Content Blur Pro - Boost Registrations and Upgrades [Paid] v2.2.11

[peberl]

This topic is closed for my side
Since I no longer have a page in this community

 

[Wutime]

@Wutime can we please implement thread counting instead of just post counting? I want to purchase but really need this option.

So for registered members in node selected threads, they only get X views of threads in X days? Then it's blurred recommending upgrade?

Is that what you're thinking?

 

[John917]

So for registered members in node selected threads, they only get X views of threads in X days? Then it's blurred recommending upgrade?

Is that what you're thinking?

Yes and if we set 0 days then it won't reset. That sounds pretty good.

On this config page, we will have for posts and threads separate for both number of threads and node selecting. That way we can choose either or a combo of both.

I guess it would be more important to also do for user permission for upgrades.

 

[JamesBrown]

I don't like hiding stuff from guests and new members, I want to sell the forum to them. I want them to appreciate the value, but they cannot see that if the text is blurred.

New members to my forum get a few free days full access and a few free posts, then they are moved to a read only user group, where I remove a few forums from view, show them more adverts and use notices to tell them the benefits of buying a subscription for full access.

Over the years, this has proved to be a successful way of getting subscribers. This week, I opened up all the forums to the read-only members, and using this add-on, I blurred a few of the busier forum sections.

The read-only members see the thread, read the first post, but then all other posts in the thread are blurred, but with a link to the paying subs page. This has been a successful trail that has doubled the number of people subscribing.

An excellent add-on (

 

[Wutime]

I don't like hiding stuff from guests and new members, I want to sell the forum to them. I want them to appreciate the value, but they cannot see that if the text is blurred.

New members to my forum get a few free days full access and a few free posts, then they are moved to a read only user group, where I remove a few forums from view, show them more adverts and use notices to tell them the benefits of buying a subscription for full access.

Over the years, this has proved to be a successful way of getting subscribers. This week, I opened up all the forums to the read-only members, and using this add-on, I blurred a few of the busier forum sections.

The read-only members see the thread, read the first post, but then all other posts in the thread are blurred, but with a link to the paying subs page. This has been a successful trail that has doubled the number of people subscribing.

An excellent add-on (

I had the exact same system previously and then created this add-on and found it converted paying subscribers at a much higher rate, just like you explained.

One of my forums is very niche, but content rich for visitors that seek good information. I also have great moderators. Because of this, when I implemented Blur on the privacy-centric forums, both to protect users and to encourage upgrades I saw an immediate upgrade boost that's continued week to week. Approximately 40% of my regular users are now paying subscribers. I also implemented an ad-free experience for all subscribers.

I think most subscribe to support the forum and for the ad-free experience. So I don't give all the credit to this add-on, but I do think the "blur" makes it very clear to users that they're missing out on some features until they subscribe, and gives an obvious one-click path-way to upgrading.

 

[sevenmix]

Hello,


This is great if I can select only a part or a paragraph and not the entire post. In my forum, sometimes users leave phone numbers or links that I would like to be visible only if they register. However, if they can't see the topic at all, I doubt they would be interested. That's why I need only a small part to be restricted.


Is this possible with your addon?

 

[Wutime]

This is great if I can select only a part or a paragraph and not the entire post. In my forum, sometimes users leave phone numbers or links that I would like to be visible only if they register. However, if they can't see the topic at all, I doubt they would be interested. That's why I need only a small part to be restricted.

You can choose the forums/threads to blur, and then choose the number of posts per blurred thread to leave unblurred, before the remaining posts within that thread are blurred.

For "article" and "question" types of discussion forum you can choose the number of paragraphs of text to leave unblurred, blurring the remaining article past the selected number of paragraphs.

 

[John917]

@Wutime I'm having trouble understanding how number of posts unblurred works in usergroup permissions. So I set this to 2 posts. My hope was it would unblur the first two post of whatever forum I have this set to. I have the addon option to User Mode instead of Guest Mode. Why are my posts not getting blurred at all? I tried setting "view thread content ublurred" to No and it just blurs all posts if I set this one to No.

