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#friendica #featureRequest
Hi there,
is there a way to change locally the profile picture displayed of a contact?
Haven't seen any option to that regard in the contact page.
I'm asking in part specifically because of the #eyeContact issues some people have. It's about the fact that they have real problems facing full face pictures that kinda "look straight at you", actually a known psychological effect not only in primates.
(Just stare consistently at a dog and you'll see. Well actually better you don't, unless you know what you are doing)
At the same time that's probably not the only reason a avatar could be unwanted for someone. So, optional I could think of or a standard feature that disallows the display of a avatar or a feature that allows to replace the avatar picture with something chosen by the user.
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Hi there,
the moment has come to do the first instance upgrade cycle in the life of this instalation to bring this server to the actual stable version 2024.12-1 in the comming days.
In part the idea is to document every step in a post similiar to the howTo instructions:
install and/or move friendica to ubuntu 22.04 LTS VPS server
in the @EDIT | don't follow! profile.
Right now we are on 2023.05, so we will have to update step by step to:
2023.12 | release notes
2024.03 | release notes
2024.08 | release notes
2024.12-1 | release notes
Are there any specific recomandations or details to have in mind besides the information expected to be found in every update release instruction?
This is basically a single user instance with round about 14 forum pages with few followers each and a total of 18 profiles with contacts in the activityPub and diaspora community and some RSS subscriptions. No other specific conectors are enabled.
Installed addons/apps:
blockbot, calc, impressum, js_upload, notifyall, nsfw, pageheader, phpmailer, qcomment, rendertime, showmore_dyn, startpage
DB backups amount to ~180MiB and the image file storage folder on ftp around ~400MiB.
Friendica stable | 'Giant Rhubarb' 2023.05 - 1518
PHP Version 8.1.2-1ubuntu2.14
VPS server | Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
4 Core CPU, 8 GB Ram with 300GB NVME Disk - unlimited traffic
hosted by @ raroun ๐
Notes:
This instances right now seems to work well.
Sometimes this profile here has some strange hickups like when following up the link of a post from this server in a stream view a message "Not Found |The requested item doesn't exist or has been deleted." Also right now profiles from contacts, for example @ hoergen or @ feb don't show up in the contact list but they are displayed as followed in the profile contact page.
#friendica #fediAdmin
Ver. 05 | install and/or move friendica to ubuntu 22.04 LTS VPS server
EDIT - information
This tutorial is supposed to be published by the tutorial profile of this server.It is designed to have several chapters, each being distinctively seperated by an own titel. In total as of now there are like besides this introduction like 6 chapters.
posting and edition time of and by this EDIT profileof ver05 as of now 1hs
mastodon review contact: @mสโข๏ปโขสm bitPickup
Categories:
@helpers@forum.friendi.ca SPOILER - click to open/close || Introduction
This tutorial is an adaption of the tutorial "creating a friendica server - ubuntu" by @Hank G โ๏ธ based on the experience of the installation report by @โฆแโฬคแแท jesuisatire bitPickup:https://squeet.me/display/962c3e10-5765-2e86-4a15-589579746174
and specific help by @Raroun.
Server specs and friendica version used:
VPS server | Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
PHP Version 8.1.2-1ubuntu2.14
4 Core CPU, 8 GB Ram with 300GB NVME Disk
Friendica [STABLE] | 'Giant Rhubarb' 2023.05 - 1518
SPOILER - click to open/close || Installation environment and HowTo
The only reasonable way to work with a VPSserver on the web is using the console.If you are not familiar with that don't worry, it is easy and the only thing you have to do is being able to copy/paste the commands displayed:
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Copy/paste only the codeBoxes like this one, located outside of the spoilers of this tutorial one after another without altering the sequence!Of course it is necessary to change the specific file names and passwords for you indiviual site, but that's all. promise!
On the console you wont be able to copy/paste with the keyboard ctrl-C/ctrl-V technique, you'll have to use the mouse "right click, chose option" technique.
