Forum Management

Xenforo - is there a way to bump a thread back to the top of the lists? Is there a way that an admin or mod can do this - via an add on perhpas?

Do you send emails to your members and if so, is there a "best time" If you send reminder emailis (eg we are still here etc) is there a best time of day to do it to get responses. Eg when your members are at work, or in their evening, or on the weekend etc etc?

When it comes to website analytics, there is a lot of data to sift through. One of the most useful tools for getting an overview of your website's performance is the overview graph. This graph provides a quick snapshot of key metrics such as page views, unique visitors, and bounce rate. However, to make the most of...

Can members delete accounts on your forums? How do you feel about deleting accounts? How do you handle it?

How do Reditt and Discord make money? As forum operators, I am sure many of will know that platforms such as Reditt and Discord have taken away lots of users, and caused many forums to close. I have only looked at Reditt once or twice and Discord never. Does anyone know how they make money?

What do you think 2.3 will improve and what new services will it bring?

Eg The Question type The Article Type The Suggestion Type Has anyone set these up in their forums, and how have they worked? I tried an article thread, but did not get much interest

What's the skinny with VPN users? I know what a VPN is, but I have never used one. My forum is aimed at my own small country (New Zealand). But of course anyone is welcome to join (but not bots or spammers of course) I get a few new members where my Xenforo New Registration ID says they may be using a vpn and they...

What do you think about this? Are there any pros and cons from this method? Has anyone seen any success rate from this? Be good to know.

As per the title….does anybody here use nothing different? If so, show us your communities…!

A new, comprehensive framework for managing websites has been developed with the goal of making administration easier and improving websites' performance. The framework, which is the unifying factor in all website administration strategies, is meant to aid administrators in their efforts by making their jobs easier...

Have you ever made a duplicate of your forum on your own pc? I want to do this for backup and testing and security purposes. I do backup my forum manually and download it to my pc from time to time But I really want to set up a live copy of Xenforo on my PC, so that I can test various options, and to make sure that...

Like most forums (I imagine) I have quite a few old accounts that never post and never even Lurk I have started emailing them to say that we are still here. Do you keep these accounts open, or do you look at closing them?

Anyone knows a way to have a thread/post in different places/locations, without moving the thread/post, and let a link on the old location of the post?

How can I add the widget everywhere (thread/post/category) just for unregistered users?

Do you allow long member names? I am using the default Xenforo setting and some of my members choose very long member names, either to make a statement or just be stupid. I am thinking of reducing the number of characters What do you thnk?

What is the url to follow 'question type' thread?

Just wanted to share this, maybe someone is interested: I just received an email from Matomo announcing a masterclass "Cookieless 2024: How to Future-Proof Your Marketing Campaigns". It is for free, date is today 3 pm CET. If you cannot attend, you may still register and get a link to the recording afterwards...

After Cloudflare installation, I notice that my community don't send emails any more. All my DNS are okay in Cloudflare CP, when I test outbound email i don't get any error. Any solution?

How to solve this error? Server error log XF\Db\Exception: Too many connections src/XF/Db/Mysqli/Adapter.php:165 Generated by: Unknown account 24 Nov 2022 at 16:11 Stack trace #0 src/XF/Db/Mysqli/Adapter.php(28): XF\Db\Mysqli\Adapter->makeConnection(Array) #1 src/XF/Db/AbstractAdapter.php(62)...