> Updates on New Forum Features & Changes

[Aayah]

Originally Posted by Abu Sayyad

Yes but won't it indicate as easy way to join and make spam?

exactly !!

this is what I am thinking about

[Yanal]

Lets hope an admin sees this and rethinks it.

[Assad]

I like point 6 (Facebook login access).. as it will make registration process more easy and wide!

[salman]

As-Salamu 'Alaykum

@ sister Ayah & brother Abu Sayyed

I'm very well aware of that downside and maybe I can figure out a way to only allow this option for the registered users

@bro Raied & bro Acid

It looks a good marketing tool


Anyway, here I got more possible addons, let me know which ones you guys like

1 - Invitation System - a forum built in function to invite your friends to join this forum

2 - Personal Sticky threads - you can choose your own personal stick threads

3 - Personal Notepad - you can write down some notes and save them vis User CP and they'll be available to you till you remove them

4 - Video Directory - a page where you can post your favourite videos from youtube, google, etc and users can view them, rate them etc

5 - Post/Thread Draft (Not yet available) - save your draft version of posts/threads and post them later when you're done

[Aayah]

^ then if it only will be for the registered users in this forum, then whats the point from doing it?

I think it might makes things harder if members here use different usernames than the ones the use in facebook. So its gonna hard to tell who is who

[Yanal]

Lets let brother Salman do the thinking shall we? I think we should. I'm happy with what this forum has in knowledge,members not how it looks etc but in the end try your best brothers.

[Aayah]

sure.....its all suggestions at the end
or let me say I was thinking loudly.....

but the forum the last days has been really amazing with the new features added

All the best InshaAllah.....keep up the hard work brothers

jazakum allah khair for your efforts

[salman]

^sister, we appreciate the feedback as at the end of the day the forum is for everyone, not just the admins. You've raised good points, which I already had at the back of my head. The thing is that it is an optional and it is not like it is replacing the forum login system with facebook. It is an additional option on top of forum login system; so those who want to use they can. Also, it could help us with marketing.

[Yanal]

True brother,it can be optional but how about optional for members who stayed for at least 2 weeks.

[salman]

:

Update on couple of new features and reminder of old options

1 - How to view more posts on one page?

User CP -> Edit options; scroll down to Thread Display Options and then change value in Number of Posts to Show Per Page. I believe by default is 10.

2 - I don't like shoutbox, how can I disable it?

User CP -> Edit options; scroll down to Miscellaneous Options, then Chatbox options : General options and set Show the chatbox to "NO".

3 - Profile Privacy

This may not to be a popular feature on this board but you can choose who should be allowed to view info your profile: i.e., profile picture, friends, profile messages & visitors, etc. You can access it via User CP -> Profile Privacy

4 - Invitation System

Invite your friends to join Islamic-Life, you also have an option to delete sent invitations. This option is accessible via User CP -> Invite Your Friends & Quick Links -> Invite Your Friends.

5 - Double Post Prevention

Basically, if you make a post in a thread, then make another post before 10 minutes has passed and if you were the last poster then your two posts will be merged. If for some reasons, you want them to be separate then make a request to staff via pm. For now, I've set an exception for admins and super moderators.

I've decided not to install the facebook feature and this is all for now. Please let me know if you guys have any feature requests.