P407 Forum News [Archive] - Subdreamer.org

Al69

06-01-2011, 07:13 PM

JustinM

06-03-2011, 06:37 PM

Hi All

Is there any plans to upgrade the "P407 Forum News" plug in
to work with SD3.4.0 ??? please

This was a great little plug in when I was using version 2.6 and would be fantastic to use again on 3.4.0 :D

Thanks

Alan

Hey Alan,

I've taken over development of this plugin. It has already been completed and will be available to purchase in July. More details will be posted on subdreamer.com/.org announcing it's release and where to buy it.

Al69

06-03-2011, 07:37 PM

Hi JustinM

I've taken over development of this plug in. It has already been completed and will be available to purchase in July. More details will be posted on subdreamer.com/.org announcing it's release and where to buy it.

Thank you for the Reply....
This was a free plug-in now that it is chargeable will there will be any extra features like scrolling etc or just the same as when it was on version 2.6 ?

Thank you

Regards

Alan

JustinM

06-05-2011, 01:17 AM

The initial release is a completely redone from the ground up. It has the same initial features but will be updated with new features. All upgrades are free indefinitely with the purchase.

walkingdead

06-05-2011, 12:22 PM

when will it be avalible to buy?

JustinM

06-05-2011, 10:08 PM

My release is currently planned in mid-july. It is already completed but we are taking piracy into serious consideration, encrypting the PHP of the plugin and requiring a license key to use it on a customers's website. This plugin will only be released after we finish our licensing system.

Brent

06-05-2011, 11:57 PM

Just so everyone is clear.

The old forum news plugin used to be a SD maintained plugin for SD2.

SD3 when first released did not have forum integration period. Starting with SD3 in October 2010, I've mentioned that forum integration would return to SD3 but without forum news, forum skinning, or article to forum posting.

The 'forum news plugin' can be a lot of work when it comes to varying languages, forum shortcodes and formatting, special characters/languages support etc., that is why we no longer offer it because the Latest Posts plugin or RSS display is usually sufficient for displaying excerpts of forum activity. The forum news plugin is essentially reinventing the wheel,, displaying formatted forum content (phpbb, vb, sd, ipb, smf) externally (within SD) which wasn't a priority feature for SD.

That said, I'm assuming Justin has tackled this one because he knew SD wasn't going to be releasing this plugin but that some SD users would still love that extra functionality/external syncing of forum content within their SD pages with more formatting and options.. etc., and that appears to be what he is bringing to you.

JustinM

06-06-2011, 03:02 AM

Well said Brent. Yes, I have all the current shortcode translations for all of the forums supported by Subdreamer. As far as reinventing the wheel goes, it's kind of a yes and no situation. Although you can import RSS feeds, it's not an easy enough tasks for all skill levels of users. Plus, having a skin editor in the plugin to customize every facet of how the news is laid out and the ability of setting specific forum ids on each page allows for much more freedom without needing any real knowledge.

Brent

06-06-2011, 04:28 PM

I'm just saying the end result of displaying forum content within SD pages is akin to reinventing the wheel while Latest posts and RSS is adequate for most purposes.... for those that know how to use it. I just can't justify spending time on it and wanted to explain why so customers know why it is no longer a SD interest and why it is a valuable plugin for you and others.

If someone wants more functionality or control over forum content/displaying it within SD pages that is where your plugin will be perfect. :)

Al69

06-06-2011, 10:52 PM

Hi JustinM

My release is currently planned in mid-July. It is already completed but we are taking piracy into serious consideration, encrypting the PHP of the plug in and requiring a license key to use it on a customer's website. This plug in will only be released after we finish our licensing system.

When it is released for purchase will you be able to get the plug in here on
SD.com/org or your site ??

Will the new forum news plug in have the scroll feature like:-Forum News Scroll (http://demo.phpbb-seo.net/demo/rss-links.php)

Thanks Again

Alan

JustinM

06-08-2011, 09:05 AM

A feature like that can be added into version 1.1.0, but I wouldn't have enough time to finish an addition like that for the initial release.

Al69

06-08-2011, 04:17 PM

JustinM

06-10-2011, 07:56 AM

Hi JustinM

Thank you for the reply.

