User
+* **[Where I can find help?](help/FAQ#help)**
* **[Why do I getting warnings about certificates?](help/FAQ#ssl)**
+* **[How can I upload images, files, links, videos and sound files to posts?](help/FAQ#upload)**
* **[Is it possible to have different avatars per profile?](help/FAQ#avatars)**
-* **[What is the difference between blocked|ignored|archived|hidden contacts?](help/FAQ#contacts)**
+* **[How can I view Friendica in a certain language?](help/FAQ#language)**
+* **[How do blocked, ignored, archived and hidden contacts behave?](help/FAQ#contacts)**
* **[What happens when an account is removed? Is it truly deleted?](help/FAQ#removed)**
* **[Can I subscribe to a hashtag?](help/FAQ#hashtag)**
* **[How to create a RSS feed of the stream?](help/FAQ#rss)**
-* **[Where I can find help?](help/FAQ#help)**
+* **[What friendica clients can I use?](help/FAQ#clients)**
Admins
* **[Can I configure multiple domains with the same code instance?](help/FAQ#multiple)**
* **[Where can I find the source code of friendica, addons and themes?](help/FAQ#sources)**
+* **[I've changed the my email address now the admin panel is gone?](help/FAQ#adminaccount1)**
+* **[Can there be more then just one admin for a node?](help/FAQ#adminaccount2)**
+* **[The Database structure seems not to be updated. What can I do?](help/FAQ#dbupdate)**
User
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-*****
+<a name="help"></a>
+
+### Where I can find help?
+
+If this FAQ does not answer your question you can always reach out to the community via the following options:
+
+ * Friendica Support Forum: [@helpers@forum.friendi.ca](https://forum.friendi.ca/~helpers)
+ * XMPP: support(at)forum.friendi.ca
+ * IRC: [#friendica at freenode.net](https://webchat.freenode.net/?settings=#friendica)
+ * Matrix: [#friendica-en:matrix.org](https://matrix.to/#/#friendica-en:matrix.org) or [#friendi.ca:matrix.org](https://matrix.to/#/#friendi.ca:matrix.org)
+ * [Mailing List](http://mailman.friendi.ca/mailman/listinfo/support-friendi.ca)
+ <!--- * [XMPP](xmpp:support@forum.friendi.ca?join)
+ https://github.com/github/markup/issues/202
+ https://github.com/gjtorikian/html-pipeline/pull/307
+ https://github.com/github/opensource.guide/pull/807
+ --->
+
<a name="ssl"></a>
+### Why do I get warnings about SSL certificates?
-**Why do I getting warnings about certificates?**
+SSL (Secure Socket Layer) is a technology to encrypt data transfer between computers.
+Sometimes your browser warns you about a missing or invalid certificate.
+These warnings can have three reasons:
-Sometimes you get a browser warning about a missing certificate. These warnings can have three reasons:
+1. The server you are connected to doesn't offer SSL encryption.
+2. The server has a self-signed certificate (not recommended).
+3. The certificate is expired.
-1. the server you are connected to doesn't have SSL;
+We recommend to talk to the admin(s) of the affected friendica server. (Admins, please see the respective section of the [admin manual](help/SSL).)
-2. the server has a self-signed certificate (not recommended)
+<a name="upload"></a>
+### How can I upload images, files, links, videos and sound files to posts?
-3. the certificate is expired.
+You can upload images from your computer using the [editor](help/Text_editor).
+An overview of all uploaded images is listed at *yourpage.com/photos/profilename*.
+On that page, you can also upload images directly and choose if your contacts will receive a message about this upload.
-*(SSL (Secure Socket Layer) is a technology to encrypt data as it passes between two computers).*
+Generally, you can attach any kind of file to a post.
+This is possible by using the "paper-clip"-symbol in the editor.
+These files will be linked to your post and can be downloaded by your contacts.
+But it's not possible to get a preview for these items.
+Because of this, this upload method is only recommended for office or zipped files.
+If you want to share content from Dropbox, Owncloud or any other [filehoster](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_file_hosting_services), use the "link"-button (chain-symbol).
