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This is CogDogBlogged: "Trying To Stuff That Full HTML into the SPLOT Editor"

Oh as no one really sings, the SPLOTs Go On. Indeed, I have not touched/updated the SPLOT themes in so long I can’t remember, but strangely and happily enough, for the most part they keep working. Not bad for stuff hatched 2014 onward.

I remain mostly the sole contributor to Sadly Robotic Metaphors for AI (using TRU Collector)- i thought that someone would find this fun or a form of […]

https://cogdogblog.com/2025/11/trying-to-stuff-that-full-html-into-the-splot-editor/

#cogdogblog #splot #truwriter #wordpress

This is CogDogBlogged: "Glitching Up the Sadly Robotic Metaphors"

I can’t explain the why I did this much less why I am blogging about it, but I aim to skip some of the blather, and let you, humble visitor, just take a click at what I hatched yesterday (warning note, there are images that shake and flash a bit).

So yeah, I have this SPLOT thing I spun about maybe two years ago, a collection of what I call the sad (maybe pathetic) use of robotic metaphors […]

https://cogdogblog.com/2025/07/glitch-sad-robotic-metaphors/

#cogdogblog #splot #trucollector

@joergelp @twoodwar #SPLOT a lot, thanks Jörg

@andyrush @reclaimhosting @taylorjadin Been a while since I spun Reveal- Liked the ability to have paths through slides, and optional drill down paths (if my memory is correct).

Also, FWIW I am obliged to wave the #Splot flag https://github.com/cogdog/splotpoint

@tdc Today's #DailyCreate #tdc4454 #ds106 “Splotter The Ink”- fun tool, pushed all the sliders to maximum and found the secret #splot setting

Umsetzung von offenen Lernformaten in der Praxis

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Ein pädagogisches Internet-Experiment zum Mitmachen und Nachmachen

🔗 https://ebildungslabor.de/?p=6402

(Antworten auf diesen Tröt erscheinen nach Freigabe direkt auf dem Blog als Kommentar).

@nele Thanks, Nele, for mentioning #SPLOT!

FYI, the plugin approach never was completed, that was an old prototype. All development has been done on the child theme versions available from https://splot.ca

I still use them myself!

Popping the Clutch on SPLOT WordPress Documentation

I sit down planning to write some straight forward documentation, and somehow a stick shift manual transmission metaphor slides in and I am photoshopping SPLOT logos on old book covers.

Welcome to my easily distracted mind.

Before I go too far off the blog post map, I am covering here:

Some interesting uses of Paul Hibbitt's Docsify This to render/embed/link to ma

https://cogdogblog.com/2022/12/popping-the-clutch/

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There is a WordPress plugin called Micropub (which needs to be used in conjunction with the IndieAuth plugin for authentication to their CMS account) that will allow students to log into various writing/posting applications.

These are usually slimmed down interfaces that don’t provide the panoply of editing options that the Gutenberg interface or Classic editor metabox interfaces do. Quill is a good example of this and has a Medium.com like interface. iA Writer is a solid markdown editor that has this functionality as well (though I think it only works on iOS presently).

Students can write and then post from these, but still have the option to revisit within the built in editors to add any additional bells and whistles they might like if they’re so inclined.

This system is a bit like SPLOTs, but has a broader surface area and flexibility. I’ll also mention that many of the Micropub clients are open source, so if one were inclined they could build their own custom posting interface specific to their exact needs. Even further, other CMSes like Known, Drupal, etc. either support this web specification out of the box or with plugins, so if you built a custom interface it could work just as well with other platforms that aren’t just WordPress. This means that in a class where different students have chosen a variety of ways to set up their Domains, they can be exposed to a broader variety of editing tools or if the teacher chooses, they could be given a single editing interface that is exactly the same for everyone despite using different platforms.

For those who’d like to delve further, I did a WordPress-focused crash course session on the idea a while back: Micropub and WordPress: Custom Posting Applications at WordCamp Santa Clarita 2019 (slides).

#domainofonesown #micropub #splot #text-editors

https://boffosocko.com/2021/04/23/55790406/

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https://boffosocko.com/2020/12/24/the-secret-splot-author-account-has-left-the-building-alan-levine/