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[ffadicted]

To The Founders,

Good Sirs, greetings!

Is there an easier way to post, say an image, or artwork, or screenshot?

Copy-paste system, >> something like that?

Thank you for creating this, loving it so far..........

Unfortunately we are a bit of a small shop with limited hosting space for the $, and the copy and paste of images means they get uploaded to the forum servers directly and we pay for that hosting, which can get out of hand over time.

For now we decided to just have that off as we get a sense for how much space/traffic/etc we’ll be dealing with and hosting costs when the season is fully in swing, and reconsider in the future if it makes sense to allow easy attachments of small images (ie < 1MB) and maybe purge them after X number of days or something like that.

 

[brazil]

i had never even noticed that subsection tbh... but i did come across this

hope this is a fix

Awesome, I was receiving email despite turning off all in the parameters

 

[spurraider21]

Awesome, I was receiving email despite turning off all in the parameters

Yep. This fixed it for me

 

[BacktoBasics]

To The Founders,

Good Sirs, greetings!

Is there an easier way to post, say an image, or artwork, or screenshot?

Copy-paste system, >> something like that?

Thank you for creating this, loving it so far..........

Unfortunately we are a bit of a small shop with limited hosting space for the $, and the copy and paste of images means they get uploaded to the forum servers directly and we pay for that hosting, which can get out of hand over time.

For now we decided to just have that off as we get a sense for how much space/traffic/etc we’ll be dealing with and hosting costs when the season is fully in swing, and reconsider in the future if it makes sense to allow easy attachments of small images (ie < 1MB) and maybe purge them after X number of days or something like that.

I’m a big advocate for being able to copy and paste with ease. I understand space limitations but I am willing to cover a significant amount of the cost to be able to do this.

Taking screenshots and pasting them should be a very regular and normal thing here once the season gets rolling. Makes things so much easier.

I know others want this too. Perhaps take a poll or at least let me know what the cost is.

This is a big shortcoming in my opinion.

 

[Ariel]

I’m a big advocate for being able to copy and paste with ease. I understand space limitations but I am willing to cover a significant amount of the cost to be able to do this.

Taking screenshots and pasting them should be a very regular and normal thing here once the season gets rolling. Makes things so much easier.

I know others want this too. Perhaps take a poll or at least let me know what the cost is.

This is a big shortcoming in my opinion.

I asked gemini and apparently there is a way to selectively allow users to use this feature. I think it would be a nice gesture to, at least, allow this for users who have contributed financially to the forum. Also, in the future this could turn into another source of revenue for the forum to pay for costs, extras, etc. The other variable here is the overhead in setting this up, so it'd be up to ffadicted to address that. But I think it'd be a cool gesture if possible.

That is absolutely possible and is a very common feature for running a paid, premium community on XenForo.

XenForo's powerful permission system is based on User Groups, and the platform includes a feature specifically for setting up paid tiers called User Upgrades.

Here is how you would manage image attachment abilities on a per-user basis:

1. Create a Premium User Group
   Your standard users (who don't pay extra) belong to the default "Registered" user group. This group would have standard or limited attachment permissions (e.g., small file size limit, maybe no attachments at all).
   You create a new secondary user group, for example, "Premium Member" or "VIP User."
   
2. Configure Attachment Permissions for the Groups
   You manage all attachment-related functionality in the permission settings for each group. The key is to set the base permission for the "Registered" group to No or a very low limit, and then set the "Premium Member" group's permission to Yes (or a higher limit), which overrides the base permission when a user is a member of both groups.
   
   

   Permission Setting	Registered Group (Free)	Premium Group (Paid)
   Can upload attachments to posts	No / Inherit	Yes
   Maximum attachment file size (KB)	0 (or a very low limit)	A higher limit (e.g., 5000 KB)
   Max image dimensions (pixels)	Standard or smaller	A larger, higher-quality limit
   Total storage limit	(Requires an add-on)	(Requires an add-on or custom solution)

3. Implement the Paid Upgrade
   You use XenForo's built-in User Upgrades feature to create a paid subscription.
   You configure this upgrade to grant users membership to the "Premium Member" user group upon successful payment.
   XenForo handles the payment processing and automatically adds the user to the premium group for the duration of their subscription.

