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Is there an ETA on importing data as a feature? Otherwise, how will this look/work? Will it purely be for those who start new forums or can I import existing data? Looking to rebuild a community using your platform.

    Sanguine the objective of helping people to create online communities seems not, as most users aren't really running an active forum.

    Sanguine This free service will not provide uploading of custom files (apart from avatars). But in the future, the paid version might do so.

    There you go. No way to upload a file (even just an image, like a screenshot) to use in a post is currently holding me back.

    I did not realize flagrow-upload was not installed when I signed up 1.5 hours ago. Maybe there is a way for you to limit the file types (ie. images only) and file sizes?

    I am interested in running a small forum that is used for support and informational purposes, and being able to post a Tutorial with screenshots is a must.

    My initial decision to try FF was simple: my small project is not yet creating revenue whatsoever, so to pay for hosting is not practical.

    My decision to use Flarum is the sheer simplicity of it... easy to set up, extend, modify, etc. and it seems extremely lightweight and fast. And better to switch from Discourse to Flarum when my forum is so new ;P

          QTM Or you can use services that provide free file hosting? (Dropbox, Imgur, etc) I understand where @Sanguine is coming from and it is not beneficial to the services he provides. Uploading files and hosting them on his servers takes up disk space and lest we forget that he is providing a FREE service. We are in a day of age where 3rd party services are useful to cases such as yours and will not hold the service provider (@Sanguine) accountable for missing/corrupt/stolen files. Your request is not practical or beneficial to Sanguine's mission or services and can leave room for disaster and if not worse, unpredictable security concerns.

          This is just my opinion and should no way harm or cause issues with the point you are trying to make.

          https://discuss.flarum.org/d/647-s9e-mediaembed-embed-videos-and-third-party-content/45 -- this would be an extension that would solve your minor issue.

              Ralkage Uploading files and hosting them on his servers takes up disk space

              I understand this, and considered it before posting, and I figured this would be the response to my post, but I had to try nonetheless.

              Thank you for the link to the Media Embed extension. It does not solve the need/want unfortunately.

              Using 3rd-party content hosting for something that should be an inline image for a "How To" post, or even an explanation of an issue, is not in any way ideal in the way that i am talking about be able to post an image.

              First, you need an account with Imgur, et. al. (which is also not something you should require your community users to have in order to show a picture of something; it is counter-productive and reduces community participation). Then you take your screenshot and save it. Then you upload it to Imgur. Then you get the link. Then you make your post, and insert the link. Then you have a post that looks like the following, which is what Flarum's own Forum looks like, which is not helpful IMO ...

              Here we show how to Enable Windows Firewall ...

              <link to some image that you cannot see without clicking on it>

              ... and some more text ...

              <another link to an offsite image that you cannot see>

              This is the way a "How To" or Tutorial post should look instead ...

              Executing a Configuration Task

              Of course, even that ^ is showing an image from an external site, which is not ideal. The Forum itself should host the image.

              Ralkage Your request is not practical or beneficial to Sanguine's mission or services

              Ralkage This is just my opinion and should no way harm or cause issues with the point you are trying to make.

              I do not agree. But that is of course ok. We all have our opinions, even if some of us are wrong ;P

              I am just sad that I cannot use FF, that's all ?

                      jordanjay29 ok, thanks for that - I stand corrected - I just figured out how to upload to Imgur, LOL.

                      Do links on Imgur go dead after a period of time?


                          Severity of this issue is too high and all my indexed pages are being removed by google. Please help me out.

                          • Fla replied to this.

                            Fla

                            Google bot is not able to get the contents of the page. it's not the problem with content.

                                QTM No way to upload a file to use in a post is currently holding me back.

                                Thanks for your honest feedback!

                                QTM The Forum itself should host the image.

                                Why do you say so, because of UX reasons? Otherwise, I don't understand because the casual observer can't even see where the image comes from?

                                The reason that FF does not currently support uploaded files is to keep the project manageable. I want to build the best forum service, and building another imgur first will take a lot of time.

                                For your case: I reckon that tutorial authors already have a utility that captures/uploads screenshots? So if they have that, it wouldn't require extra clicks to embed an image in a flarum post?

                                    People are complaining about a meaningless things. Is it not enough that freeflarum is FREE service? Look at other free hostings, and see what they offer and how it works. Img upload would be a last thing u would think of.
                                    Sometimes i really do not understand people.

                                      maniraj1234 I don't think Google should crawl your API endpoint, as you don't want Google to direct visitors there. How did this /api/pages/1 URL end up there in the first place? Did you submit it manually? Otherwise, you should file a bug report with Flarum (see the SEO tag already on Github).

                                          @Razor @Ralkage thanks for standing up for FreeFlarum! However, I do appreciate it if people (like @QTM) voice their sincere criticism. I do not see that as complaining actually. I welcome all perspectives and it can only make (Free)Flarum better. So thanks all for participating here! In the end we all have the same goal: make Flarum successful and run great forums.

                                            Razor, this is not complaining, and it is not "meaningless" in any way; it is asking for a feature, and searching for an explanation as to why it is not implemented. I pretty much already knew the answer (ie. disk space, resources) but I wanted to confirm this. I too often don't "understand people" and ask myself why they would even bother posting in the first place, especially when their comment has no value.

                                            Sanguine I do appreciate it if people (like @QTM) voice their sincere criticism. I do not see that as complaining actually.

                                            Thank you.

                                            I am extremely grateful for what @Sanguine has done and is offering with FreeFlarum, and am making the switch to this fantastic service as we speak.

                                            The solution to my "dilemma" is not ideal, but it is workable; it just takes a bit more time and effort. This is how I go about it using Discourse, which is simple and fast (8 steps):

                                            • Alt-PrtSc (capture screen)
                                            • open Paint (it's always open)
                                            • Ctrl-V (paste screenshot image)
                                            • Crop, edit, markup, etc.
                                            • Ctrl-A (select all)
                                            • Ctrl-C (copy image to clipboard)
                                            • open post editor
                                            • Ctrl-V (paste image, it automatically uploads)

                                            Externally hosted method (11 steps):

                                            • Alt-PrtSc (capture screen)
                                            • open Paint (it's always open)
                                            • Ctrl-V (paste screenshot image)
                                            • Crop, edit, markup, etc.
                                            • Ctrl-S (save to file)
                                            • open Imgur
                                            • find the file
                                            • drag to Imgur
                                            • copy Imgur link
                                            • open post editor
                                            • Ctrl-V (paste link)

                                            So 11 steps vs. 8 steps, and I now have a file on my drive taking up space that I don't need. Maybe I can Ctrl-V directly into Imgur without saving the file - will try that shortly.

                                            One more time, thank you very much @Sanguine for everything that you are doing.