XF 2.2 How can I activate upvoting for threads?

chillman · Apr 10, 2021

The new feature Upvoting and downvoting is nice. But how can I activate this upvoting for a thread / node?

chillman · Apr 10, 2021

I read here, that "Upvoting of posts is available for question and suggestion thread types."

XF 2.2 - upvoting nodes

Hi, one more question. Where I can set which nodes to have upvoting system without being a suggestion node? Thanks

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How can I activate an "question and suggestion thread" in my forum installation ? I do not have them...

frm · Apr 10, 2021

They should be there for as long as you create/change the node to suggestions and questions.

This sounded like you wanted to upvite threads like Reddit at first, which is not possible. Only replies in a thread set as a suggestion/question.

chillman · Apr 10, 2021

frm said:
This sounded like you wanted to upvite threads like Reddit at first, which is not possible. Only replies in a thread set as a suggestion/question.

Thanks a lot, but yes. Only the "Reddit" way would makes sense for me...

chillman · Apr 10, 2021

frm said:
They should be there for as long as you create/change the node to suggestions and questions.

How can I do that? Do I have to make changes in the administration? I cannot find the possibility to change a node to "suggestions" or "questions"

frm · Apr 10, 2021

chillman said:
How can I do that? Do I have to make changes in the administration? I cannot find the possibility to change a node to "suggestions" or "questions"

Select the node you want to change to another type and change it, appearing on the top left on a mobile device as in the screenshot or top right on a full width screen.

frm · Apr 10, 2021

It's an odd position for UX as you'd expect "change" to be lower near the type set (circled). I believe I already made this suggestion, but doesn't appear to have been added.

chillman · Apr 10, 2021

Could It be, that I deactivated the "suggestions" type? I only find "discussion" and "question"

frm · Apr 10, 2021

chillman said:
Could It be, that I deactivated the "suggestions" type? I only find "discussion" and "question"

We're speaking of two different things now.

Is your goal to have a questions/suggestions only node or one with mixed content?

chillman · Apr 10, 2021

frm said:
Is your goal to have a questions/suggestions only node or one with mixed content?

I like to have a mixed content. I also like to have an Upvoting Option in every post, also in discussion post types...

frm · Apr 10, 2021

chillman said:
I like to have a mixed content. I also like to have an Upvoting Option in every post, also in discussion post types...

That's not possible. It's either a suggestion thread or a question thread and nothing shifts the most upvoted/downvoted around. The only way to achieve this would be directing the user viewing the thread to sort them by votes or affixing ?order=vote_score to the end of thread links in a template edit somewhere (custom development if you are seeking for help).

You can see the sorting for this thread in action here (I upvoted your last post so it will be at the top when clicked on):