postbox/README.md

Postbox

This is a Friendica add-on that adds a stylesheet to the HEAD element to support showing Postbox styling.

It does not add any interface for creating Postboxes, but users can still create them with BBcode.

NOTE: Support for Postbox is built into Bookface 1.6+. This adddon adds support to Friendica regardless of what theme/scheme is being used.

Getting started

1. Place the "postbox" folder in your friendica/addons subfolder.
2. Go to the Main Menu > Admin > Addons and enable "Postbox"
3. Any posts using Postbox will now display the colorful backgrounds.

Using Zen Postbox

1. Open the message Compose modal or Page
2. Type [class=postbox-red]Wrapped text goes here[/class] (substitute "-red" with any of the available styles)
3. Press the "Preview" tab to see what it will look like.

Available Postbox styles

Solid Color Backgrounds:

• .postbox-black
• .postbox-red
• .postbox-green
• .postbox-blue
• .postbox-orange
• .postbox-purple
• .postbox-forest
• .postbox-ocean
• .postbox-pink
• .postbox-salmon

Gradient Backgrounds:

• .postbox-darkgray
• .postbox-minty
• .postbox-mintgray
• .postbox-redblue
• .postbox-violets
• .postbox-grayblack
• .postbox-tealblue
• .postbox-greengray
• .postbox-tealgray
• .postbox-bluegray
• .postbox-lavendergray
• .postbox-sunset
• .postbox-sherbert

Known Issues

• Postboxes are not shown on other platforms when your post is shared.
• Postboxes are not shown in third-party apps (at least none do yet)

Changelog

1.0 (23 March 2025)

• Initial Release for Friendica 'Interrupted Fern' 2024.12

Authors and acknowledgment

Random Penguin https://gitlab.com/randompenguin

License

AGPL

Project status

Unsupported by Friendica devs.