Some of you reading this will have heard of The Hub - perhaps even used it - however a lot of people will be unfamiliar of what it is and why you should be using it. Put simply - The Hub is a social media platform, dedicated to Scottish Independence.… Continue Reading Campaigning With The Hub

A couple of weeks ago, I released a scaled back version of The Hub on Wear OS devices that allowed you to scroll through a list of upcoming events. Since then, I have been looking to see if there was anything else on The Hub that would lend itself well… Continue Reading The Hub On Wear OS – Updated

The Hub really comes into its own when it comes to listing events that the Yes movement are taking part in. The app recently added its 2,000th event to the database, an incredible achievement and that's without holding a proper independence referendum campaign yet. I'm always interested in finding new… Continue Reading The Hub On Wear OS

Believe In Scotland are co-ordinating a Day of Action on 18th September 2021 - the 7th anniversary of the independence referendum. Yes groups around the country are taking part in a variety of activities including leafletting, street stalls, newspaper drops & demonstrations. As always, The Hub is here to list… Continue Reading Believe In Scotland Day of Action

There have been a large number of changes to The Hub over the last few months and now that I've caught up on a lot of the coding, it's good to take stock and list the major changes there have been to the apps since the last update.   New… Continue Reading The Hub v5.1 Release – Dark Mode & More…

Dark theme is coming...

A week ago I announced a review of groups on The Hub due to the majority of their output being more about being negative against another pro-indy party (primarily the SNP) than making the case for independence. My concern is that visitors to The Hub may be subjected to content… Continue Reading Changes To Acceptable Group Content

A very long time ago when I first had the idea for The Hub, I made the decision that it should be a place to hear both sides of the argument. I wanted visitors to read from both sides before deciding which way they would vote in a future referendum… Continue Reading A Pro-Independence App For Pro-Independence Content

Last night (17th May 2021) I took part in Independence Live's "Yes Corner" series, which shines a spotlight on resources that can help the Yes movement. Over 30 minutes, we discussed how The Hub was created, what features it contains & how useful it is to campaigners. As always, there… Continue Reading Watch Again: Yes Corner No. 7

The Hub provides an easy to use method of including different parts of our app on your own website. From events to fundraisers, livestreams to entire timelines - with just two lines of code you can get the same data as The Hub, with 3 different themes to choose from.… Continue Reading Get Our Fact Check Area On Your Website

Coverage of the latest release of The Hub has made it into The National 👇

I am very proud to announce the public release of The Hub v5 for iOS devices, an absolutely huge update that vastly improves many areas of the app. This blog post covers the majority of the changes. New Contextualised Areas The biggest aim for this update was to get information… Continue Reading The Hub v5 iOS App Released

Two years on from the 2014 vote, the TORIES once again threaten the economic destruction of the island...

I am very pleased to announce The Hub website has been upgraded to v5. This blog post covers the majority of the changes. New Contextualised Areas The biggest aim for this update was to get information to the user faster than before as well as increasing the amount of information… Continue Reading The Hub v5 Website Released

I am very proud to announce the public release of The Hub v5 for Android devices, an absolutely huge update that vastly improves many areas of the app. This blog post covers the majority of the changes. New Contextualised Areas The biggest aim for this update was to get information… Continue Reading The Hub v5 Android App Released

Very excited to announce that v5 of The Hub Android app has been made available for download on the Play Store.

Get it here: play.google.com/...ub.yes2hub

I have spent the last 3 weeks working on a refreshed layout for The Hub on Android and have released the BETA for people to download. There are some fairly significant changes that I will list here. The largest change is that the main areas (articles, events, media, fundraisers) have… Continue Reading The Hub v5 Available For Testing

Since the start of 2021 The Hub has sent over 130,000 notifications to inform members of new content, making it by far the best way for your Yes group to let fellow Yessers know what you are up to.

Download the app at thehub.scot/apps

The Hub provides you with quick scripts you can copy and paste onto your website to show upcoming events from around the country. There are a variety of options to fine-tune how the events appear (such as showing events from grassroots only & selecting the number of events). However, if… Continue Reading Tutorial: How To Use the API To Show Events On Your Website

The Hub has for some time had the ability to advertise items for Yes groups, such as upcoming events, important Fact Checks, noteworthy podcasts etc. All advertising is provided at no cost and appears on a member's timeline regardless if they follow your group or not. The website and mobile… Continue Reading Local Yes Group Adverts Go Live