-If you dont have a SSL cert yet, there are three ways to get one: buy one, get a free one (eg. via StartSSL) or create your own (not recommended). [You can find more information about setting up SSL and why it's a bad idea to use self-signed SSL here.](help/SSL)
+When you're adding URLs of other webpages with the "link"-button, Friendica tries to create a small preview.
+If this doesn't work, try to add the link by typing: [url=http://example.com]*self-chosen name*[/url].
-Be aware that a browser warning about security issues is something that can make new users feel insecure about the whole friendica project.
-Because of this, Friendica Red will only accept SSL certs signed by a recognized CA and doesn't connect to servers without these kind of SSL. Despite of the negative aspects of SSL, this is a necessary solution until there is an established alternative for this technique.
+You can also add video and audio files to posts.
+However, instead of a direct upload you have to use one of the following methods:
-Also you can have problems with the connection to diaspora because some pods require a SSL-certificated connection.
+1. Add the video or audio link of a hoster (Youtube, Vimeo, Soundcloud and anyone else with oembed/opengraph-support). Videos will be shown with a preview image you can click on to start. SoundCloud directly inserts a player to your post.
-If you are just using friendica for a specified group of people on a single server without a connection to the rest of the friendica network, there is no need to use SSL. If you exclusively use public posts, there is also no need for it.
+2. If you have your own server, you can upload multimedia files via FTP and insert the URL.
-If you havn't set up a server yet, it's wise to compare the different provider and their SSL conditions. Some allow the usage of free certificates or give you the access to their certificate for free. Other ones only allow bought certificates from themselves or other providers.
+Friendica uses HTML5 for embedding content.
+Therefore, the supported files are dependent on your browser and operating system.
+Some supported file types are WebM, MP4, MP3 and OGG.
+See Wikipedia for more of them ([video](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML5_video), [audio](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML5_audio)).
<a name="avatars"></a>
+### Is it possible to have different avatars per profile?
-**Is it possible to have different avatars per profile?**
+Yes.
+On your Edit/Manage Profiles page, you will find a "change profile photo" link.
+Clicking this will take you to a page where you can upload a photograph and select which profile it will be associated with.
+To avoid privacy leakage, we only display the photograph associated with your default profile as the avatar in your posts.
-Yes. On your Edit/Manage Profiles page, you will find a "change profile photo" link. Clicking this will take you to a page where you can upload a photograph and select which profile it will be associated with. To avoid privacy leakage, we only display the photograph associated with your default profile as the avatar in your posts.
+<a name="language"></a>
+### How can I view Friendica in a certain language?
-<a name="contacts"></a>
+You can do this by adding the `lang` parameter to the url in your url bar.
+The data in the parameter is a [ISO 639-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_639-1_codes) code.
+A question mark is required for the separation between url and parameters.
-**What is the difference between blocked|ignored|archived|hidden contacts?**
+Example:
-We prevent direct communication with blocked contacts. They are not included in delivery, and their own posts to you are not imported; however their conversations with your friends will still be visible in your stream. If you remove a contact completely, they can send you another friend request. Blocked contacts cannot do this. They cannot communicate with you directly, only through friends.
+ https://social.example.com/profile/example
-Ignored contacts are included in delivery - they will receive your posts. However we do not import their posts to you. Like blocking, you will still see this person's comments to posts made by your friends.
+in German:
-[A plugin called "blockem" can be installed to collapse/hide all posts from a particular person in your stream if you desire complete blocking of an individual, including his/her conversations with your other friends.]
+ https://social.example.com/profile/example?lang=de.
-An archived contact means that communication is not possible and will not be attempted (perhaps the person moved to a new site and removed the old profile); however unlike blocking, existing posts this person made before being archived will be visible in your stream.
+When a certain language is forced, the language remains until session is closed.
-A hidden contact will not be displayed in any "friend list" (except to you). However a hidden contact will appear normally in conversations and this may expose his/her hidden status to anybody who can see the conversation.
+<a name="contacts"></a>
+### How do blocked, ignored, archived and hidden contacts behave?
