Forum Software discussion

[SmartKitty]

This is the place to talk about the forum software

 

[Cookiegal]

What is it you'd like to discuss or do you have a question?

 

[SmartKitty]

I want to discuss potential alternative forum software

 

[Cookiegal]

You mean you want us to change to a different platform other than Xenforo?

 

[SmartKitty]

No, I just want to look at platforms that could be better

 

[SmartKitty]

the only problem I have with this forum software is that you have to reload to see new messages

 

[Cookiegal]

We used to have that when we were on vBulletin but it wasn't available when we moved to Xenforo five years ago. I'm not sure if it is in the newer version of Xenforo we're on now but I don't think so. It's possible there could be an add-on for that but TechGuy (Mike) will have to comment on that.

You may be able to set a refresh time in your browser though.

 

[Johnny b]

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You may be able to set a refresh time in your browser though.

Thanks.
I didn't know that could be done.

For those interested with Firefox:
https://support.mozilla.org/bm/questions/1180316

 

[SmartKitty]

can you do it on edge?

 

[Cookiegal]

You can with an add-on for Edge as well:

https://microsoftedge.microsoft.com/addons/detail/easy-auto-refresh/digoaejcopelkbkcbiemimccohaooggd

There are other add-ons you can choose from too.

 

[Cookiegal]

More add-ons for Edge:

https://microsoftedge.microsoft.com/addons/search/auto refresh

 

[Cookiegal]

Thanks.
I didn't know that could be done.

You're welcome.

 

[TechGuy]

I really miss the "live feed" feature. There was an add-on we used even in XenForo to do that -- or at least update the Notifications bell -- but it broke a while back. I'm hoping someone will create a new add-on compatible with XenForo 2.2, which we'll have to upgrade to sooner or later.

 

[SmartKitty]

yeah, another idea i have is to add a live chat for live tech support, or a discord server

 

[TechGuy]

We have a live chat (and games) every Wednesday. You should check it out! See here: https://forums.techguy.org/threads/live-chat-wednesdays.1241905/

We stopped allowing tech support via chat a long time ago as it was too difficult to moderate (to avoid scammers, bad advice, illegal activity, etc).