The Result: Only users who pay for the "User Upgrade" are automatically added to the "Premium Member" user group, and only that group has the permission to upload images directly to the server with higher limits. Users who do not pay will be blocked from uploading and will have to resort to external image hosting (or be directed to the upgrade page).

 

[BacktoBasics]

I asked gemini and apparently there is a way to selectively allow users to use this feature. I think it would be a nice gesture to, at least, allow this for users who have contributed financially to the forum. Also, in the future this could turn into another source of revenue for the forum to pay for costs, extras, etc. The other variable here is the overhead in setting this up, so it'd be up to ffadicted to address that. But I think it'd be a cool gesture if possible.

I’m pretty sure I can raise enough in short order to have this cost covered for everyone.

But I don’t hate the idea of a premium privilege membership for donating members. Another forum I’m a member at offers similar perks for gold members and it’s 50 bucks annually.

 

[Ariel]

I’m pretty sure I can raise enough in short order to have this cost covered for everyone.

But I don’t hate the idea of a premium privilege membership for donating members. Another forum I’m a member at offers similar perks for gold members and it’s 50 bucks annually.

Honestly, I think this may be counterproductive long term if applied generally (multiply usage x100, consider abuse, etc), people would see this as the standard and then complain if it can't be provided anymore in the future, when it comes with extra costs and overhead associated. I wouldn't want to see the forum struggle to offer basic functionality because a perk turned into a burden.

Personally I wouldn't use it, and I think most others should adapt, like they did at ST. But if it's important to others and they've contributed (like yourself), I think it's totally a fair request. Probably admins + paid members deserve this. For clarity, I have no say in this, it's just my opinion and what I would consider fair if possible, @Guru of Nothing @scott and @ffadicted should see to this.

 

[scott]

I think this is a very valid request, I'd only ask that we table it for now and re-address it once we have some other projects under our belt. For now, I'd say let's put it on the roadmap to explore and get a true feel for what the cost might be, and revisit this by the end of November, if that is okay with everyone?

Right now one of my main curiosities that makes me not want to do too much before we have answer is about the site traffic once the season starts. I want to get a hold of that before committing to anything specific, personally.

 

[Paramore]

I’m a big advocate for being able to copy and paste with ease. I understand space limitations but I am willing to cover a significant amount of the cost to be able to do this.

Taking screenshots and pasting them should be a very regular and normal thing here once the season gets rolling. Makes things so much easier.

I know others want this too. Perhaps take a poll or at least let me know what the cost is.

This is a big shortcoming in my opinion.

Sir, on behalf of us who cannot afford, thank you for this offer
I hope our Founders/Admins consider your offer
again thank you so much even just for the thought

 

[Paramore]

Unfortunately we are a bit of a small shop with limited hosting space for the $, and the copy and paste of images means they get uploaded to the forum servers directly and we pay for that hosting, which can get out of hand over time.

For now we decided to just have that off as we get a sense for how much space/traffic/etc we’ll be dealing with and hosting costs when the season is fully in swing, and reconsider in the future if it makes sense to allow easy attachments of small images (ie < 1MB) and maybe purge them after X number of days or something like that.

Thank you for the response good Sir
Greetings from across the miles! Thank you for creating this new community, im liking it so much, its very fast and smooth so far
cheers!

 

[BacktoBasics]

I think this is a very valid request, I'd only ask that we table it for now and re-address it once we have some other projects under our belt. For now, I'd say let's put it on the roadmap to explore and get a true feel for what the cost might be, and revisit this by the end of November, if that is okay with everyone?

Right now one of my main curiosities that makes me not want to do too much before we have answer is about the site traffic once the season starts. I want to get a hold of that before committing to anything specific, personally.

