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 [b]About[/b]

 

-The $Projectname is a decentralized communication network, which aims to provide communication that is censorship-resistant, privacy-respecting, and thus free from the oppressive claws of contemporary corporate communication giants. These giants function primarily as spy networks for paying clients of all sorts and types, in addition to monopolizing and centralizing the Internet; a feature that was not part of the original and revolutionary goals that produced the World Wide Web. 

+$Projectname is a decentralized communication network, which aims to provide communication that is censorship-resistant, privacy-respecting, and thus free from the oppressive claws of contemporary corporate communication giants. These giants function primarily as spy networks for paying clients of all sorts and types, in addition to monopolizing and centralizing the Internet; a feature that was not part of the original and revolutionary goals that produced the World Wide Web. 

 

-The $Projectname is free and open source.  It is designed to scale from a $35 Raspberry Pi, to top of the line AMD and Intel Xeon-powered multi-core enterprise servers.  It can be used to support communication between a few individuals, or scale to many thousands and more.

+$Projectname is free and open source.  It is designed to scale from a $35 Raspberry Pi, to top of the line AMD and Intel Xeon-powered multi-core enterprise servers.  It can be used to support communication between a few individuals, or scale to many thousands and more.

 

 Red aims to be skill and resource agnostic. It is easy to use by everyday computer users, as well as by systems administrators and developers. 

 

@@ -10,15 +10,15 @@ How you use it depends on how you want to use it.
 

 It is written in the PHP scripting language, thus making it trivial to install on any hosting platform in use today. This includes self-hosting at home, at hosting providers such as [url=http://mediatemple.com/]Media Temple[/url] and [url=http://www.dreamhost.com/]Dreamhost[/url], or on virtual and dedicated servers, offered by the likes of [url=https://www.linode.com]Linode[/url],  [url=http://greenqloud.com]GreenQloud[/url] or [url=https://aws.amazon.com]Amazon AWS[/url].

 

-In other words, the $Projectname can run on any computing platform that comes with a web server, a MySQL-compatible database, and the PHP scripting language. 

+In other words, $Projectname can run on any computing platform that comes with a web server, a MySQL-compatible database, and the PHP scripting language. 

 

-Along the way, Red offers a number of unique goodies: 

+Along the way, $Projectname offers a number of unique goodies: 

 

-[b]Single-click user identification:[/b] meaning you can access sites on the $Projectname simply by clicking on links to remote sites. Authentication just happens automagically behind the scenes. Forget about remembering multiple user names with multiple passwords when accessing different sites online.

+[b]Single-click user identification:[/b] meaning you can access sites on $Projectname simply by clicking on links to remote sites. Authentication just happens automagically behind the scenes. Forget about remembering multiple user names with multiple passwords when accessing different sites online.

 

-[b]Cloning:[/b] of online identities. Your online presence no longer has to be tied to a single server, domain name or IP address.  You can clone and import your identity (or channel as we call it) to another server (or, a hub as servers are known in the $Projectname).  Now, should your primary hub go down, no worries, your contacts, posts[i]*[/i], and messages[i]*[/i] will automagically continue to be available and accessible under your cloned channel. [i](*: only posts and messages as from the moment you cloned your channel)[/i]

+[b]Cloning:[/b] of online identities. Your online presence no longer has to be tied to a single server, domain name or IP address.  You can clone and import your identity (or channel as we call it) to another server (or, a hub as servers are known in $Projectname).  Now, should your primary hub go down, no worries, your contacts, posts[i]*[/i], and messages[i]*[/i] will automagically continue to be available and accessible under your cloned channel. [i](*: only posts and messages as from the moment you cloned your channel)[/i]

 

-[b]Privacy:[/b]  Red identities (Zot IDs) can be deleted, backed up/downloaded, and cloned.  The user is in full control of their data. Should you decide to delete all your content and erase your Zot ID, all you have to do is click on a link and it's immediately deleted from the hub.  No questions, no fuss. 

