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Glasnost now comes with a simple way to include or remove posts from your Steem blog on your own domain with a tags whitelist/blacklist. 

# How to filter posts with tags rules

Whitelisting rules are applied first: all posts that do not have a  whitelisted tag are discarded. If `tags_whitelist` value is an empty list `[]` whitelisting rule  does *NOT* apply and is ignored. 

Blacklist rules are applied next: all posts that have a blacklisted tag are removed. Check out a configuration file example in this post.

# Changelog

* New config rules: tags_whitelist and tags_blacklist
* Ribbon labels for post categories on index and tags pages (should I keep them?)
* Proper testing setup
* Various visual enhancements, bugfixes and improvements

# [Glasnost alpha v0.5 demo](http://ontofractal-glasnost-steem.steempunks.com/) for @ontofractal

![](http://i.imgur.com/l5YxNAj.png)

### [Glasnost repo](https://github.com/cyberpunk-ventures/glasnost)
### [Glasnost v0.5 on Docker hub](https://hub.docker.com/r/ontofractal/glasnost/)

# Example configuration JSON file

```
{
  "blog_author": "ontofractal",
  "source_blockchain": "steem",
  "about_blog_permlink": "ann-introducing-glasnost-alpha-open-source-blog-and-app-server-for-steem-golos-blockchains",
  "tags_whitelist": [],
  "tags_blacklist": [
    "statistics",
    "stats"
  ]
}

```
Start by uploading a similar JSON configuration file with your values to [pastebin](pastebin.com) or [github gists](gist.github.com):

Then point Glasnost to your uploaded **raw(!)** file using Docker environment variable `GLASNOST_CONFIG_URL`.

```
docker run -it -p 80:80 -e "GLASNOST_CONFIG_URL=..."  --restart on-failure:10 ontofractal/glasnost:latest
```

Warning: you need a [raw](http://pastebin.com/raw/HxVMqRm9) file link, not a [default](http://pastebin.com/bQ74P7sw) one.



# Tech stack

* Elixir
* Phoenix
* Mnesia

 All data is stored by in-memory Mnesia database that is a part of Erlang/OTP platform. 

# What's Glasnost? and Glasnost Roadmap

Read more about Glasnost and its roadmap in the [introduction post](https://steemit.com/steemit/@ontofractal/ann-introducing-glasnost-alpha-open-source-blog-and-app-server-for-steem-golos-blockchains)

# Development process

Glasnost is a single code base developed simultaneously both for Steem and Golos blockchains. Sustainable Glasnost development is made possible by the committed support of Golos open source ecosystem by [@cyberfund](https://golos.io/@cyberfund). Read more about Golos and cyberfund open source support in [this post](https://steemit.com/golos/@hipster/golos-follows-steem-path-with-slight-economic-changes) by @hipster.

# Feedback

If you have any requests or feedback, please get in touch with me: ontofractal at protonmail.com or steemit.chat.

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