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Available apps
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# # # Calendar
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This app provides access to a local CalDAV server which can be used to sync / manage calendars from your operating system or email program . It is not the same as the Events app and should only be installed if you have a specific need for CalDAV .
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# # # Categories
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This app allows you to add named categories to your posts . The major difference between categories and has htags is that category searches only return your own posts . They are personal to you . Hashtag searches search all posts across all channels on your website / instance .
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# # # Channel Home
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Installed by default . This app provides access to your channel home page .
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# # # Clients
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This app allows you to create Oauth2 / Openid access credentials . Typically used to provide authentication for mobile and third - party client applications .
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# # # Comment Control
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This app lets you control the ability to comment on your posts . You can choose to disable comments , disable comments after a specific date / time , and select different audiences who are given comment permission . For example 'anybody' or 'just my friends' . Disallowed comments will be rejected by your website / instance . Whether or not the sender is notified of these rejections is dependent on their own software capabilities .
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# # # Connections
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Installed by default . This app manages your connections ( followers and following ) as well as their permissions and filter settings .
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# # # Content Filter
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Allows you to specify different rules to incoming posts and comments , either on a per connection basis or as a global filter which applies to all incoming messages . Filtering can take place using hashtags , categories , regular expressions , text content , and language matching .
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# # # Content Import
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Requires the 'content_import' addon . When migrating to a new site , first import the identity and settings . Then install / run this app to import your content - such as posts , comments , files , and photos .
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# # # Directory
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Installed by default . Lets you discover others in the network . This displays everybody known to your website / instance except those that choose to be "hidden" .
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# # # Drafts
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This optional app allows you to save a post or comment you are composing and finish it later . After installing , click the 'disk' icon in the post / comment editor to save a draft . Click the app itself to display your current drafts , and 'Edit' from the article dropdown menu to continue editing .
Important : please use the Draft icon ( looks like a floppy disk in the default theme ) to continue saving the draft if you wish to continue working on it . As soon as you click 'Share' ( posts ) or 'Submit' ( comments ) , it will be published .
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# # # Events
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Installed by default . This provides access to your personal calendar and events . Your friends ' birthdays are automatically added to your calendar as well as any events that you have chosen to attend. If you wish to receive a reminder for other events, please select ' Add to Calendar ' from the message menu of the desired post .
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# # # Expire Posts
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This app allows you to automatically remove all your own posts at some point in the future .
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# # # Files
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Installed by default . This app provides access to your cloud storage and WebDAV resources ( anything you upload ) .
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# # # Followlist
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This app is only present if the 'followlist' addon is installed . It allows you to bulk connect with a list of channels . Typically this will be the 'following' ActivityPub collection on another server . We also accept Mastodon contact export files .
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# # # Friend Zoom
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This provides a slider control at the top of your stream . Every connection may be assigned a value from 0 - 100 . The default is 80 for new connections . Unknown people in your stream are 100 . You are 0 . You can adjust your friends anywhere within the slider control range and use it to zoom in to your close friends and zoom out to people / channels you are less familiar with or who post very frequently and tend to drown out everybody else .
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# # # Future Posting
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Set a post to be published at / after a certain date / time . Usually used for automatically posting while you are on vacation . The specified date / time must be at least fifteen minutes in the future in or der for publishing to be delayed . Otherwise it is published immediately but with the provided date / time .
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# # # Gallery
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Requires the 'gallery' addon . This provides an improved image browser to your photos than the stock 'Photos' app . Interactions with photos in your stream are modified slightly .
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# # # Guest Pass
Does not require app installation , although it will be more accessible if the app is installed . This lets you create guest accounts and / or create links which can access some of your private resources . For instance if you want to send links via email to let the grandparents see a private photo of their grandchildren .
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# # # Hexit
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Requires the 'hexit' addon . This provides an online hexadecimal / decimal converter .
