From 7a63a88bdfe4f783c31c2eff919b95d6953ae4d3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: redmatrix <redmatrix@redmatrix.me> Date: Mon, 4 May 2015 21:14:08 -0700 Subject: readme --- README.md | 27 ++++++++++++++++++--------- doc/README.md | 30 ++++++++++++++++++------------ 2 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 44d02a782..a4e32288a 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,25 +1,33 @@ -Make Hubz with Hubmaker +Make Hubz with Hubzilla ======================= - + **What are Hubz?** -Hubz are independant webservers which seamlessly connect together to share stuff. Each hub can be operated standalone (like a blog) or as a webserver community (like a forum or social network). Hubz can be large or small. They work the same either way. +Hubz are general-purpose websites built using our revolutionary platform. Every website member can create their own unique website or social space to suit their needs and personality, and these can all interact. -When connected with other hubz, access permissions of anything published on an individual hub extends to the rest of the network, so that a member of my hub can easily and privately share something with a member of your hub. They do not require an account or password on my hub to do this. It just works. +But we don't stop there. Hubz all over the internet "magically" connect together into very large (or "internet-scale") social networks, websites, and communities; and *these* can all interact. -**Hubmaker** is the software which creates and manages hubz. It is open source and built on PHP/MySQL/Apache (Mariadb or Postgres and Nginx could also be used, we're pretty easy). +It just works. -Each hub is +When connected with other Hubz, permission to access the things you publish can extend to anybody in the Hubzilla network. So *my* Hubz can easily and securely share private stuff with *your* Hubz. Photos, spreadhseets, web pages, anything - anybody. This does not require another account or a password to access the private stuff. + +It just works. + + + +**Hubzilla** is open source and built on PHP/MySQL/Apache (Mariadb or Postgres and Nginx could also be used, we're pretty easy). + +Hubz are * decentralised * social -* privacy-enabled (privacy exclusions work across the entire internet to any registered identity on any compatible hub) +* privacy-enabled (privacy exclusions work across the entire internet to any registered identity on any compatible Hubz) * optionally inter-networked with other hubs -Possible applications include +Possible website applications include * decentralised social networking * personal cloud storage @@ -27,9 +35,10 @@ Possible applications include * small business websites * public and private media/file management and access * blogs +* event promotion * feed aggregation and republishing * forums * pretty much anything you can do on a traditional blog or community website, but that you could do better if you could easily connect it with other websites. -Hubz can also interact to varying degrees with several independant social networks such as Diaspora, Redmatrix, and Friendica; and can cross-post published items to a large number of other services via plugins. \ No newline at end of file +Hubzilla members can also interact to varying degrees with several independant social networks such as Diaspora, Redmatrix, and Friendica; and can cross-post published items to a large number of other social and communication providers via plugins. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/doc/README.md b/doc/README.md index 295b0661f..a4e32288a 100644 --- a/doc/README.md +++ b/doc/README.md @@ -1,38 +1,44 @@ -Make Hubz with Hubmaker +Make Hubz with Hubzilla ======================= - + **What are Hubz?** -Hubz are independant webservers which can seamlessly connect together to share stuff. +Hubz are general-purpose websites built using our revolutionary platform. Every website member can create their own unique website or social space to suit their needs and personality, and these can all interact. -Each hub can be operated standalone (like a blog) or as a webserver community (like a forum or social network). Hubz can be large or small. They can also operate isolated or as connected hubz. When connected they form a super-network of hubz where any member can easily share and interact with any other member or members of any connected hubz. +But we don't stop there. Hubz all over the internet "magically" connect together into very large (or "internet-scale") social networks, websites, and communities; and *these* can all interact. -When connected with other hubz, access permissions of anything published on an individual hub extends to the rest of the network, so that a member of *my* hub can easily and privately share something with a member of *your* hub. They do not require an account or password on my hub to do this. It just works. +It just works. -**Hubmaker** is the software which creates and manages hubz. It is open source and built on PHP/MySQL/Apache (Mariadb or Postgres and Nginx could also be used, we're pretty easy). +When connected with other Hubz, permission to access the things you publish can extend to anybody in the Hubzilla network. So *my* Hubz can easily and securely share private stuff with *your* Hubz. Photos, spreadhseets, web pages, anything - anybody. This does not require another account or a password to access the private stuff. -Each hub is +It just works. + + + +**Hubzilla** is open source and built on PHP/MySQL/Apache (Mariadb or Postgres and Nginx could also be used, we're pretty easy). + +Hubz are * decentralised * social -* privacy-enabled (privacy exclusions work across the entire internet to any registered identity on any compatible hub) +* privacy-enabled (privacy exclusions work across the entire internet to any registered identity on any compatible Hubz) * optionally inter-networked with other hubs -Possible applications include +Possible website applications include * decentralised social networking * personal cloud storage -* used like a traditional content management system or community website * managing organisational communications and activities -* small business and outreach websites +* small business websites * public and private media/file management and access * blogs +* event promotion * feed aggregation and republishing * forums * pretty much anything you can do on a traditional blog or community website, but that you could do better if you could easily connect it with other websites. -Hubz can also interact to varying degrees with several independant social networks such as Diaspora, Redmatrix, and Friendica; and can cross-post published items to a large number of other services via plugins. \ No newline at end of file +Hubzilla members can also interact to varying degrees with several independant social networks such as Diaspora, Redmatrix, and Friendica; and can cross-post published items to a large number of other social and communication providers via plugins. \ No newline at end of file -- cgit v1.2.3