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Zot

Tue, 19 Nov 2019 20:20:48 -0800

Mike Macgirvin wrote the following post Tue, 19 Nov 2019 20:20:47 -0800

@!Zot

This is a casual reminder that groups in Zap are very different from forums in Hubzilla. You can post to them either with a wall-to-wall post or a DM (as I've done here).

Notifications in Channel Clone

el_chava

Mon, 26 Aug 2019 13:54:49 -0700

Logged in to channel at cloned location and noticed many old notifications not viewed/cleared. Most had already been cleared at primary channel location. This includes pending connections that had previously been accepted.

Should this be something that syncs between primary and clones?

Wondering if bug, as-intended, or otherwise.

#Zap #Zot6

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el_chava

Thu, 29 Aug 2019 17:20:31 -0700 last edited: Thu, 29 Aug 2019 17:21:39 -0700

Then I suspect the non-sync'd connections might just be an issue on the hub hosting the clone channel. I see duplicate connections on here as well... perhaps a localized db issue. No biggie.

Hmmm... Is a Zap hub called a "hub" as in Hubzilla? Should it be a zub or a zite perhaps? haha

Waitman Gobble

Thu, 29 Aug 2019 17:43:24 -0700

Zit

Mike Macgirvin

Thu, 29 Aug 2019 18:33:11 -0700

I created a project specific vocabulary mostly as satire only because years ago everybody else was doing it. It was a joke.

Call it what you want. Maybe a clump or zapwad or sac or swarm or coven/covey. As a plural of an electrical discharge maybe it should just be called a storm.

Default caldav path for calendar app?

Bill Albertson

Mon, 15 Jul 2019 21:05:57 -0700

I think I saw it once, but haven't been able to find it again. If anyone knows offhand, I would appreciate a hint.

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Bill Albertson

Thu, 18 Jul 2019 20:46:14 -0700 last edited: Thu, 18 Jul 2019 20:46:53 -0700

Ok, so, I'm halfway there. The URL that is now showing both of my test calendars is:
<base URL>/cdav/principals/<channel name>/

This is being pulled by DAVx5 on my android. I was able to crib the resource url from the DAVx5 error log when I originally tried /cdav/calendars/, but that never listed my test calendars. I'm still getting a 404 whenever I try to sync, so I will have a look at that tomorrow.

Mike Macgirvin

Thu, 18 Jul 2019 21:27:57 -0700

<baseurl>/cdav/calendars/<nickname>

works for me, but for sync with lightning that needs to be followed by the actual calendar name. For instance

<baseurl>/cdav/calendars/<nickname>/home

This should be documented somewhere more useful (like the settings page) so you can find it again, and I believe I have seen it documented some place, but like you I can never seem to find it when somebody asks.

Bill Albertson

Thu, 18 Jul 2019 21:49:03 -0700

Huh. Well, I tried the URLs you listed, and the ones I listed just to be sure. So far, I'm only getting both calendars from <base URL>/cdav/principals/<channel name>/

I'll look again tomorrow when I feel more awake... maybe I need to update :)

Bill Albertson

Sat, 03 Aug 2019 12:44:05 -0700

Ok, I'm back. I've tried accessing caldav with cadaver, and all I'm getting is 404 errors, which is new and different from davx, which gave 404s but only listed files under <base URL>/cdav/principals/<channel name>.

