Forum
The VyHub forum is perfectly integrated in the VyHub system. Players can just keep using their accounts without a need to newly register.
The Forum is a premium add-on and costs monthly. After you purchased the addon in VyHub central, it must be activated in the general settings of your instance.
Features
- Unlimited Topic Categories, Topics, Threads, and Posts
- Forum statistics (Thread- and post count)
- Last posts and last threads
- Simple and easy-to-use design
- Perfect integration into VyHub
- Advanced rights features
Objects
Topic Category
| Attribute | Description |
|---|---|
| Title | Title of topic category |
| Requirement Set | Can be used to control the access of the users to the topic category |
Topic
| Attribute | Description |
|---|---|
| Title | Title of topic |
| Description | [Optional] Description of topic |
| Icon | [Optional] Icon for topic |
| Topic Category | The topics topic category. The topic is organised under the topic |
| Edit post | Whether users can edit their own posts. Users with the property forum_edit and topic admins can edit at any time |
| Prohibit create thread | Prohibits users from creating threads in this topic. Users with the property forum_edit and topic admins can create posts at any time. |
| Admins | [Optional] List of users, which can edit and delete threads and posts. |
Thread
| Attribute | Description |
|---|---|
| Title | Title of thread |
| Status | Used to close and achieve a thread |
Post
| Attribute | Description |
|---|---|
| Content | Content of post |
Access Control
- Admins and users with the
forum_editproperty can edit everything and can create topic categories and topics. - Topic admins can be set in the topic settings. They can edit and delete every thread and every post of users. You can consider them as moderators.
- The edit_post setting in the topic is used to allow users to edit their own posts. Otherwise, users can not edit their posts.
- Team only parts of the forum is possible with requirement sets.
FAQ
| Frequently Asked Questions |
|---|
| Question: I have bought the forum addon. Why can't I find it? Solution: You need to also activate the Forum in the general settings of your instance. |
| Question: Users can't edit their posts, how do I change that? Solution: You can find the edit_post setting in the settings of the respective topic. |
| Question: I want to create a team only forum. is that possible? Solution: Yes, that is possible with requirement sets. Find examples in the requirement documentation. |