A Decentralized Social Network https://wiki.friendi.ca/ 2026-05-25T10:10:32+00:00 https://wiki.friendi.ca/ https://wiki.friendi.ca/_media/wiki/logo.png text/html 2022-06-16T16:09:37+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.friendi.ca/docs/api-twitter?rev=1655395777&do=diff Twitter API Overview Friendica provides the following endpoints defined in the official Twitter API reference. Authentication is the same as described in Using the APIs. Entities These endpoints use the Friendica API entities. Different behaviour * screen_name: The nick name in Friendica is only unique in each network but not for all networks. The users are searched in the following priority: Friendica, StatusNet/GNU Social, Diaspora, pump.io, Twitter. If no contact was found by this wa… text/html 2022-06-06T10:03:27+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.friendi.ca/docs/account_delegation?rev=1654509807&do=diff Account Delegation For various reasons it may be desire-able to have more then just one account. For instance to give each account different topics, to manage a forum account or a bot that imports external RSS feeds. Account delegation makes handling the different account more easy. text/html 2022-06-24T13:37:31+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.friendi.ca/docs/forums?rev=1656077851&do=diff Forums Friendica also lets you create community forums and other types of accounts that can function as discussion forums, celebrity accounts, announcement channels, news reflectors, or organization pages, depending on how you want to interact with others. Management of these pages can be delegated to other accounts, or a parent account can be designated to easily toggle multiple identities. text/html 2022-06-25T09:10:23+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.friendi.ca/docs/account-basics?rev=1656148223&do=diff Account Basics Registration Not all Friendica sites allow open registration. If registration is allowed, you will see a “Register” link immediately below the login prompt on the site’s home page. Following this link will take you to the site registration page. The strength of our network is that lots of different sites are all completely compatible with each other. If the site you’re visting doesn’t allow registration, or you think you might prefer another one, there is a text/html 2022-06-24T14:49:02+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.friendi.ca/docs/installing-connectors?rev=1656082142&do=diff Installing Connectors (Twitter/GNU Social) Friendica uses addons to provide connectivity to some networks, such as Twitter. There is also a addon to post through to an existing account on a GNU Social service. You only need this to post to an already existing GNU Social account, but not to communicate with GNU Social members in general. text/html 2025-01-05T18:52:43+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.friendi.ca/docs/api-authentication?rev=1736103163&do=diff Friendica API authentication You can authenticate requests to the Friendica API via two methods: HTTP Basic and OAuth. HTTP Basic is easy to use, but it requires your account password, so it grants complete access to your account. OAuth is significantly more involved, but has the ability to grant limited permissions, so that someone can use the text/html 2022-06-25T05:50:00+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.friendi.ca/docs/move-account?rev=1656136200&do=diff How to move your account between servers This is an experimental feature * Go to “Settings” -> “Export personal data” * Click on “Export account” to save your account data. * Save the file in a secure place! It contains your details, your contacts, groups, and personal settings. It also contains your secret keys to authenticate yourself to your contacts. text/html 2024-10-15T10:57:53+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.friendi.ca/docs/install?rev=1728989873&do=diff Friendica Installation We've tried very hard to ensure that Friendica will run on commodity hosting platforms - such as those used to host Wordpress blogs and Drupal websites. We offer a manual and an automatic installation. But be aware that Friendica is more than a simple web application. text/html 2022-06-25T06:28:12+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.friendi.ca/docs/settings?rev=1656138492&do=diff Settings If you are the admin of a Friendica node, you have access to the Admin Panel where you can configure your Friendica node. Overview In the main page of the admin panel you will see an information summary about your node. Queues The three numbers shown are respectively: - The retry queue: These outgoing messages couldn’t be received by the remote host, and will be resent at longer intervals before being dropped entirely after 30 days. - The deferred queue: These internal tasks failed… text/html 2022-05-15T09:11:01+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.friendi.ca/docs/two-factor-authentication?rev=1652605861&do=diff Two-Factor Authentication General * A two-factor authentication (2FA) can be configured using a mobile app. Then a Time-based One-Time Password (TOTP) application can be used, that automatically generates an authentication code. That code changes after a certain period of time. text/html 2024-01-21T14:17:58+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.friendi.ca/docs/user?rev=1705846678&do=diff User Documentation A collection of useful tips and tutorials for users of Friendica. * Abstracts - How to use abstracts in Friendica (or how to apply a content warning to your postings) * Image Descriptions - How to add an description to the images your are posting * Setting up TOTP/2FA security for your