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* [Home](help)
-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)**
* **[How can I view Friendica in a certain language?](help/FAQ#language)**
-* **[What is the difference between blocked|ignored|archived|hidden contacts?](help/FAQ#contacts)**
+* **[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)**
-* **[Are there any clients for friendica I can use?](help/FAQ#clients)**
-* **[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)**
+
+
+### 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)
+ * Community chat rooms (the IRC, Matrix and XMPP rooms are bridged) these public chats are logged [from IRC](https://gnusociarg.nsupdate.info/2021/%23friendica/) and [Matrix](https://view.matrix.org/alias/%23friendi.ca:matrix.org/)
+ * XMPP: support(at)forum.friendi.ca
+ * IRC: #friendica at [libera.chat](https://web.libera.chat/?channels=#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)
+
-User
---------
### Why do I get warnings about SSL certificates?
@@ -94,26 +101,33 @@ in German:
When a certain language is forced, the language remains until session is closed.
-### What is the difference between blocked|ignored|archived|hidden contacts?
+### How do blocked, ignored, archived and hidden contacts behave?
+
+##### Blocked
-We prevent direct communication with **blocked contacts**.
-They are not included in delivery, and their own posts to you are not imported.
+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.
-**Ignored contacts** are included in delivery - they will receive your posts and private messages.
+##### Ignored
+
+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.
+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.
-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 his/her conversations with your other friends.
+##### Archived
-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.)
+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.
-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.
+##### Hidden
+
+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.
### What happens when an account is removed?
@@ -155,85 +169,59 @@ Example: Friendica Support
https://forum.friendi.ca/feed/helpers/comments
-### Are there any clients for friendica I can use?
-
-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:
-
-* Android
- * [Friendiqa](https://git.friendi.ca/lubuwest/Friendiqa) (available in Google Playstore or from a binary repository you can add to [F-Droid](https://freunde.ma-nic.de/display/3e98eba8185a13c5bdbf3d1539646854))
- * [Fedilab](https://fedilab.app/) (available in F-Droid and Google stores)
- * [DiCa](https://dica.mixi.cool/)
- * AndStatus
- * Twidere
- * Mustard and Mustard-Mod
-* SailfishOS
- * [Friendly](https://openrepos.net/content/fabrixxm/friendly#comment-form)
-* Linux
- * Hotot
- * Choqok
-* MacOS X
- * Hotot
-* Windows
- * [Friendica Mobile](https://www.microsoft.com/de-DE/store/p/friendica-mobile/9nblggh0fhmn?rtc=1) for Windows 10
- * Hotot
-
-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).
-
-
-
-### Where I can find help?
+### 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://forum.friendi.ca/profile/helpers).
-If you can't use your default profile you can use an account at a public site [list](https://dir.friendica.social/servers).
+Friendica supports [Mastodon API](help/API-Mastodon) and [Twitter API | gnusocial](help/api).
+This means you can use some of the Mastodon and Twitter clients for Friendica.
+The available features are client specific and may differ.
-In case you do not want to set up another account on Friendica, you can also use one of the following channels to reach out for help:
+#### Android
- * [Friendica Support Forum](https://forum.friendi.ca/~helpers)
- * [Mailing List Archive](http://mailman.friendi.ca/mailman/listinfo/support-friendi.ca) you can subscribe to the list by sending an email to ``support-request(at)friendi.ca?subject=subscribe``
- * XMPP/Jabber MUC: support(at)forum.friendi.ca
- * IRC: #friendica at irc.freenode.net
- * Matrix: #friendi.ca or #friendica at matrix.org
+* [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))
+* [B4X for Pleroma & Mastodon](https://github.com/AnywhereSoftware/B4X-Pleroma)
+* [Fedi](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fediverse.app)
+* [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))
+* [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))
+* [Husky](https://git.sr.ht/~captainepoch/husky) ([F-Droid](https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=su.xash.husky), [Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=su.xash.husky))
+* [Mastodon for Android](https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon-android) (F-Droid: Pending, [Google-Play](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.joinmastodon.android))
+* [Subway Tooter](https://github.com/tateisu/SubwayTooter)
+* [Tooot](https://tooot.app/)
+* [Tusky](https://tusky.app) ([F-Droid](https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=com.keylesspalace.tusky), [Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.keylesspalace.tusky))
+* [Twidere](https://github.com/TwidereProject/Twidere-Android) ([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))
+* [TwidereX](https://github.com/TwidereProject/TwidereX-Android) ([F-Droid](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.twidere.twiderex/), [Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.twidere.twiderex))
+* [Yuito](https://github.com/accelforce/Yuito) ([Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.accelf.yuito))
-Admin
---------
+#### SailfishOS
-
-### Can I configure multiple domains with the same code instance?
