[nodebb-plugin-user-invitations] Allow users to invite new users!

[tfraley]

Is this working with version 8.0?

[jarey]

Would be awesome if this plugin will ha e the option to give users certain amount of invitations. Just like gmail or other apps have done in its early days. So, that way througth user profile you could see the amount of invitations you have and invite friends to the forum.

The admind could be the one capable of creating new invitations for the users.

Just an idea. Great work with this yariplus.

[tfraley]

@jarey That sounds really cool.

[yariplus]

@jarey said:

Would be awesome if this plugin will ha e the option to give users certain amount of invitations. Just like gmail or other apps have done in its early days. So, that way througth user profile you could see the amount of invitations you have and invite friends to the forum.

The admind could be the one capable of creating new invitations for the users.

Just an idea. Great work with this yariplus.

Wow, thanks! That's a great idea. I actually stopped pushing updates to this once they started adding invitations to core NodeBB. A feature like that would really separate the plugin from core functionality. Definitely something I'll be looking into.

[yariplus]

@tfraley said:

Is this working with version 8.0?

Just tested and everything seems to be working great. I'll update the compatibility string.

[tfraley]

Can you send an invitation even if the forum is not locked down?

[yariplus]

@tfraley Hmm, no not at the moment, I'll fix that asap.

[yariplus]

Changes v0.2.0

• Removed invite groups. (They never worked properly)
• Added checkbox to switch registration to invite-only, set to invite-only by default.
• Changed acp to settings v3
  • Will import old invite list automagically, doesn't delete them if an error occurs.
• Improved a bunch of things to prepare for adding "User Invite" powers.
• Began renaming to "User Invitations"
• New bugs added

[jarey]

@yariplus "Improved a bunch of things to prepare for adding "User Invite" powers. "

[yariplus]

Changes v0.3

• User Invitations!
  • Users can now send invitations to new users using the invitations page on their profile.
  • Adjustable number of allowed invites.
  • Automatic timeout for resending an invite.
  • Accepted invites are saved for future features (rewards).
• Added a new setting to add invited users to a group automagically.
• Registration is no longer set to restrict by default.
• ACP saves all settings automagically.
• Moved repo to NodeBB 3rd Party and detached it from the newuser-approval fork.

[exodo]

@yariplus said:

Changes v0.3

• User Invitations!
  • Users can now send invitations to new users using the invitations page on their profile.
  • Adjustable number of allowed invites.
  • Automatic timeout for resending an invite.
  • Accepted invites are saved for future features (rewards).
• Added a new setting to add invited users to a group automagically.
• Registration is no longer set to restrict by default.
• ACP saves all settings automagically.
• Moved repo to NodeBB 3rd Party and detached it from the newuser-approval fork.

Amazing

[jarey]

Excellent work.

[jarey]

Does this PR has something to do with the functionality provided by this plugin? https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/pull/3908

I'm not really sire but it seems that at least parcially, the functio ality is moving to the core? Or am i wrong?

[yariplus]

@jarey Maybe, maybe not. Core Invitations was in development before I even started this plugin.

I doubt it though, the way I invite users is functionally different than how core does it.

[jarey]

@yariplus thanks for your reply good to know. I think it's a pity that the effort is re-done if the plugin already exist.

[PitaJ]

Huh. I really need to start searching for these plugins before doing this stuff.

Also, I don't know why this was added to core if it was available as a plugin. Weird.

[yariplus]

Changes v0.3.2

Minor update, thanks to pitaj for some tips.

• The plugin now uses the core emailer, (nodemailer) and no longer requires a third-party email plugin.
• The plugin now uses the core Invitation template, which can be customised in the emails section of the ACP.

[AtonB117]

Cant wait to dig into this! Great job!

[reid]

Just what I was looking for! The only issue is, my forum is still running on 0.6 due to theme compatibility issues. Is there any chance you could make it compatible? I'm willing to pay.

[pichalite]

@reid I think it's better to pay to get the theme compatible and upgrade NodeBB.