Questions regarding modern forum capabilities

[LaylaAlder]

Greetings. I was hosting a fantasy roleplay community in the Guilded platform recently, only for some of their recent announcements essentially mean we'll have to move as most of us do not want to sign up for a Roblox account. I'm currently searching for alternative platforms, and after seeing that there weren't really any good alternatives from similar app types, I went looking at the old forum software I used to love back in the day.

There's a few features I'm curious about if they're available/purchasable for xenForo's software -

• Sub-accounts/ability to post as characters
• Documents
• Media Galleries
• Chat integration
• Dice Roller

I'm hoping to find a decent option to migrate the community before our July 15th time limit, and XenForo is one of the three options that seemed most appealing for our style of play and expression.

 

[Paul B]

Documents and media galleries are available with our Resources and Media add-ons.

Resources

xenforo.com

Media

xenforo.com

Sub accounts, chat, and dice roller would require third party add-ons - you can search for them here: https://xenforo.com/community/resources/categories/add-ons-2-x.44/

 

[LaylaAlder]

Oh, that's wonderful. Found some third party widgets in the link you provided that look like they can work for the task I need - thank you very much for your help.

Looking so far like this is the right software for our community...

 

[Paul B]

Looking so far like this is the right software for our community...

 

[Digital Doctor]

Dice Roller

X

Dice Roller

Feb 14, 2018

Simple dice roller

• Xon
• dice rpg
• Add-ons [2.x]

Documents

Xenforo doesnt take Pages seriously.

Be more specific about your needs that just Documents.

• Chat integration

Chat box

Oct 6, 2022

A chat box for your members.

• AndyB
• Add-ons [2.x]

Chat 2 by Siropu

Oct 21, 2017

Feature-rich, mobile-friendly chat application with Rooms, Private Conversations and more.

• Siropu
• chat shoutbox
• Add-ons [2.x]

 

[Digital Doctor]

Sub-accounts/ability to post as characters

hmmmmm......

[XenConcept] Linked Accounts

Jun 10, 2019

Allows your members to link one or more accounts then quickly switch between them

• XenConcept
• account associate associate accounts link linked unlink
• Add-ons [2.x]

 

[Digital Doctor]

To find Resources (Addons)

Go here: https://xenforo.com/community/resources/

click search

Change to "Resources"



select [x] search titles only.





Note: xenforo has alot more addons than their competitors.

 

[LaylaAlder]

Xenforo doesnt take Pages seriously.

Be more specific about your needs that just Documents.

By documents, I mean a place where we can do things like post documentation for the setting of the world we've created. In Guilded, there was a documents tool we could use that effectively let us write up a document that others could comment on below via a comments section.

Admittedly, this one is a lower priority since it could technically be done via Forums, but having a separate tab on the site for things like setting details or character sheets would be a handy feature.

 

[Digital Doctor]

us write up a document that others could comment on below via a comments section

I would use wiki post for that.

Example

WikiPost

Jul 19, 2020

Let your members edit the first post of any thread in your community

• JulianD
• wiki
• Add-ons [2.x]

[OzzModz] Wiki Threads

Nov 21, 2021

Mark threads as Wiki type

• Painbaker
• Add-ons [2.x]

 

[Digital Doctor]

but having a separate tab on the site for things like setting details or character sheets would be a handy feat

That would be xencarta.

See 8wayrun.com

 

[CedricV]

By documents, I mean a place where we can do things like post documentation for the setting of the world we've created. In Guilded, there was a documents tool we could use that effectively let us write up a document that others could comment on below via a comments section.

Admittedly, this one is a lower priority since it could technically be done via Forums, but having a separate tab on the site for things like setting details or character sheets would be a handy feature.

Could just have a forum setup as an article where documentation can be kept. There is also a list heading contents add on in the resources. Dont recall the name but it’s from AndyB I think.

 

[Old Nick]

That would be xencarta.

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[Digital Doctor]

Do you mean that the tab opens a page with just some forums on it?

If those forums are all in one category you can do this by ticking Create pages for categories (in the ACP Node & Forum List), then using the link for that category for the tab in the ACP Public Navigation

The current tab will be Forums unless you edit the category_view template putting this at the top

<xf:if is="{$category.node_id} == xx"><xf:page option="section">yy</xf:page></xf:if>

where xx is the category id and yy is the navigation id

 

[Hareon]

I would use wiki post for that.

Example

WikiPost

Jul 19, 2020

Let your members edit the first post of any thread in your community

• JulianD
• wiki
• Add-ons [2.x]

[OzzModz] Wiki Threads

Nov 21, 2021

Mark threads as Wiki type

• Painbaker
• Add-ons [2.x]

This WikiThreads seems interesting to me. I'll check it now. Xencarta seems like the perfect wiki. Too bad it's paid. xD