Hey folks, just wanted to let you all know about some important upcoming changes to StP in the just released Xenforo 2.2 forum software update. In short, there's going to be a plethora of new options available to you all, including the ability to make question threads, article threads, suggestion threads, in addition to the usual discussion threads.
I'm particularly excited about the ability to up vote and down vote answers to questions, in a reddit-style way that makes the most popular answers to questions float to the top. Thread authors (the person posting the question) can also select the 'best answer' and have that linked to the OP at the top of the thread.
There's also going to be vast improvements to the text editor (what you use for replies and creating threads), adding new options, easier to see previews, easier formatting of both text and images, and easier placement and viewing of both images and the text editor where you're placing images on the same screen (useful for posts with a LOT of images).
There's also a new progressive web app available that will make it easier to use StP on mobile devices.
There is literally a TON of changes and updates, more than I have time to cover here. In fact, it's going to take me a long time to configure everything for our community, so I will likely be making all these new options available to the community in stages over the next month or so.
Here's a list of new options in the software taken from the xenforo website for a more complete list of changes:
Of course, I'd like to hear your opinions or questions you have on all of this, so reply to this thread and I'll do my best to respond in a timely manner.
Forum and thread types:
Text editor improvements:
I'm particularly excited about the ability to up vote and down vote answers to questions, in a reddit-style way that makes the most popular answers to questions float to the top. Thread authors (the person posting the question) can also select the 'best answer' and have that linked to the OP at the top of the thread.
There's also going to be vast improvements to the text editor (what you use for replies and creating threads), adding new options, easier to see previews, easier formatting of both text and images, and easier placement and viewing of both images and the text editor where you're placing images on the same screen (useful for posts with a LOT of images).
There's also a new progressive web app available that will make it easier to use StP on mobile devices.
There is literally a TON of changes and updates, more than I have time to cover here. In fact, it's going to take me a long time to configure everything for our community, so I will likely be making all these new options available to the community in stages over the next month or so.
Here's a list of new options in the software taken from the xenforo website for a more complete list of changes:
- Forum and thread types system
- Updated rich text editor
- User profile banners
- Username change requests
- Search forums
- Forum SEO controls
- Progressive web app
- Activity summary emails
- Style archive import and export
- REST API additions
- Profile post attachments
Of course, I'd like to hear your opinions or questions you have on all of this, so reply to this thread and I'll do my best to respond in a timely manner.
Forum and thread types:
Text editor improvements:
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