+[b]Privacy:[/b] $Projectname identities (Zot IDs) can be deleted, backed up/downloaded, and cloned.  The user is in full control of their data. Should you decide to delete all your content and erase your Zot ID, all you have to do is click on a link and it's immediately deleted from the hub.  No questions, no fuss. 

 

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diff --git a/doc/features.bb b/doc/features.bb
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@@ -8,14 +8,14 @@ $Projectname provides distributed web publishing and social communications with
 

 So what exactly are "decentralised permissions"? They give me the ability to share something on my website (photos, media, files, webpages, etc.) with specific people on completely different websites - but not necessarily [i]everybody[/i] on those websites; and they do not need a password on my website and do not need to login to my website to view the things I've shared with them. They have one password on their own website and "magic authentication" between affiliated websites in the network. Also, as it is decentralised, there is no third party which has the ability to bypass permissions and see everything in the network.

 

-$Projectname combines many features of traditional blogs, social networking and media, content management systems, and personal cloud storage into an easy to use framework. Each node in the matrix can operate standalone or link with other nodes to create a super-network; leaving privacy under the control of the original publisher. 

+$Projectname combines many features of traditional blogs, social networking and media, content management systems, and personal cloud storage into an easy to use framework. Each node in the grid can operate standalone or link with other nodes to create a super-network; leaving privacy under the control of the original publisher. 

 

 $Projectname is an open source webserver application written originally in PHP/MySQL and is easily installable by those with basic website administration skills. It is also easily extended via plugins and themes and other third-party tools. 

 

 [b][size=24]$Projectname Features[/size][/b]

 

 

-The $Projectname is a general-purpose web publishing and communication network, with several unique features.  It is designed to be used by the widest range of people on the web, from non-technical bloggers, to expert PHP programmers and seasoned systems administrators.

+$Projectname is a general-purpose web publishing and communication network, with several unique features.  It is designed to be used by the widest range of people on the web, from non-technical bloggers, to expert PHP programmers and seasoned systems administrators.

 

 This page lists some of the core features of $Projectname that are bundled with the official release.  As with most free and open source software, there may be many other extensions, additions, plugins, themes and configurations that are limited only by the needs and imagination of the members.

 

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ When adding connnections in $Projectname, members have the option of assigning "
 

 On the other hand, when adding a friend's channel, they could be placed under the affinity level of "Friends".

 

-At this point, the $Projectname [i]Affinity Slider[/i] tool, which usually appears at the top of your "Matrix" page, adjusts the content on the page to include those within the desired affinity range. Channels outside that range will not be displayed, unless you adjust the slider to include them.

+At this point, $Projectname [i]Affinity Slider[/i] tool, which usually appears at the top of your "Matrix" page, adjusts the content on the page to include those within the desired affinity range. Channels outside that range will not be displayed, unless you adjust the slider to include them.

 

 The Affinity Slider allows instantaneous filtering of large amounts of content, grouped by levels of closeness.

 

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ Access Control Lists may be applied to content and posts, photos, events, webpag
 

 [b]Single Sign-on[/b]

 

-Access Control Lists work for all channels in the matrix due to our unique single sign-on technology. Most internal links provide an identity token which can be verified on other $Projectname sites and used to control access to private resources. You login once to your home hub. After that, authentication to all $Projectname resources is "magic".

+Access Control Lists work for all channels in the grid due to our unique single sign-on technology. Most internal links provide an identity token which can be verified on other $Projectname sites and used to control access to private resources. You login once to your home hub. After that, authentication to all $Projectname resources is "magic".

 

 

 [b]WebDAV enabled File Storage[/b]

@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ Messages marked [b]private[/b] are encrypted with AES-CBC 256-bit symmetric ciph
 

 These private messages are also stored in an encrypted form on remote systems. 

 

-Each Red channel has it's own unique set of private and associated public RSA 4096-bit keys, generated when the channels is first created.

+Each$Projectname channel has it's own unique set of private and associated public RSA 4096-bit keys, generated when the channels is first created.

