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SKevo

Let's keep this thread to the topic. This is intended for FreeFlarum related things only, if you have different questions, please open up a new discussion on this forum instead of replying there.

lakshya

SKevo I deleted that........is that okay right now? 😀

lakshya

I want to use some tags as sub-tags that will be displayed under a primary tag like in Social Media

WhatsApp
Facebook
Instagram

etc.

How can i do this?

askvortsov

lakshya drag those subtags under the main tag in the tags admin page.

lakshya

askvortsov Nice! That was quite easy. Thanks a lot.

gabrielpipolo

SKevo BROOOOOOO my reaction to seeing this update was like the cure of cancer was found!!! hahahaah Thank you so much guys, this is becoming the best platform for communities out there!! So happy to see so many changes in such small time window!

😆

aaronlbpeterman

askvortsov Your extension seems great, however, I really need to revise how to use it since I want my users to keep posting content that is valuable and not for the rank. I'm afraid that post quality will fall down.

EDIT:

The most beautiful part of it is likes received 😃

askvortsov

aaronlbpeterman best answers might also be a good metric, that way you'll get helpful posts AND replies!

aaronlbpeterman

askvortsov I've encountered some difficulties during set up, it seems to be giving me a rank regardless of boundaries. I set x to be >= than 1000 (metric was number of pots) which is far more than my posts overall and it seems to be applaying rank to my profile anyway. Same for likes.

Sanguine

aaronlbpeterman can you please have non-FreeFlarum discussion elsewhere, thank you

lakshya

Hey, I want to add more items to the navigation/menu. How can i?

SKevo

lakshya use FoF Links

temey74938

Hey Team
I am interested in using Flarum for my community. I am using shared hosting for my website currently.
I wanted to know what would be the better option:

Host an instance of Flarum, to begin with.
Host using FreeFlarum and then migrate later.

What would be the pros and cons of either approach?
Also how easy is it to install Flarum using cPanel. I would be grateful if someone can direct me to the correct guide. There are so many online that it can get confusing.

SKevo

temey74938 it is up to you whether you would like to start simple and fresh or on your own

I'd recommend you to first try out Flarum by having a FreeFlarum forum, as you can migrate away very easily in just couple of steps (download your database and avatars, and then just import the database & copy avatars at your server - simple enough).

Although FreeFlarum is not designed for big forums, we've got some with more than 400 users that are operating fine on their own. And if you will hit the absolute limit (eg.: so much users that FreeFlarum won't handle it), we'll notify you.

temey74938 Also how easy is it to install Flarum using cPanel.

I haven't used cPanel myself, so I can't help you with this. Installing Flarum on shared hosting should be possible, but is a lot harder than it is at VPS with root access. Someone else might help you with this. But keep in mind that this thread is intended for FreeFlarum related support only, so I suggest you to open a new discussion with that question, to keep this one to the topic please

temey74938

SKevo Thank you for your prompt reply 🙏.

SKevo

temey74938 ~~I was sleeping, would've been a faster reply otherwise 🙃~~

Anyways, I'd like to add that FreeFlarum's mission is to support starting communities. So, if you're looking for a quick start for your forum, FreeFlarum might be an option for you, since we won't lock you in and you are able to download the full database dump of your forum at anytime. Those are pros, so as for a con, I'd say that FreeFlarum is run by us in our spare time, and we are not a commercial entity. This also means that you can't monetize your forum, so if you're looking for getting revenue from your forum, the best option is to self-host Flarum (that's mentioned in our Terms too).

meetdilip

Free Flarum is like any other Flarum instance. If you start with FF and then use your own host, you will have to set URL redirects ( unless you use your domain with Free Flarum). That is if you have necessary database backups.

If your hosting has SSH access and supports using Composer, you can install Flarum. It is a command-line process now. Also, have a word with your host about the resources allotted for your account. There are some old threads that talks about lower resource allocation by the host causing issues with using Composer. I tried to do it myself through cPanel I was told that as of Composer 2 such issues are not happening.

aaronlbpeterman

SKevo Oki.

lakshya

How can i automate tasks using zapier?

SKevo

lakshya you can't, as I believe that Flarum doesn't even have a Zapier integration, so FreeFlarum doesn't either.

This could be possible, so you could post a new discussion about this feature request. I don't know how Zapier works, as I've never used it, so that's something you'd have to ask in a new thread

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