Update For Friendica Users

Random Penguin 2025-03-24 19:49:03 -05:00
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**Starting with Bookface version 1.6 now Friendica will have Postboxes too!** Styling similar to the Facebook solid color and gradient backgrounds have been added to the Bookface stylesheets.
**Right now Postbox is exclusively available for people using the Bookface scheme in the Friendica webapp, either on desktop or mobile.**
When a Postbox post is shared to another platform like Mastodon, Sharkey, Disapora, Hubzilla, etc., the Postbox styling does not go with it. The same is true for anyone viewing the post in a third-party app, because none of them support Postbox styling, at least not yet.
There are two Friendica add-ons _server administrators_ can install to add global support for Postbox styling. The "[Postbox](https://gitlab.com/randompenguin/postbox)" add-on simply adds a stylesheet to the `<head>` element. It provides no interface for creating Postboxes, but users can still create them manually with BBcode. The other is the "[Zen Postbox](https://gitlab.com/randompenguin/zen_postbox)" add-on which not only adds the stylesheet to the `<head>` it also adds a Jot Plugin button to the message composer with a menu of all the available Postbox styles.
### How to Use Postboxes
To make use of a Friendica Postbox simply wrap the text inside a Postbox Class BBcode like this:
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**_Note:_** _the exception would be if your server admin has implemented the optional "_[_Postbox_](https://gitlab.com/randompenguin/postbox)_" or "_[_Zen Postbox_](https://gitlab.com/randompenguin/zen_postbox)_" add-ons for Friendica which enable Postbox styling regardless of the theme or scheme._
Obviously if your post gets shared to another platform like Mastodon, Sharkey, Diaspora, Hubzilla, etc., it also will not have the Postbox styling. Same goes for anyone viewing your post in a third-party app because none of them support Postbox styling, at least not yet.
**Right now Postbox is exclusively available for people using the Friendica webapp, either desktop or mobile.**
### Special Use Cases
#### Famous Quotes