How do you join diaspora

It's confusing to be sent to a different domain with a different, less friendly layout. Also I'm pretty sure this has been discussed before but would it be possible to create a page that dynamically relays a list of pods from podupti. That site does a great job but sending people who are not D enthusiasts there as a means of choosing a pod is not very friendly. There is a more user-friendly I think guide in the tutorials section of the project site, but that is not currently linked to the home page.

I'm not sure it should be linked there, but there should definitely be a simpler explanation that the wiki page. The plan is to combine the functionality of Pod Uptime with that of the statistics hub and place this in a user-friendly form on the main site.

But it'll take some work, and no one who can do this has yet been able to put aside the time for it. Speaking about that, I asked a french deaf to work on translating a text about how to join to french sign language. As some of you know, I've been working on a new version of the Diaspora Foundation site, and I suggested as I think others did to include the pod selection and uptime in the main page. I'll be investing both development and design time to it. This may need a little work, but since we are doing a new Foundation site, we may get to include at least a better version of a "how-to" page in the first release.

First release will be probably a slightly enhanced version of the current site with emphasis on identity and design, but then we can start improving the content, so its a great opportunity to start sketching these things for real.

If you have already signed up, you can skip this section and go straight to Part 2. To help you choose which pod is best for you, have a look at our guide to choosing a pod to help you. If you want to join to the same pod as them, you can simply follow the link in the mail. You will not be able to sign in to another pod, but there is no need for you to do this anyway. Once you have chosen a pod, find the Sign up link.

It should be right there on the home page of the pod. When you click the sign-up link you will be presented with a page on which you need to enter a user name, e-mail address and password. During the registration process your seed will probably be connected automatically to one other seed. If, however, you prefer not to follow this seed, you can easily remove it from your contacts list. Before you do anything else, take a minute to fill out your profile. Then click the blue Edit my profile button in the top right corner.

There are two parts to your profile: the basic profile , which is public, and the detailed profile , which is private by default.