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Custom Push Notifications: a new way to mobilize your community
October 9th 2019, 3:17 pm by The Godfather
Notify your members and guests of what you want, when you want it
Dear Forumotion users,
As you know, Forumotion forums have recently benefited from the addition of a mobile and Progressive Web App dedicated to each forum. The benefits of this new technology have opened up new horizons for us. They have allowed us to provide you with a new means of communication with your forum members and guests : Custom push notifications.
What is a custom push notification?
It is a message composed of a title, a text and an internal forum link that you can send as a push notification to all your forum guests and/or members who have agreed to receive it.
Information: The image hosting company TinyPic is closing its doors !
September 13th 2019, 12:07 pm by The Godfather
TinyPic: Closing the service
Dear users,
We would like to inform you that the image hosting company TinyPic, widely used by our community, is closing its doors.
Since September 09, 2019, TinyPic has cut off access to all images hosted on their service and displayed on third-party websites. As a result, these images are no longer displayed on external sites and are replaced by a default TinyPic image informing that it no longer exists!
See the example:
Therefore, and in order to prevent Forumotion forums from broken themes or content, we have made an attempt to automatically retrieve and re-host all TinyPic images that are on Forumotion forums and can still be retrieved.
New improvements for the mobile version of the forums
August 27th 2019, 2:57 pm by The Godfather
New features and improvements on the mobile version of Forumotion forums
Dear users,
Internet users are turning more and more into mobile users. As a result, traffic from a mobile has equaled and even exceeded traffic from a conventional desktop. That's why the Forumotion team has once again worked on improving navigation on the mobile version but not only. Some users have reported that important pages of the forum were missing: the topics followed, the latest forum discussions or private messaging for example. We therefore add these pages which are now adapted to navigation from a mobile device.
With these enhancements and additions, the new mobile version gives your community the following benefits:
Progressive Web App (PWA) available on Forumotion forums
July 31st 2019, 4:53 pm by The Godfather
Progressive Web App (PWA) for your forum
Dear users,
We are pleased to announce that Forumotion forums now have a mobile and progressive web application dedicated to each forum in the form of a Progressive Web App
What is a Progressive Web App (PWA)?
The Progressive Web App is an application 100% dedicated to your forum. It combines the best of the features found on modern web browsers with the benefits and optimal user experience offered by mobile applications.
PWAs have many advantages for your forum: installation possible from a mobile phone or PC without having to go through an application store, the application is dedicated exclusively to your forum, quick loading, secure pages, push notifications, icon on the home screen …
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