-<a name="removed"></a>
+##### Blocked
-**What happens when an account is removed? Is it truly deleted?**
+Direct communication will be blocked.
+Blocked contacts are not included in delivery, and their own posts to you are not imported.
+However their conversations with your friends will still be visible in your stream.
+If you remove a contact completely, they can send you another friend request.
+Blocked contacts cannot do this. They cannot communicate with you directly, only through friends.
-If you delete your account, we will immediately remove all your content on your server, and then issue requests to all your contacts to remove you. This will also remove you from the global directory. Doing this requires that your account and profile still be "partially" available for up to 24 hours in order to establish contact with all your friends. We can block it in several ways so that it appears empty and all profile information erased, but will then wait for 24 hours (or after all of your contacts have been notified) before we can physically remove it.
+##### Ignored
-<a name="hashtag"></a>
+Ignored contacts are included in delivery and will receive your posts and private messages.
+However we do not import their posts or private messages to you.
+Like blocking you will still see this person's comments to posts made by your friends.
+
+An addon called "blockem" can be installed to collapse/hide all posts from a particular person in your stream if you desire complete blocking of an individual, including their conversations with your other friends.
-**Can I follow a hashtag?**
+##### Archived
-No. The act of 'following' a hashtags is an interesting technology, but presents a few issues.
+Communication is not possible and will not be attempted.
+However unlike blocking, existing posts this person made before being archived will be visible in your stream.
-1.) Posts which have to be copied to all sites on the network that are "listening" to that tag, which increases the storage demands to the detriment of small sites, and making the use of shared hosting practically impossible, and
+##### Hidden
-2.) Making spam easy (tag spam is quite a serious issue on identi.ca for instance)
+Contact not be displayed in your public friend list.
+However a hidden contact will appear normally in conversations and this may expose their hidden status to anybody who can see the conversation.
-but mostly
+<a name="removed"></a>
+### What happens when an account is removed?
-3.) It creates a natural bias towards large sites which hold more tagged content - if your network uses tagging instead of other conversation federation mechanisms such as groups/forums.
+If you remove your account, it will be scheduled for permanent deletion in *seven days*.
+As soon as you activate the deletion process you won't be able to login any more.
+Only the administrator of your node can halt this process prior to permanent deletion.
-Instead, we offer other mechanisms for wide-area conversations while retaining a 'level playing ground' for both large and small sites, such as forums and community pages and shared tags.
+After the elapsed time of seven days, all your posts, messages, photos, and personal information stored on your node will be deleted.
+Your node will also issue removal requests to all your contacts; this will also remove your profile from the global directory if you are listed.
+Your username cannot be reissued for future sign-ups for security reasons.
-<a name="rss"></a>
+<a name="hashtag"></a>
+### Can I follow a hashtag?
+
+Yes. Simply add the hash tag to your saved searches.
+The posts will appear on your network page.
+For technical reasons, your answers to such posts won't appear on the "personal" tab in the network page and the whole thread isn't accessible via the API.
-**How to create a RSS feed of the stream?**
+<a name="rss"></a>
+### How to create a RSS feed of the stream?
If you want to share your public page via rss you can use one of the following links:
-RSS feed of your posts
+#### RSS feed of your posts
- basic-url.com/**dfrn_poll/profilename
+ basic-url.com//feed/[nickname]/posts
- Example: Friendica Support
-
- https://helpers.pyxis.uberspace.de/dfrn_poll/helpers
+Example: Friendica Support
-RSS feed of the conversations at your site
+ https://forum.friendi.ca/feed/helpers/posts
- basic-url.com/dfrn_poll/profilename/converse
-
- Example: Friendica Support
-
- https://helpers.pyxis.uberspace.de/dfrn_poll/helpers/converse
+#### RSS feed of the conversations at your site
-<a name="help"></a>
+ basic-url.com/feed/profilename/comments
+
+Example: Friendica Support
+
+ https://forum.friendi.ca/feed/helpers/comments
-**Where I can find help?**
+<a name="clients"></a>
+### What friendica clients can I use?
