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Pygoscelis Papua Feb 17

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Pygoscelis Papua Feb 9

Random Penguin Feb 8

Bookface 2.0 Releases!

New year, new Friendica, new Bookface!

DOWNLOAD FOR FRIENDICA 2026.01 & 2025.07-rc

DOWNLOAD FOR FRIENDICA 2024.12

If you're a server admin who is still running the previous Friendica stable 2024.12 and were pulling Bookface from either the "main" or "stable" branches of the repo please be aware those are now targeting the new stable version 2026.01, which will not work with the previous stable version. There is now a separate 2024.12 branch in the repository.

Please note that the Userstyles version has not been updated with 2.0 changes and that project is now archived. Those stylesheets will receive no further development or maintenance updates. If you're still on an instance that doesn't have the Bookface scheme available the version for Friendica Release Candidate 2025-07-rc does work with stable 2026.01.

Okay, so what's IN it? The most noticeable change in v2.0 is that the User Menu and Notifications have been moved to the far right in the desktop layout:

Also, the Search field expands on focus to make it easier to see what you are typing, and if navigation labels are enabled alignment issues with them have been fixed, as has the alignment of the buttons themselves.

When you open the User Menu now your user name appears with your avatar at all screen sizes. Some people have multiple accounts that use the same avatar and it could get confusing as to which account they were logged into when, at some screen widths, the username would disappear due to space constraints.

There has long been an alignment issue with Event Action Buttons if the label text was too long because they were absolutely positioned. They have been changed to a flex layout now, which also increased the space for the buttons above them:

The release for 2026.01 has a dozen changes and fixes. The release for 2024.12 has nearly two dozen. See the Changelog at the end of the ReadMe file for details.

@admins @helpers

Pygoscelis Papua Nov 2

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Random Penguin Nov 2

I know I said I'd like to stop updating the Bookface Userstyles but I went ahead and did it anyway. In part because I've needed to start using them again myself over at Friendica.World, which switched to the Release Candidate and the Bookface schemes get overwritten every time the server is updated or something.

Anyway, I started by adding all the Bookface 1.8.5 server-side changes to the Userstyles for Friendica Stable:

DOWNLOAD: Userstyles for Friendica Stable

And then did the same for the upcoming version:

DOWNLOAD: Userstyles for Friendica Release Candidate

Instructions on how to use the Userstyles can be found in the Bookface Wiki

Bookface Userstyle v1.8.5 · Random Penguin / userstyles · GitLab

Yeah, I know I said wasn't going to update the userstyles anymore, but I ended up applying the fixes from the server-side 1.8.5 anyway. Those include:

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Pygoscelis Papua Oct 16

Random Penguin Oct 16

Bookface & Add-on Updates

https://dillyofapickle.com/display/8aa28c03-1368-f17e-dd7a-130878134308

Pygoscelis Papua Oct 4

I finally got into the Friendica.world server so I can post my primary account is now @randompenguin Any future announcements of updates to Bookface or my add-ons will be over there. Direct questions/feedback to that account.

Pygoscelis Papua Sep 1, 2025

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Random Penguin Sep 1, 2025

UPDATE TO VERSION 1.1

DOWNLOAD HERE: gitlab.com/randompenguin/cover…

Thanks to all the great feedback here I've already got some fixes in place:

Improved client-side JS error handling
Normalized the script to all be in jQuery (instead of a mix of vanilla JS and jQuery)
Added handling for image URL data from Frio version of browser.js script.
Fixed the regex that extracts the image URL in other themes so it now handles a caption having been set on the image.
Preview now shows the image you just selected from Photo Browser modal.

Some of the other issues can only be fixed in Friendica itself. I've already submitted these as PRs and some are already merged into the dev branch, but Admins can also go grab these scripts and manually replace the files on their server to get the fixes right now:

1. /view/js/module/media/browser.js fixes the inability to navigate to albums in the photo browser modal in themes other than Frio. It also makes the script data returned from selecting an image consistent between Frio and non-Frio themes, which in turn reduces potential errors in Cover Photo retrieving the selected image URL.

2. /view/theme/frio/frameworks/justifiedGallery/jquery.justifiedGallery.min.js fixes the missing Cover Photo thumbnail images on the Photo pages when using the Frio theme.

Cover Photo Add-On Version 1.1 · Random Penguin / coverphoto · GitLab

Improved client-side JS error handling Normalized JS script to jQuery (no longer a mix of vanilla and jQuery) Added handling for img url data...

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Pygoscelis Papua Aug 30, 2025

Random Penguin Aug 29, 2025

Cover Photo Add-On for Friendica

https://dillyofapickle.com/display/8aa28c03-1768-b221-56e5-e89517846698

Pygoscelis Papua Jun 15, 2025

Proposed Restyling of Verified Checkmarks

https://gitlab.com/randompenguin/bookface/-/issues/30

Pygoscelis Papua Jun 13, 2025

Looking for Feedback

https://friendica.world/display/84b6ef2b-5868-4c8d-0b04-06e400523628

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Pygoscelis Papua Jun 9, 2025

@hypolite Okay, so I can't get it to work from the theme.php file but it does work if I put it in an addon. So maybe I'll just do that. Create an addon that can pull a header image if one is set.

Also, switching from the profile_sidebar_enter hook to profile_sidebar gets me access to write in new HTML as well. Of course this only works in the sidebar vCard stuff.

For other themes it would be nice if my addon could just prepend the header image to the main profile. I can add stuff to that page with the hook profile_advanced but it appears to only provide a string with the HTML? The docs say:

Called when the HTML is generated for the Advanced profile, corresponding to the Profile tab within a person’s profile page. $b is the HTML string representation of the generated profile. The profile array details are in $a->profile.

But $a doesn't appear to be available in that hook?

I don't think I'm going to be running it through Contact::getDefaultHeader($contact) though because I don't want the platform default header image anyway.

Then, I suppose, I'm going to have to come up with an interface to SET a header image since there isn't one. I have no idea how to do that. I'm hoping looking at how profile "avatar" images are done will give me a clue. Where ever that code is?

But an addon may end up being better because it will add header image support regardless of the user's theme.

Disclaimer	I am not, in fact, an actual penguin living in Antarctica. This account is for development/testing purposes.
Real About	Pronouns: She/Her Occupation: I've been a freelance web designer+developer and graphic designer for nearly 30 years. Most people on Friendica will know me as the designer of the "Bookface" scheme/theme. I'm not officially part of the Friendica development team, however, I just made "Bookface" for myself and others asked if they could have it. Real Location: USA. But I'm in a part that can sometimes get as cold as Antarctica. Part-time penguins would like it here at least part of the time. Why a penguin? Because penguins are cute!
Penguin Facts	Pygoscelis papua is the formal name for the "Gentoo" penguin. Gentoo's are characterized by a band of white feathers extending across the top of the thead from just above each eye, a black throat, a brush tail that is larger than other penguins, and a bill that is mostly deep orange or red. Some live on subantarctic islands while others live on the Antarctic Peninsula. A genetic analysis revealed there are FOUR subspecies!