A Decentralized Social Network https://wiki.friendi.ca/ 2026-05-20T04:41:34+00:00 https://wiki.friendi.ca/ https://wiki.friendi.ca/_media/wiki/logo.png text/html 2022-06-22T06:54:22+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.friendi.ca/docs/themes?rev=1655880862&do=diff Themes To change the look of friendica you have to touch the themes. The current default theme is frio but there are numerous others. Have a look at the community contributed theme repository for some of the themes (and theme customizations) the community has created. In case none of them suits your needs, there are several ways to change a theme. 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 2024-02-26T13:01:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.friendi.ca/wiki/syntax?rev=1708952484&do=diff Formatting Syntax DokuWiki supports some simple markup language, which tries to make the datafiles to be as readable as possible. This page contains all possible syntax you may use when editing the pages. Simply have a look at the source of this page by pressing 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 2022-06-24T13:39:57+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.friendi.ca/docs/addonstoragebackend?rev=1656077997&do=diff Friendica Storage Backend Addon development Storage backends can be added via addons. A storage backend is implemented as a class, and the plugin register the class to make it available to the system. The Storage Backend Class The class must live in text/html 2024-04-05T17:15:57+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.friendi.ca/de/docs/install?rev=1712337357&do=diff Friendica Installation Wir haben versucht, dass Friendica auf den unterschiedlichsten Hosting-Plattformen installierbar ist. Gute Chance bestehen, wenn auf dem Server eine Wordpress oder Drupal Installation möglich ist. Um Friendica zu installieren, bieten wir einen manuellen und einen voll automatischen Weg an. Aber bedenke, dass Friendica mehr als eine einfache Webanwendung ist. Es handelt sich um ein komplexes Kommunikationssystem, das eher an einen Email-Server erinnert als an einen Webserv… text/html 2022-06-24T13:48:02+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.friendi.ca/docs/developer-how-to-move-classes-to-src?rev=1656078482&do=diff How To Move Classes to src Friendica uses Composer to manage autoloading. This means that all the PHP class files moved to the src folder will be automatically included when the class it defines is first used in the flow. This is an improvement over the current require usage since files will be included on an actual usage basis instead of the presence of a 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 2023-03-26T18:34:46+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.friendi.ca/docs/tools?rev=1679855686&do=diff Admin Tools Friendica Tools In Friendicas bin/ directory is a build in command called console, that provides the following commands: addon Addon management cache Manage node cache config Edit site config contact Contact management createdoxygen Generate Doxygen headers dbstructure Do database updates docbloxerrorchecker Check the file tree for DocBlox errors extract Generate translation str… 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 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 2022-06-24T13:43:01+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.friendi.ca/docs/autoloader?rev=1656078181&do=diff Autoloader with Composer Friendica uses Composer to manage dependencies libraries and the class autoloader both for libraries and namespaced Friendica classes. It’s a command-line tool that downloads required libraries into the vendor folder and makes any namespaced class in 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 2022-06-23T16:00:06+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.friendi.ca/faq/friendica?rev=1656000006&do=diff FAQ / Friendica Common questions for Friendica: User FAQ Friendica is using a Twitter/GNU Social compatible API as well as a Mastodon compatible API, which means you can use any Mastodon/Twitter/GNU Social client for your platform as long as you can change the API path in its settings. Here is a list of known working clients: text/html 2022-06-16T16:35:58+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.friendi.ca/docs/api-friendica?rev=1655397358&do=diff Friendica API Overview Friendica provides the following specific endpoints. Authentication is the same as described in Using the APIs. Entities These endpoints uses the Friendica API entities. Endpoints GET api/friendica/events Returns a list of Event entities for the current logged in user. text/html 2022-08-24T04:39:00+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.friendi.ca/docs/developers-intro?rev=1661315940&do=diff Where to get started to help improve Friendica Do you want to help us improve Friendica? Here we have compiled some hints on how to get started and some tasks to help you choose. A project like Friendica is the sum of many different contributions. Very different skills are required to make good software, not all of them involve coding! text/html 2022-04-22T05:27:17+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.friendi.ca/docs/initicalconfiguration?rev=1650605237&do=diff First Steps Once you have installed Friendica successfully on your server, you might consider some customizations to make the experience better. Subscribe to Relay Services Finding interesting contacts in a new social network like the Fediverse can be hard. To get potentially interesting content onto your Friendica node without subscribing to random people on different node of the Fediverse, you can subscribe your node to a relay service. These relay services take all public postings from sub… 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 2022-06-24T13:45:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.friendi.ca/docs/composer?rev=1656078320&do=diff Using Composer Friendica uses Composer to manage dependencies libraries and the class autoloader both for libraries and namespaced Friendica classes. It’s a command-line tool that downloads required libraries into the vendor folder and makes any namespaced class in 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 