This tutorial was created on a #debian #linux desktop environment.
There shouldn't be differences if you want to do this from a #windows machine.
The method used for communication between your local computer and the VPS server is called #SSH:
Wikipedia - Secure Shell:
"Cryptographic network protocol for secure data communication, remote shell services or command execution and other secure network services between two networked computers."
#linux #debian #ubuntu #friendica #fediVerse #fediTutorial #tutorial #fediHelp #fediTips #activityPub #HowTo #DIY #VPS #server #selfHosting
@admin@tupambae.org @tutorial@tupambae.org
Most #fediVerse platforms have profiles on their own platform and/or a #mastodon profile, because that's the kinda standard thought and behavior. But actually to me it looks like the #friendica #communityForum page capabilities exceed by far what mastodon or others have to offer. Well, I haven't digged into the fedi clone of reddit to see if that would be an even better option. What is true tho is that forum.friendi.ca is already long standing and our community has gone a long way, so there is in general terms "no single point of failure" like in other projects that depend on one main figure and that's it.
I consider our helpers community experience here, with all the followers of our helpers page getting resend the help requests posted to the forum, chiming in to help out and solve issues, very positive. So this is a proven setup and could help lot's of other projects out here too. Actually I do think that if implemented and adopted, it even could have a positive feed back loop for friendica itself, but that's like something on another page.
So having forum.friendi.ca already up and running, why not support the fediVerse community opening our doors to those who fulfill certain basic community standards?
This server here (tupambae.org) as well is only mend to be a forum server, and of course it's doors are open for any #fediPlatform that likes to have an own forum page over here, yet somehow to me it look's like forum.friendi.ca is the first natural and ideal candidate for something like that.
Of course same goes for a #fediAdmin, #activityPub or #APIdeveloppers community support forum, if that is desired or useful.
Right now in general terms the fedi lives on using some tags or maybe some a.gup.pe addresses, but it's actually us who hold and develop that option for more than a decade now inside the federation itself.
Was that more clarifying
@hypolite?
@Friendica Support
[strong]Friendica: Schnelles Umschalten zwischen den Benutzerkonten?[/strong]
Hallo Zusammen. Derzeit muss man ja um zwischen mehreren Konten hin und her zu springen auf [em]Menรผ[/em] => [em]Nutzerkonten[/em] => Konto auswรคhlen. Gibt es ein AddOn oder so, mit dem ich ein Ausklappmenรผ erhalte mit dem ich direkt zwischen den Konten umschalten kann? Das wรผrde es wesentlich einfacher mit verschiedenen thematischen Konten zu arbeiten.
Danke fรผr Eure Tipps und Hilfe im Voraus.

#Friendica #Frage #Konten #Benutzerkonten #Umschalten #AddOn #2025-01-26 !Friendica Support
[strong]Friendica: Fehlende Emoticons in der mobilen Version?[/strong]
Ich nutze sowohl die Desktopversion als auch die mobile Version der Friendica Weboberflรคche. Nun ist mir schon mehrere Male aufgefallen das in der mobilen Version von Friendica manche Emoticons nicht angezeigt werden. In der Desktopversion sieht es so aus:
Und in der mobilen Version so:
Ich nutze sowohl auf dem Desktop als auch mobil Firefox, daran sollte es also nicht liegen. Die URL des entsprechenden Beitrags ist hier:
https://chaos.social/@rjayasinghe/113887291428373406
Woran kann das liegen?
#Friendica #Frage #Emoticons #Darstellung #Mobil #Desktop #2025-01-25 !Friendica Support
Ruft dazu den Massen-Upload von Bildern auf:
Anschlieรend muss das Fotoalbum nur noch benannt und alle Bilder per Drag&Drop in das Upload-Feld gezogen werden.
Die Bilder werden nun importiert und stehen anschlieรend im Fotoalbum zur Verfรผgung. Dort kรถnnen die Bilder weiter bearbeitet werden, indem man eine Bildbeschreibung hinzufรผgt, Tags vergibt oder Bilder lรถscht, die nur versehentlich in den Upload geraten sind.
