Feature Full Forum add-on for WHMCS

[leemason]

 

WHMCS Forum Module

 

https://clients.no-half-pixels.com/whmcs-forum

 

The WHMCS Forum module is the most advanced user interaction module for WHMCS. It is a full forum application in its own right and integrates seamlessly with WHMCS and your clients.

 

Once installed (which simply involves uploading to the correct directory) it is ready to go. All your clients can access the forum, all admins can moderate it and forums / boards / topics / replies can be created.

 

All forum templates intergrate seamlessly with the default WHMCS template, and any bootstrap css styled website. The templates provided also provide each element with a unique class so custom styling is easy to achieve.

 

There is no additional registration needed by your clients, or login shares, the forum user base is your client list!

 

The whmcs forum module is in its infancy right now with version 1 being just released, however it has a great and extensive feature list which is being added to all the time:

 

• Board and Topic Searches
  
• Forums (categories), Boards (with nested boards), Topics (with replies) layout
  
• Twitter bootstrap styling enabled
  
• SEO urls available (requires mod_rewrite)
  
• Read Only / Hidden status for guests
  
• Topic subscriptions and notifications
  
• Clients are users, Admins are moderators
  
• Create custom topic status groups, and assign groups on a per board basis
  
• Custom profile data (separate to WHMCS custom fields)
  
• Forum Signatures
  
• Forum Display Name
  
• Custom Forum Breadcrumbs (can be enabled or disabled)
  
• Optional Require Login for access
  

 

https://clients.no-half-pixels.com/whmcs-forum

 

Checkout what were up to in our feature request forum to see whats coming in future versions.

[lance]

Lee, Is there a free trial for this? very interested in trying it, but have used other software in the past and its not done the job.... would be very interested in testing this if possible.

 

Lance

[leemason]

hello lance,

 

thanks for the interest. unfortunately we don't offer free trials for any of our products. we do however offer a full 30 days money back guarantee, this is a full offer and a reason sing required for the refund (although we would like to know how it could be better if a refund is given).

[lance]

Lee, thanks for the prompt response...... may wait to see some others feedback then first....

 

are you able to create hidden areas for admins to post and access only ?

 

Lance

[leemason]

not in the current version, but we already have extra privacy features coming very soon.

 

why not add your thoughts to our feature requests area, we already have a topic about privacy here so could be useful.

 

https://clients.no-half-pixels.com/forum/12/extended-privacy-features.html

[lance]

just been reading your forums ) will keep an eye on this topic and your forums for some feedback.... definitely interested though as it develops.

[lance]

I have a question...... when you goto https://clients.no-half-pixels.com/forum and look at the forum sections, when you see WHMCS Forum module discussions is says 0 topics 0 replies.... yet click on it there are topics and posts ... might be one for your bugs area...

[leemason]

its funny you should mention that, i was just righting a topic about it.

 

https://clients.no-half-pixels.com/forum/45/topicreply-count-for-boards-should-contain-count-of-child-boards-too.html

 

its not a bug, it by design, the board "currently" counts its topics and replies, not including the stats from sub boards.

 

all the topics are within a sub board of either "change log/bugs/feature requests", which are counted fine.

 

we though when coding it this should be how its done, but we may be rethinking this and at least making it optional to include/merge the stats of the child boards too.

[lance]

just makes the areas look like they are empty and users wont click on there to see content within.

[leemason]

yes thats why we are adding an option to count sub boards, will be out soon.

[Infopro]

yes thats why we are adding an option to count sub boards, will be out soon.

The Feature Full forum doesn't show post counts of forums?

 

BTW, this is the WHMCS forums. You couldn't come up with a more suitable name for this?

[leemason]

The Feature Full forum doesn't show post counts of forums?

 

BTW, this is the WHMCS forums. You couldn't come up with a more suitable name for this?

 

 

i think your mistaken, it does show topic/reply counts per board, on our forum we have nested boards with topics in them, which is why the count was not added.