+* [Friendly](https://openrepos.net/content/fabrixxm/friendly), last update: 2018
-No, this function is no longer supported as of Friendica 3.3 onwards.
+#### iOS
-
-### Where can I find the source code of friendica, addons and themes?
+* [B4X for Pleroma & Mastodon](https://github.com/AnywhereSoftware/B4X-Pleroma) ([AppStore](https://apps.apple.com/app/b4x-pleroma/id1538396871))
+* [Fedi](https://fediapp.com) ([AppStore](https://apps.apple.com/de/app/fedi-for-pleroma-and-mastodon/id1478806281))
+* [Mastodon for iPhone and iPad](https://joinmastodon.org/apps) ([AppStore](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/mastodon-for-iphone/id1571998974))
+* [Stella*](https://www.stella-app.net/) ([AppStore](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/stella-for-mastodon-twitter/id921372048))
+* [Tooot](https://github.com/tooot-app) ([AppStore](https://apps.apple.com/app/id1549772269), Data collection (not linked to identity)
+* [Tootle](https://mastodon.cloud/@tootleapp) ([AppStore](https://apps.apple.com/de/app/tootle-for-mastodon/id1236013466)), last update: 2020
-You can find the main repository [here](https://github.com/friendica/friendica).
-There you will always find the current stable version of friendica.
+#### Linux
-Addons are listed at [this page](https://github.com/friendica/friendica-addons).
+* [Choqok](https://choqok.kde.org)
+* [Whalebird](https://whalebird.social)
+* [TheDesk](https://ja.mstdn.wiki/TheDesk)
+* [Toot](https://toot.readthedocs.io/en/latest/)
+* [Tootle](https://github.com/bleakgrey/tootle)
-If you are searching for new themes, you can find them at [Friendica-Themes.com](http://friendica-themes.com/)
-
-
-### I've changed my email address now the admin panel is gone?
-
-Have a look into your config/local.config.php and fix your email address there.
-
-
-### Can there be more then one admin for a node?
-
-Yes.
-You just have to list more then one email address in the
-config/local.config.php file.
-The listed emails need to be separated by a comma.
+#### macOS
-
-### The Database structure seems not to be updated. What can I do?
+* [Mastonaut](https://mastonaut.app/) ([AppStore](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/mastonaut/id1450757574)), closed source
+* [Whalebird](https://whalebird.social/en/desktop/contents) ([AppStore](https://apps.apple.com/de/app/whalebird/id1378283354), [GitHub](https://github.com/h3poteto/whalebird-desktop))
-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.
+#### Windows
-You can manually execute the structure update from the CLI in the base directory of your Friendica installation by running the following command:
+* [Whalebird](https://whalebird.social/en/desktop/contents) ([Website Download](https://whalebird.social/en/desktop/contents/downloads#windows), [GitHub](https://github.com/h3poteto/whalebird-desktop))
- bin/console dbstructure update
+#### Web Frontend
-if there occur any errors, please contact the [support forum](https://forum.friendi.ca/profile/helpers).
+* [Halcyon](https://www.halcyon.social/)
+* [Pinafore](https://github.com/nolanlawson/pinafore)