Updated Running a public or community server (markdown)

MartinFarrent 2012-05-25 01:06:25 -07:00
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Which plugins you enable depends on the functionality you wish to provide. The following list describes them from an administration point of view.
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*Blackout*
This plugin blacks out your friendica node during a given period. This was created as part of the SOPA protests and while it may seem generally pointless now, it isn't. If you are a school or a youth group, you can use it to turn your website off after school, or at a certain time on a night. The system will continue to work normally under the hood, so any content from external sites will still be delivered, ready and waiting for your members to read when the lights come back on.
Server impact - none.
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This allows you to collapse the posts and comments of specific members so you don't have to read them. This is very similar to the "ignore" feature on most forum software - except that their contributions don't disappear entirely (you can click to un-obscure them). Note that your users can also ignore, block or delete contacts in their contacts settings. But Blockem has the additional advantage of obscuring comments by people you would rather not read in your friends threads. That means you can use it on people that aren't among your own contacts, but who annoy you in a forum or when they comment on your friends' contributions.
Server impact - negligible/none.
Impact to support requests - low.
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*Blogger Post Connector*
This allows you to cross post to blogger-based blogging services. It's currently a generic plugin that needs to be amended for the specific service you wish to reach (copy, rename, adapt the code). So you will generally want to leave this one deactivated unless you are a developer with a use for it.
Server impact - low. Potentially high if you get a lot of users posting to blogger with lots of posts, but this rarely happens.
Impact to support requests - low.
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*Bug Link*
This displays a ladybird in the bottom left hand corner of every page linking to the Friendica bug tracker so your members can report bugs. You may be better posting to Friendica Support and letting somebody else report bugs for you if you have a lot of non-technical users.
Server impact - negligible/none.
Impact to support requests - low, but likely to send support requests to developers instead of Friendica Support where they should be.
Impact to support requests - low, but likely to send support requests to developers instead of Friendica Support (where they should be).
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*Calculator*
This, well, adds a calculator to your apps menu.
Server impact - negligible.
Impact to support requests - nil.
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*Community Home*
This replaces your home page with the community tab of your Friendica server, showing recent posts, recent likes, recent images, and recent members. While it's fine in most cases, this is known not to work on certain configurations. While communityhome respects all privacy settings, there are possibly privacy implications to this. Some people may not expect their public posts to be, well, public.
This replaces your home page with the community tab of your Friendica server, showing recent posts, recent likes, recent images, and recent members. While it's fine in most cases, this is known not to work in certain configurations. While Community Home respects all privacy settings, there are possibly privacy implications to this. Some people may not expect their public posts to be quite so... well, public.
Server impact - low (?).
Impact to support requests - minor. Some themes have issues with community home, and that may give you some bug reports.
Server impact - medium.
Impact to support requests - minor. Some themes have issues with Community Home, and that may give you some bug reports.
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*Converter*
This adds a unit convertor app to your apps menus, allowing users to change units from one form to another. This is surprisingly useful in an international site where people use weird measurements like metres and kilogrammes. Seriously, who thought the metric system was a good idea?
This adds a unit convertor app to your apps menus, allowing users to change units from one form to another. This is surprisingly useful for an international site where people use weird measurements like yards/metres and pounds/kilogrammes.
Server impact - negligible.
Server impact - negligible.
Impact to support requests - nil.
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*Convert paths*
This converts all links in your Friendica instance to the current http/https scheme. This is essential if you allow both http and https traffic, and have users who insist on using Internet Explorer.
Server impact - low.