 

 Additionally, messages may be created utilising "end-to-end encryption" which cannot be read by $Projectname operators or ISPs or anybody who does not know the passcode. 

 

@@ -146,9 +146,9 @@ Forums are typically channels which may be open to participation from multiple a
 

 [b]Account Cloning[/b]

 

-Accounts in the $Projectname are referred to as [i]nomadic identities[/i], because a member's identity is not bound to the hub where the identity was originally created.  For example, when you create a Facebook or Gmail account, it is tied to those services.  They cannot function without Facebook.com or Gmail.com.  

+Accounts in $Projectname are referred to as [i]nomadic identities[/i], because a member's identity is not bound to the hub where the identity was originally created.  For example, when you create a Facebook or Gmail account, it is tied to those services.  They cannot function without Facebook.com or Gmail.com.  

 

-By contrast, say you've created a Red identity called [b]tina@redhub.com[/b].  You can clone it to another Red hub by choosing the same, or a different name: [b]liveForever@Some$ProjectnameHub.info[/b]

+By contrast, say you've created a$Projectname identity called [b]tina@redhub.com[/b].  You can clone it to another$Projectname hub by choosing the same, or a different name: [b]liveForever@Some$ProjectnameHub.info[/b]

 

 Both channels are now synchronized, which means all your contacts and preferences will be duplicated on your clone.  It doesn't matter whether you send a post from your original hub, or the new hub.  Posts will be mirrored on both accounts.

 

@@ -156,9 +156,9 @@ This is a rather revolutionary feature, if we consider some scenarios:
 

  - What happens if the hub where an identity is based suddenly goes offline?  Without cloning, a member will not be able to communicate until that hub comes back online (no doubt many of you have seen and cursed the Twitter "Fail Whale").  With cloning, you just log into your cloned account, and life goes on happily ever after. 

 

- - The administrator of your hub can no longer afford to pay for his free and public $Projectname hub. He announces that the hub will be shutting down in two weeks.  This gives you ample time to clone your identity(ies) and preserve your Red relationships, friends and content.

+ - The administrator of your hub can no longer afford to pay for his free and public $Projectname hub. He announces that the hub will be shutting down in two weeks.  This gives you ample time to clone your identity(ies) and preserve your$Projectname relationships, friends and content.

 

- - What if your identity is subject to government censorship?  Your hub provider may be compelled to delete your account, along with any identities and associated data.  With cloning, the $Projectname offers [b]censorship resistance[/b].  You can have hundreds of clones, if you wanted to, all named different, and existing on many different hubs, strewn around the internet.  

+ - What if your identity is subject to government censorship?  Your hub provider may be compelled to delete your account, along with any identities and associated data.  With cloning, $Projectname offers [b]censorship resistance[/b].  You can have hundreds of clones, if you wanted to, all named different, and existing on many different hubs, strewn around the internet.  

 

 Red offers interesting new possibilities for privacy. You can read more at the <<Private Communications Best Practices>> page.

 

@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ Backups can then be used to clone or restore a profile.
 

 [b]Account Deletion[/b]

 

-Accounts can be immediately deleted by clicking on a link. That's it.  All associated content is then deleted from the matrix (this includes posts and any other content produced by the deleted profile). Depending on the number of connections you have, the process of deleting remote content could take some time but it is scheduled to happen as quickly as is practical.

+Accounts can be immediately deleted by clicking on a link. That's it.  All associated content is then deleted from the grid (this includes posts and any other content produced by the deleted profile). Depending on the number of connections you have, the process of deleting remote content could take some time but it is scheduled to happen as quickly as is practical.

 

 [b][size=20]Content Creation[/size][/b]

 

@@ -187,10 +187,10 @@ Red supports a number of different ways of adding rich-text content. The default
 When creating "Websites", content may be entered in HTML, Markdown, BBcode, and/or plain text.

