diff --git a/src/en/SUMMARY.md b/src/en/SUMMARY.md index ccfe542..feee727 100644 --- a/src/en/SUMMARY.md +++ b/src/en/SUMMARY.md @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ - [Docker Development](contributing/docker_development.md) - [Local Development](contributing/local_development.md) - [Theming Guide](contributing/theming.md) - - [Websocket/HTTP API](contributing/websocket_http_api.md) + - [HTTP API](contributing/http_api.md) - [Creating a Custom Frontend](contributing/custom_frontend.md) - [Tests](contributing/tests.md) - [Federation Development](contributing/federation_development.md) diff --git a/src/en/contributing/custom_frontend.md b/src/en/contributing/custom_frontend.md index 0856857..62c8fda 100644 --- a/src/en/contributing/custom_frontend.md +++ b/src/en/contributing/custom_frontend.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # Creating a Custom Frontend -The backend and frontend are completely decoupled, and run in independent Docker containers. They only communicate over the [Lemmy API](websocket_http_api.md), which makes it quite easy to write alternative frontends. +The backend and frontend are completely decoupled, and run in independent Docker containers. They only communicate over the [Lemmy API](api_reference.md), which makes it quite easy to write alternative frontends. This creates a lot of potential for custom frontends, which could change much of the design and user experience of Lemmy. For example, it would be possible to create a frontend in the style of a traditional forum like [phpBB](https://www.phpbb.com/), or a question-and-answer site like [stackoverflow](https://stackoverflow.com/). All without having to think about database queries, authentification or ActivityPub, which you essentially get for free.