Anti-virality
is a common design approach in the fediverse, and Epicyon also follows
@@ -429,7 +434,7 @@ preferable, so that it matches your typical pattern of daily posting
activity without giving away your real location.
Verifying your website or
blog
-
It is possible to indicate that a website of blog belongs to you by
+
It is possible to indicate that a website or blog belongs to you by
linking it to your profile screen. Within the head html section
of your website or blog index page include a line similar to:
Selecting the location header will open the last known
geolocation, so if your current location is near this makes it quicker
to find.
+
Scientific references
+
It is possible to have references to scientific papers linked
+automatically, such that they are readable with one click/press.
+Supported references are arXiv and Digital
+object identifier (DOI). For example:
+
This is a reference to a paper: arxiv:2203.15752
The Timeline
Layout
@@ -902,6 +914,18 @@ you to change colors and values for user interface components.
Theme designer screen
+
Buying and selling
+
When creating a new post you have the option of specifying a buy
+link This is a link to a web page where you can buy some particular
+item. When someone receives the post if they have a compatible instance
+then a small shopping cart icon will appear at the bottom of the post
+along with the other icons. Clicking or pressing the shopping cart will
+then take you to the buying site. It’s a predictable and machine
+parsable way indicating that something is for sale, separate from the
+post content.
+
To avoid spam, it is possible for the shopping icon to only appear if
+it links to one of an allowed list of seller domains. In this way you
+can be confident that you are only navigating to approved sites.
Sharing economy
This is intended to add Freecycle
diff --git a/manual/manual.md b/manual/manual.md
index 2a37d6a89..ac6b594ec 100644
--- a/manual/manual.md
+++ b/manual/manual.md
@@ -15,10 +15,11 @@
14. [Media timeline](#media-timeline)
15. [Moderation](#moderation)
16. [Themes](#themes)
-17. [Sharing economy](#sharing-economy)
-18. [Search](#search)
-19. [Browsing in a command shell](#browsing-in-a-command-shell)
-20. [Building fediverse communities](#building-fediverse-communities)
+17. [Buying and selling](#buying-and-selling)
+18. [Sharing economy](#sharing-economy)
+19. [Search](#search)
+20. [Browsing in a command shell](#browsing-in-a-command-shell)
+21. [Building fediverse communities](#building-fediverse-communities)
# Introduction
*"Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end."*
@@ -655,6 +656,11 @@ If you have the *artist* role then from the top of the left column of the main t
+# Buying and selling
+When creating a new post you have the option of specifying a *buy link* This is a link to a web page where you can buy some particular item. When someone receives the post if they have a compatible instance then a small shopping cart icon will appear at the bottom of the post along with the other icons. Clicking or pressing the shopping cart will then take you to the buying site. It's a predictable and machine parsable way indicating that something is for sale, separate from the post content.
+
+To avoid spam, it is possible for the shopping icon to only appear if it links to one of an allowed list of seller domains. In this way you can be confident that you are only navigating to approved sites.
+
# Sharing economy
This is intended to add [Freecycle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Freecycle_Network) type functionality within a social network context, leveraging your social connections on the instance, or between participating instances, to facilitate sharing and reduce wasteful consumerism.
