FAQ

General

Is Libertree based off previous work on other social networks?

Libertree is an effort built entirely from scratch. While we may be flattering other projects by borrowing or imitating good ideas or concepts, the source code is totally new.

What is a river, a tree, a forest?

Have a look at the Libertree Glossary.

Is there a roadmap?

At the moment the bugtracker will show you what is planned in the near future. A crude roadmap can be seen here.

How many trees are there?

Have a look at the list of trees.

Usage

Can I connect to people on other social networks?

There currently is no way to do this with Libertree. We plan to work on interoperating with Friendica once the Libertree protocol has been tested sufficiently. As our protocol is designed to be minimalist, communication with other free networking protocols is generally possible through translators that convert incoming and outgoing messages. Read more about how this fits into the greater vision of Libertree at "Libertree and other social networks".

How do I add others as contacts?

There is no way to add contacts right now, but when features come in which require it (such as chat and private messaging), a concept of a contact list will likely be introduced.

How can I format posts (bold, italics, links)?

You can use Markdown to edit your posts.

How can I control what appears in my river(s)?

See how to manage my rivers.

What are the different ways I can search?

See how to search and learn how to do a simple or an advanced search.

Is there a guide or reference on how to create custom CSS for my Libertree account?

Grab application.css from the server then go into settings and copy paste and modify what you want (just the interesting parts, not the whole CSS-file)

Check out and play with the CustomCSS_Snippets to get an impression what you can change with CustomCSS - modifications.

When does a post changes its status from "unread" to "read"

Any of the following will change a post to “read” status:

• visiting the post's URL (single post view)
• expanding the post excerpt on the home page
• Like-ing a post
• clicking “mark read” or “mark post read”

when a post receives new comments or gets edited by the author it changes its status fro "read" to "unread" again.

Technical

Does Libertree have an API?

There is a member-level API. Servers can be interacted with using the Libertree protocol.

How do I set up my own tree (server)?

Have a look at Libertree Installation.

How can I contribute?

See the Contributing wiki page.

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