Will that be considered for a future update ?
I feel that the forum new adds extra content to your front page
which can only be good for SEO, plus the scrolling feature gives it extra movement also

Thanks again

Alan

I definitely agree with this addition and I will make it the first additional feature to include in 1.1.0. I just want to make sure that it is not only slick but fully customizable by any skill level (transition speed, scroll direction, etc.)

walkingdead

07-03-2011, 09:46 AM

Any news to when will it be avalible as some of my site admins have been asking about it as they dont like having to post the same thing twice.

JustinM

07-08-2011, 01:55 PM

Because XenForo integration was released with Subdreamer, we're adding support for it at the moment. We also are trying to finish the design and shopping cart for our site so purchases can be made for the script.

pmquist

08-23-2011, 06:38 AM

How are things coming along with the release of the Forum News Plugin? I would really need to buy it as soon as possible, or at least get a new update about when it will be released.

Regards / PerOla

Al69

09-01-2011, 10:25 PM

Hi Guys

Are we any nearer the release of the forum news plug in P407 Forum News
It's been a while now since I asked the original question (06-01-2011)

:confused::confused::confused:

Thank you

Alan

walkingdead

09-02-2011, 06:49 AM

yeah im waiting on this as well and would like to know when it will be released

Thanks
Owen

JustinM

09-03-2011, 09:21 AM

Currently, my primary focus is getting the new version of Player Affinity online before I can get back to selling this plugin. I just finished adding the XenForo support in, but I have 70+ writers and over 1,000 users anxiously waiting for Player Affinity to be updated (which is also a critical need because it fixes a lot of problems that are preventing them from effectively doing their work), so it's gonna be a little bit.

And for those that have PM'd me asking to buy it now, that will not be possible. There's too much software piracy online to risk that and until I get my focus fully back on the store and launch it, it will need to remain on the shelf for now.

The main problem is that at the end of July, I had a lot of work assigned to me from my day job, and being the only PHP developer for that, Player Affinity and this store, I'm spread a little too thin at the moment.

MsJacquiiC

11-07-2011, 05:34 PM

Any news on this yet?
Thanks,

J.

Al69

11-07-2011, 07:50 PM

Hi

I asked the original question back on 06-01-2011 (11 months :(), has there or is there going to be a development with this plug in ?
This is a fantastic plug in, giving great seo content for any site that uses it!!

Is there any news about this plug in ???

Thanks

Alan

walkingdead

11-21-2011, 06:03 AM

when will this be available ???

PatrickD1985

11-21-2011, 07:16 AM

Probably when someone picks up development for SD 3.x to be quite honest.
I would look into it but at the moment I don not have any time to do so.

Al69

11-21-2011, 06:34 PM

Hello Tobias

I clicked on the link you posted and I got this message:-

Al69, you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:

Your user account may not have sufficient privileges to access this page. Are you trying to edit someone else's post, access administrative features or some other privileged system?
If you are trying to post, the administrator may have disabled your account, or it may be awaiting activation.

?? please advise

Regards

Alan

PatrickD1985

11-21-2011, 06:52 PM

Reason is because it is in the beta testers section my friend.

But rest assured there is development being made conserning this plugin.

Im not sure if I may copy Tobias's message here without the attachment ... so I will leave that up to him.

Al69

11-21-2011, 09:06 PM

Brent

11-30-2011, 12:56 AM

Hi

Thank you for the reply PatrickD1985

I hope it is released in the Very near future, my first question about this plug in was
almost 12 months ago, but it is a great little plug in.

Anyways thanks again

Regards

Alan

Just a note for those not familiar with the forum news plugin, we were originally never going to release the forum news plugin.. especially not in the beginning as we brought forum integration back 11 months ago, we had enough on our plates... but Tobias revived an old version of this plugin and we'll support it as we can. It will not support xenForo at this time. JustinM also has a well developed forum news plugin that was under development, we might see that at some point as well which will give you guys another forum syndication tool to play with. :)

Al69

11-30-2011, 05:34 PM

Hi Brent

Thank you for the informative reply !!

Tobias revived an old version of this plugin and we'll support it as we can
Is the version that Tobias revamped available for download and will it work with v3.4.1 ?

and

JustinM also has a well developed forum news plugin
I take it that Justin's version is still in development ?? maybe JustinM would be kind enough to give a possible release date or update.

Thank you

Regards

Alan

Tobias

11-30-2011, 06:12 PM

The SD Forum News plugin is currently in beta phase and will then be available for all customers as a separate installable plugin.

Al69

11-30-2011, 09:56 PM

Hi

Thanks for the heads up Tobias:)

Cheers

Alan