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# # # Language
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This is generally used by developers to test alternate languages and is rarely needed . The language of your website will usually depend on the language settings of your browser and the existence of available translations . This app allows you to quickly over - ride the defaults and specify a particular language .
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# # # Lists
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Installed by default . Some software refers to this functionality as 'Aspects' ( Diaspora ) or 'Circles' ( Google + ) . This allows you to create / manage named lists of connections which you can view and / or share with as a single named group .
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# # # Markup
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Provides editor buttons for bold , italic , underline , etc . Otherwise the relevant codes will need to be entered manually . This software recognises both Markdown and bbcode .
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# # # Notes
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Provides a simple notepad on your stream page for making notes and reminders .
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# # # NSFW
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"Not Safe For Work" . Requires the 'nsfw' addon . By default this will collapse and hide posts matching any of your rules unless you are running in "safe mode" . These rules are based on has htags , text content , regular expressions , and language . It is like the 'Content Filter' app except that all matching posts are present in your stream but require you to open each such message to view . Posts matching 'Content Filter' rules are rejected and will not be present in your stream . You can select whether or not you are running in 'safe mode' in your personal menu , and this setting is preserved separately for each login . This means your work computer can be in 'safe mode' and questionable content hidden , while your home computer may be configured to show everything by default .
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# # # Photomap
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If your uploaded photos have location support , this addon provides an optional map display of those locations in your 'Photos' app . This may require installing either the 'openstreetmap' addon or some other map provider .
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# # # Photos
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Installed by default . This displays your uploaded photos and photo albums separately from other uploaded files .
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# # # Post
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This app lets you open a post editor at any time .
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# # # Qrator
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Requires the 'qrator' addon and provides a page to generate QR codes for your requirements .
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# # # Rainbow Tag
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Requires both the 'rainbowtag' addon and Tagadelic app . This converts the tag clouds provided by Tagadelic from monochrome into color .
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# # # Search
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One click interface to the search page .
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# # # Secrets
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This app provides basic end - to - end encryption using the Stanford Javascript Crypto Library and lets you assign a key and optional key hint , such as "grandma's anniversary yyyy-mm-dd" . An encryption button is added to the post editor . Transmitting the actual key should be done using another service or based on common knowledge / experience . The encryption button will encrypt the entire contents of the message window , which may include basic bbcode constructs like bold and italic text . For best results , please restrict your content to plain text , as unsupported markup will be displayed verbatim . Links are permitted , but should probably be avoided since fetching them at the other end may leak secret knowledge .
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# # # Site Admin
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If you are the site administrator , this app provides access to the admin control panel .
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# # # Sites
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Provides a categorised listing of all sites that this website / instance is aware of .
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# # # Stream
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Installed by default . This represents the conversations of you and your connections .
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# # # Stream Order
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Requires the 'stream_order' addon . Provides a setting on the Stream page to select between various sort or ders , such as 'last commented date' ( conversational ) , 'posted date' ( also conversational ) and 'date unthreaded' which lists every activity as a separate message .
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# # # Suggest Channels
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Analyses your own connections and those of your friends who have provided you with permission to see their other connections . It returns a page of channels ranked by how many of your other friends are friends with the given channel , but where you are not .
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# # # Tagadelic
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Named after the Drupal module of the same name . This provides a tag cloud of your has htags on your channel home page . Also useful with the 'rainbowtag' addon to give it some added colour .
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# # # Tasks
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Provides a very simple to - do list on your Stream page ( and also the 'tasks' page ) .
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# # # Virtual Lists
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This is like 'Lists' , except you do not need to manage the list membership . By default , three dynamic lists are created : all connections , all zot6 ( protocol ) connections , and all activitypub ( protocol ) connections . These virtual lists may be used anywhere you can use a list ; either as permission controls , post audiences , or stream filtering .
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# # # Zotpost
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Requires the 'zotpost' addon . This configures the zotpost addon to automatically cross - post to your channel on another Zot6 site .