MSO is going Xenforo 2.0

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I have purchased a TON of new 2x versions of the forum software version 1.x addons I gotta buy more, just need to find some information as it's been a bit since I have needed to buy new software, I am probably going to pay our host to test build the updated forum to test out. It is a LOT of work, probably a month or two, but its going to be nice. I have a new chat with all kinds of stuff. GOOGLE SEARCH will be integrated. So yeah. This is what I have been up to.
 
Any chance for discord integration instead of and/or supplementing shout?
 
Enki said:
Any chance for discord integration instead of and/or supplementing shout?
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Good question! I'll have to search this as I know ZERO abiut discord. I know the current shout is not available but found a robust one. Let me go peep it quick.

This is the shout I'm planning on going with

https://xenforo.com/community/resources/shoutbox-by-siropu.5668/

EDIT: Found this. Looks tough to do but is great when it works.

https://xenforo.com/community/resources/xf2-8wr-discord-integration.6058/
 
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If you need help with discord stuff, there's tons of us here that can assist (myself included).
 
Enki said:
If you need help with discord stuff, there's tons of us here that can assist (myself included).
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Check that add on out. I think that will work!

I worry all the chats will kill threads though. The chat option is pretty robust itself
 
I would imagine it should be possible to dump the contents of any chats to threads (since it also links to users/permissions in the forum), but if you're uncomfortable with it then don't do it; simple as that.
 
I really enjoy discord personally but I do find people don't check pins etc and having a discord server really becomes another fully moderation gig.
That being said I would have a general chat and that's it for chat.
all other channels would simply be a bot putting in new posts into a feed. New post in x section / thread have the feeds mirror forum sections so people can still check them basically like a RSS feed I could see that working quite well. Honestly if chat didn't scroll down automatically all the freaking time on the website when on a mobile device I personally would be content with the current one.

Although you did say raider that it'll be updated with the migration?
 
I posted elsewhere in public...I have purchased several hundred dollars in software upgrades linked to Xenforo 2.x forum software and Google Search integration is one of them. I will be having our admin Adam build the test forum upgrade and test the migration and all the software. I hope the new raffle software is easier to set up. Currently it is a pain.

As far as chat, this is their features:
Main Features
  • Rooms
  • Dedicated guest room with nickname support
  • Archive with search criteria
  • Top chatters page
  • Private conversations
  • Sound, desktop & browser tab notification
  • Global user commands (21 commands that you can manage and you can also add you own custom commands)
  • Custom user commands (Can be used to set predefined messages/responses via command)
  • User settings
  • User status
  • User group permissions
  • User sanctions (Mute/Kick/Ban)
  • User image uploads
  • Style properties
  • Lots of admin options to enable/disable certain features
  • Bot notifications for new threads, new posts, new users, new Resource Manager resources, new Media Gallery albums/media/comments
  • Bot responses that can be trigger by predefined keywords
  • Bot messages that are posted automatically at set time/date
  • Display notices in rotation (can be edited via the built in rich text editor)
  • Display ads in rotation
  • Set chat rules page
  • Rooms widget
  • Top chatters widget
  • Active users widget
Chat is loaded as a widget and you can customize the widget to load the chat at certain times on certain devices.

Chat uses the built in XenForo rich-text editor and you can disable individual buttons/BB codes.

Room options
  • Name
  • Description
  • Room users (optional with user permission) - Allow room access to certain users.
  • Password (optional with user permission)
  • User groups - Allows you to enable room access based on user group (admin option)
  • User language - Allows you to display room based on the user's account language setting (admin option)
  • Read only - Allows you to make room read-only (admin option)
  • Locked - Allows you to lock the room until a certain date (admin option)
  • Can leave room - Allows you to control if the user can leave or not the room once joined (admin option)
  • Minimum time between messages - Users will have to wait this many seconds between posting messages. (admin option)
  • Auto-prune messages every x hours (admin option)
  • Thread ID - If you set a thread ID, messages posted in the room will also be posted in the thread (admin option) In ACP there is an option that allows you to set the minimum length required for a message in order to be posted in a thread. (admin option)
  • Enable thread reply - Thread replies will get posted in the room. (admin option)
  • Repost in selected rooms - Allows you to automatically repost the messages you post in this room in other rooms (admin option)
Room message features
  • Simple Like/Unlike or Reactions
  • Quote
  • Link
  • Report
  • Edit
  • Delete
Conversation message features
  • Simple Like/Unlike or Reactions
  • Quote
  • Report
  • Edit
  • Delete
When scrolling to the end of the messages in both rooms and conversations, a button will show up to load more messages.

You can also use the /find command followed by a keyword to search for messages.
 
Nobody wants to do deep dive tshooting in shout; don't worry about that. If I'm around and someone has an issue I think will take more than a couple sentences to fix, "make a thread."
 
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Nobody wants to do deep dive tshooting in shout; don't worry about that. If I'm around and someone has an issue I think will take more than a couple sentences to fix, "make a thread."
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You're definitely good for this, so are others I still see threads being created
 
Last post was a true "2 weeks" ago! Now that Xenforo 2 has been out for a while, many paid features are now standard, most all are updatable if not. The update is being revisited as Xenforo 1 is like Vbulletin was for MSF. Outdated. I still pay for licensing on all the addons we have, so that is fun.

Lately MSO has come under a massive Russian bot attack of emails spam and registration spam. Captacha you say? They have overcome that. All the add-ons available are for 2.x, so need to update. Plus the host server needs to be updated too so it is a multi-step process. If anyone wants to help fund the addition costs for all this, you can paypal webmaster@mazdaspeeds.org. Will help cover app updates and be able to give the mad scientist responsible for this update (and the creator of the current forum) too.

Either way, hoping to be updated soon! Will give a warning before the forum goes down for the move. Here's to hoping the next update is not in "2 weeks!"
 
We are making progress. And by we, I mean Adam and an xenforo guru. Will be working on a test build of the forum on new server and working out any issues before moving over.

If anyone is using the "light" version (why?!) we will not be including this in the build.
 
Our migration expert we hired on needed some server side stuff done and working on that. But it's happening. Should I give this the ol "2 weeks"?
 
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