 

 [b]Deletion of content[/b]

-Any content created in the $Projectname remains under the control of the member (or channel) that originally created it.  At any time, a member can delete a message, or a range of messages.  The deletion process ensures that the content is deleted, regardless of whether it was posted on a channel's primary (home) hub, or on another hub, where the channel was remotely authenticated via Zot (the $Projectname communication and authentication protocol).

+Any content created in $Projectname remains under the control of the member (or channel) that originally created it.  At any time, a member can delete a message, or a range of messages.  The deletion process ensures that the content is deleted, regardless of whether it was posted on a channel's primary (home) hub, or on another hub, where the channel was remotely authenticated via Zot ($Projectname communication and authentication protocol).

 

 [b]Media[/b]

-Similar to any other modern blogging system, social network, or a micro-blogging service, Red supports the uploading of files, embedding of videos, linking web pages.

+Similar to any other modern blogging system, social network, or a micro-blogging service, $Projectname supports the uploading of files, embedding of videos, linking web pages.

 

 [b]Previewing/Editing[/b] 

 Post can be previewed prior to sending and edited after sending.

diff --git a/doc/main.bb b/doc/main.bb
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 [zrl=[baseurl]/help/features][b]$Projectname Features[/b][/zrl]

 

 $Projectname is already running as a global distributed network and proves its versatility and scalability from standalone to huge sites on a daily basis. 

-Think of standalone family communication platforms, distributed online communities, support forums, blogs and homepages. Or professional content providers with commercial premium channels and targeted content acces. Whatever you want, the $Projectname is there to cater to your creativity.

+Think of standalone family communication platforms, distributed online communities, support forums, blogs and homepages. Or professional content providers with commercial premium channels and targeted content acces. Whatever you want, $Projectname is there to cater to your creativity.

 

 [zrl=[baseurl]/help/what_is_zot][b]Got Zot? Well, you should.[/b][/zrl]

 Zot is the great new communicaton protocol invented especially for $Projectname. As a member you are no longer bound to a single site or hub thanks to "Nomadic Identities". Migrate easily to another server and keep your contacts intact, or clone it and run the same channel on several servers. Just in case one of them might shut down, you don't lose out. Plus once you are inside $Projectname there is no need for you to authenticate twice, even when accessing another $Projectname site. Zot is what sets $Projectname apart. 

diff --git a/doc/to_do_code.bb b/doc/to_do_code.bb
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--- a/doc/to_do_code.bb
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@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ We need much more than this, but here are areas where developers can help. Pleas
 [li]Include TOS link in registration/verification email[/li]

 [li]Auto preview posts/comments (configurable timer kicks in the preview if not 0)[/li]

 [li]Create bug tracker module[/li]

+[li]Filing posts - provide a dropdown menu integrated with the 'post actions menu'[/li]

+[li]integrate Mozilla Persona (possibly via plugin) https://github.com/mozilla/id-specs/blob/prod/browserid/index.md and become an idP[/li]

 [li]translation plugins - moses or apertium[/li]

 [li]plugins - provide 'disable' which is softer than 'uninstall' for those plugins which create additional DB tables[/li]

 [li]Infinite scroll improvements (i.e. embedded page links) see http://scrollsample.appspot.com/items [/li]

diff --git a/doc/what_is_zot.bb b/doc/what_is_zot.bb
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 [b]What is Zot?[/b]

 

-Zot is the protocol that powers the $Projectname, providing three core capabilities: Communications, Identity, and Access Control.

+Zot is the protocol that powers $Projectname, providing three core capabilities: Communications, Identity, and Access Control.

 

 The functionality it provides can also be described as follows: 

 

@@ -9,43 +9,43 @@ The functionality it provides can also be described as follows:
 

 [b][size=20]Communications[/size][/b]

 

-Zot is a revolutionary protocol which provides [i]decentralised communications[/i] and [i]identity management[/i] across the matrix. The resulting platform can provide web services comparable to those offered by large corporate providers, but without the large corporate provider and their associated privacy issues, insatiable profit drive, and walled-garden mentality.

