Just a compilation of helpful tutorials or fun utilities shared by cohorts. Mostly a resource for myself to easily re-find helpful things, but maybe other folks will find this handy too! I'll probably update this post over time as I learn new things around here.
Updated 11.19.2022
Helpful Tricks for Artists
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How to post inline images without hotlinking or hosting on another site by @blackle
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^Note for image linking in Cohost drafts, I have noticed one of my images posted this way break after a site update. It wasn't a big deal to replace it at this time since my account is still pretty new, but for the sake of not having to comb through all my posts in the future, I think it's better practice to use your own image hosting. I use Neocities!
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Apparently there is no limit on image length. Some Examples by @mrfb and myself. I think there is potential here for experimenting with infinite canvas style comics!
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Cohost Inline Gallery Generator and explanation post by @YellowAfterlife -^I have some sequential ideas to experiment with this--maybe a flipbook type thing?
CSS Shenanigans
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Toggle image on click and Moveable Object tutorials by @blackle
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Convert CSS to Inline Styles A simpler version of Prechoster by @blep
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Manipulating Animation Tutorials by @oatmealine
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Detailed explanation including manipulating animation frames for this crazy good chost by @rosieposie and @blep
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Markdown Plus Amazing! Easy to use utility for CSS text stylizations by @oatmealine.
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Interactive Fic Using Divs Tutorial an Occam's Razor alternative to details/summary interactables by @YellowAfterlife
Other Fun Stuff
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View source for chosts, really helpful for learning how people make cool interactables! by @amgg
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Cohoard, for formatting chosts to look like Discord chats, Twitter posts, and other templates by @a2aaron
-Masterlist of Cohost Userscripts/Userstyles compiled by @kiophen
Timeline Deduplicator by @nex3
Essential kit when you're following a large amount of people in the same community, this will collapse any duplicated rehosts. You will need to install Tampermonkey and then copy/paste the script into it to run, quick and easy. Find it here.
Tags & Bookmarking
Tags are the intended mode of discovery (unless you're kickstarting with lists like I am), and also can effectively form a second timeline based on your interests with Bookmarking. Bookmark tags you like, and switch from "latest posts" to "bookmarked tags".
On your profile you can also have Pinned Tags. If you regularly use specific tags, including unique tags you've created for your own posts, you can list them on your profile for people to easily find.
Those unique tags by the way? Great way to let people engage with a specific type of post via bookmarking without needing to follow you.
Unfollowing
Unfollowing people is quick, quiet, and undramatic. Checking your list of followers is also pretty hard. Mutuals aren't a useful concept here. So follow anyone who catches your eye, and if you realise you don't vibe unfollow! No one's gonna get upset.
Posting Like Twitter
Don't feel like you have to post big! You don't need to add titles, or tags, or images, or syntax. You can just quickly write out a thought and send it out, posting is so quick now! I encourage everyone to break that fear and post terribly too.