Das Schรถne ist. All diese Bilder stehen in den Alben zur Verfรผgung, um einmal oder mehrmals in Beitrรคgen verwendet zu werden. Deshalb bietet der Editor die Mรถglichkeit, Bilder aus den Alben zu รผbernehmen. Die Textbeschreibungen werden dabei 1:1 รผbernommen.
Took a look at your #friendica bookface theme and I am in love. It eradicates so many issues I had with the current frio default theme that I was wondering, are you planning to create a PR for this to be included in default friendica?
@Friendica Support
FYI #fediverse
sql
CREATE TABLE blocklist (
id INT AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
domain VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
created_at TIMESTAMP DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
);
UPDATE `gserver` SET `blocked` = TRUE WHERE `url` LIKE '%activitypub-troll.cf%';
DELETE FROM `workerqueue` WHERE `parameter` LIKE '%activitypub-troll.cf%';
DELIMITER $$
CREATE TRIGGER before_insert_workerqueue
BEFORE INSERT ON `workerqueue`
FOR EACH ROW
BEGIN
IF NEW.parameter LIKE '%activitypub-troll.cf%' THEN
SIGNAL SQLSTATE '45000'
SET MESSAGE_TEXT = 'Insert of activitypub-troll.cf is not allowed';
END IF;
END$$
DELIMITER ;
DELETE FROM `workerqueue` WHERE `done` = 1;
DELETE FROM `workerqueue` WHERE `done` = 0;
htasccess
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} activitypub-troll\.cf
[NC]RewriteCond %{REMOTE_HOST} activitypub-troll\.cf
[NC]RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} activitypub-troll\.cf
[NC]RewriteRule .* -
[F]</IfModule>
FYI #fediverse
sql
CREATE TABLE blocklist (
id INT AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
domain VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
created_at TIMESTAMP DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
);
UPDATE `gserver` SET `blocked` = TRUE WHERE `url` LIKE '%activitypub-troll.cf%';
DELETE FROM `workerqueue` WHERE `parameter` LIKE '%activitypub-troll.cf%';
DELIMITER $$
CREATE TRIGGER before_insert_workerqueue
BEFORE INSERT ON `workerqueue`
FOR EACH ROW
BEGIN
IF NEW.parameter LIKE '%activitypub-troll.cf%' THEN
SIGNAL SQLSTATE '45000'
SET MESSAGE_TEXT = 'Insert of activitypub-troll.cf is not allowed';
END IF;
END$$
DELIMITER ;
DELETE FROM `workerqueue` WHERE `done` = 1;
DELETE FROM `workerqueue` WHERE `done` = 0;
htasccess
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} activitypub-troll\.cf
[NC]RewriteCond %{REMOTE_HOST} activitypub-troll\.cf
[NC]RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} activitypub-troll\.cf
[NC]RewriteRule .* -
[F]</IfModule>
FYI #fediverse
sql
CREATE TABLE blocklist (
id INT AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
domain VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
created_at TIMESTAMP DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
);
UPDATE `gserver` SET `blocked` = TRUE WHERE `url` LIKE '%activitypub-troll.cf%';
DELETE FROM `workerqueue` WHERE `parameter` LIKE '%activitypub-troll.cf%';
DELIMITER $$
CREATE TRIGGER before_insert_workerqueue
BEFORE INSERT ON `workerqueue`
FOR EACH ROW
BEGIN
IF NEW.parameter LIKE '%activitypub-troll.cf%' THEN
SIGNAL SQLSTATE '45000'
SET MESSAGE_TEXT = 'Insert of activitypub-troll.cf is not allowed';
END IF;
END$$
DELIMITER ;
DELETE FROM `workerqueue` WHERE `done` = 1;
DELETE FROM `workerqueue` WHERE `done` = 0;
htasccess
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} activitypub-troll\.cf
[NC]RewriteCond %{REMOTE_HOST} activitypub-troll\.cf
[NC]RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} activitypub-troll\.cf
[NC]RewriteRule .* -
[F]</IfModule>
FYI #fediverse
sql
CREATE TABLE blocklist (
id INT AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
domain VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
created_at TIMESTAMP DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
);
UPDATE `gserver` SET `blocked` = TRUE WHERE `url` LIKE '%activitypub-troll.cf%';
DELETE FROM `workerqueue` WHERE `parameter` LIKE '%activitypub-troll.cf%';
DELIMITER $$
CREATE TRIGGER before_insert_workerqueue
BEFORE INSERT ON `workerqueue`
FOR EACH ROW
BEGIN
IF NEW.parameter LIKE '%activitypub-troll.cf%' THEN
SIGNAL SQLSTATE '45000'
SET MESSAGE_TEXT = 'Insert of activitypub-troll.cf is not allowed';
END IF;
END$$
DELIMITER ;
DELETE FROM `workerqueue` WHERE `done` = 1;
DELETE FROM `workerqueue` WHERE `done` = 0;
Hi there,
testing around with the software #castopod, developed by @Castopod :podcasting2: .
