How to you edit config.toml to include Mastodon

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1

Hi,

I’m trying to set up a Mastodon commenting system for Zola but I’ve fallen at the first hurdle. How do you include something like this in config.toml? This is what’s used in Hugo.

[params]
    [params.comment.fediverse]
    enable = true
    host = "mastodon.social"
    user = "wordius"
2

Of course, Zola doesn’t support a Mastodon plugin itself. Though, I think you are asking where to save this, so your template can use it.

From the configuration doc page:

# You can put any kind of data here. The data
# will be accessible in all templates
# Example:
#     [extra]
#     author = "Famous author"
#
# author value will be available using {{ config.extra.author }} in templates
#
[extra]

You can, if you prefer, have subsections, such as:

[extra]

[extra.fediverse]
enable = true
host = "mastodon.social"
user = "wordius"

Which would be referenced as {{ config.extra.fediverse.user }} in a template. Or config.extra.fediverse.enable.

I don’t have much experience with Hugo, but I guess params is similar to extra, if params are for the entire site.

3

Thanks for the rapid response, @ShawnPConroy.

First hurdle is cleared. Just have to figure the rest of the code to use and the ids for the posts I create.

4

Do the IDs need to be integer numbers, or can they be strings? You can a portion of the URL, the published date, or will you need to have a manual page_id in the [extra] frontmatter of each page?

5

No, I mean the Mastodon toot’s ID.

From what I’m looking at, you need to add an ID for a toot, post publishing, and then re-publish the post. So I’d have front matter something like this with the ID added for the Fediverse (Mastodon) at the end:

+++ 
Title = Title
Date = date
Tags
Fediverse = 123445566667777