At first I didn't really like the forum app but after using it for a bit I can see there is some great potential. I have one issue and one idea to make people see the usefulness of this product from the start. The issue that I really didn't like when I installed it was the inclusion of sample data. The forum includes sample users, categories, and records. The users especially could be considered a security vulnerability to some people.
Concerning the potential, one of the cool features of Kunena, which is probably the main competitor to this product is that the first post's text is a tooltip allowing people to quickly get the main ideaof the topic without wasting time and server resources by viewing the post. A tooltip seems like the perfect location for Cobalt extra fields that are too unpredictable to include in the actual template. This would give people almost limitless potential in what kind of information they want to include on the listing page without completely recoding the template.
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At first I didn't really like the forum app but after using it for a bit I can see there is some great potential. I have one issue and one idea to make people see the usefulness of this product from the start. The issue that I really didn't like when I installed it was the inclusion of sample data. The forum includes sample users, categories, and records. The users especially could be considered a security vulnerability to some people.
Concerning the potential, one of the cool features of Kunena, which is probably the main competitor to this product is that the first post's text is a tooltip allowing people to quickly get the main ideaof the topic without wasting time and server resources by viewing the post. A tooltip seems like the perfect location for Cobalt extra fields that are too unpredictable to include in the actual template. This would give people almost limitless potential in what kind of information they want to include on the listing page without completely recoding the template.