Is it possible there is some kind of permissioning error I'm not aware of? The server access log shows a 401, and then a 404 error when accessing.


dav:!> open https://zap.exanimate.net/cdav/principals/bill    
Authentication required for Zap CalDAV/CardDAV on server `zap.exanimate.net':
Username: bill@exanimate.net
Password: 
Authentication required for Zap CalDAV/CardDAV on server `zap.exanimate.net':
Username: bill@exanimate.net
Password: 
Could not open collection:
404 Not Found
dav:/cdav/principals/bill/? exit


bills-grimoire:~> cadaver https://zap.exanimate.net/cdav/calendars/bill      
Authentication required for Zap CalDAV/CardDAV on server `zap.exanimate.net':
Username: bill@exanimate.net
Password: 
Could not open collection:
404 Not Found
dav:/cdav/calendars/bill/? exit

174.50.167.76 - - [03/Aug/2019:12:19:41 -0700] "OPTIONS /cdav/calendars/bill/ HTTP/1.1" 401 4265 "-" "cadaver/0.23.3 neon/0.30.2" 
174.50.167.76 - - [03/Aug/2019:12:20:12 -0700] "OPTIONS /cdav/calendars/bill/ HTTP/1.1" 404 956 "-" "cadaver/0.23.3 neon/0.30.2" 
174.50.167.76 - - [03/Aug/2019:12:20:57 -0700] "OPTIONS /cdav/calendars/bill/ HTTP/1.1" 401 4265 "-" "cadaver/0.23.3 neon/0.30.2" 
174.50.167.76 - - [03/Aug/2019:12:21:16 -0700] "OPTIONS /cdav/calendars/bill/ HTTP/1.1" 404 956 "-" "cadaver/0.23.3 neon/0.30.2"

Bill Albertson

Sat, 03 Aug 2019 13:25:40 -0700

Ok, so I figured out my malfunction. I didn't read the section "- 400 and 4xx "File not found" errors" of the Install.txt as carefully as I should have!

My issue is due to the odd configuration of Apache on Dreamhost. I will work out a solution and post that back later.

Mike Macgirvin

Sat, 03 Aug 2019 15:13:57 -0700

hz.macgirvin.com is on dreamhost and using the default .htaccess file supplied by Hubzilla. I get similar results with Zap (also on Dreamhost using the default .htaccess) except that I do not have any created or active caldav calendars in Zap. I do however see the default home,inbox, and outbox when accessing my calendars in zap but they are empty.

I understand that you've only had results when connecting to principals but once again I'll suggest that if you want to access calendars you should probably access calendars and not principals (people). We've never really populated the principals with anything - the entries under principals only exist to allow sharing.


% cadaver
dav:!> open https://hz.macgirvin.com/cdav/calendars/hubzilla
Authentication required for RedCalDAV/CardDAV on server `hz.macgirvin.com':
Username: hubzilla
Password: 
dav:/cdav/calendars/hubzilla/> ls
Listing collection `/cdav/calendars/hubzilla/': succeeded.
Coll:   4afb806b7f74befa9973621d20257dbc6ed8477f          0  Jan  1  1970
Coll:   default                                0  Jan  1  1970
Coll:   home                                   0  Jan  1  1970
Coll:   inbox                                  0  Jan  1  1970
Coll:   outbox                                 0  Jan  1  1970
dav:/cdav/calendars/hubzilla/> cd home
dav:/cdav/calendars/hubzilla/home/> ls
Listing collection `/cdav/calendars/hubzilla/home/': succeeded.
        a03896d419f2ffa0397a7eac6f63d81c439fb698.ics        364  Apr 17 09:52
        de33134b0ccd7e5b828b9a313ba702c2e63e7609.ics        363  Apr 17 09:51
dav:/cdav/calendars/hubzilla/home/> quit
Connection to `hz.macgirvin.com' closed.

% cadaver
dav:!> open https://hz.macgirvin.com/cdav/principals/hubzilla
Authentication required for RedCalDAV/CardDAV on server `hz.macgirvin.com':
Username: hubzilla
Password: 
dav:/cdav/principals/hubzilla/> ls
Listing collection `/cdav/principals/hubzilla/': collection is empty.
dav:/cdav/principals/hubzilla/> quit
Connection to `hz.macgirvin.com' closed.

