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diff --git a/socialfy-your-domain/README.txt b/socialfy-your-domain/README.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..ead4380f2 --- /dev/null +++ b/socialfy-your-domain/README.txt @@ -0,0 +1,57 @@ +Initial simple way to Webfinger enable your domain -- needs PHP. +================================================================ + +Step 1 +====== + +First, put the folders 'xrd' and 'dot-well-known' on your website, so +they load at: + + http://yourname.com/xrd/ + + and + + http://yourname.com/.well-known/ + + (Remember the . at the beginning of this one) + +Step 2 +====== + +Next, edit xrd/index.php and enter a secret in this line: + +$s = ""; + +This can be anything you like... + +$s = "johnny-five"; + +or + +$s = "12345"; + +It really doesn't matter too much. + +Step 3 +====== + +For each user on your site, and this might only be you... + +Make a copy of the example@example.com.xml file so that it's called... + + yoursecretusername@domain.com.xml + + So, if your secret is 'johnny5' and your name is ben and your + domain is titanictoycorp.biz, your file should be called + johnny5ben@titanictoycorp.biz.xml + +Finally, edit the file to point at your account on your social +site. If you are the only user, then you probably don't need to worry +about user/1 as this will be you. For multi user sites, the user ID is +on the profile page. + +Finally +======= + +Using this method, though fiddly, you can now be @user@domain without +the need for any prefixes for subdomains, etc. |