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Docs: plain HTTP at home for a self-signed server (server#128, frontend#101) - #131

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Docs for the matching server and app PRs (merge after them). User Guide and Developer Docs pages; no screenshots changed (none show the new UI).

The apps can't trust the default self-signed certificate, so the server now
answers plain HTTP on its port to home-network devices (tls.home_http).
Remote access explains it (and the Docker gateway trade-off) and no longer
suggests the apps get around the self-signed limit; troubleshooting gains
"The app can't connect, but the browser can"; the connect, mobile apps,
Chromecast, Docker quickstart and admin server pages, the configuration
reference (key, env, setting, Home HTTP section), security notes and the
API reference's home address rule follow.
… server_id)

The app's fallback to the link's http home address checks GET /server's server_id there against the link's sid before sending the pairing token in cleartext.
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