Community Services Tips

Tip #592

November 8, 2024

The Explore section of Vivaldi Social is a great place to discover interesting content and new accounts to follow. It shows new posts that have been boosted by others, hashtags that have been used a lot, and news or web page links that have been shared frequently. It also has a page suggesting accounts you might be interested in following.

To browse trending content, locate the “Explore” link on the menu on the left or right side of the page, depending on the theme you’ve chosen (the screenshot uses the Tangerine UI theme). From the menu at the top of the middle column, you can switch between Posts, Hashtags, People, and News.

Tip #579

October 21, 2024

Images, videos and other types of files can convey important information or just decorate your blog posts. On your blog on vivaldi.net you can manage all media files in the Media Library.

To access the Media Library:

1. Go to your blog’s Dashboard (for example, by clicking on the blog’s name on the black menubar at the top of the blog).
2. Click on “Media” in the menu on the left side.

In the Media Library, you can upload new files, as well as view, edit and delete existing files.

Tip #575

October 15, 2024

On Vivaldi Social, you have control over which notifications you’ll be alerted about. The rest can be put into their own folder or ignored altogether.

To review notification settings:

1. On Vivaldi Social, go to Notifications > Show settings (top right corner of the middle panel).
2. In the “Manage notifications from” section, choose whether you want to accept, filter, or ignore notifications from the following groups:
   • People you don’t follow
   • People not following you
   • New accounts
   • Unsolicited private mentions
   • Moderated accounts

Tip #569

October 4, 2024

Are you looking for an old topic you started, or have you come across a forum user, who has started an interesting discussion, and you want to check out other topics they’ve created? There’s a page on the user’s profile, where you can view all topics in chronological order.

To view all user’s topics:

1. Go to your own or another community member’s forum profile.
2. Click on the blue circle with 3 dots on the right side.
3. Select “Topics” from the menu.

Tip #566

October 1, 2024

When you notice that users on a particular Mastodon instance are posting content you don’t want to see or engage with, instead of muting or blocking users one by one, you can mute the whole instance.

To mute an entire Mastodon instance:

1. Open the profile of one of the users on the instance.
2. Click on the Menu button
3. Select “Block domain [domain name]”.
4. Confirm your decision by clicking “Block entire domain”.

Please note that this option hides the posts from you and removes followers from the instance, but users on the blocked instance, will still be able to see your posts.

Tip #561

September 11, 2024

In Tip #485 we suggested following hashtags to fill your timeline with content on topics that interest you. To make your own posts equally discoverable, make sure to include relevant hashtags within the post’s text or add them on a separate line at the end of the post.

To add a hashtag, type the # symbol followed by the word (without a space between), for example, #Mosstodon. You can also use multiple words in a hashtag. In that case, write all the words together without spaces and make sure each word starts with a capital letter, for example, #ThickTrunkTuesday. Capitalizing makes multi-word hashtags easier to read.

Tip #551

August 28, 2024

When you have the post with its comments open as a page in Vivaldi Social then it’s easy to copy the link from the Address Bar and share it. But when you’re casually browsing through your feeds, then opting for Vivaldi Social’s share option, which triggers the operating system’s share menu allows you to share content without losing your spot on the page.

To share posts from Vivaldi Social:

1. Click on the 3 dot menu below the post.
2. Select Share from the menu.
3. Choose the app you want to share the post on.
4. Follow the app’s directions.

Tip #545

August 19, 2024

Vivaldi Themes has thousands of themes created by the Vivaldi Community members. Some have been made from scratch with a custom Start Page background image and toolbar button icons. Others have used sources available online.

In the latter case, when you’re uploading your own theme to Vivaldi Themes, first make sure that you’re even allowed to use the image and, secondly, remember to add a link to the source.

Tip #542

August 9, 2024

Whether an introduction to your blog or a post that you’re especially proud of, pinning it to the top of your blog will ensure that no one will miss it.

To pin a blog post:

1. Open the post you want to pin in the editor.
2. Go to the post’s settings panel on the right side.
3. Tick the box for “Stick to the top of the blog”.

Tip #536

August 1, 2024

It can be nice to look back on posts you made months and years ago, but if you prefer to live in the moment, you can automatically delete your posts when they reach a certain age. There are plenty of exceptions you can make to ensure the important content such as pinned posts and private messages remains.

To automatically delete old posts on Vivaldi Social:

1. Go to Preferences > Automated post deletion.
2. Enable “Automatically delete old posts”.
3. Select the age threshold.
4. Review exceptions.
5. Save the changes.

Tip #533

July 26, 2024

If you like to display content in easily manageable portions, dividing the list of topics in categories and posts in threads into pages is for you. But if you prefer to have new content appear automatically as soon as you’ve reached the end, enabling infinite scroll is the way to go. Luckily, the Vivaldi Forum caters to both styles.

To update your preference:

1. Click on your profile picture in the top right corner of the Forum and select “Settings” from the menu.
2. In the Pagination section, either enable or disable “Paginate topics and posts instead of using infinite scroll”.
3. If you’ve opted to paginate posts and topics, feel free to adjust the number of items that are shown per page.
4. Save the changes.

Tip #528

July 17, 2024

In addition to the basic emoji set, Mastodon, instances can add custom emojis. We’ve added some Vivaldi-related emojis to Vivaldi Social, including Vivaldi logos, our loveable lava ball Tony, and Vivaldia. You can also find these emojis on the Vivaldi Forum.

To use Vivaldi emojis:

1. Click on the 🙂 “Insert emoji” button in the top right corner of the post editor on Vivaldi Social.
2. Scroll past your frequently used and other custom emojis to the Vivaldi section.
3. Click on the emoji you want to add to your post.