In general terms federation with #friendica works, even integration into public forum pages and reshare by those when the castopod profile is followed by the forum page in the first place, as tested with the forum page @podCasts. As of now following from castopod profiles apparently isn't implemented. Also as of now we didn't manage to get the cron job to work at that new instalation on a shared hosting.
What is strange is that a podcast episode publication doesn't embeed the audio player so it can't be reproduced inside the post shown over here on friendica. On mastodon this works, the post displayes a video like screen and reproduces the audio file.
Not sure if this is a specific issue of this friendica instance as it is stil 2023.05 or if this is something the latest versions experience to.
The uploaded audio file was in the format m4a.
This is the link to the original post:
https://cast.tupambae.com/@bitPickup/posts/d88b27ab-c8c2-461d-9ec6-ac684af2908f
Link to a mastodon instance where the post can be seen:
https://troet.cafe/@bitpickup/113875013233253536
Link to this site here where the audio is not displayed but only a link:
https://tupambae.org/display/db58d9ad-f363bd74ed16681c-f66973c5
Profile pic looks blurry
#friendica
!Friendica Support
[strong]Weis jemand was mit anonsys.net los ist[/strong]
Hallo Zusammen, weiร jemand von Euch was mit dem Friendica Server auf anonsys.net los ist? Ich kann die Seite nicht mehr aufrufen, bekomme nur noch einen 404er Fehler.
Leider weiร ich nicht wie ich @Tuxi โ der den Server betreibt erreichen kann, deshalb frage ich einfach mal in die Runde.
#Frage #Fediverse #Friendica #anonsys.net #404er #2025-01-19 @Friendica Support @Friendica Admins @askFedi_de group
[strong]Friendica: Sprachen werden nicht รผbernommen?[/strong]
Man kann ja unter 'Einstellungen => Ansicht => Kanรคle' definieren welche Sprachen die in den Kanรคlen angezeigten Beitrรคge haben sollen. Genauso wie in den selbst definierten Kanรคlen auch. Nun ist mir aber aufgefallen das diese Einstellung offenbar nicht รผbernommen wird. Den ich klicke auf den Button 'Einstellungen speichern' und wenn ich die Einstellungen dann noch mal aufrufe, ist meine Auswahl fรผr die Sprachen weg. Ist das ein Bug oder verstehe ich da was falsch?
#Friendica #Frage #Kanรคle #Sprachen #Einstellungen #Bug #Fehler #2025-01-17 !Friendica Support
[strong]Friendica: Wegen X abgerufen?[/strong]
Ich habe hier auf meiner noch recht neuen Installation recht hรคufig Beitrรคge bei welchen als Herkunft wegen X abgerufen. X ist dabei ein Kontakt mit welchen ich verbunden bin und der den betreffenden Beitrag Kommentiert, mรถglicherweise auch geliked oder Weitergesagt hat. Das ist aber fรผr mich nicht Sinn der Sache, zumal das meinen Stream/TL sehr voll macht und dazu fรผhrt das ich z. T. Beitrรคge die ich wichtig finde รผbersehe. Also wie kann ich das abstellen?
