Diaspora/Website

Contributing to diaspora* comes in all different shapes and sizes. Whether you’re a user helping us find bugs, providing feedback on our mailing lists, or contributing code or design, we need you.

Our project makes use of Code Triage, a volunteer service where users and developers can work together to tackle bugs in our %{github_link}.

Squashing small bugs helps everyone, and it can give a newcomer a better working knowledge of how parts of diaspora* works.

Persuade your friends and family to join diaspora* by organizing your own real-life diaspora* %{meetup_link} in your own community.

Answer users’ questions on our %{irc_channel_link} or answer users’ questions on diaspora* itself by following the <span class="click">#help</span>, <span class="click">#question</span> and <span class="click">#feedback</span> hashtags.

Now you don’t have to settle for having your data on someone else’s server. Since diaspora* is completely free software, we’re constantly making it easier for individuals to %{host_pod_link}.

Welcome to the diaspora* tutorial section. On this page you will find an overview of all our diaspora* tutorials, divided into a “Getting started” series and stand-alone tutorials for particular tasks. If you are new to diaspora* or have not even signed up yet, we recommend you to read the “Getting started” series. If you are looking for some additional options, have a look at the other tutorials.

We do the best we can to keep these tutorials up-to-date with the latest diaspora* developments. As such, please be aware of the fact that your pod may not be running the latest version of diaspora*, which can result in behaviour different from the behaviour described in our tutorials. Find your pod on %{podup_link} to see which version of the software it is running.

Using the interface

Because of the decentralized and open-source nature of diaspora*, it is possible for pod administrators to customize their pods. Therefore, depending on which pod you’re on, the interface might look very slightly different to how it’s described here. However, the essential elements should all be present, even if they are arranged slightly differently.

The main interface can be divided into four parts.

At the top of the screen is the header bar, which always remains in place, even when you scroll down the page. This header bar contains:

The different views available in diaspora* are:

The stream

Posts in the stream are ordered according to the time of the original post.

@Mentions

Profile view

Part 3 – Aspects

All about aspects

Right now all your aspects should be selected, with ticks next to them.