Friendica account * Bot - How to create a bot to publish contents of a RSS feed in the Fediverse * Scheduler - Publish Content on a selected date * Account Delegation - Manage mul… text/html 2022-06-16T16:37:29+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.friendi.ca/docs/api-gnu-social?rev=1655397449&do=diff GNU Social API Overview Friendica provides the following endpoints defined in the official GNU Social Twitter-like API reference. Authentication is the same as described in Using the APIs. Entities These endpoints use the Friendica API entities. Implemented endpoints * GET api/account/rate_limit_status * POST api/account/update_profile_image text/html 2021-05-24T05:54:31+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.friendi.ca/docs/home?rev=1621835671&do=diff Friendica Documentation and Resources User Manual * General functions - first steps * [Account Basics](help/Account-Basics) * [New User Quick Start](help/Quick-Start-guide) * [Creating posts](help/Text_editor) * [BBCode tag reference](help/BBCode) text/html 2022-02-11T09:03:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.friendi.ca/docs/export-import-contacts?rev=1644570193&do=diff Export / Import of followed Contacts In addition to move your account you can export and import the list of accounts you follow. The exported list is stored as CSV file that is compatible to the format used by other platforms as e.g. Mastodon, Misskey or Pleroma. Export of followed Contacts text/html 2022-06-06T07:24:26+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.friendi.ca/docs/bot?rev=1654500266&do=diff How to Create a Bot The task for the bot is to pull in RSS/Atom feeds into the Fediverse. Why? There are many wonderful offers on the Internet whose updates are published via RSS. In order to make them easily accessible to the inhabitants of the Fediverse, so-called bots can provide this content as a teaser. text/html 2020-09-20T19:19:42+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.friendi.ca/docs/config?rev=1600629582&do=diff Config values that can only be set in config/local.config.php * [Home](help) Friendica's configuration is done in two places: in PHP array configuration files and in the `config` database table. Database config values overwrite the same file config values. text/html 2022-06-24T15:42:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.friendi.ca/docs/remove-account?rev=1656085372&do=diff Remove Account We don't like to see people leave Friendica, but if you need to remove your account, you should visit the URL http://example.com/removeme with your web browser. You will need to be logged in at the time. You will be asked for your password to confirm the request. If this matches your stored password, your account will immediately be marked as deleted. There is no grace period, this action cannot be reverted. Most of your content and user data will be deleted shortly in the bac… text/html 2022-06-16T16:43:23+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.friendi.ca/docs/api-mastodon?rev=1655397803&do=diff Mastodon API Overview Friendica provides the following endpoints defined in the official Mastodon API reference. Authentication is the same as described in Using the APIs. Clients Supported apps For supported apps please have a look at the FAQ Unsupported apps Android * Fedilab Automatically uses the legacy text/html 2022-06-09T08:51:26+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.friendi.ca/docs/bbcode?rev=1654764686&do=diff Friendica BBCode tags reference Friendica is using the BBCode markup language to format postings and comments. Alternatively the admin of a Friendica node can activate an addon to also support Markdown. How a rich text formatted posting or comment will be displayed in other projects of text/html 2022-06-25T06:39:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.friendi.ca/docs/install-ejabberd?rev=1656139189&do=diff ejabberd and prosody XMPP server with synchronized credentials Ejabberd is a chat server that uses XMPP as messaging protocol that you can use with a large amount of clients. In conjunction with the “xmpp” addon it can be used for a web based chat solution for your users. text/html 2022-05-02T09:29:18+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.friendi.ca/docs/post_to_lemmy_from_friendica?rev=1651483758&do=diff How to post to Lemmy from your Friendica account What is Lemmy To quote the Lemmy project " Lemmy is similar to sites like Reddit, Lobste.rs, or Hacker News: you subscribe to forums you're interested in, post links and discussions, then vote, and comment on them. Behind the scenes, it is very different; anyone can easily run a server, and all these servers are federated (think email), and connected to the same universe, called the Fediverse. text/html 2022-06-24T14:54:08+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.friendi.ca/docs/accesskeys?rev=1656082448&do=diff Accesskeys reference Access keys are keyboard shortcuts that allow you to easily navigate the user interface. Access keys are currently not available with the Frio theme. The specific key combinations depend on how your browser’s the modifier key setting. For an overview of modifier keys in different browsers, have a lookat text/html 2022-06-25T06:59:09+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.friendi.ca/docs/chats?rev=1656140349&do=diff Chats There are two possibilities to use chat on your friendica site * IRC Chat * XMPP/Jabber IRC-Chat Addon After activating the addon, you can find the chat at example.com/irc (if your Friendica nodes domain name is example.com). Note: you can use this chat without any login at your site so that everyone could use it. text/html 