diff --git a/addon/piwik/README b/addon/piwik/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..20b78b51e5 --- /dev/null +++ b/addon/piwik/README @@ -0,0 +1,43 @@ +____ Piwik Plugin ____ +by Tobias Diekershoff + tobias.diekershoff(at)gmx.net + +This addon allows you to embed the code necessary for the FLOSS webanalytics +tool piwik into the Friendika pages. + +Online version of this Document: http://ur1.ca/35m2x + +___ Requirements ___ + +To use this plugin you need a "piwik":http://piwik.org installation. + +___ Where to find ___ + +In the Friendika git repository @/addon/piwik/piwik.php@ and a CSS file for +styling the opt-out notice. + +___ Configuration ___ + +Open the .htconfig.php file and add "piwik" to the list of activated addons. + $a->config['system']['addon'] = "piwik, ..." +You have to add 3 more configuration variables for the addon: + +$a->config['piwik']['baseurl'] = 'example.com/piwik/'; +$a->config['piwik']['sideid'] = '1'; +$a->config['piwik']['optout'] = true; + +The *baseurl* points to your piwik installation. Use the absolute path, +remember trailing slashes but ignore the protocol (http/s) part of the URL. +Change the *sideid* parameter to whatever ID you want to use for tracking your +Friendika installation. The *optout* parameter (true|false) defines whether or +not a short notice about the utilization of piwik will be displayed on every +page of your Friendika site (at the bottom of the page with some spacing to the +other content). Part of the note is a link that allows the visitor to set an +_opt-out_ cookie which will prevent visits from that user be tracked by piwik. + +Currently the optional notice states the following: + + This website is tracked using the Piwik analytics tool. If you do not want + that your visits are logged this way you can set a cookie to prevent Piwik + from tracking further visits of the site (opt-out). + diff --git a/addon/statusnet/README b/addon/statusnet/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..8d5e272976 --- /dev/null +++ b/addon/statusnet/README @@ -0,0 +1,75 @@ +____ StatusNet Plugin ____ +by Tobias Diekershoff + tobias.diekershoff(at)gmx.net + +!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! +!! This addon is currently in under development. If you have any problem !! +!! with it, please contact the Author. !! +!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! + +With this addon to Friendika you can give your user the possibility to post +their public messages to any StatusNet instance like identi.ca for example. The +messages will be strapped their rich context and shortened to to the character +limit of the StatusNet instance in question if necessary. If shortening of the +message was performed a link will be added to the notice pointing to the +original message on your server. + +There is a similar plugin to forward public messages to Twitter Twitter Plugin. + +Online version of this document: http://ur1.ca/35mpb + +___ Requirements ___ + +Due to the distributed nature of the StatusNet network, each user who wishes to +forward public messages to a StatusNet account has get the OAuth credentials +for themselves, which makes this addon a little bit more user unfriendly then +the Twitter Plugin is. Nothing to geeky though! + +The inclusion of a shorturl for the original posting in cases when the message +was longer then the maximal allowed notice length requires it, that you have +PHP5+ and curl on your server. +Where to find + +In the Friendika git repository /addon/statusnet/, this directory contains all +required PHP files (including the Twitter OAuth library [1] by Abraham Williams, +MIT licensed and the Slinky library [2] by Beau Lebens, BSD license), a CSS file +for styling of the user configuration and an image to Sign in with StatusNet. + +[1] https://github.com/abraham/twitteroauth +[2] http://dentedreality.com.au/projects/slinky + +___ Configuration ___ + +__ Global Configuration __ + +To activate this addon add statusnet to the list of active addons in your +.htconfig.php file + $a->config['system']['addon'] = "statusnet, ...". + +__ User Configuration __ + +When the addon is activated the user has to aquire three things in order to +connect to the StatusNet account of choice. + * the base URL for the StatusNet API, for identi.ca this is + https://identi.ca/api/ + * OAuth Consumer key & secret + +To get the OAuth Consumer key pair the user has to (a) ask her Friendika admin +if a pair already exists or (b) has to register the Friendika server as a +client application on the StatusNet server. This can be done from the account +settings under "Connect -> Connections -> Register an OAuth client application +-> Register new application". + +During the registration of the OAuth client remember the following: + * there is no callback url + * register a desktop client + * with read & write access + * the Source URL should be the URL of your Friendika server + +After the required credentials for the application are stored in the +configuration you have to actually connect your Friendika account with +StatusNet. To do so follow the Sign in with StatusNet button, allow the access +and copy the security code into the addon configuration. Friendika will then +try to acquire the final OAuth credentials from the API, if successful the +addon settings will allow you to select to post your public messages to your +StatusNet account. diff --git a/addon/twitter/README b/addon/twitter/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..a49fa5cdaf --- /dev/null +++ b/addon/twitter/README @@ -0,0 +1,77 @@ +____ Twitter Plugin ____ +By Tobias Diekershoff + tobias.diekershoff(at)gmx.net + +!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! +!! This addon is currently in under development. If you have any problem !! +!! with it, please contact the Author. !! +!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! + +With this addon to Friendika you can give your user the possibility to post +their *public* messages to Twitter. The messages will be strapped their rich +context and shortened to 140 characters length if necessary. If shortening of +the message was performed a link will be added to the Tweet pointing to the +original message on your server. + +There is a similar addon for forwarding public messages to +"StatusNet":http://status.net [[StatusNet Plugin]]. + +Online version of this document: http://ur1.ca/35mml + +___ Requirements ___ + +To use this plugin you have to register your Friendika instance as an +_client application_ for Twitter with _read and write_ access, we do not intend +to use Twitter for login. The registration can be done at twitter.com/apps +and you need to have a Twitter account to do so. + +After you registered the application you get an OAuth consumer key / secret +pair that identifies your app, you will need them for configuration. + +The inclusion of a shorturl for the original posting in cases when the +message was longer then 140 characters requires it, that you have *PHP5+* and +*curl* on your server. + +___ Where to find ___ + +In the Friendika git repository /addon/twitter/, this directory contains +all required PHP files (including the Twitter OAuth library [1] by Abraham +Williams, MIT licensed and the Slinky library [2] by Beau Lebens, BSD license), +a CSS file for styling of the user configuration and an image to _Sign in with +Twitter_. + +[1] https://github.com/abraham/twitteroauth +[2] http://dentedreality.com.au/projects/slinky/ + +___ Configuration ___ + +__ Global Configuration __ + +To activate this addon add @twitter@ to the list of active addons in your +.htconfig.php file + $a->config['system']['addon'] = "twitter, ..." +Afterwards you need to add your OAuth consumer key / secret pair to it by +adding the following to lines + +$a->config['twitter']['consumerkey'] = 'your consumer KEY here'; +$a->config['twitter']['consumersecret'] = 'your consumer SECRET here'; + +When this is done your user can now configure their Twitter connection at +"Settings -> Addon Settings" and enable the forwarding of their *public* +messages to Twitter. + +__ User Configuration __ + +When the OAuth consumer informations are correctly placed into the +configuration file and a user visits the "Addon Settings" page they can now +connect to Twitter. To do so one has to follow the _Sign in with Twitter_ +button (the page will be opened in a new browser window/tab) and get a PIN from +Twitter. This PIN has to be entered on the settings page. After submitting the +PIN the plugin will get OAuth credentials identifying this user from the +Friendika account. + +If this first step was successful the Twitter configuration will be changed +on the "Addon Settings" page displaying two check boxes. One to enable/disable +the forwarding of *all public* postings to Twitter and one to clear the +personal configuration from the Twitter credentials. +