* upstream/master:
Work as a standalone server, including TLS
Include About/Privacy page content in page description
Show instance stats on About page
Change default database name to writefreely
Use and validate database type before connecting
Mention Contributing Guide in README
Add AUTHORS.md
Fix About page link in Admin dash
Include version in archives made by `make release`
Remove keys.sh from make release
Add make release
WriteFreely is a beautifully pared-down blogging platform that's simple on the surface, yet powerful underneath.
It's designed to be flexible and share your writing widely, so it's built around plain text and can publish to the _fediverse_ via ActivityPub. It's easy to install and lightweight.
It's designed to be flexible and share your writing widely, so it's built around plain text and can publish to the _fediverse_ via ActivityPub. It's easy to install and light enough to run on a Raspberry Pi.
**[Start a blog on our instance](https://write.as/new/blog/federated)**
@ -123,6 +123,12 @@ will shut down your environment without destroying your data.
Write Freely doesn't yet provide an official Docker pathway to production. We're
working on it, though!
## Contributing
We gladly welcome contributions to WriteFreely, whether in the form of [code](https://github.com/writeas/writefreely/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#contributing-to-writefreely), [bug reports](https://github.com/writeas/writefreely/issues/new?template=bug_report.md), [feature requests](https://discuss.write.as/c/feedback/feature-requests), [translations](https://poeditor.com/join/project/TIZ6HFRFdE), or documentation improvements.
Before contributing anything, please read our [Contributing Guide](https://github.com/writeas/writefreely/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#contributing-to-writefreely). It describes the correct channels for submitting contributions and any potential requirements.
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<h2 style="margin-top:2em">About WriteFreely</h2>
<p><a href="https://writefreely.org">WriteFreely</a> is a self-hosted, decentralized blogging platform for publishing beautiful, simple blogs.</p>
<p>It lets you publish a single blog, or host a community of writers who can create multiple blogs under one account. You can also enable federation, which allows people in the fediverse to follow your blog, bookmark your posts, and share them with others.</p>