From: Tobias Diekershoff Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2015 09:08:45 +0000 (+0200) Subject: updated Install.txt and added REDME.md X-Git-Url: https://git.mxchange.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=ae23a164f520fa4989d401feeaef6ffe85b55167;p=friendica-addons.git updated Install.txt and added REDME.md --- diff --git a/INSTALL.txt b/INSTALL.txt index ec9372e8..f45e86b8 100644 --- a/INSTALL.txt +++ b/INSTALL.txt @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ This will clone the entire repository in a directory called addon. They can now * Install Manually * ******************** -1. Download the archive (AddonName.tgz) containing the addon you want to install. +1. Download the archive (Download ZIP button) containing the addons. 2. Unzip the contents of the archive to your harddrive. 3. Upload the extracted directory and all it's contents to /path/to/friendica/addon. You will need to create the addon directory if this is the first addon you have installed. 4. Activate the addon in the plugins section of your admin panel. diff --git a/README.md b/README.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..84f17de8 --- /dev/null +++ b/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@ +Addons for Friendica +==================== + +This repository is a collection of plugins for the [Friendica Social Communications Server](https://github.com/friendica/friendica). +You can add these plugins to the /addon directory of your Friendica installation +do extend the functionality of your node. + +After uploading the addons to your server, you need to activate the desired addons +in the Admin panel. Addons not activated have no effect on your node. + +You can find more addons in the [Friendica Addon listing](https://addons.friendo.ca) +in cases the addon developers have choosen not to include them here. + +Connectors +---------- + +Among these plugins there are also the [connectors](https://github.com/friendica/friendica/blob/master/doc/Connectors.md) for various other networks +(e.g. Twitter, pump.io, Google+) that are needed for communication when the +protocoll is not supported by Friendica core (DFRN, OStatus and Diaspora). + +For communication with contacts in networks supporting those (e.g. GNU social, +Diaspora and red#matrix) you just need to access the page configuration in the +Admin panel and enable them. For networks where communication is only possible +the API access to a remote account, you need to activate the fitting connectors. + +Development +----------- + +The addon interface of Friendica is very flexible and powerful, so if you are +missing functionality, your chances are high it may be added with an addon. +See the [documentation](https://github.com/friendica/friendica/blob/master/doc/Plugins.md) for more informations on the plugin development.