How Can I Help Admins?

[=MGN=RedEagle]

The web is a pretty awesome place with awesome people (including the community here at XF). I want to give back to the admin community a little and create something which many admins can enjoy.

I am looking to create something like a free website template or something which many can pass on and many will be helped by. I am also looking for something which will not need to be updated very often. I was thinking a WordPress template but those need to be updated.

What is something all community Admins love and need that I could build for them?

 

[=MGN=RedEagle]

It's awesome people like Mozilla and Wikipedia that make the web so awesome... who here agrees?

 

[Adam Howard]

The web is a pretty awesome place with awesome people (including the community here at XF). I want to give back to the admin community a little and create something which many admins can enjoy.

I am looking to create something like a free website template or something which many can pass on and many will be helped by. I am also looking for something which will not need to be updated very often. I was thinking a WordPress template but those need to be updated.

What is something all community Admins love and need that I could build for them?

Whatever you feel you would do best at is normally a good start.

But if you really want to make something for the community, while also including your love for XenForo with Mozilla .....

Why not a Mozilla Persona add-on?

http://www.mozilla.org/persona/

Would love to be able to allow people to register and join using this

 

[=MGN=RedEagle]

Whatever you feel you would do best at is normally a good start.

But if you really want to make something for the community, while also including your love for XenForo with Mozilla .....

Why not a Mozilla Persona add-on?

http://www.mozilla.org/persona/

Would love to be able to allow people to register and join using this

Very awesome idea. One thing though, I kinda want to appeal to a larger audience.

 

[Adam Howard]

Very awesome idea. One thing though, I kinda want to appeal to a larger audience.

An add-on which would allow for people to sign-in / register without using social media, based upon an OpenID concept would appeal to more people than a skin / theme / style

 

[=MGN=RedEagle]

I am thinking a non-xenforo thing since only some people use xf. Thanks though for all brainstorming help.

 

[=MGN=RedEagle]

I am looking for something which most admins use even if they use many platforms.

 

[Shelley]

 

[Moses]

Nuclear Fusion would be immensely useful

 

[=MGN=RedEagle]

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Hmmmm, interesting thought. Maybe tutorials on how admins can make money on their forums?

 

[=MGN=RedEagle]

Nuclear Fusion would be immensely useful

I'll leave that to a mad scientist.

 

[=MGN=RedEagle]

I am really stumped, can't think of anything which would provide value if it was not updated often.

 

[Morgain]

Well I have always wanted an instant messenger I can integrate with XF
So it has a desktop client to download
For quick exchanges and site support

 

[Sador]

Hmm a browser based on XenForo's user comfort and speed... hmmmmm.*dreams*

 

[=MGN=RedEagle]

Well I have always wanted an instant messenger I can integrate with XF
So it has a desktop client to download
For quick exchanges and site support

Ooo, that is really a great idea as I have been looking for something like that myself. Might need to be updated though.

 

[=MGN=RedEagle]

Hmm a browser based on XenForo's user comfort and speed... hmmmmm.*dreams*

That would be awesome... little out of my league though!

 

[Teapot]

Ooo, that is really a great idea as I have been looking for something like that myself. Might need to be updated though.

If I may be so bold as to make a suggestion: A good way to reduce the work you'd have to do is to use the open source Jabber IM protocol - that'll mean you can use most pre-existing IM clients (nearly all multi-IM desktop clients will support Jabber), and not have to deal with the actual IM side of things at all, just the XenForo integration. Personally, I'd love a Jabber-based live feed of what was happening on my forums, and the ability to IM people on my site would be really rather cool. Colour me interested!

 

[=MGN=RedEagle]

I think some good admin tutorial could have the most far-reaching effect as they could apply to admins in general (not just XF users). I also will not need to keep maintaining it. Still brainstorming though. Let me know if you have any ideas.

Three requirements:
Helps admins
Does not need to be maintained (just in case I get busy I would like the product to keep being useful)
Can help many admins (not just XF users).

 

[SneakyDave]

It sounds more like you want somebody to give you an idea for the "next big thing", rather than "give back to the community".

 

[=MGN=RedEagle]

Well I plan to give it away for free.