Diaspora/Website

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!

My aspects

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:

Bold

Italic

Heading

Link

Image

Bulleted list

Numbered list

Code

Quoted text

Adding a poll

The icon at the bottom right of the publisher that looks like a graph enables you to add a poll to your post. Click it and a box will open into which you can enter a question you want to poll people on, and two or more answers for them to give. Each time you enter an answer in the last field, another will appear below, so you can give as many answer options as you like.

That is all there is to know about the buttons and icons on the publisher. The real magic happens within the publisher itself. As well as plain text, you can format your text, add #tags, @mentions and links, and embed photos, videos and audio. Wow!