2020-09-20T19:19:42+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.friendi.ca/de/docs/addons?rev=1600629582&do=diff Friendica Addon/Entwicklung * [Zur Startseite der Hilfe](help) Bitte schau dir das Beispiel-Addon “randplace” für ein funktionierendes Beispiel für manche der hier aufgeführten Funktionen an. Das Facebook-Addon bietet ein Beispiel dafür, die 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 2022-07-18T09:13:40+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.friendi.ca/docs/improve-performance?rev=1658135620&do=diff How to improve the performance of a Friendica site Feel free to ask in the Friendica support forum if you need some clarification about the following instructions or if you need help in any other way. System configuration Please go to /admin/site/ on your system and change the following values: 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 2022-06-24T15:49:34+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 2022-06-17T07:38:56+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.friendi.ca/docs/update?rev=1655451536&do=diff Updating Friendica When a new version of Friendica is published a release note contains details about the updating process of that version specific. Including known cliffs during the process and cornerstone releases that you should update to before installing the newest release. text/html 2022-10-17T05:30:00+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.friendi.ca/docs/vagrant?rev=1665984600&do=diff Vagrant for Friendica Developers Getting started Vagrant is a virtualization solution for developers. No need to setup up a webserver, database etc. before actually starting. Vagrant creates a virtual machine for you that you can just run inside VirtualBox and start to work directly on Friendica. text/html 2024-03-04T09:19:03+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.friendi.ca/press?rev=1709543943&do=diff Press Room Some references to articles, events and media productions dealing with Friendica sorted by year of publication. If a source has no language indication, the language used is English. 2023 * Setting up Friendica on Unraid by jenovarain.com * Verifikation von Friendica Accounts mittels Keyoxide von Tobias Diekershoff (DE) text/html 2023-08-04T04:43:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.friendi.ca/start?rev=1691124232&do=diff [Friendica Wiki, image showing the project logo and Flaxy O’Hare the mascot of the project] Hi, i am Flaxy O’Hare, the Mascot of Friendica. Welcome to the wiki of the Friendica Project! This wiki aim to provide helpful resources for all members of the Friendica community, be they users, admins or developers. User Documentation #newhere Information for newcomers text/html 2020-09-27T19:34:40+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.friendi.ca/activitys/hackathon2020?rev=1601235280&do=diff Friendica Hackathon 2020 We hacked the whole weekend to create a better experience of Friendica! :laughing: Here are some of the things we did: * Start a new Wiki (this one) * Many software improvements for the next Friendica version. * ... text/html 2022-01-13T21:25:05+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.friendi.ca/de/start?rev=1642109105&do=diff [Friendica Wiki - Projekt Logo und Flaxy O’Hare, das Projektmaskottchen] Hallo, ich bin Flaxy O’Hare, das Maskottchen von Friendica. Willkommen auf dem Wiki des Friendica Projektes! Dies ist das Wiki für die Friendica Entwicklung und Gemeinschaft. Du findest hier alle Informationen rund um dieses, und mehr. Als Neuling solltest Du zunächst einen Blick in 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 2024-09-30T20:27:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.friendi.ca/docs/cofig-for-small-notes?rev=1727728044&do=diff Configuration Guide for small Nodes This guide aims to provide a collection of settings for nodes installed with limited resources. They are actively used on a small (family) node running on a RaspberryPi 4B (8GB ram). But other restricted environments, e.g. a small VPS or shared hosting fall into targeted hardware range. 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 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 2022-06-24T14:58:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.friendi.ca/docs/message-flow?rev=1656082701&do=diff Friendica Message Flow This page documents some of the details of how messages get from one person to another in the Friendica network. There are multiple paths, using multiple protocols and message formats. Those attempting to understand these message flows should become familiar with (at the minimum) the text/html 2022-06-24T15:05:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.friendi.ca/docs/ssl?rev=1656083128&do=diff Using SSL with Friendica Disclaimer This document has been updated in November 2016. SSL encryption is relevant for security. This means that recommended settings change fast. Keep your setup up to date and do not rely on this document being updated as fast as technologies change! text/html 2020-10-05T23:21:27+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.friendi.ca/docs/text_editor?rev=1601940087&do=diff Creating posts * [Home](help) Here you can find an overview of the different ways to create and edit your post. One click on the Pencil & Paper icon in the top right of your Home or Network page, or the “Share” text box, and the post editor shows up. Below are examples of the post editor in 3 of Friendica's common themes: text/html 2022-05-15T08:09:01+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.friendi.ca/faq/wiki?rev=1652602141&do=diff FAQ / Wiki Common questions for the Wiki, Friendica, ...: The localisation of DokuWiki (DW) works with a primary language which is English [EN]. All pages in EN are under the root directory without namespace code. The language localisations are found under the two-letter language namespaces (e.g. de,ru,fr,..) / with a similar structure. text/html 2020-09-20T19:19:42+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.friendi.ca/de/docs/faq?rev=1600629582&do=diff Häufig gestellte Fragen - FAQ * [Zur Startseite der Hilfe](help) Nutzer * [Warum erhalte ich Warnungen über fehlende Zertifikate?](help/FAQ#ssl) * [Wie kann ich Bilder, Dateien, Links, Video und Audio in Beiträge einfügen?](help/FAQ#upload) *