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escott
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updated: 5 Mar 2024

hi this is v2 of my cohost resources post, i accidentally deleted the other one, and i had to remake this from memory and my browser histories.

please comment if you have cool tools/advice/resources that I can collect here <33

prechoster, my best friend
  • so remember that in cohost, you can use a limited set of html tags, and the only way you can style them is through the style="" attribute
  • prechoster allows more kinds of code and converts them into html+ for cohost posts
  • my main use for it is style inlining, where i write html with class attributes and a separate css stylesheet that targets those classes, and then prechoster inlines the styles
  • i also use it for editing long posts as it has a decent text editor and a preview
other resource lists
pages to follow
styling and css
tools i like
how to math
  • Convert TeX to HTML by pommicket, which outputs flat HTML that you can just paste into your post. However note that the MathJax font used doesn't render in my mobile firefox.
    • example: 1+1𝑥𝑥
  • prechoster also allows using KaTeX in writing posts
    1. go to the sidebar
    2. go to examples and templates
    3. use the "KaTeX MathML" template
      • this works because cohost supports MathML, so all prechoster is doing is running a script that looks for content enclosed in $, converting that into MathML, and inserting that into the post
advice & how to cohost
alt text, image descriptions, screen reader accessibility


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in reply to @escott's post:

to embed a link you just write the url on its own line. like this:

https://tumblr.com/

this only works for big websites that are listed here https://iframely.com/domains (iframely is the service cohost uses to allow this). for other websites that aren't here, it'll just look like a normal link but with a fancy background.

also if the viewer unchecks a setting called "display previews of links?", i don't think they'd see the embed

in reply to @escott's post:

in reply to @MurderOfCrows's post:

And remember - If you're deep enough into this place you're using tools, PAY THE EGGBUG. There's no corporate ANYTHING here, and they're NOT currently profitable. All they want is 5 bucks a month. And goddamn. A socmed enviro where I don't want to tear my hair out after scrolling through a tag? YES. That's worth a 5.

If you like this place, help make sure it's here tomorrow! https://cohost.org/rc/user/settings#cohost-plus