Sounds fair to me.

 

[spurraider21]

I’m a big advocate for being able to copy and paste with ease. I understand space limitations but I am willing to cover a significant amount of the cost to be able to do this.

Taking screenshots and pasting them should be a very regular and normal thing here once the season gets rolling. Makes things so much easier.

I know others want this too. Perhaps take a poll or at least let me know what the cost is.

This is a big shortcoming in my opinion.

Gyazo extension/app on desktop is a godsend for this stuff though. Take whatever portion of a screenshot you want and it automatically generates an image url for it so it’s barely any less convenient than copy pasting

 

[Ariel]

Hi guys. I just noticed a few minutes ago there were like 12 users vs 350 guests, which seemed odd. Adding to that, now there's 12 users and 12 guests. I highly doubt 300+ guests just happened to visit and leave at the same time by chance, so thought I'd let you know to keep an eye on this.

 

[NASpurs]

Are Instagram links not embedding anymore?

 

[LeBowen]

Just a minor bug I noticed regarding email notifications.

This kind of configuration still sends me emails even if email options are unticked.
Turning off automatically watch options fixes it and I no longer receive emails, so it's not a big deal.

 

[LeBowen]

Waters injury topic got me thinking about tags.

As I wrote in there, I think only official player threads should have player tag.
Everything else should have news tag.

Official Sochan topic - player tag.
Sochan extension watch- news.
Waters injury topic - news.

At least that's my logic, because we can search topics by tags and 5 years down the road we don't want hundreds of results with player tags, just official player topics so we can find Vassell topics easier when we post his tank commander highlights with the Kings.

 

[Exstatic]

Waters injury topic got me thinking about tags.

As I wrote in there, I think only official player threads should have player tag.
Everything else should have news tag.

Official Sochan topic - player tag.
Sochan extension watch- news.
Waters injury topic - news.

At least that's my logic, because we can search topics by tags and 5 years down the road we don't want hundreds of results with player tags, just official player topics so we can find Vassell topics easier when we post his tank commander highlights with the Kings.

I sneaky want to trade him, if he’s going to e traded, to New Orleans to fuck up the pick they owe to Atlanta.

 

[Ariel]

I sneaky want to trade him, if he’s going to e traded, to New Orleans to fuck up the pick they owe to Atlanta.

You think trading Vassell to New Orleans would fuck up the pick they owe to Atlanta? How exactly? Is he going to help them out of the lottery? The opposite might be true TBH. At this point I really want to trade with New Orleans because they're one of the worst FO in the league who systematically do bad trades (Dejounte for Dyson Daniels and picks, '26 unprotected best of Milwaukee / NO in + '25 #23) and are probably fucked regardless, if you want to fuck Atlanta you need to help NO which wouldn't make them good trade partners for the Spurs.

 

[LeBowen]

Would it be possible to enable streamable video embedding?

 

[spurraider21]

Would it be possible to enable streamable video embedding?

Sounds dangerous tbh

 

[LeBowen]

Sounds dangerous tbh

Why?
I'd say allow it, but only for NBA highlights since most of the reddit stuff is in streamable and way easier to find than doom scrolling twitter.

 

[spurraider21]

Why?
I'd say allow it, but only for NBA highlights since most of the reddit stuff is in streamable and way easier to find than doom scrolling twitter.

Oh i thought you meant streamable as an adjective as in basically hosting streams. As opposed to the “streamable” platform

 

[ace3g]

Seems to be an issue c/p basic table information to the forum such as the quarter by quarter scoring totals from ESPN box score.

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[Robz4000]

Any way to make it where threads aren't auto-watched after posting in them?

Edit: Nevermind, I'm dumb

 

[thiste]

Hello there, very happy with the forum overall

I was just wondering, is it me or are there regularly timeouts, especially during games? I literally can't use the forum at all during games and even outside of them, the forum times out a lot.

Btw I understand bandwidth costs money, this is not a diss, just curious if it's just me or not. (I'm in Europe btw)