Edent,
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🆕 blog! “A completely plaintext WordPress Theme”

This is a silly idea. But it works. I saw Dan Q wondering about plaintext WordPress themes - so I made one. This is what this blog looks like using it: The Code You only need two files. An index.php and a style.css. The CSS file can be empty, but it needs to exist - […]

👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2024/05/a-completely-plaintext-wordpress-theme/
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Edent, (edited )
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Psssst! Visit my blog and add ".txt" to the end of any URl.

You should get a plaintext version of the page 😄

E.g. https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2024/05/a-completely-plaintext-wordpress-theme/.txt

Meyerweb,
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@Edent It cuts off right before the first code block, though. Markdown-to-HTML-to-strip glitch, maybe?

Edent,
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@Meyerweb
Probably! All very hacky code.

Edent,
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@Meyerweb fixed! Ta 🙂

mgifford,
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@Edent interesting proof of concept. But why? Text is great but you can't navigate with it.

Edent,
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@mgifford speeeeeeeeeeed!

mgifford,
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@Edent Hard to argue with that. Way more evironmentally friendly too.

rgarner,
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@Edent <dusts off Lynx>

<wonders idly if could run Lynx on my Atari Lynx>

Edent,
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@rgarner my regular blog works pretty well in Lynx. I use it quite often for testing.

SiliconRaven,
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@Edent I wonder if there are other blogs where this is a thing

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