Bill Albertson

Sat, 03 Aug 2019 21:22:22 -0700

After reading Einer and Mike, I tried cadaver at the <base url>/cdav level, and I could log in! The caldav response shows nothing is listing in the directories where I should expect to find files. Again, that makes me wonder what is going on, because I have a default calendar /cdav/calendars/bill/default and a test calendar /cdav/calendars/bill/<long id is long>.

bills-grimoire:~> cadaver
dav:!> open zap.exanimate.net/cdav
Could not parse URL `zap.exanimate.net/cdav'
dav:zap.exanimate.net/cdav? open https://zap.exanimate.net/cdav
Authentication required for Zap CalDAV/CardDAV on server `zap.exanimate.net':
Username: bill@exanimate.net
Password: 
dav:/cdav/> list
Unrecognised command. Type 'help' for a list of commands.
dav:/cdav/> help
Available commands: 
 ls         cd         pwd        put        get        mget       mput       
 edit       less       mkcol      cat        delete     rmcol      copy       
 move       lock       unlock     discover   steal      showlocks  version    
 checkin    checkout   uncheckout history    label      propnames  chexec     
 propget    propdel    propset    search     set        open       close      
 echo       quit       unset      lcd        lls        lpwd       logout     
 help       describe   about      
Aliases: rm=delete, mkdir=mkcol, mv=move, cp=copy, more=less, quit=exit=bye
dav:/cdav/> ls
Listing collection `/cdav/': succeeded.
Coll:   addressbooks                           0  Dec 31  1969
Coll:   calendars                              0  Dec 31  1969
Coll:   principals                             0  Dec 31  1969
dav:/cdav/> cd calendars
dav:/cdav/calendars/> ls
Listing collection `/cdav/calendars/': failed:
404 Not Found
dav:/cdav/calendars/> ls principals
Listing collection `/cdav/calendars/principals/': failed:
404 Not Found
dav:/cdav/calendars/> ls addressbooks
Listing collection `/cdav/calendars/addressbooks/': failed:
404 Not Found
dav:/cdav/calendars/> ls calendars/bill
Listing collection `/cdav/calendars/calendars/bill/': failed:
404 Not Found

Bill Albertson

Wed, 07 Aug 2019 21:00:05 -0700

After some more testing, I found that the phone app aCalDAV from the FDroid repository works just fine for syncing calendar data. The problem was that the prior DAVX app was making a lot of assumptions about what it *had* to see. Able to sync calendars just fine with my phone now.

Mike Macgirvin

Wed, 07 Aug 2019 21:04:44 -0700

Note for future explorers in this space: should probably log what accesses DAVX makes so we can ultimately give it whatever it wants to see.

Bill Albertson

Wed, 07 Aug 2019 21:08:23 -0700

DAVx simply wouldn't sync with an empty caldav directory either. I set one up under dreamhost, separate from my zap instance. It errored there as well. Apparently DAVx was expecting specific structures and methods of access to be in place, from what I could read in the logs. I can provide testing logs for both if you want, probably can do it on Saturday when I have more time.

Blocking sites from the directory view

Bill Albertson

Wed, 10 Jul 2019 07:40:03 -0700

I've noticed some spammers setting up shop, especially from o.mindblast.space. Is there any way to block them from being viewed in the directory, based on site name or keywords?

I've pre-emptively blocked public stream communications and communications in the admin-security panel.

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Mike Macgirvin

Wed, 10 Jul 2019 13:45:06 -0700

I looked just now and there's a new entry that's borderline. It's certainly permissible to have a social profile representing a company, even if it's a slightly sleazy company or business venture. I'm going to leave this one alone. This is completely different from setting up hundreds of spam profiles for the same company or link.

Waitman Gobble

Wed, 10 Jul 2019 14:21:39 -0700

I just checked and don't see recent spamalufugus accounts here.

Bill Albertson

Wed, 10 Jul 2019 14:50:55 -0700

Mike, thank you for the prompt reply, and i appreciate your efforts in addressing issues like this.

Zap: 'embed photo' button broken?

