Features and fixes in the FeedLand system.
  • A few weeks ago I added a feature I called "story pages" -- implemented through the document icon under a river item.#
  • If you want to read a whole story on it's own page, you can click the link.#
  • Now if you took that link and posted it to Facebook or Twitter, you'd get a description for FeedLand the app. Not acceptable.#
  • It took a while but I figured out how to make it so just those pages have metadata for the story you're viewing, not FeedLand.#
  • For example, try pasting this URL into Twitter.#
  • Now you get the title and description for the story and the image is blank instead of a screen shot of FeedLand. There is a way to get rid of the image altogether but it's going to take some work. #
  • Update: The work is done. Here's a Twitter thread that demos. #

Last update: Saturday December 3, 2022; 4:26 PM EST.

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