Add "rel=me" Mastodon link verification

[MagicLike]

Maybe this is just a thing which is already possible with vanilla mkdocs, but I did not see a direct option to add it. (Maybe it could be hard-coded?)
Is there anyone who has an idea how to do this?

[squidfunk]

I'm sorry, but could you please provide the entire context of your question? I have a Mastodon account but I'm barely using it.

[squidfunk]

Is there any way to integrate it natively at some point?

Probably not. It's too specific of a case. Additionally, I'd say that a <link rel="me" href="..." /> would be much more sensical to use. I don't know if Mastodon supports that, but the requirement for having a clickable hyperlink is nonsense.

[MagicLike]

Additionally, I'd say that a <link rel="me" href="..." /> would be much more sensical to use. I don't know if Mastodon supports that, but the requirement for having a clickable hyperlink is nonsense.

It is actually supported...

[squidfunk]

Then, integration is even simpler by overriding main.html:

{% extends "base.html" %}

{% block extrahead %}
  <link href="https://social.example.com/@username" rel="me" />
{% endblock %}

This is the recommended way, because using extrahead will never interfere with minor or major upgrades.

[MagicLike]

Ohhh! Ok, I will try it out and I hope it works... 👍

[MagicLike]

That totally worked! Thank you for your help!

[squidfunk]

With the latest developments and Melon Tusk going rampage, I believe we should natively support Mastodon verification, which is why the rel=me attribute will now be automatically added to social links that use a Mastodon icon. This was added in 3fc8b6b.

Just add a social link and add use one of the following icons:

• :simple-mastodon:
• :material-mastodon:
• :fontawesome-brands-mastodon:

[Andre601]

Actually considering, it could perhaps be a neat idea for the future to include another setting for the socials to allow people to override the default rel set, so that they could add like "noreferrer" without having to extend the theme and override the socials partial.

I could PR something if that would be an idea. I mean something like this:

extra:
  social:
    # Overrides the default rel="noopener" with rel="noopener me"
    - icon: fontawesome/brands/mastodon
      link: https://fosstodon.org/@squidfunk
      rel: 'noopener me'
    # Uses default rel="noopener"
    - icon: fontawesome/brands/github
      link: https://github.com/squidfunk

Tho I still think including me by default is preferrable

[MagicLike]

I think that is a great idea! Why not including me, noopener and noreferrer by default?

[Andre601]

I think that would be a good idea.

[Guts]

With the latest developments and Melon Tusk going rampage, I believe we should natively support Mastodon verification, which is why the rel=me attribute will now be automatically added to social links that use a Mastodon icon. This was added in 3fc8b6b.

Just add a social link and add use one of the following icons:

* `:simple-mastodon:`

* `:material-mastodon:`

* `:fontawesome-brands-mastodon:`

Is this behaviour compatible with the privacy plugin? https://squidfunk.github.io/mkdocs-material/setup/ensuring-data-privacy/?h=noopen#external-links

[squidfunk]

All social links have noopener set anyway, so I see no problem. Otherwise please elaborate what you think might be problematic.