Does xenForo have threaded / nested or linear format?
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Digital Doctor
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linear.
Do you want threaded ? Why ? Show me a good threaded discussion (URL).
It seems threaded discussion is becoming less and less popular. There are times when I want it .... but it never seems to work well.
Hi Digital Doctor,
Sure, happy to show you a perfect example of what I'll call "Modern Threaded" where there are multiple posts on a page but indented right under the post they are replying to (not at the bottom - unrelated to the source post)..... see the comments below the article...
to me this is great...
http://www.theverge.com/2012/10/29/3569684/google-now-android-4-2-knowledge-graph-neural-networks
Digital Doctor
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Well ... good eye I say. I like that threading.
I've seen Xenforo styled like that before.
I think it was Guiltar ! in the wiki thing.
simbolo
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That type of styling is often done in wordpress commenting as well.
MaximilianKohler
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Wikipedia says it does https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Internet_forum_software but I haven't been able to find any info on it.
M@rc
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By default, yea.
But there's a decently popular suggestion so hoping it's in 2.3:
Allow nested replies in Q&A Threads
Context: https://xenforo.com/community/threads/forum-and-thread-types.181789/post-1436044 The Q&A thread naturally lends itself to "post comments". Now, I never thought threaded conversations really worked well in the traditional forum setting -- I recall vBulletin's attempts at it. But, when...
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And @Ozzy47 has an addon:
[OzzModz] Post Comments
Post Comments This product allows you to have your members reply directly to a post and have it display nested and inline. By Default, XenForo will require use of bbcode to reply or quote a message. This add-on extends XenForo to allow for a...
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But the nesting doesn't look as good as @Digital Doctor's screenshot here.
MaximilianKohler
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What about <snipped>? They seem to have an optional nesting/threaded ability that looks very useful and pretty much a perfect compromise. I couldn't find any info on how they did it. I'm guessing they heavily customized it themselves?
The only thing I don't like about it is the placement of the "like" icon. It should be moved to the side.
EDIT: I see someone in that suggestion thread pointed to this https://xenforo.com/community/members/xenforo.1/ and said it's already built-in.
The only thing I don't like about it is the placement of the "like" icon. It should be moved to the side.
EDIT: I see someone in that suggestion thread pointed to this https://xenforo.com/community/members/xenforo.1/ and said it's already built-in.
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Mendalla
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That's for profile posts, i.e. posting messages on someone's profile. That works a bit different from forum threads. Comments on profile posts are, indeed, inline. But posts on forum threads are not.
FTL
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Classic third party error. I'm surprised it's not been fixed by now given it's Wikipedia.
Personally, I used to swear by threaded view as a forum I used to be a member of years ago used Beehive which worked like that. Having moved away from it when the site shut down, I find flat works fine, too. In the end, both have their pros and cons, so one must compromise one way or the other.
MaximilianKohler
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I found a $30 addon that does it:
Post Reply
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Post Reply
Post Reply
Allow replies in thread on more levels. This add-on uses a post system so you can have all permissions, features in the system and when uninstalling add-on your data is still there. Enable replies on specific forums You can easily turn on or off...
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