{"id":1042,"date":"2022-04-11T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-11T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/letsbuildroboticswithshadow8472.com\/?p=1042"},"modified":"2022-04-10T21:06:41","modified_gmt":"2022-04-11T04:06:41","slug":"site-maintenance-forums-and-privacy-policies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/letsbuildroboticswithshadow8472.com\/index.php\/2022\/04\/11\/site-maintenance-forums-and-privacy-policies\/","title":{"rendered":"Site Maintenance: Forums and Privacy Policies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Good Morning from my Robotics Lab! This is Shadow_8472 with a side project of the week. Let\u2019s get started!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">BbForums<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This week, I took another look at this website. If I\u2019m going to promote open source and privacy respecting software whenever possible, I best be prepared to lead by example. WPForums Lite was the forums plugin I was shepherded into along with Monster Insights and OptinMonster, two plugins I do not feel OK running. As effective as I hear they can be, it\u2019s not worth my principles. I\u2019m looking into alternatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Finding an analytics plugin is proving tricky \u2013 a side project for another time. Long story short: the most promising alternative needs me to arrange off-site data storage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Forums, on the other hand, are now open for business. I\u2019m currently working with bbPress, a forums plugin for WordPress developed by the same team using the same open source principles. You may have also noticed a new navigation bar I needed to expose a test forum. I expect it to change as I learn more about web development. Special thanks to Commander Stryker for helping me bug test it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">User Data Privacy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since I started this blog, legislation to regulate the collection and sale of user data has been passed in the EU (GDPR) and California (CCPA). While I believe neither applies to me specifically because I\u2019m not advertising in the EU and am not selling anything, respectively, I want to build my site to respect the principles of privacy anyway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This week also saw me working over the privacy policy with another plugin. I believe I got it passable, but it\u2019s still subject to further development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Final Question<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Do you know of a good open-source, privacy-respecting analytics plugin for WordPress?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I look forward hear your answers on in the comments below or on my Discord server.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good Morning from my Robotics Lab! This is Shadow_8472 with a side project of the week. Let\u2019s get started! BbForums This week, I took another look at this website. If I\u2019m going to promote open source and privacy respecting software whenever possible, I best be prepared to lead by example. 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