What is this website?

        An attempt to encourage people who have never made a website before
        to give it a go, and to see that its fun, easy and rewarding! Also
        a chance for you to express your latent desire to shitpost for 8+
        :saudi: emotes.
      

How do I get an account on web.worldchan.net?

        @bibostin on the world discord.
      

My webpage doesn't load after clicking it in sites!

        This is probably because of the filename!
        
        when you enter a url, the webserver behind web.worldchan.net expects
        the 'default' file it should open in a folder to be called 'index.html'.

        this means that if you create a index.html in a folder, you can just enter
        the folder name to see its page. for example:

        to access:
        'https://web.worldchan.net/sites/example-site/' 
        you need to have a file like '/sites/example-site/index.html'

        whereas to access:
        'https://web.worldchan.net/sites/example-site/my-cool-page.html'
        you need to reference it directly!
      

How can I test my site locally before uploading it?

        given a proper folder layout, you can browse any set of html files locally!
        lets say you have a folder "my_awesome_site" with the contents:

        my_awesome_site_folder
         |
         |
         |-- style.css
         |
         |-- tax-documents.png
         |
         |__ index.html

        you can double click index.html, or right click and "open  with" your browser
        of choice, to browse it locally. Likewise  references to tax-documents.png and
        style.css, will also be loaded. 
      

I pushed a change to a file, but my site didn't update!

        Your browser has probably cached the webpage, to fetch the newest
        version of that page from the webserver, just hit 'ctrl+shift+r'
      

I am confused about how [insert-web-concept-here] works!

        Good on you for trying something new! if you know what you are looking
        to do but don't understand how it works, see if there is an example on
        Mozilla Developer Network,
        
        Otherwise, ask others for help! most people in #3-digit-iq will be able
        to point you in the right direction.

        Or, if you really want to learn see if someone else on the internet has
        done the same thing! plagarism is fine on the internet as long as you
        acknowledge were you learnt something and make it your own :)
      

I am a power user! tell me more about how my site is hosted

      web.worldchan.net consists of two bundled services, a sftpgo instance that allows
      for file uploads, editing and manipulation, when you login to the client portal
      at "web.worldchan.net/dev" you are accessing this.

      Additionally, a seperate caddy instance mounts this shared area read only, and serves
      the content availaible there. Do not upload any secrets or files directly to your private
      area as it is effectively world readable.

      In terms of additional features:
      
      web.worldchan.net supports:
      - JS, CSS, HTML
      - Modern image formats

      web.worldchan.net does not support:
      - server side rendering or templates
      - php (fastCGI), Python (UWSGI)
      - modification of a site directory at the time of serving,
        your site is effectively static once it hits caddy, use
        external storage or browser storage for persistance or
        to make dynamic content for now (sorry!)