a few things likely happened: either the blog wasnโ€™t fully built and deployed at the time of testing, Integrity was reading from a local cached copy of the post, or (less likely) Integrity actually checked the new link and it briefly returned a 404 error during the test.
03.03.2026 07:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Can't cancel subscription | No replies to email Hi Akshata! Sorry about this. At the time of @mantonโ€™s reply, the domain you reached out from was not properly configured, so the email couldnโ€™t be delivered. Hereโ€™s the error message: As his reply is free from personal details, I hope itโ€™s okay to share with you here: > Hi Akshata, > > Sorry I hadnโ€™t replied yet. I checked your subscription and confirmed it was never charged. Iโ€™ll look into why the cancellation didnโ€™t complete and fix that for the futureโ€ฆ Thanks for trying Micro.blog! If you ever have any questions, let us know.
03.03.2026 06:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Two versions both appear to be live I read the documentation about versions. Storing posts this way is excellent. However, there is strange behaviour. I recently update this post Bill Bennett: Reporter's Notebook - Project Auckland: All you need is . . . love because it had a broken. link. When I checked for broken links on the site using Integrity, it found the old version and, as youโ€™d expect, marked the link as a 404. Is this a quirk of Integrity, that it finds both versions? Or is there something else going on?
03.03.2026 06:18 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0