+Zot is a revolutionary protocol which provides [i]decentralised communications[/i] and [i]identity management[/i] across the grid. The resulting platform can provide web services comparable to those offered by large corporate providers, but without the large corporate provider and their associated privacy issues, insatiable profit drive, and walled-garden mentality.

 

-Communications and social networking are an integral part of the matrix. Any channel (and any services provided by that channel) can make full use of feature-rich social communications on a global scale. These communications may be public or private - and private communications comprise not only fully encrypted transport, but also encrypted storage to help protect against accidental snooping and disclosure by rogue system administrators and internet service providers. 

+Communications and social networking are an integral part of the grid. Any channel (and any services provided by that channel) can make full use of feature-rich social communications on a global scale. These communications may be public or private - and private communications comprise not only fully encrypted transport, but also encrypted storage to help protect against accidental snooping and disclosure by rogue system administrators and internet service providers. 

 

-Zot allows a wide array of background services in the matrix, from offering friend suggestions, to directory services. You can also perform other things which would typically only be possibly on a centralized provider - such as "Wall to Wall" posts. Priivate/multiple profiles can be easily created, and web content can be tailored to the viewer via the [i]Affinity Slider[/i]. 

+Zot allows a wide array of background services in the grid, from offering friend suggestions, to directory services. You can also perform other things which would typically only be possibly on a centralized provider - such as "Wall to Wall" posts. Private/multiple profiles can be easily created, and web content can be tailored to the viewer via the [i]Affinity Slider[/i]. 

 

 You won't find these features at all on other decentralized communication services. In addition to providing hub (server) decentralization, perhaps the most innovative and interesting Zot feature is its provision of [i]decentralized identity[/i] services.

 

 [b][size=20]Identity[/size][/b] 

 

-Zot's identity layer is unique. It provides [i]invisible single sign-on[/i] across all sites in the matrix. 

+Zot's identity layer is unique. It provides [i]invisible single sign-on[/i] across all sites in the grid. 

 

 It also provides [i]nomadic identity[/i], so that your communications with friends, family, and or anyone else you're communicating with won't be affected by the loss of your primary communication node - either temporarily or permanently. 

 

-The important bits of your identity and relationships can be backed up to a thumb drive, or your laptop, and may appear at any node in the matrix at any time - with all your friends and preferences intact. 

+The important bits of your identity and relationships can be backed up to a thumb drive, or your laptop, and may appear at any node in the grid at any time - with all your friends and preferences intact. 

 

 Crucially, these nomadic instances are kept in sync so any instance can take over if another one is compromised or damaged. This protects you against not only major system failure, but also temporary site overloads and governmental manipulation or censorship. 

 

-Nomadic identity, single sign-on, and Red's decentralization of hubs, we believe, introduce a high degree of degree of [i]resiliency[/i] and [i]persistence[/i] in internet communications, that are sorely needed amidst global trends towards corporate centralization, as well as mass and indiscriminate government surveillance and censorship.

+Nomadic identity, single sign-on, and $Projectname's decentralization of hubs, we believe, introduce a high degree of degree of [i]resiliency[/i] and [i]persistence[/i] in internet communications, that are sorely needed amidst global trends towards corporate centralization, as well as mass and indiscriminate government surveillance and censorship.

 

-As you browse the matrix, viewing channels and their unique content, you are seamlessly authenticated as you go, even across completely different server hubs. No passwords to enter. Nothing to type. You're just greeted by name on every new site you visit. 

+As you browse the grid, viewing channels and their unique content, you are seamlessly authenticated as you go, even across completely different server hubs. No passwords to enter. Nothing to type. You're just greeted by name on every new site you visit. 

 

-How does Zot do that? We call it [i]magic-auth[/i], because Red hides the details of the complexities that go into single sign-on logins, and nomadic identities, from the experience of browsing on the matrix.  This is one of the design goals of Red: to increase privacy, and freedom on the web, while reducing the complexity and tedium brought by the need to enter new passwords and user names for every different sight that someone might visit online.