#Friendica #Frage #Hilfe #Beitrรคge #Timeline #Stream #2025-01-16 !Friendica Support
Friendica event participants counter
Hi! I just discovered the event participant feature where people can mark their attendance which will then be shown in a counter at the original post.
Has this been introduced in 2024-12 or have I just not seen it before? Anyhow. It is a great feature and I like it a lot!
#Friendica #Events #calendar
[strong]Friendica: Interessant, seit ich das Hosting einer eigenen Friendica Instanz gebucht habe, habe ich lauter Menschen bzw. Beitrรคge in der TL/Stream die ich vorher nicht hatte.[/strong]
Natรผrlich neben denen die ich bisher hatte. Das ist zwar ein wenig viel, aber ich bekomme das schon noch in den Griff.

#Friendica #Hosting #Beitrรคge #รberlaufen #2025-01-15 @Friendica Support
An other problem with
Friendica 'Interrupted Fern' 2025.02-dev - 1576
PHP 8.1.29
on an other installation of #Friendica
Avatars of other accounts are blurred
Are These Accounts Monitored ???
VersionFriendica 'Interrupted Fern' 2025.02-dev - 1576
Server Settings
PHP
version 8.1.31
php.ini /opt/alt/php81/etc/php.ini
upload_max_filesize 256M
post_max_size 256M
memory_limit 512M
MySQL / MariaDB
max_allowed_packet 268435456
I am not seeing much engagement, more so I am not seeing posts of those I follow across the fediveres, and I know several post a few times a day, but I am not seeing much activity at all, any ideas on what may be going on would be great, and please any directions please make very simple to understand, brain issues, sometimes I struggle grasping things that should be easy. If it matters, I am in cPanel on shared hosting, so not root access to anything.
https://social.2ndshot.photos/profile/pasjrwoctx pasjrwoctx@social.2ndshot.photos
Friendica auf dem Raspberry Pi installieren
Nicht nur fรผr mich als kleine Gedankenstรผtze halte ich hier auf meinem Blog fest, wie ich es endlich geschafft habe, Friendica auf dem Raspberry Pi zu installieren. Nun bin ich selbst รผberhaupt kein Experte in solchen Dingen, man mรถge es mir nachsehen, falls ich einen Fehler gemacht oder etwas doppelt geschrieben habe. Ich bin auch noch nicht so lange im Fediverse unterwegs und bei Linux [โฆ]
Weiterlesen: https://blogzwo.me/raspberry-pi/friendica-auf-dem-raspberry-pi-installieren.html
#Debian #Fediverse #Friendica #Linux #PHP #Raspberry
Friendica auf dem Raspberry Pi installieren - Blog:Zwo.me
Friendica auf dem Raspberry Pi installieren: Eine einfache Schritt-fรผr-Schritt-Anleitung, um das Fediverse auf dem kleinen Rechner zu nutzen.Jools (Blog:Zwo)
Ich versuche gerade die #Fediverse Anwendung #Friendica auf meinem #Raspberry Pi 5 in einem #Podman #Container zu installieren. Aber bei der Datenbank ist Schluss. da bleibt es hรคngen. Weiร jemand Rat? @Friendica Support zum Beispiel?
