Community Services Tips

Tip #510

June 18, 2024

When someone replies to a topic you’ve commented on on the Vivaldi Forum, then of course you want to see what they say and you click on the notification to be taken to the topic. But some notifications are just informational. In that case, you can mark them read without opening the topic.

To mark a notification as read:

1. Open the notifications menu.
2. Click on the little circle above the notification time on the right side.

To mark all notifications read, click on “Mark all read” at the bottom of the list.

Tip #506

June 12, 2024

Even if you can undo some things, it’s better to prevent them in the first place. That’s why on Vivaldi Social, you can choose to be asked to confirm your decision before boosting or deleting posts, and before unfollowing an account.

To enable confirmation dialogs:

1. Go to Preferences > Appearance > Confirmation Dialogs.
2. Tick the boxes to enable showing the confirmation dialog before:
   • unfollowing someone,
   • boosting a post,
   • deleting a post.

Tip #503

June 7, 2024

Having too many icons can sometimes make things confusing. To make it clear what one or the other button on your Vivaldi blog editor’s menus does, you can opt to display text labels instead of icons.

To switch from icons to text:

1. Open the blog post editor on your Vivaldi.net blog.
2. Click on the Options menu in the top right corner.
3. Select Preferences.
4. In General > Appearance, toggle on “Show button text labels”.

Tip #496

May 29, 2024

Reading back what you posted to the Vivaldi Forum and you’re not happy with it? Use the edit option to fix that typo, clarify your point, and more.

To update your post on the Vivaldi Forum:

1. Go to the topic and find the post you want to edit.
2. Click on 3 dot menu button in the bottom right corner of the post (next to Reply, Quote, and upvoting options).
3. Select “Edit” from the menu.
4. Make your changes to the post.
5. Click “Submit”.

Tip #491

May 22, 2024

When you “watch” topics on the Vivaldi Forum, you’ll receive notifications whenever someone replies to the discussion. You can start watching topics manually or be added as a watcher automatically after you’ve posted.

To change the default watch settings:

1. Click your profile image in the top right corner and select “Settings” from the menu, or head over to https://forum.community.vivaidi.xyz/me/settings.
2. In the “Watch” section, tick the boxes for “Watch topics you create” and/or “Watch topics that you reply to” if you want to receive notifications, or untick the boxes if you don’t want to be added as a watcher to the topic.
3. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click “Save changes”.

Tip #485

May 9, 2024

Since on Mastodon, there aren’t any algorithms deciding what content to show you, you need to actively follow accounts and hashtags to fill up your Vivaldi Social Home feed with interesting posts.

To find which hashtags to follow:

• See which hashtags others have added to their posts.
• Search for hashtags.
• Browse trending hashtags on the Explore page.

To follow a hashtag:

1. Click on the hashtag to view recent posts using the hashtag.
2. Near the top right corner, click on “Follow hashtag”.

Tip #480

May 2, 2024

If you’ve enabled Two-Factor Authentication for your Vivaldi account, then you need to use an app password when adding your account to mail and calendar clients, such as Vivaldi Mail and Vivaldi Calendar.

To generate an app password:

1. Log in to your Vivaldi account on Vivaldi.net and go to the profile.
2. Go to the Two-Factor Authentication management page and verify your identity with the login password.
3. If you have at least one 2FA method set up, you’ll see an option to create App Passwords, go to that page.
4. Select the type of app (mail, calendar, or both) you want to create the password for.
5. Give it a name, so you’ll recognize which apps and clients you’ve generated passwords for.
6. Copy the password, enter it on the login page of the client, and store the password in a safe location as this is the only time the password will be shown to you.

Tip #478

April 29, 2024

Give your blog on Vivaldi.net a look that reflects you and the topics you’re blogging about – from theme colors to fonts, a logo, and a header image. In this tip, let’s find out how to add the latter.

To add a header image to your blog:

1. Click “Customize” on the top menu bar of your blog or go to Dashboard > Appearance > Customize.
2. Go to the Header Image section.
3. Click “Add New Image” to upload a new image, select one from your Media Library, or search for an image using Instant Images. Alternatively, select a premade color gradient as the header image.
4. If needed, change the blog title color.
5. Click “Publish” to save the changes.

Tip #474

April 23, 2024

You can receive a notification about many things happening on Vivaldi Social. For example, when someone boosts your post, mentions you in their post, requests to follow you, etc. You probably care about some notifications more than others, so make use of the settings to decide what kind of notifications you get and how.

To edit notification settings:

1. Go to your Notifications page.
2. Click “Show settings” in the top right corner of the Notifications column.
3. Toggle notifications on and off as you wish.

To learn about email notifications, check out Tip #374.

Tip #472

April 19, 2024

Bring your address book over to your Vivaldi account and add new contacts any time from the Contacts page in Vivaldi Webmail and send emails in a breeze.

To import contacts to Vivaldi Webmail:

1. Open the Contacts page in Vivaldi Webmail.
2. Click on Import on the menu above the contact view.
3. In the importer window, choose your contacts file.
4. Select the contact group to add the new contacts to.
5. Click Import.

Tip #470

April 17, 2024

Did you know that in addition to the built-in Calendar client, Vivaldi also offers an online calendar service bundled with Vivaldi Webmail*? You can use it with Vivaldi Calendar and add it to other calendar clients and apps that support CalDAV.

To add your Vivaldi account to Vivaldi Calendar:

1. Go to Settings > Calendar > Calendar Accounts.
2. Click on + “Add Account”.
3. Select Vivaldi.net.
4. Give the calendar a name.
5. Enter your account’s email address.
6. Enter your account’s login password or the app password, if you have Two-Factor Authentication enabled.
7. Once logged in, select which calendars you want to sync or hide.
8. Finish by clicking “Save Account”.

To add your Vivaldi account to other clients and apps, follow their instructions and check out this Help page for more information.

*New accounts first need to build up reputation to use Vivaldi Webmail and the calendar. More info.

Tip #468

April 15, 2024

When you’ve come across a great post and want all your followers to see it too, you can boost the post. When you just want to let the author know that you liked their post, you can favorite it. Both boosted and favorited content can later be found among your posts and favorites.

But what if you don’t want to publicly interact with the post or want make an extra record of a boosted/favorited post? In that case you have the option to bookmark it. To bookmark a post on Vivaldi Social, simply click on the “Bookmark” button below the interesting post.