 

however we have added nested board counts to the main board stats now in 1.0.1 with is in development right now.

 

All our modules follow the same naming convention, and yes this is the whmcs forum, but its not hard to distinguish the two, this is "the" whmcs forum, ours is a whmcs forum module.

 

our module names describe best what the module does. i think everyone would be happier us spending more time developing than naming things.

[lance]

its hard not to call a forum add on a forum add on really........

 

We have some other no half pixels add ons and they work a treat so have faith that this one will work as good too.... its looking good so far...... Lee keep up the good work, this is on our list to buy... as per earlier waiting for it to mature a bit.... and to see if theres a promo price... lol

[lance]

I see that this is coming on nicely now..... Do you have any screen shots of admin side for creating boards etc?

[leemason]

I see that this is coming on nicely now..... Do you have any screen shots of admin side for creating boards etc?

 

hello lance,

 

v1.0.1 is immenent and all editing has been moved to the front end for easier management (still only available to admins).

 

It will be out hopefully tomorrow.

[leemason]

Version 1.0.1 has just been released and has loads of updates in both improvements and additions:

 

• Auto subscribe admins and new topic notifications
  
• Run activate function on upgrade
  
• Recursive topic/reply count for boards
  
• Fixed dots in url slugs
  
• Delete Forum Email Templates if Delete Data set to Yes on deactivation
  
• Fixed cached subscription status when subscribing or unsubscribing
  
• Allow no status for new topics and when replying
  
• Allow custom gravatar images via a profile field
  
• Added topic lock and unlock
  
• Added latest Topics to profile pages
  
• Added latest Replies to profile pages
  
• Added hidden tabs and menu to profile page for viewing and editting profile (plus the latest topics/replies added above)
  
• Fixed Author stats count SQL error
  
• Require Topics have title and content when adding
  
• Localized Whoops error
  
• Require Replies have content
  
• Fixed duplicate replies on new topics
  
• New topics redirect to the topic on creation
  
• Added online status to reply authors and profile page
  
• Added client status and link to admin client page when moderator logged in and viewing topic
  
• Added Spam/Unspam for admins on replies
  
• Added report as spam link for logged in users on all none moderator replies
  
• Moderators can delete replies on front end
  
• Added topic delete to front end when viewing topic
  
• Added fulltext mysql search index for replies table to allow more accurate results
  
• Added forum home link in place of search box on advanced search page
  
• Added front end add forum form for moderators
  
• Added front end edit forum for moderators
  
• Added front end add board for moderators
  
• Added front end edit board for moderators
  
• Added front end delete board for moderators
  
• Added front end delete forum for moderators
  
• Added front end edit topic for moderators
  

 

 

By far the biggest step in this release is the addition of front end moderation of all content.

 

checkout the module here: https://clients.no-half-pixels.com/whmcs-forum

[alturic]

Hey Lee,

 

I was curious does this support having custom user-groups to where certain clients can't see anything but others can have full access? The wording was a little odd on "Create custom topic status groups, and assign groups on a per board basis" or do all clients get full access?

 

If you can put clients into groups, are there permissions as well such as restricting post new topic access and just allow vieing/replying to existing threads?

[leemason]

Hi alturic,

Sorry for the delay, no the forum is a general open for all clients type forum at the minute, we do have plans to expand on the features in the future.

[dimitrifrom31]

Hi,

 

I purchased this module and got a template issue (not seeing lines/columns making the forums painful to browse/read).

I submitted a ticket with no half pixels 6 days ago and I am still waiting for a reply.

[leemason]

Hi,

 

I purchased this module and got a template issue (not seeing lines/columns making the forums painful to browse/read).

I submitted a ticket with no half pixels 6 days ago and I am still waiting for a reply.

 

Hello dimitri,

 

Sorry for the delay on this, ive logged in and made the changes for you now.

 

Just to clarify this was a change needed with the template and not the module files.

 

regards