tomomi1922 Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 I think I am not the first to suggest this, but why does Nexus separate Forums and Mod Download sites?I mean it makes sense if Nexus is maintained by hobbyists who need to use a proprietary software to run a forum, and another software to run the download site. I have done those before (mostly forums). But don't you guys have a professional staff who get paid salary to work on the site, NMM, and the new Vortex manager? It would make sense to stop this segregation. And more over, the access for comments from both Download and Forum (and different ways to reply) make things extremely confusing. I am often kicked out of the forum site and required to re-login, with captcha. Small annoyance, I can live with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark0ne Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 Can you name (and link) a site that has successfully made their own custom forum software and integrated it into their site, which is as feature filled and intuitive as an off-the-shelf setup like Invision Board, vBulletin, XenForo or similar? I've never seen it myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomomi1922 Posted July 1, 2018 Author Share Posted July 1, 2018 You have to do it yourself. I suppose you already figured out to tap in the forum's database and sync with your main user's database. If I create a new account on forum or main site, it can be used both places. Database structure shouldn't be hard to read. The harder part would be how to figure out your forum's software login persistent state, aka login session. The goal is when a user logs into either site, the site would log this user into both sites. Google uses cookies to achieve a login session to allow one login to all their sites. Google is regulated and has security mandate. I don't think Nexus does, so that free you guys up some strict regulations. Your login session would be a lot simpler than Google's. What you do not want is to re-write the forum's codes, it would be a pain when forum's update comes out. Neglecting update would open up security holes. So it is best to just either extend or add codes enough to pass the login session. Update would require minimal rewrite. A few years back I was looking into this (for my very small site). It seems doable, but since it was my hobby (not work related) so I did not put it high on my to-do list. And it is quite some work for 1 person to do. However, as a company, you may be able to reach out to the software creator for some knowledge and resource. I used to come across a few sites in the past that I highly suspect they succeeded in integrating a forum into their sites. When I see them again, I will post links here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark0ne Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 You didn't really answer my question there and seem to be going off on tangents! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomomi1922 Posted July 1, 2018 Author Share Posted July 1, 2018 Well, I answered. I have been to sites that integrated with commercial forum software into their main site. I just cannot recall one off my head right now. When I see one, I will post links.There are also sites like Tom's Hardware that built their own forum software. How is theirs comparing to a full-featured forum? I am not too sure. But it does look very integrated like one website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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