+How does Zot do that? We call it [i]magic-auth[/i], because $Projectname hides the details of the complexities that go into single sign-on logins, and nomadic identities, from the experience of browsing on the grid.  This is one of the design goals of $Projectname: to increase privacy, and freedom on the web, while reducing the complexity and tedium brought by the need to enter new passwords and user names for every different sight that someone might visit online.

 

-You login only once on your home hub (or any nomadic backup hub you have chosen). This allows you to access any authenticated services provided anywhere in the matrix - such as shopping, blogs, forums, and access to private information. This is just like the services offered by large corporate providers with huge user databases; however you can be a member of this community, as well as a server on this network using a $35 Rasberry Pi. Your password isn't stored on a thousand different sites, or even worse, only on a few sites like Google and Facebook, beyond your direct control.

+You login only once on your home hub (or any nomadic backup hub you have chosen). This allows you to access any authenticated services provided anywhere in the grid - such as shopping, blogs, forums, and access to private information. This is just like the services offered by large corporate providers with huge user databases; however you can be a member of this community, as well as a server on this network using a $35 Rasberry Pi. Your password isn't stored on a thousand different sites, or even worse, only on a few sites like Google and Facebook, beyond your direct control.

 

-You cannot be silenced. You cannot be removed from the matrix, unless you yourself choose to exit it.

+You cannot be silenced. You cannot be removed from the grid, unless you yourself choose to exit it.

 

 [b][size=20]Access Control[/size][/b]

 

-Zot's identity layer allows you to provide fine-grained permissions to any content you wish to publish - and these permissions extend across the $Projectname. This is like having one super huge website made up of an army of small individual websites - and where each channel in the matrix can completely control their privacy and sharing preferences for any web resources they create. 

+Zot's identity layer allows you to provide fine-grained permissions to any content you wish to publish - and these permissions extend across $Projectname. This is like having one super huge website made up of an army of small individual websites - and where each channel in the grid can completely control their privacy and sharing preferences for any web resources they create. 

 

-Currently, the matrix supports communications, photo albums, events, and files. This will be extended in the future to provide content management services (web pages) and cloud storage facilities, such as WebDAV and multi-media libraries. Every object and how it is shared and with whom is completely under your control.

+Currently, the grid supports communications, photo albums, events, and files. This will be extended in the future to provide content management services (web pages) and cloud storage facilities, such as WebDAV and multi-media libraries. Every object and how it is shared and with whom is completely under your control.

 

-This type of control is available on large corporate providers such as Facebook and Google, because they own the user database. Within the matrix, there is no need for a huge user databaseon your machine - because the matrix [i]is[/i] your user database. It has what is essentially infinite capacity (limited by the total number of hubs online across the internet), and is spread amongst hundreds, and potentially millions of computers. 

+This type of control is available on large corporate providers such as Facebook and Google, because they own the user database. Within the grid, there is no need for a huge user databaseon your machine - because the grid [i]is[/i] your user database. It has what is essentially infinite capacity (limited by the total number of hubs online across the internet), and is spread amongst hundreds, and potentially millions of computers. 

 

-Access can be granted or denied for any resource, to any channel, or any group of channels; anywhere within the matrix. Others can access your content if you permit them to do so, and they do not even need to have an account on your hub. Your private photos cannot be viewed, because permission really work; they are not an addon that was added as an afterthought. If you aren't on the list of allowed viewers for a particular photo, you aren't going to look at it. 

+Access can be granted or denied for any resource, to any channel, or any group of channels; anywhere within the grid. Others can access your content if you permit them to do so, and they do not even need to have an account on your hub. Your private photos cannot be viewed, because permission really work; they are not an addon that was added as an afterthought. If you aren't on the list of allowed viewers for a particular photo, you aren't going to look at it. 

 

 [b][size=18]Additional Resources and Links[/size][/b]