diff --git a/src/en/SUMMARY.md b/src/en/SUMMARY.md index fcdff46..0d454ba 100644 --- a/src/en/SUMMARY.md +++ b/src/en/SUMMARY.md @@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ - [Install with Ansible](administration/install_ansible.md) - [Other Installation Methods](administration/other_installation_methods.md) - [Configuration](administration/configuration.md) + - [Getting started with Federation](administration/federation_getting_started.md) - [Troubleshooting](administration/troubleshooting.md) - [Backup and Restore](administration/backup_and_restore.md) - [Federation](federation/federation.md) - [Federation Overview](federation/overview.md) - - [Administration](federation/administration.md) - [Resources](federation/resources.md) - [Lemmy Protocol](federation/lemmy_protocol.md) - [Client Development](client_development/client_development.md) diff --git a/src/en/federation/federation.md b/src/en/administration/federation_getting_started.md similarity index 58% rename from src/en/federation/federation.md rename to src/en/administration/federation_getting_started.md index 070e7f1..5f9ffc0 100644 --- a/src/en/federation/federation.md +++ b/src/en/administration/federation_getting_started.md @@ -13,4 +13,25 @@ One way you can take advantage of federation is by opening a different instance, - `https://lemmy.ml/post/123` (Post) - `https://lemmy.ml/comment/321` (Comment) -You can see the list of linked instances by following the "Instances" link at the bottom of any Lemmy page. \ No newline at end of file +You can see the list of linked instances by following the "Instances" link at the bottom of any Lemmy page. + +## Fetching communities + +If you search for a community first time, 20 posts are fetched initially. Only if a least one user on your instance subscribes to the remote community, will the community send updates to your instance. Updates include: + +- New posts, comments +- Votes +- Post, comment edits and deletions +- Mod actions + +You can copy the URL of the community from the address bar in your browser and insert it in your search field. Wait a few seconds, the post will appear below. At the moment there is no loading indicator for the search, so wait a few seconds if it shows "no results". + +## Fetching posts + +Paste the URL of a post into your Lemmy instance's search field. Wait a few seconds until the post appears. This will also fetch the community profile, and the profile of the post creator. + +## Fetching comments + +If you find an interesting comment under a posting on another instance, you can find below the comment in the 3-dot-menu the link-symbol. Copy this link. It looks like `https://lemmy.ml/post/56382/comment/40796`. Remove the `post/XXX` part and put it into your search-bar. For this example, search for `https://lemmy.ml/comment/40796`. This comment, all parent comments, users and community and the corresponding post are fetched from the remote instance, if they are not known locally. + +Sibling comments are not fetched! If you want more comments from older posts, you have to search for each of them as described above.