-If you have problems with your Friendica page, you can ask the community at the [Friendica Support Group](https://helpers.pyxis.uberspace.de/profile/helpers). If you can't use your default profile you can either use a test account [test server](http://friendica.com/node/31) respectively an account at a public site [list](http://dir.friendica.com/siteinfo) or you can use the Librelist mailing list. If you want to use the mailing list, please just send a mail to friendica AT librelist DOT com.
+Friendica is using a [Twitter/GNU Social compatible API](help/api), which means you can use any 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:
-If you are using Friendica Red, you will also find help at this forum: [Friendica Red Development](https://myfriendica.net/profile/friendicared).
+* Android
+ * [Friendiqa](https://git.friendi.ca/lubuwest/Friendiqa) ([F-Droid](https://git.friendi.ca/lubuwest/Friendiqa#install), [Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.qtproject.friendiqa))
+ * [Fedilab](https://fedilab.app) ([F-Droid](https://f-droid.org/app/fr.gouv.etalab.mastodon), [Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.fedilab.android))
+ * [AndStatus](http://andstatus.org) ([F-Droid](https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=org.andstatus.app), [Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.andstatus.app))
+ * [Twidere](https://dimension.im/) ([F-Droid](https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=org.mariotaku.twidere), [Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.twidere.twiderex), [GitHub](https://github.com/TwidereProject/Twidere-Android))
+* SailfishOS
+ * [Friendly](https://openrepos.net/content/fabrixxm/friendly#comment-form)
+* Linux
+ * [Choqok](https://choqok.kde.org)
+* Windows
+ * [Friendica Mobile](https://www.microsoft.com/de-DE/store/p/friendica-mobile/9nblggh0fhmn?rtc=1) (Windows 10)
-If you are a theme developer, you will find help at this forum: [Friendica Theme Developers](https://friendica.eu/profile/ftdevs).
+Depending on the features of the client you might encounter some glitches in usability, like being limited in the length of your postings to 140 characters and having no access to the [permission settings](help/Groups-and-Privacy).
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-<a name="multiple"></a>
-**Can I configure multiple domains with the same code instance?**
+<a name="multiple"></a>
+### Can I configure multiple domains with the same code instance?
-You can do that. What you can't do is point two different domains at the same database. As long as .htconfig.php exists to keep it from trying to do an install, you can keep the real config in include/$hostname/.htconfig.php All of the cache and lock stuff can be configured per instance.
+No, this function is no longer supported as of Friendica 3.3 onwards.
<a name="sources"></a>
+### Where can I find the source code of friendica, addons and themes?
-**Where can I find the source code of friendica, addons and themes?**
-
-You can find the main respository [here](https://github.com/friendica/friendica). There you will always find the current stable version of friendica. The source files of Friendica Red are [here](https://github.com/friendica/red).
+You can find the main repository [here](https://github.com/friendica/friendica).
+There you will always find the current stable version of friendica.
Addons are listed at [this page](https://github.com/friendica/friendica-addons).
-If you are searching for new themes, you can find them at [Friendica-Themes.com](http://friendica-themes.com/)
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+If you are searching for new themes, you can find them at [Friendica-Themes.com](http://friendica-themes.com/)
+
+<a name="adminaccount1"></a>
+### I've changed my email address now the admin panel is gone?
+
+Have a look into your <tt>config/local.config.php</tt> and fix your email address there.
+
+<a name="adminaccount2"></a>
+### Can there be more then one admin for a node?
+
+Yes.
+You just have to list more then one email address in the
+<tt>config/local.config.php</tt> file.
+The listed emails need to be separated by a comma.
+
+<a name="dbupdate">
+### The Database structure seems not to be updated. What can I do?
+
+Please have a look at the Admin panel under [DB updates](/admin/dbsync/) and follow the link to *check database structure*.
+This will start a background process to check if the structure is up to the current definition.
+
+You can manually execute the structure update from the CLI in the base directory of your Friendica installation by running the following command:
+
+ bin/console dbstructure update
+
+if there occur any errors, please contact the [support forum](https://forum.friendi.ca/profile/helpers).
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