New Commenting Platform
Quote from Lucas Hann on November 24, 2020, 6:03 pmHey folks, I wanted to create this so we have a separate place to discuss the potential addition of a new commenting platform.
While we'd hoped to hire a developer to build a custom platform, the timing/cost/feasibility just aren't lining up, at least this off-season (and we'd rather not make a change mid-season).
So, we're considering purchasing a pre-packaged plug-in that would provide upgraded look/features over the current system, despite falling short of our dream comments section. After a bit of research, I feel like Thrive Comments is a good solution for us (link is to a post on the developer's blog with 50-odd comments so you can see an example). Some features:
- Option to get e-mail notifications when someone replies to a comment you've left (you might also be able to subscribe to other comment chains)
- Badges for things like frequent commenters, top commenters, etc.
- Upvote functionality--and the option to sort comments either by newest or by most upvotes
- A much better moderation tool that won't directly impact the user experience but will make my life easier and therefore keep threads cleaner for everyone else
Hey folks, I wanted to create this so we have a separate place to discuss the potential addition of a new commenting platform.
While we'd hoped to hire a developer to build a custom platform, the timing/cost/feasibility just aren't lining up, at least this off-season (and we'd rather not make a change mid-season).
So, we're considering purchasing a pre-packaged plug-in that would provide upgraded look/features over the current system, despite falling short of our dream comments section. After a bit of research, I feel like Thrive Comments is a good solution for us (link is to a post on the developer's blog with 50-odd comments so you can see an example). Some features:
- Option to get e-mail notifications when someone replies to a comment you've left (you might also be able to subscribe to other comment chains)
- Badges for things like frequent commenters, top commenters, etc.
- Upvote functionality--and the option to sort comments either by newest or by most upvotes
- A much better moderation tool that won't directly impact the user experience but will make my life easier and therefore keep threads cleaner for everyone else
Quote from Goons 1 on November 24, 2020, 10:18 pmI never knew there was a forum lol but em yeah it sounds good & looks fine.. Especially with the option to sort comments & knowing when someone replies to your comments & so on.. It would make it easier to follow everyone's comments
I never knew there was a forum lol but em yeah it sounds good & looks fine.. Especially with the option to sort comments & knowing when someone replies to your comments & so on.. It would make it easier to follow everyone's comments
Quote from chogokin on November 24, 2020, 11:07 pmSame - that Thrive comments section looks good to me. Only thing left on my wishlist would be the ability to post gifs, but otherwise looks like it's got everything (and more) we left behind when we migrated to the new site.
Same - that Thrive comments section looks good to me. Only thing left on my wishlist would be the ability to post gifs, but otherwise looks like it's got everything (and more) we left behind when we migrated to the new site.
Quote from Lucas Hann on November 24, 2020, 11:25 pmQuote from chogokin on November 24, 2020, 11:07 pmSame - that Thrive comments section looks good to me. Only thing left on my wishlist would be the ability to post gifs, but otherwise looks like it's got everything (and more) we left behind when we migrated to the new site.
Hmmm, let me look into if that comment section can post gifs. That's a good request--people have asked for that several times.
Quote from chogokin on November 24, 2020, 11:07 pmSame - that Thrive comments section looks good to me. Only thing left on my wishlist would be the ability to post gifs, but otherwise looks like it's got everything (and more) we left behind when we migrated to the new site.
Hmmm, let me look into if that comment section can post gifs. That's a good request--people have asked for that several times.
Quote from Lucas Hann on November 25, 2020, 12:22 pmOkay, new platform is live. I have some customization tools within this program so I can tweak some stuff as we go depending on what does and doesn't work. If we end up needing things that this can't provide, I can look for a different program for us to use--we aren't necessarily committed to this forever just because I stayed up late and installed it last night (but we are gonna at least give it a serious tryout because I did stay up late to install it).
Okay, new platform is live. I have some customization tools within this program so I can tweak some stuff as we go depending on what does and doesn't work. If we end up needing things that this can't provide, I can look for a different program for us to use--we aren't necessarily committed to this forever just because I stayed up late and installed it last night (but we are gonna at least give it a serious tryout because I did stay up late to install it).