Plugin ideas

[StuartH]

whats your forum @Mr_Waffle?

[Schamper]

@StuartH http://bitbangers.co.uk/

[StuartH]

Hey @ Mr_Waffle I tried posting on your shout box but nothing happened

[Schamper]

@StuartH You have to be logged in first! We just updated it and the message box should now be invisible when not logged in.

[StuartH]

@Mr_Waffle It's still visible atm mate.

[Schamper]

@StuartH You'll have to clear your browser cache

[StuartH]

Why is it I always forget to do that (doh)

[StuartH]

@Mr_Waffle said:

@StuartH You'll have to clear your browser cache

Done that and tested on chrome, firefox, safari the shoutbox is visible with out logging in

[Schamper]

@StuartH weird, it should look like this: http://i.imgur.com/41sOsUs.png

[finid]

It will be really cool to have an "Invite" option in the user profile page, so that admins and other users can invite their friends to join the forum via email.

Anybody working or thinking about working on that?

[seti123]

Anybody thought about a WebRTC integration. To start calling and chatting with other users.
To give you an impression look at https://twelephone.com/

[finid]

@seti123

Not sure if anybody is doing this, but it sure will be a great plugin.

[StuartH]

@Mr_Waffle It is ok no message box:) my end anymore

[Schamper]

@seti123 Interesting idea! Perhaps a call button on a chat dialog?
@StuartH some issues resolve themselves!

[tedr56]

• A points counter for games.

We have a game topic where users have to find from which movie the image is coming from.
We are keeping points at each winning, but maybe a plugin could do that, with a topic header reminder, and a list of users to attribute the point.

Just an idear

[psychobunny]

Just another idea I came up with for a plugin...

In the topic view, if post count is greater than a preset number.. hides all trivial posts ex. "thanks!", and/or displays posts with high amounts of favourites only

Maybe a more simple version to start with just collapses trivial posts. This could be done entirely client-side, so a easy plugin to make I think!

[finid]

@psychobunny

+1.

[psychobunny]

Another one we were discussing on Skype earlier: a plugin that accesses filter:posts.create (see: skype emoji, @mentions plugins) and checks for links to other topics (regex for domain.com/topic/?). If match, creates a post in that topic under that user mentioning that the user posted about this topic, exactly like how Github issues work

psychobunny referenced this topic in link

or similar

(edit: I just thought of the potential infinite loop there, gg :P)

[psychobunny]

Skype-style popups when people come online. If you are following a user, throw an app.alertand say the user came online, clicking on it takes you to their userpage.

EDIT: somebody above said this thread should be pinned, if you guys keep coming up with brilliant ideas this topic will be first on the list regardless, so keep it coming!

[WhateverYouWant]

Would love a CDN plugin. This would be great for forums that aren't just accessed in one location.
Edit: I'm always the one with the uncreative and practical ideas. (Not that the other plugin ideas are impractical, it's that they're creative.)