version: "3.7"
services:
mariadb:
image: docker.io/library/mariadb:latest
restart: always
volumes:
- mydb:/var/lib/mysql
ports:
- "6033:3306"
environment:
MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: *****
MYSQL_DATABASE: friendica
MYSQL_USER: friendica
MYSQL_PASSWORD: *****
phpmyadmin:
container_name: phpmyadmin_9092
image: docker.io/library/phpmyadmin:latest
restart: always
ports:
- "9092:80"
environment:
- PMA_ARBITRARY=1
- PMA_HOST=mariadb
depends_on:
- mariadb
app:
image: docker.io/library/friendica
container_name: friendica_9093
restart: always
volumes:
- friendica:/var/www/html
ports:
- "9093:80"
environment:
- MYSQL_HOST=mydb
- MYSQL_USER=friendica
- MYSQL_PASSWORD=*****
- MYSQL_DATABASE=friendica
- FRIENDICA_ADMIN_MAIL=*****
depends_on:
- mariadb
volumes:
mydb:
friendica:
networks:
proxy-tier:
Imo, #Friendica will have a better adoption if it will also have a theme that looks like the #Facebook's one.
For those who don't know, you can also change how your interface looks by going to Settings > Display and then the 1st two sections. The problem is that there are generally only two options:
- Frio - which is the default, but some people find it rather dated, and
[li] Vier - which, despite its description, looks kinda more dated than Frio and with less custom color options
This is clearly not ideal when people are looking for a more minimalistic interface, that looks more like the one brought up by platforms like Xitter, Reddit or even current day Facebook.
I found two repositories on GitHub with some Friendica themes (here and here), but they seem way more outdated as well (even though some of them seem cool even today). trom.tf also has some cool themes that they made, starting from the default Frio one.
Given that themes can be selected by a user from a simple drop-down in the settings, I think having a more Facebook-like theme at hand would really be a boon to Friendica's adoption given these times, what do you think?
#Meta #fediverse #fedi #ideas #fediidea @Facebook Refugees @Replace Facebook Community @Friendica Tips
I cannot find any documentation for how to install friendica using sqlite driver instead of mysql. I already know how to do the standard installation with mysql but I want to use sqlite instead.
I need help with installing and running via sqlite backend and tips on how to minimize database storage size. Is there any documentation on this? Has anyone done it?
#Friendica #Sqlite #Fediverse
https://fedi.caliandroid.de/@st3fan/statuses/01JFR2VNHMM4BXATVA70QS15E3
Looks like a #friendica #gotosocial issue
LInks:
[1] https://nlnet.nl/core/
[2] https://nlnet.nl/project/Mobilizon-UX/
[3] https://ngi.eu/
[4] https://joinmobilizon.org/en/
#Friendica
!Friendica Support
Next Generation Internet
NGI fosters a vibrant, open Internet that links research, policy and technology for the benefit of society.Next Generation Internet
Update Friendica Public Server list to a searchable database (or remove)
What do others think?
#friendica
!Friendica Support
I don't see the #Friendica hashtag in your message. You might want to edit and add it so those who follow Friendica posts read it.
Incompatible protocol or channel
Fediverse users: Follow @bsky.brid.gy to allow #Bluesky users to find and follow you.
Bluesky users: Follow @ap.brid.gy to allow #Fediverse users to find and follow you.
#BlueSky #Friendica
Can I follow friends on #BlueSky from #Friendica (and specifically from Libranet)? I haven't managed so far. I tried searching for their profile URL with /rss at the end, but nothing is found. I've seen some conversations about this, but couldn't find a way to make it work.
Thanks!
Unwanted contact duplication
While browsing through my #Friendica database, I detected that I now have two identical contact records for myself. Initially, they were these records in table contact:
| Id | Account |
|---|---|
| 0 | System account |
| 2 | my account |
But now, something has changed to
| Id | Account |
|---|---|
| 0 | Zombie record |
| 2 | my account |
| 3 | my account (clone) |
| 4 | System account |
I have no clue, what has initiated this change, whether it is bad (I assume so) and how to cure it.
Any thoughts appreciated.
Hello !Friendica Support,
Does Friendica actually offer the option of sending an invitation link?
#Friendica #question
I explained myself wrong , if I want to read RSS feeds in my Friendica , for example I generate the feeds from here RSS Bridge
which link should i copy into my #Friendica to read #RSS Feeds