 

[Wutime]

Wutime updated Content Blur Pro - Boost Registrations and Upgrades with a new update entry:

v2.2.7

• UPDATE: Add option to blur thread titles on thread list pages when the underlying thread will contain blur
  • Thread icon blur will obey system image blur option settings
• UPDATE: Lazyload isBlur() to make it available in templates, access where $thread exists with $thread.isBlur()
• ADDED: Precompilied minified JS to the build compile (now that the auto library is EOL)

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[Neal]

Not sure if to post here or the [AP] Style Suite thread, but is there any way of getting [AP] Style Suite to play nice with your addon? I get the following errors when editing my profile. The 'Blur message-cell--user' option also doesn't work with [AP] Style Suite enabled.

ErrorException: Template error: [E_USER_WARNING] Cannot call method isBlur on a non-object (array) src/XF/Template/Templater.php:1267
Generated by: Brunlea 19 March 2025 at 05:19

Stack trace

#0 [internal function]: XF\Template\Templater->handleTemplateError(512, '[E_USER_WARNING...', '/home/brunlea/t...', 1267)
#1 src/XF/Template/Templater.php(1267): trigger_error('Cannot call met...', 512)
#2 internal_data/code_cache/templates/l1/s20/public/post_macros.php(545): XF\Template\Templater->method(Array, 'isBlur', Array)
#3 src/XF/Template/Templater.php(921): XF\Template\Templater->{closure:internal_data/code_cache/templates/l1/s20/public/post_macros.php:518}(Object(apathy\StyleSuite\XF\Template\Templater), Array, NULL)
#4 internal_data/code_cache/templates/l1/s20/public/ap_ss_user_style_preview_macros.php(29): XF\Template\Templater->callMacro('post_macros', 'post_user_conte...', Array, Array)
#5 src/XF/Template/Templater.php(1092): XF\Template\Templater->{closure:internal_data/code_cache/templates/l1/s20/public/ap_ss_user_style_preview_macros.php:25}(Object(apathy\StyleSuite\XF\Template\Templater), Array, Object(XF\Template\ExtensionSet))
#6 src/XF/Template/Templater.php(1028): XF\Template\Templater->renderExtensionInternal('user_content', Array, Array, Object(XF\Template\ExtensionSet))
#7 internal_data/code_cache/templates/l1/s20/public/ap_ss_user_style_preview_macros.php(40): XF\Template\Templater->renderExtension('user_content', Array, Object(XF\Template\ExtensionSet))
#8 src/XF/Template/Templater.php(1092): XF\Template\Templater->{closure:internal_data/code_cache/templates/l1/s20/public/ap_ss_user_style_preview_macros.php:36}(Object(apathy\StyleSuite\XF\Template\Templater), Array, Object(XF\Template\ExtensionSet))
#9 src/XF/Template/Templater.php(1028): XF\Template\Templater->renderExtensionInternal('content', Array, Array, Object(XF\Template\ExtensionSet))
#10 internal_data/code_cache/templates/l1/s20/public/ap_ss_user_style_preview_macros.php(51): XF\Template\Templater->renderExtension('content', Array, Object(XF\Template\ExtensionSet))
#11 src/XF/Template/Templater.php(1092): XF\Template\Templater->{closure:internal_data/code_cache/templates/l1/s20/public/ap_ss_user_style_preview_macros.php:44}(Object(apathy\StyleSuite\XF\Template\Templater), Array, Object(XF\Template\ExtensionSet))
#12 src/XF/Template/Templater.php(1028): XF\Template\Templater->renderExtensionInternal('main_cell_inner', Array, Array, Object(XF\Template\ExtensionSet))
#13 internal_data/code_cache/templates/l1/s20/public/ap_ss_user_style_preview_macros.php(63): XF\Template\Templater->renderExtension('main_cell_inner', Array, Object(XF\Template\ExtensionSet))
#14 src/XF/Template/Templater.php(1092): XF\Template\Templater->{closure:internal_data/code_cache/templates/l1/s20/public/ap_ss_user_style_preview_macros.php:58}(Object(apathy\StyleSuite\XF\Template\Templater), Array, Object(XF\Template\ExtensionSet))
#15 src/XF/Template/Templater.php(1028): XF\Template\Templater->renderExtensionInternal('main_cell', Array, Array, Object(XF\Template\ExtensionSet))
#16 internal_data/code_cache/templates/l1/s20/public/ap_ss_user_style_preview_macros.php(76): XF\Template\Templater->renderExtension('main_cell', Array, Object(XF\Template\ExtensionSet))
#17 src/XF/Template/Templater.php(921): XF\Template\Templater->{closure:internal_data/code_cache/templates/l1/s20/public/ap_ss_user_style_preview_macros.php:68}(Object(apathy\StyleSuite\XF\Template\Templater), Array, Object(XF\Template\ExtensionSet))
#18 internal_data/code_cache/templates/l1/s20/public/ap_ss_user_style_preview_postbit.php(7): XF\Template\Templater->callMacro('ap_ss_user_styl...', 'test_post', Array, Array)
#19 src/XF/Template/Templater.php(1799): XF\Template\Templater->{closure:internal_data/code_cache/templates/l1/s20/public/ap_ss_user_style_preview_postbit.php:4}(Object(apathy\StyleSuite\XF\Template\Templater), Array, NULL)
#20 src/XF/Template/Templater.php(1873): XF\Template\Templater->renderTemplate('ap_ss_user_styl...', Array)
#21 internal_data/code_cache/templates/l1/s20/public/ap_ss_user_style_settings_postbit.php(36): XF\Template\Templater->includeTemplate('public:ap_ss_us...', Array)
#22 src/XF/Template/Templater.php(1799): XF\Template\Templater->{closure:internal_data/code_cache/templates/l1/s20/public/ap_ss_user_style_settings_postbit.php:4}(Object(apathy\StyleSuite\XF\Template\Templater), Array, NULL)
#23 src/XF/Template/Templater.php(1873): XF\Template\Templater->renderTemplate('ap_ss_user_styl...', Array)
#24 internal_data/code_cache/templates/l1/s20/public/ap_ss_user_style_settings_wrapper.php(76): XF\Template\Templater->includeTemplate('public:ap_ss_us...', Array)
#25 src/XF/Template/Templater.php(1799): XF\Template\Templater->{closure:internal_data/code_cache/templates/l1/s20/public/ap_ss_user_style_settings_wrapper.php:4}(Object(apathy\StyleSuite\XF\Template\Templater), Array, NULL)
#26 src/XF/Template/Template.php(24): XF\Template\Templater->renderTemplate('ap_ss_user_styl...', Array)
#27 src/XF/Mvc/Renderer/Html.php(50): XF\Template\Template->render()
#28 src/XF/Mvc/Dispatcher.php(471): XF\Mvc\Renderer\Html->renderView('apathy\\StyleSui...', 'public:ap_ss_us...', Array)
#29 src/XF/Mvc/Dispatcher.php(453): XF\Mvc\Dispatcher->renderView(Object(XF\Mvc\Renderer\Html), Object(XF\Mvc\Reply\View))
#30 src/XF/Mvc/Dispatcher.php(412): XF\Mvc\Dispatcher->renderReply(Object(XF\Mvc\Renderer\Html), Object(XF\Mvc\Reply\View))
#31 src/XF/Mvc/Dispatcher.php(66): XF\Mvc\Dispatcher->render(Object(XF\Mvc\Reply\View), 'html')
#32 src/XF/App.php(2826): XF\Mvc\Dispatcher->run()
#33 src/XF.php(806): XF\App->run()
#34 index.php(23): XF::runApp('XF\\Pub\\App')
#35 {main}

Request state

array(4) {
  ["url"] => string(24) "/account/style-settings/"
  ["referrer"] => string(21) "https://talkgeek.net/"
  ["_GET"] => array(0) {
  }
  ["_POST"] => array(0) {
  }
}

 

[alfaNova]

@Wutime it looks nice. I have a question. Is there an option to hide only the postbit, only the message, or both? Or are the message and postbit always blurred together?

 

[Wutime]

@Wutime I'm having trouble understanding how number of posts unblurred works in usergroup permissions. So I set this to 2 posts. My hope was it would unblur the first two post of whatever forum I have this set to. I have the addon option to User Mode instead of Guest Mode. Why are my posts not getting blurred at all? I tried setting "view thread content ublurred" to No and it just blurs all posts if I set this one to No.

@John917 I'm looking into this and will follow up.

 

[Wutime]

@Wutime it looks nice. I have a question. Is there an option to hide only the postbit, only the message, or both? Or are the message and postbit always blurred together?

It's an option to choose whether to blur the post-bit. Default install it's not blurred. But you can enable it.

 

[Wutime]

Not sure if to post here or the [AP] Style Suite thread, but is there any way of getting [AP] Style Suite to play nice with your addon? I get the following errors when editing my profile. The 'Blur message-cell--user' option also doesn't work with [AP] Style Suite enabled.

Difficult to say without some testing. I don't have that addon to work with unfortunately.

It looks like their add-on doesn't pass in $thread as an object like default xenforo does. I can code my modification differently to avoid the error, but I don't think it'll achieve any blur effects regardless.

 

[Wutime]

@Wutime I'm having trouble understanding how number of posts unblurred works in usergroup permissions. So I set this to 2 posts. My hope was it would unblur the first two post of whatever forum I have this set to. I have the addon option to User Mode instead of Guest Mode. Why are my posts not getting blurred at all? I tried setting "view thread content ublurred" to No and it just blurs all posts if I set this one to No.

This is resolved in the next upcoming release. The issue is exactly as you outlined, under "User Mode" the skipping of posts was being completely ignored.

 

[Wutime]

Wutime updated Content Blur Pro - Boost Registrations and Upgrades with a new update entry:

v2.2.8

• FIX: [User Mode] -> Number of posts unblurred (was previously being ignored in User Mode)
• UPDATE: Long running articles, after fading paragraphs, now also shows remaining article text blurred and obfuscated
• FIX: Error where creating a thread can throw an error due to thread_id being null
• FIX: Improve debugging issue with node_id and thread_id confusion leading to tail chasing during debug
• REMOVE: Unneccessary XF/Pub/Controller/Forum.php class extension
• REMOVE: Unused...

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[Wutime]

Wutime updated Content Blur Pro - Boost Registrations and Upgrades with a new update entry:

v2.2.9

• BUG FIX: Setting Unblurred Posts to zero (0), or "Inherit 0", would leave all posts unblurred instead of no posts unblurred
• BUG FIX: (Articles/Questions) setting Unblurred Paragraphs to zero would cause: ErrorException: [E_WARNING] preg_match()
• BUG FIX: Obfuscation now always follows individual settings for Users vs Guests
• ADD: Option whether to "Show full article text blurred after fading first X paragraphs?"
• Permission renamed to "How many posts are always unblurred?"...

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[Wutime]

Wutime updated Content Blur Pro - Boost Registrations and Upgrades with a new update entry:

v2.2.10

• FIX: recordUpgradeView() should not require $threadId
  • This issue was introduced in v2.2.8 to v2.2.9 and requires immediate upgrade if running those previous versions

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[Wutime]

Wutime updated Content Blur Pro - Boost Registrations and Upgrades with a new update entry:

v2.2.11

• UPDATE: Crawler-detect (v1.3.0 => v1.3.4)
• REMOVED: Installer requirement that page caching be disabled
• ADDED: Installer warning outlining the issues with full page caching for guests and the issue that search engines may index obfuscated content unless obfuscation is disabled for guests.
• ADDED: Validation when enabling guest obfuscation in options, if full page caching is also enabled in config.php, validation will fail
• CHANGE: Made guest obfuscation disabled by default...

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[Synseal]

Would you consider adding the ability to make the posters username unclickable. So a guest or member that hasn't upgraded can't see who's posted the blurred post by clicking their avatar/username? I'd pay to have this added..

That's the only thing stopping me from purchasing it