Yes custom thread fields. I think you can already do this. Search forums are a little bit misleading in naming because they don't actually use the actual search index. They use the "searcher" system in the back end (think like the search users page or the criteria you get when using batch update...
A short while ago we let you know about some improvements coming to XenForo 2.4 related to custom fields. You can catch up here:
https://xenforo.com/community/threads/custom-field-improvements-filtering-and-more.235686/
Today we're continuing on that topic with the next logical progression...
Yes they’re just images.
Tenor was the preferred option until Google announced they are disabling API access soon.
Founders of Klipy originally founded Tenor so they know what they’re doing at least.
It doesn't really make a lot of sense. All that would happen is you'd get duplicate GIFs
It's best to gravitate towards one.
Having users pick wouldn't feel like a great decision either. From their perspective they just want GIFs. Both platforms are very good so for most uses I'm certain...
In XenForo 2.4 we are abstracting our existing GIPHY support out into a general GIF providers system and adding support for a new provider, KLIPY.
The new "GIF provider" option replaces the previous "Enable GIPHY support" option which, if already configured in XenForo 2.3, will be migrated to...
710MB is not really massive.
You can click into the table to see the rows and what is stored for yourself. There will be a row for each thread too. And then depending on other usage there will be a row for each item of content, including direct messages, profile posts, resources, media gallery...
Yes it was intentional:
https://xenforo.com/community/threads/filter-dms-from-postings-tab-on-profile.224343/
I will leave the report open in case we want to reconsider what is a valid "post" in terms of recent content.
The objective was to remove DMs from there. Only visible to yourself, but...
Actually, this is correct. The upload is attempted, even if it exceeds that file size. It will only be rejected if it's too big after a resize is attempted.