A.minimus

Mon, 24 Jun 2019 18:22:05 -0700

I notice the post-tool to embed an existing photo is currently not working here. Albums appear empty from the selection box.
Possible new bug, or hangover from the zap.dog photo-table disaster? Can anyone else confirm?

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Waitman Gobble

Tue, 25 Jun 2019 05:45:40 -0700 last edited: Tue, 25 Jun 2019 05:46:06 -0700

It checks git and pulls if there's an update avail. Normally we don't have to log in again but i think after the most recent major update i had to log in again. Depends on what changed I guess

zudn

Tue, 25 Jun 2019 06:24:34 -0700

I'm still going on the same log-in for weeks, I think.

Waitman Gobble

Tue, 25 Jun 2019 10:51:04 -0700

I'm using the webauthn plugin that only allows one simultaneous login per account, so possibly that got reset. Or i was logged in on my phone.

Zap: filter own posts by alist?

A.minimus

Wed, 29 May 2019 20:39:51 -0700

Looking at one's channel home page(s), is there a way to view only posts visible to a particular Access List, as is possible with the network stream?
Thanks.

Mike Macgirvin

Wed, 29 May 2019 21:46:59 -0700

Not currently implemented.

A.minimus

Wed, 29 May 2019 21:50:52 -0700

Ta. Just wondering.

Article Permissions [Zap]

el_chava

Tue, 16 Apr 2019 14:40:24 -0700

I don't see "Public" option when trying to set permissions for an article on one of my channels.

The channel role is Social-Restricted.

I should be able to do this, shouldn't I?
Any ideas?

Image/photo

Also, posting here because I wasn't sure if there is a dedicated Zap Support Forum similar to the Hubzilla one on Zotadel.

Thanks.

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Mike Macgirvin

Tue, 16 Apr 2019 16:07:34 -0700

"Visible to your default audience" is the correct choice. It *should* be labeled "Public" here but for some reason it is not.

Mike Macgirvin

Tue, 16 Apr 2019 19:39:56 -0700

Should be fixed in zap-addons dev.

el_chava

Tue, 16 Apr 2019 20:54:16 -0700 last edited: Tue, 16 Apr 2019 20:55:35 -0700

Is the fix only a wording change on the label?

The Article is currently set to "Visible to your default audience" but when trying to access from a fresh browser session the result is "Permission Denied."

If the Channel role is Social-Restricted, would the "default audience" be Friends (Access List) and not Public?

Mike Macgirvin

Tue, 16 Apr 2019 21:45:32 -0700

Sorry, it turns out to be a bit more complicated and may take a few days to fix. The Articles app re-uses the 'pages' permissions from Hubzilla, but Zap doesn't have 'pages' permissions. It did when I ported the app but doesn't now so this is going to get messy.

Mike Macgirvin

Tue, 16 Apr 2019 22:23:06 -0700

It *may* be fixed now. You will have to uninstall the articles addon and re-install it to pick up all the changes.

el_chava

Wed, 17 Apr 2019 10:11:47 -0700

I'll give it a try. Thanks @Mike Macgirvin ⚡!

Zot

Sun, 17 Feb 2019 21:10:21 -0800

Zap 2.4RC has been tagged for release testing.

Zot

Wed, 13 Feb 2019 20:10:52 -0800

Zot updated their profile photo

Zot

Sat, 09 Feb 2019 13:19:05 -0800

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-39341663

Content Filter App

Zot

Tue, 22 Jan 2019 19:26:13 -0800

Zap/Osada dev branch contains a new app for content filtering. This is similar to the 'Connection Filter' in Hubzilla but has been extended in some unique ways. There is a separate filter definition to apply filtering to any incoming content.

El Vecio

Wed, 23 Jan 2019 06:43:53 -0800

🔁 Repeated @Zot's Note

Zot

Mon, 21 Jan 2019 14:41:06 -0800

Zot updated their profile photo