Diaspora/Website

<strong>Original gray</strong>: this is the default diaspora* theme

<strong>Original white background</strong>: the default theme, but with a white background. This looks more like the “old-school” diaspora* interface

<strong>Egyptian blue</strong>

Your pod might have created some custom themes. If so, they’ll show up in the list along with our default themes.

Note: the rest of this tutorial series shows screenshots from the desktop interface to illustrate the features in diaspora*. Some features are not yet available in the mobile interface. When this is the case, you’ll need to click <span class="click">Toggle mobile</span> in the drawer in order to be able to use this feature. We’re sure you’ll be able to work out where the differences are – it’s not difficult!

Adding an aspect

Note: if you’re using the mobile interface, you’ll first need to switch to the desktop version by clicking <span class="click">Toggle mobile</span> in the drawer as it is not currently possible to add a new aspect in the mobile version.

When you have finished, click the <span class="click">Create</span> button. The aspect is then created and selected in the menu.

Once the aspect has been created, you’ll be taken to your Contacts page and shown a list of people in the aspect you’ve just created (which will be no one so far). Even if this aspect is empty, you will see a list of your other contacts, with a button next to each so you can easily add them to this new aspect.

Text formatting

Above the publisher window you’ll see two tabs and a row of buttons. The tabs display your raw message text and a preview of how your finished message will look. The buttons are there to help you format your text and add other things to your message: