CTA Featured Threads & Portal [Paid] 2.17.0

[Ludachris]

Trying to register a user account on your site to purchase... getting an error saying I did not fill in the Captcha... there is no Captcha field.

 

[Paul B]

The captcha is Q&A.



However, I have just disabled it.

 

[macara]

@Brogan Are you planning to upgrading it to XF2 ?

 

[RobParker]

@Brogan Are you planning to upgrading it to XF2 ?

You only need to read back 10 posts or so for the answer

 

[macara]

You only need to read back 10 posts or so for the answer

thanks a lot.

 

[RobinHood]

I'll be honest, real life is taking priority at the moment (and will for some time), and as I don't plan to upgrade my own site to XF2, there isn't an overwhelming urge to rewrite the add-on for XF2.

If and when I do, it's going to require a radical rethink as a lot of the functionality can now be achieved with built in XF code (widget positions and home page, for example).

So the first step would be looking at the existing feature set and deciding what to carry over and what to drop.
It may just be better to revert to pure featured thread functionality as it was originally, dropping the portal bit, as that can be achieved natively now.

I do really like this add on. It's incredibly useful for promoting the most important threads and content. I was kind of half expecting that you might end up pull requesting an updated version into the XF2 core, it would be a welcome addition.

 

[upnet]

Is it possible to insert an ad below the feature slider? I tried ad_above_content, but that is directly above the slider, I would like it directly below.

 

[Paul B]

On the home page, there are dedicated templates for ads.
https://xenforo.com/community/resou...ads-portal.2599/updates#resource-update-13232

Elsewhere, you would have to use the built in XF ad templates, or just edit the slider template and add the ad code to the bottom.

 

[upnet]

On the home page, there are dedicated templates for ads.
https://xenforo.com/community/resou...ads-portal.2599/updates#resource-update-13232

Elsewhere, you would have to use the built in XF ad templates, or just edit the slider template and add the ad code to the bottom.

Thanks, I was able to add it to the end of the cta_featuredthreads_slider template.

 

[Solari]

I'm very interested in purchasing this... However, I may have missed it somewhere -- how are threads selected to be featured?

Thanks!
Ray

 

[Paul B]

It's done manually based on permissions, or automatically based on criteria.

It's all explained in the resource overview.

 

[Solari]

Thanks, Brogan. I was wading through the screenshots wondering. Will read the fine print! ; )

Ray

 

[Paul B]

If you want to test it for yourself ...

http://support.cliptheapex.com/forums/manual-featuring/

http://support.cliptheapex.com/forums/automatic-featuring/

 

[Solari]

Great, will do. Thanks!

Ray

 

[Solari]

Brogan,

I know you've said Featured Threads respects user permissions -- my question is if we feature a thread from, say a premium members only forum, can it show a snippet as opposed to nothing to non-members? We want to be able to show featured threads to everyone and entice non-members to join up.

Thanks,
Ray

 

[Paul B]

No, that's not possible.

Only those with permission to view the thread will see the featured thread.

 

[Russ]

Hi Brogan,

Is the last post username available on the featured threads by chance? I tried doing a: {xen:helper dump, $featuredThreads} to view available items but the page just shows up blank (not sure why).

I've searched the thread with no luck.

 

[Paul B]

I'm not sure if that's available - it's unlikely as only the first post content is displayed.
I don't have a localhost install against which to check either.

The dump should work, assuming it's the correct param for the page/view.

 

[KSA]

@Brogan will there be a XF 2.0 of this?

 

[Ozzy47]

@Brogan will there be a XF 2.0 of this?

That has been answered already:

I'll be honest, real life is taking priority at the moment (and will for some time), and as I don't plan to upgrade my own site to XF2, there isn't an overwhelming urge to rewrite the add-on for XF2.

If and when I do, it's going to require a radical rethink as a lot of the functionality can now be achieved with built in XF code (widget positions and home page, for example).

So the first step would be looking at the existing feature set and deciding what to carry over and what to drop.
It may just be better to revert to pure featured thread functionality as it was originally, dropping the portal bit, as that can be achieved natively now.