1 Initial simple way to Webfinger enable your domain -- needs PHP.
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7 First, put the folders 'xrd' and 'dot-well-known' on your website, so
10 http://yourname.com/xrd/
14 http://yourname.com/.well-known/
16 (Remember the . at the beginning of this one)
21 Next, edit xrd/index.php and enter a secret in this line:
25 This can be anything you like...
33 It really doesn't matter too much.
38 For each user on your site, and this might only be you...
40 Make a copy of the example@example.com.xml file so that it's called...
42 yoursecretusername@domain.com.xml
44 So, if your secret is 'johnny5' and your name is ben and your
45 domain is titanictoycorp.biz, your file should be called
46 johnny5ben@titanictoycorp.biz.xml
48 Finally, edit the file to point at your account on your social
49 site. If you are the only user, then you probably don't need to worry
50 about user/1 as this will be you. For multi user sites, the user ID is
56 Using this method, though fiddly, you can now be @user@domain without
57 the need for any prefixes for subdomains, etc.