Abstract for longer posts
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-If you want to spread your post to several third party networks you can
-have the problem that these networks have (for example) a length
-limitation. (Like on Twitter)
+If you want to spread your post to several third party networks you can have the problem that these networks have (for example) a length limitation. (Like on Twitter)
-Friendica is using a semi intelligent mechanism to generate a fitting
-abstract. But it can be interesting to define an own abstract that will
-only be displayed on the external network. This is done with the
-[abstract]-element. Example:
+Friendica is using a semi intelligent mechanism to generate a fitting abstract. But it can be interesting to define an own abstract that will only be displayed on the external network. This is done with the [abstract]-element. Example:
<pre>[abstract]Totally interesting! A must-see! Please click the link![/abstract]
I want to tell you a really boring story that you really never wanted
to hear.</pre>
-Twitter would display the text "Totally interesting! A must-see! Please
-click the link!". On Friendica you would only see the text after "I
-want to tell you a really ..."
+Twitter would display the text "Totally interesting! A must-see! Please click the link!". On Friendica you would only see the text after "I want to tell you a really ..."
It is even possible to define abstracts for separate networks:
Today I was in the woods and took some real cool pictures ...
</pre>
-For Twitter and App.net the system will use the defined abstracts. For
-other networks (e.g. when you are using the Statusnet connector) the
-general abstract element will be used.
+For Twitter and App.net the system will use the defined abstracts. For other networks (e.g. when you are using the Statusnet connector) the general abstract element will be used.
-If you use (for example) the "buffer" connector to post to Facebook or
-Google+ you can use this element to define an abstract for a longer
-blogpost that you don't want to post completely to these networks.
+If you use (for example) the "buffer" connector to post to Facebook or Google+ you can use this element to define an abstract for a longer blogpost that you don't want to post completely to these networks.
-Networks like Facebook or Google+ aren't length limited. For this reason
-the [abstract] element isn't used. Instead you have to name the explicit
-network:
+Networks like Facebook or Google+ aren't length limited. For this reason the [abstract] element isn't used. Instead you have to name the explicit network:
<pre>
[abstract]These days I had a strange encounter ...[abstract]
really cool.[abstract]
While taking pictures in the woods I had a really strange encounter ... </pre>
-The [abstract] element isn't working with the native OStatus connection
-or with connectors where we post the HTML. (Like Tumblr, Wordpress or
-Pump.io)
+The [abstract] element isn't working with the native OStatus connection or with connectors where we post the HTML. (Like Tumblr, Wordpress or Pump.io)
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