Brendan here, back (part-time) from parental leave! We've shipped a lot these past months, and we'll do a roundup soon — working on a full Leaflet Manual too — but right now, sharing our latest:
Two new block types to encourage more conversation among blogs, and more interaction with your readers!
Replies, for readers to submit their own blog posts as replies
Questions, for inline Q&A's with your readers
Try both right in this post, and below, check out more examples from Leaflet publishers!
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New interaction block: Replies
This is a way to let people submit their own blog posts as a reply to your post — useful for a community challenge, or just a way to share a fun thematic prompt and encourage deeper conversation.
Try it here — share a post with thoughts on social blogging experiences you'd like to see.
Reply with a post of your own.
To make your own:
From the block menu (hit /) add the "Replies" block, then customize the prompt and button text.
Once you publish, readers can submit posts as replies. You'll see submissions in your notifications, and be able to approve them from the published post.
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New interaction block: Questions
With this block, you can let readers submit questions, and reply to them inline — useful for an AMA, or to solicit questions about a given post or topic that might help inform what you write next!
Try it here — ask us a question about Leaflet!
Will Leaflet get clean URLs later (e.g myleaflet.site/my-awesome-article) ?
i know speccd this out a while ago, but are you planning on GAing the general atmosphere @ mention of things? e.g. grain.social gallery, plyr.fm track etc
To make your own:
From the block menu (hit /) add the "Questions" block. Add a header or more description above if you like. From block settings you can set who's able to ask questions, and whether unanswered questions show publicly.
Once published, readers can ask questions, and you can answer them! You'll see new pending questions in your notifications.
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Examples
has a great blogging prompt about what makes you optimistic about the internet:
We Should be Optimistic About the Internet Again
So many people are building so much cool stuff, and all of it points towards a better, healthier, happier web.
He's also using Questions for an AMA post here!:
Ask Me Anything
Let's talk about politics, philosophy, moral psychology, Buddhism, and, well, everything else.
has several prompts you can reply to, including ones on art / creative process:
Human Illustrators! Share your art + process here
Reply with your own blog post showing a piece of your art and your process
Community Poll: What tool (digital or analog) do YOU find useful in your creative process?
Trying a new Leaflet feature: reply with your own blog post!
…and ones on books and reading!
POLL: Did you post about a book you liked? Pls share the link!
Looking for @standard.site posts about books people recommend (doesn't have to be KidLit)
Why I switched from Goodreads to Hardcover
POLL: What book tracking app do YOU use?
tried both — reply with your best catblogging, or drop some questions for Seattle's favorite atmospheric blogger:
November 2 - Trivia and Malört
Oh uh, and Halloween, I guess.
has a prompt for Dressmaker fans — share your creations here:
My favorite dressmaker dresses I've made
Doing this while I wait for my phone to charge cuz I gotta go to a party
has a challenge for you — to do a linkwalk where you "surf the web, navigating only through 88x31 button links", and share your journey (with a great example using Leaflet canvas!):
linkwalk #001
i want you to click some 88x31 buttons
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Hope you have fun playing with these! As always we'd love to hear what you think, and what else we can do to enable more creativity and conversation in Leaflet.