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About metanohi
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About metanohi
This is metanohi.
Currently, metanohi resides on metanohi.name. Originally, it was on metanohi.org. To contact Niels (the creator), send him an electronic mail at ngws@metanohi.name.
metanohi is mostly XHTML 1.1 and CSS 2 valid. Currently, metanohi.name pages are served as text/html and not as application/xml+xhtml (as they should). This might get fixed (it is extremely easy to fix, but if fixed, some things depending on external JavaScript which depends on non-XHTML, like the FSF widget on the propaganda page, might cease to work).
Copying
In general, text, images, code and any other type of work on metanohi are available under the Do What The Fuck You Want To Public License (WTFPL); read about this choice here. There may be cases with other licenses. The status of a page can be seen in the bottom in a metadata box. If no license is specified in the box, it's either because I forgot to apply one to the page, or it's because the page has almost no content (like the "Page not found" page) and does not really require a license.
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Most of metanohi's content can be defined as free cultural works, as defined by freedomdefined.org. Most of it is also copyfree.
In all cases, you are free to redistribute content from metanohi, but please don't set up a mirror for no reason (who would do that, anyway?).
External content is sometimes a different matter. A list of licenses for media is used for attributing in cases where it is impractical to attribute in-page.
If you use something from metanohi, please attribute Niels G. W. Serup and metanohi (unless it's not by Niels, which is rare). When doing that, write something like "Niels G. W. Serup, metanohi.name".
Source
If you wish to use mege for a new website (I wouldn't), you may wish to use metanohi as a template.
Get the main site:
$ git clone git://metanohi.name/metanohi-metanohi
Get the subsites:
$ git clone git://metanohi.name/metanohi-meta
SSL/TLS
You can access metanohi from HTTPS. metanohi uses a CAcert. To make your browser automatically accept CAcerts, follow the instructions on CAcerts wiki; it doesn't take long.
History
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metanohi was created in 2009 as a spinoff of earlier projects with equally undefined purposes.
Note: While most of the content from the old metanohi has been ported to this improved version, the modification times have not been saved. This is why old projects from 2009 and 2010 appear to have been created in July or August, 2011.
"Why the name?"
There are several reasons:
- It's unique
- It's simple
- It has the meta prefix, which automatically transforms anything into something cool
- 'metanohi', or at least part of 'metanohi', has meanings in some languages
Screenshots of the old metanohi
Click to go to fullsize image.
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Language
metanohi is generally only available in English. A few pages are in Danish.
Font size
The font sizes on metanohi are based on your default font size. Read more here.
To change your default font size in the Conkeror web browser, put this in your .conkerorrc:
session_pref("font.size.variable.x-western", YOUR_FONT_SIZE_HERE);The default is probably 16 which works fine in metanohi (like other sizes should do).
It's probably just as easy to change in other web browsers.
Comments
Pages on metanohi currently do not support comments, but I can be contacted at my email address. A comment system might appear if I find it necessary.