What is Standard.Site? Next gen RSS
Think of this a bit like: advanced RSS where publishers can see number of subscribers a way to subscribe without cluttering your email inbox and also find the blogs of the people you already follow online. The subscriptions are tied to your Atmosphere account (your Bluesky account.) a schema or lexicon for those technically inclined...
Jul 23, 20261 min read10 reads
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Think of this a bit like:
- advanced RSS where publishers can see number of subscribers
- a way to subscribe without cluttering your email inbox
- and also find the blogs of the people you already follow online. The subscriptions are tied to your Atmosphere account (your Bluesky account.)
- a schema or lexicon for those technically inclined
The full technical details: https://standard.site
Readers (my top picks bolded):
- https://standard-reader.app/ (subscribe to my personal publications this way: https://standard-reader.app/u/did:plc:tbr4cunn6r4hox73ybzjfwt3?tab=posts)
- https://pckt.blog/read
- https://leaflet.pub/reader
- https://skyreader.app/ a little difficult to use at the moment in my opinion BUT lets you add blogs that have rss and not just standard site
Publication Search (search all of the sites that have implemented Standard Site):
Pulling all valid Publications & Documents into a single chronological feed:
Implement it on an existing website:
- WordPress plugins: https://wordpress.org/plugins/atmosphere/ or https://wordpress.org/plugins/autoblue/
- Ghost (I have not tested this one): https://github.com/benwerd/ghost-standard-site
- For SSGs like Astro, Eleventy / 11ty, Zola, etc.: https://sequoia.pub/
Start a new personal blog quickly & easily and associate it with your Bluesky account (no-code options that use Standard Site):
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