Recommended Plugins for forums?

[dfarmer2001]

I am curious if anyone has any plugin recommendations that I should get for my forums at www.referraldirectoryforum.com?

[Wormopolis]

go to Plugin Library and browse around for whatever you are interested in

[dfarmer2001]

Thank you @wormopolis!

[David Clark]

As a tip, you can filter the plugins by Most Reviewed for a most-of-the-time accurate list of our most popular plugins dfarmer2001.

Usually the rule of thumb is that people only bother to make a review for something if it's being problematic and they want to complain, but we have a strange twilight zone thing going where it seems to be the opposite for the plugin library.

[Barkley]

Oct 4, 2014 11:08:40 GMT -8 dfarmer2001 said:

I am curious if anyone has any plugin recommendations that I should get for my forums at www.referraldirectoryforum.com?

dfarmer2001_ David Clark

I use the following plugins:



You can see them working here www.loveevertonforum.com/forum

For me, the Drop Down Nav is the best plug in, and should really have been part of the initial software.

I have many tailored for my own needs, and had to do much of any artwork you see myself, so a little Photoshop skill helps, but basically the plugins work as follows:

1. Yootil library apparently needed for 'some' plugins to work, so I put it there anyway.
2. Drop down nav allows me to add all my custom pages that you will see if you hover over the navigation bar at the top of the page.
3. Easy affiliate table is scrolling at the bottom of the home page and forum page only, right at the bottom. Images need to be 88x31px. 
4. islider is a gallery that you can add to. It could do with having more options regarding location, hence why I took it out.
5. Different on off icons allow me to have one picture for new posts, and another for no new posts, in every category, but again you'll need to find / make your own images. Mine are about 45px square.
6. V Pester is a pop up message that you can tailor yourself to encourage posting, such as "post bitches or you are banned"
7. Board description images are again something you will need to make yourself, but you can see my 'breaking news' on the forum page itself (not the lofo on the banner) which can be added to each board if necessary, or with individual pics to cover whole space if necessary.
8. Dislike system, for me, is a thumbs down to go with the thumbs up, but you can change image.
9. Peekaboo side table I have on the right side of my forum, if you press it it will open up, revealing what ever content you put in there. Again on mine, I redesigned it a bit and added my own artwork, but expressing yourself is all part of the fun, right?
10. Snow - I'm a softie. You can guess what that one does.

Hope that helps.