Notes? Articles? Web pages? Wiki? Hubzilla publishing methodsIt's easy for new users of Hubzilla to get confused by the many options it offers. This is especially true when it comes to how to publish content. While other platforms are usually set up for one type of publishing (e.g. microblogging), Hubzilla users can choose from a variety of different task-oriented methods. The following options can be found in your channel settings:
‒ Webpage - creating a website and managing its constituent web pages;
‒ Wiki - creating a special kind of website, the content of which users can modify on their own using the tools provided by the site itself (like Wikipedia);
‒ Cards - personalized planning cards;
‒ Articles - interactive articles/blog posts.
These ways of publishing material complement the main method - posting so-called “notes” or “statuses”.
How are they similar?It's important to note that all of these methods use the same distributed access control method that is the foundation of Hubzilla. This means that you can either publish any material freely, or you will only allow it to be seen by those you explicitly specify in the access control list (ACL) for that publication. The channels (i.e. people, forums, or groups) that you allow access to can be registered either on your hub or on any other server on the distributed network.
Another thing these methods have in common is how they synchronize between copies of your feeds. What's new about Hubzilla is that it supports transparent migration (nomadic identity) between Hubzilla servers, a mechanism for creating clones of an existing channel that belong to other accounts on other servers in the distributed system. Each of these clones represents the same network “identity” and has access to the same content, regardless of which server the data is requested from. Data published to the channel is synchronized between clones to provide redundancy and resilience to failures or censorship attempts. Articles, wiki and web pages, cards and notes are all synchronized between clones.
How are they different?Notes are the only way to post information that is explicitly distributed over the network and delivered to channels (users) connected to the distributor channel (subject to access control rules, of course). Delivery is done not only to Hubzilla nodes, but also to other federated platforms: Friendica, Diaspora, Mastodon, and so on.
Other publishing methods store information only on the node where the posting channel is located, and are accessible in a more traditional way: through a static link like any other website on the Internet. Also, unlike notes, you can change the mode of access to the posted information as often as you wish. For example, while you are writing an article, you can deny access to it to everyone but yourself, and open it to all (or some) readers when the article is ready.
Which method to use?The answer depends on your goals and objectives. Below are some typical examples of how to use one or the other.
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| Method | Example of use | |
| Web page | You are creating a business card site for your organization on the web and want to have full control over its appearance, including the HTML, CSS, and JavaScript code that makes it up. You can create any site you want. | |
| Wiki | You are working with a group of people to create documentation for your project. You want to have a set of independent pages and keep track of who made what changes. You want to be able to easily undo changes made as you work on the document. | |
| Cards | Your team is planning an event and you need to keep track of all the details of what needs to be done to make it happen and not miss anything. You want to have topic-divided discussions of each task with your team members as it is set up and completed. Each card can be assigned arbitrary categories in order to organize and group tasks according to your goals.| |
| Articles | You are a blogger and want to share a detailed analysis of events or a detailed description of a solution to a technical problem and get feedback from your audience. You allow comments for most of your articles, but have the option to disallow comments on some of them for one reason or another.| |
The best way to figure out which publishing method works best for you is to try it out! Test them all out and decide what works for you. As you become familiar with these tools, you will find your own ways to use them effectively.
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