[DBTech] DragonByte Social Groups [Paid] 2.2.3

[Chernabog]

I believe the importer should still work yeah

Not to be a pain, but is the 'importer' a built in part of the DB Social Groups add-on?

 

[CallingHome]

Not to be a pain, but is the 'importer' a built in part of the DB Social Groups add-on?

yes.

 

[Chernabog]

yes.

OOoooo!!! I cannot wait to make the switch. I need to read more, I really hope this add-on does not lump the group forums into the regular XF forums. Nothing worse than seeing group forums in the regular forums list.. grrrr!

Oh.. was there ever the decision to allow group owners to have a custom URL for their group, assigned by the group owner?

 

[DragonByte Tech]

OOoooo!!! I cannot wait to make the switch. I need to read more, I really hope this add-on does not lump the group forums into the regular XF forums. Nothing worse than seeing group forums in the regular forums list.. grrrr!

You can, if you want, add a node to your forum list which will show the social groups the viewing user has joined:



If that node is not added, there is nothing added to your forum list

Oh.. was there ever the decision to allow group owners to have a custom URL for their group, assigned by the group owner?

Currently there is no such feature. I'm not sure if I'd want to add it tbh, as it can cause quite a number of issues.

First of all, it can cause old social group URLs to become invalid, in the same way old node URLs become invalid if you change their slug.

Secondly, it can cause friction if groups start "competing" for the more valuable slugs. Groups adding slugs that aren't necessarily relevant for their own group, just to "block" others from using it.

That being said, if @CallingHome sees value in the feature despite these concerns, it will be added

 

[CallingHome]

That being said, if @CallingHome sees value in the feature despite these concerns, it will be added

I see this smilarily and don't need the feature for my community. It's more kind of a niche feature, IMHO.

If anyone really needs shortcuts (slugs) for groups as optional feature, they may talk with @DragonByte Tech if a funding is possible.

 

[DragonByte Tech]

DragonByte Tech updated [DBTech] DragonByte Social Groups with a new update entry:

2.2.0

Update highlights​

This version focuses almost entirely on importing; it's now possible to import forum threads to Social Groups, and you can now import from [OzzModz] Social Groups!
Importing threads to social groups requires both a new permission, as well as the "Copy thread" permission on the source forum(s).

Furthermore, a few bugs and other issues have been resolved.

Complete Change Log​

Feature: Import forum threads to...

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[DragonByte Tech]

DragonByte Tech updated [DBTech] DragonByte Social Groups with a new update entry:

2.2.0 Patch Level 1

Update highlights​

This version fixes an issue where attachments imported from forum threads would be invisible. All attachments were indeed imported, so no further action will be needed other than upgrading to this version if you were an early adopter of v2.2.0 and already imported some threads.

Complete Change Log​

Fix: Fix attach_count not transferring when importing forum threads to Social Groups

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[Seeker-Smith]

This is one of the best add-ons I've ever bought. It's easy to setup, easy to manage, and fixes are addressed quickly.

 

[Arnox]

This is one of the best add-ons I've ever bought. It's easy to setup, easy to manage, and fixes are addressed quickly.

It's also one of the most powerful. And forums already were an incredibly versatile powerful communications format. The only thing I can say against this add-on is that for many small forums, it may be kinda TOO much. Specifically, it may pull activity away from the main forums and it increases moderation load. But that's not the fault of DBT at all. It's just the nature of any social group add-on.

 

[DragonByte Tech]

DragonByte Tech updated [DBTech] DragonByte Social Groups with a new update entry:

2.2.1

Update highlights​

This version reworks how the thread import is handled, now relegating it to a background process. For smaller threads, this should have no real noticeable impact compared to v2.2.0, but for large forums thread import should now actually work without just crashing after the PHP timeout limit is reached.

A couple other issues have also been resolved, see the full changelog for more information.

Complete Change Log​

Change:...

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[JamesBrown]

Snogs Social Groups is disabled on my XF 2.3 site as it doesn't work. Long shot, would I be able to import groups from a disabled add on? Would it work if I enabled it and then disabled right after the import?

 

[DragonByte Tech]

Snogs Social Groups is disabled on my XF 2.3 site as it doesn't work. Long shot, would I be able to import groups from a disabled add on? Would it work if I enabled it and then disabled right after the import?

It doesn’t need to be enabled to work, just needs to be installed in the same database

 

[JamesBrown]

Thanks, where is the import function to be found. I can't see it for looking?

 

[DragonByte Tech]

Thanks, where is the import function to be found. I can't see it for looking?

Tools -> Import data

 

[Starbucks]

What about a resources section for groups? The nobita guy has this. If you’re doing an import from his addon, what will happen to the resources? Would love to see a resource section in groups.

 

[DragonByte Tech]

What about a resources section for groups? The nobita guy has this. If you’re doing an import from his addon, what will happen to the resources? Would love to see a resource section in groups.

I can look into it for a future version, I’ve no idea what would happen to those resources at the moment. Presumably they would just become normal public resources.

 

[eDaddi]

As a total newb, I went with Snog's because I was on that dev's site looking at other add-ons. Wish I would have gone with @DragonByte Tech's from the get-go. Big Kudos to @DragonByte Tech for creating a auto import from other unsupported Group add-ons.

 

[Arnox]

As a total newb, I went with Snog's because I was on that dev's site looking at other add-ons. Wish I would have gone with @DragonByte Tech's from the get-go. Big Kudos to @DragonByte Tech for creating a auto import from other unsupported Group add-ons.

Out of curiosity, what made you switch exactly?

 

[eDaddi]

Out of curiosity, what made you switch exactly?

Snog’s add-on is still not 2.3 compatible (at least not as of a month ago) so myself and many other waited for months posting here and on his site asking for an ETA. Then he announced he’s retiring from dev work, so I started looking at others.

Somebody has since taken over Snog’s add-on business and is working to update his hundreds of add-ons but I was already converted.

 

[DragonByte Tech]

DragonByte Tech updated [DBTech] DragonByte Social Groups with a new update entry:

2.2.2

Update highlights​

This version fixes a couple of issues reported by the community, including an issue where it could be possible for the "Undelete social group" background task to get stuck if one of the members had since been deleted.

Complete Change Log​

Fix: Fix undeleting social groups infinite loop
Fix: "Time limit on editing own messages" default permission was set incorrectly

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