feddit.de has been giving “Server error” for some time but I read that the server is still working when using a Lemmy app. Tried the Photon front-end today and choosing feddit.de as instance.
- Example post from All : https://phtn.app/post/feddit.de/12459995
- Example (German) post from Local, 3 hours ago : https://phtn.app/post/feddit.de/12475331
My question (I’m just curious, I have no account on feddit.de) is : Can an alternative front-end on their server co-exist with the other server software ? I guess it would be a matter of installing Photon and then point nginx configuration to that. Or am I missing something crucial ?
- sexy_peach ( @sexy_peach@beehaw.org ) English14•4 months ago
Unfortunately the feddit.de server has been broken for quite a while and we have trouble contacting the admin.
- B0rax ( @B0rax@feddit.de ) 3•4 months ago
There is a matrix channel where the admin is answering from time to time. But he is currently very occupied with real life stuff. And he is also the backup admin, as the original admin is currently on a workation on the other side of the globe and seems to be unreachable…
Unfortunately the feddit.de server has been broken for quite a while and we have trouble contacting the admin.
Oh, that explains it.
- Charlotte_Thomassen ( @Charlotte_Thomassen@monyet.cc ) 4•4 months ago
Lemmy front-end can be anywhere, it is front-end. It is an app install on your computer. Think, front-end is an app like mobile app on your phone. But front-end is on internet because it is a web-app, you got to download it first. THen your browser cache it.
Some instance host front-end for convenient, but you can access front-end from the project homepage.
For example: to use alexandrite front-end access lemmy.world, you can