Forum Activity for @michael

PHP 8.1 compatibility for JR and Smarty 4.1.0 Released!

Using Jamroom

Whats in Php 8 you want to use? Just curious.

Smartys website has this:
which could be an issue. Right now jamroom works on any php above 5.2, if we moved to smarty 4.1 that would require anyone using php 5.2 to also upgrade.

Thanks for the update that Smarty 4.1 was released.

Ban with Wildcard?

Using Jamroom

Yeah, just put 52 to ban every ip address starting with 52.

Ban with Wildcard?

Using Jamroom

From memory you can enter partial addresses
should match a ban for

There's a TEST section in the ban module to test it out. I don't have a local dev server setup at the moment to try it out on though. I'll get one set up.

Getting the best out of OneAll (social signin) - how?

Installation and Configuration

right now there is no built in functionality that sends out a "Welcome" email. You could use the Newsletter system with a filter of when they logged in, but that would mean doing it each time someone signs up. Maybe the "Email Course" module could do it for you.

The intention of that module is to send out periodic emails based on an event at X days interval after the event.

Marketplace: Email Course
https://www.jamroom.net/the-jamroom-network/networkmarket/604/email-course

I haven't used it in a while but think it was configurable to start when someone signs up.

Followers

Using Jamroom

You can, if you want. Its good to have some stored locally.

You have 1 weeks worth of backups here:
https://www.jamroom.net/isleander/hosting/backup_browser/575/id=2124

If you wanted to restore from older than a week then having a backup is useful. Backups of your site are part of the Jamroom Hosting package which you're using.

Getting the best out of OneAll (social signin) - how?

Installation and Configuration

Before one all we did build a facebook login module that allowed users to login to jamroom with their facebook login details.

The way it worked was
* the user clicks on the button to login on the jamroom site
* that click fires the facebook API.
* the facebook API contacts jamroom and says here is the info you asked for about the user
* we'd then store whatever they gave us in the database

What they gave us was not the same every time.

It was hard trying to keep up with the changes in the Facebook API so we connected to OneAll instead. Let them figure it out.

Now we say:
* Hey Oneall, can this user log in?
* Yes
* then they are logged in.

Facebook does whats good for facebook, making sure your data is ok is not high on their priority list. annoying but something we just need to live with.

Getting the best out of OneAll (social signin) - how?

Installation and Configuration

sometimes.....

and at other times you get even less information via oneall. Beacause with oneall its possible to create a jamroom account and NOT provide your email address. Which leaves you with the situation of the user can login but you cant send them emails.

One way I've tried to force more stable type account info was to ONLY allow facebook sign on, no email signup at all. That way if someone wants to spam my site they have to first create a facebook account.

Its not perfect because a lot of people wont have facebook accounts and will complain. But it does cut down on spammer accounts.

Start a new forum thread or category for using 3rd party plugins on JR?

Suggestions

The OneAll plugin was built by us ("The Jamroom Network") if you're meaning this one:
https://www.jamroom.net/the-jamroom-network/networkmarket/47/oneall-social

For 3rd party developers we set them up with the exact same resources we use ourselves. eg "Ultrajam"

UltraJam's fourm is here:
https://www.jamroom.net/ultrajam/forum

Marketplace:
https://www.jamroom.net/ultrajam/networkmarket

Blog:
https://www.jamroom.net/ultrajam/blog

What we hoped to avoid was needing to support somebody elses stuff. Its happend in the past that developers would build something then when questions were asked or bugs found the developers are unavailable for comment. Not often but its not a pleasant experience.

Followers

Using Jamroom

there is a RESTORE FROM BACKUP button in your jamroom hosting panel here:
https://www.jamroom.net/isleander/hosting/domain_config/575/id=2124

Each domain has one, find it by clicking on the SETTINGS button in your hosting control panel.

updated by @michael: 01/30/22 11:54:33PM

Two Trees - Which should be the default?

Genosis

Ideas:
* Have a URL for each, maybe family-one.yoursite.com and family-two.yoursite.com
* Have a top page which forces the user to choose. They arrive at yoursite.com and see "choose: Family One or Family Two"