2022-06-24T14:31:05+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.friendi.ca/docs/connectors?rev=1656081065&do=diff Connectors Connectors allow you to connect with external social networks and services. They are only required for posting to existing accounts on Twitter or GNU Social. There is also a connector for accessing your email INBOX. If the following network connectors are installed on your system, select the following links to visit the appropriate settings page and configure them for your account: text/html 2022-06-24T14:14:41+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.friendi.ca/docs/github?rev=1656080081&do=diff Friendica on GitHub Here is how you can work on the code with us. If you have any questions please write to the Friendica developers’ forum. Introduction to the workflow with our GitHub repository * Install git on the system you will be developing on. text/html 2022-06-25T10:10:01+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.friendi.ca/docs/addons?rev=1656151801&do=diff Friendica Addon development Please see the sample addon ‘randplace’ for a working example of using some of these features. Addons work by intercepting event hooks - which must be registered. Modules work by intercepting specific page requests (by text/html 2024-03-31T17:39:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.friendi.ca/docs/admin?rev=1711906760&do=diff Friendica Administration Most of the administrative work--basic settings, user management etc.--of a Friendica node is done in the Admin Panel (example.com/admin) of the node. Some of the administrative features, mostly new ones, have not made it into the panel yet, but they are available with the command line interface of Friendica, which is provided by text/html 2024-01-21T14:38:26+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.friendi.ca/docs/channel?rev=1705847906&do=diff Channels Channels were introduced in version 2023.12 to Friendica. They allow users to define rules that are used to filter the content displayed in the channels timeline. Channels can be used as alternative to the usual network stream sorting and the usage of filters. You can define channels in your account settings in the channels section. text/html 2022-11-04T15:42:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.friendi.ca/docs/database?rev=1667576554&do=diff Database Tables Table Description 2fa_app_specific_passwordTwo-factor app-specific _password 2fa_recovery_codes Two-factor authentication recovery codes text/html 2023-07-27T04:41:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.friendi.ca/docs/fulltext_search?rev=1690432881&do=diff Search in Friendica Depending on the settings users of Friendica can perform searches for various things using the /search page (or the search bar in the upper navigation panel). The search is performed on the Friendica node itself, so only the content known to the Friendica node can be found. text/html 2022-06-24T15:37:35+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.friendi.ca/docs/making-friends?rev=1656085055&do=diff Making Friends Friendship in Friendica can sometimes take on different meaning. But let’s keep it simple; you want to be friends with somebody. How do you do it? The Directories Friendica has two different kinds of “address book”. The directory of the Friendica server you are registered on and a global directory to which your and other Friendica servers submit account information. text/html 2022-05-04T06:04:39+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.friendi.ca/docs/scheduler?rev=1651644279&do=diff Scheduler - time controlled publishing Why is this useful? For different reasons it might be useful no to publish something the moment you've written it. For example, you might want to post a reminder for an event you've just created. Or you want to ensure a bigger audience (to be awake) so you don't publish the posting far after midnight when you finally finished writing it, but rather during the next morning. text/html 2022-06-24T15:49:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.friendi.ca/docs/smarty3-templates?rev=1656085774&do=diff Friendica Templating Documentation Friendica uses Smarty 3 as PHP templating engine. The main templates are found in /view/templates theme authors may overwrite the default templates by putting a files with the same name into the /view/themes/$themename/templates text/html 2022-06-25T08:57:30+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.friendi.ca/docs/text_comment?rev=1656147450&do=diff Comment, sort and delete posts This article will guide you through the basic interaction possibilities you have on a posting in your network stream. [Screenshot from the interaction possibilities with a postings (in this case an event), taken from the frio theme] Buttons below the Posting * Like / Dislike: With these buttons you can add a like (or dislike) to the posting as quick reaction. The text/html 2020-09-27T17:21:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.friendi.ca/docs/translations?rev=1601227284&do=diff Friendica translations Overview The Friendica translation process is based on gettext PO files. Basic worflow: * xgettext is used to collect translation strings across the project in the authoritative PO file located in view/lang/C/messages.po text/html 2022-11-26T09:16:09+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.friendi.ca/docs/verify_homepage?rev=1669454169&do=diff Homepage Verification If you want to verify that the website you put into the Homepage field of your Friendica profile really belongs to you, you can do so using the rel-me microformat. Which basically is a machine read-able link to an URL in the internet that is also me