colophon
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A colophon is a page or section, like a footer, of a site that describes how the site is made, with what tools, supporting what technologies.
See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colophon_(publishing)
Why
A colophon is a useful place to share the principles that govern your website. For instance, if you do not track users, or if you have taken specific precautions to protect privacy, you can list these principles on your colophon.
Having the key principles that govern your site in one place means that any user who visits does not need to read through the archives of your site or speak with you to understand what mattered most to you when you constructed your site.
IndieWeb Examples
Separate page:
- https://daringfireball.net/colophon/
- http://www.zeldman.com/colophon/ (from 2004! perhaps vestigial from that design)
- https://blog.bmannconsulting.com/colophon/ (dating changes back to 2001)
- https://jimramsden.com/colophon
Chris Aldrich has a colophon at https://boffosocko.com/about/colophon/
Binyamin Green has a colophon at https://binyam.in/colophon/
Anthony Ciccarello has a colophon at https://www.ciccarello.me/colophon/João Pesce has a colophon at https://pesce.cc/colophon
Mark Everitt has a colophon at https://qubyte.codes/colophon- Add yourself here… (see this for more details)
Section of about page:
- https://kartikprabhu.com/about#site
- https://kimberlyhirsh.com/about/ (at bottom of page)
- Add yourself here… (see this for more details)
As part of the portfolio:
Astrid Yu's portfolio includes the website, and doubles as a colophon: https://astrid.tech/projects/astrid-tech
Brainstorming
- Most colophons appear to be short in length, in the spirit of the colophon style in publishing.
- Colophons can list:
- The technologies used to build a site
- The length of time a site has been in operation
- The principles governing the development of a site
- privacy notices
- Sustainability notices (see green computing)
- Writing a Colophon by
capjamesg