diff --git a/docs/customization.md b/docs/customization.md index 194da8ae2..95f626823 100644 --- a/docs/customization.md +++ b/docs/customization.md @@ -1,6 +1,8 @@ # Customizing Soapbox -If you haven't already, [install Soapbox](https://soapbox.pub/). +If you haven't already, [install Soapbox](https://soapbox.pub/). But before you install soapbox, you should consider how Soapbox is installed, by default. + +Soapbox, by default, is installed to replace the default Pleroma front end. By extension, the Pleroma Masto front end continues to be available at the `/web` sub-URL, which you can reference, if you'd like, in the `promoPanel` section of `soapbox.json` There are two main places Soapbox gets its configuration: @@ -97,3 +99,9 @@ Simply rename `about.example` to `about`, or create your own. The `soapbox.json` file navlinks section's default URL values are pointing to the above file location, when the `about.example` folder is renamed to `about` These four template files have placeholders in them, e.g. "Your_Instance", that should be edited to match your Soapbox instance configuration, and will be meaningless to your users until you edit them. + +## Alternate Soapbox URL Root Location +If you want to install Soapbox at an alternate URL, allowing you to potentially run more than 2 front ends on a Pleroma server, you can consider deploying the Nginx config created by @a1batross, available [here](https://git.mentality.rip/a1batross/soapbox-nginx-config/src/branch/master/soapbox.nginx) + +Tech support is limited for this level of customization +