myBB Plugins / MODs

Discussion in 'Forum Management' started by BlueEew, Oct 22, 2009.

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    In your opinion. What are some good MODs / plugins that benefit you when using myBB software. No useless MODs, list some good MODs that will benefit for the forum for factors like SEO.

    Also some MODs that would fill in them important features other softwares may have that myBB doesn't.

    Thanks,
    BlueEew.
     
    BlueEew, Oct 22, 2009 IP
  2. MhW

    MhW Active Member

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    MyBB is a really decent software, all of the essentials to run and maintain a decent forum are already there.

    Here are some pretty decent plugins I'd add to a vanilla installation though:

    Welcome PM
    Link: http://mods.mybboard.net/view/welcome-pm
    Pretty self-explanatory, sends a PM to new members when they first log in. Nothing hugely beneficial, but it's always nice to be welcomed to the Community, even if it's just the bog standard "Welcome to the forums, introduce yourself here, you can read the rules here, have a good time, blah blah blah..."

    Show Online Today
    Link: http://mods.mybboard.net/view/online-today-1.2.2
    Again, the title pretty much speaks for itself. This plugin shows a list of users who have logged in over the past x hours (If I remember correctly you should be able to configure this in Admin Panel). Probably not great to install on new communities (After all, who wants to show off the fact that hardly anyone visits their site). Although once you get / if you have a thriving member base I'd recommend it, makes the forum look active which is attractive to those considering joining your community.

    Multiple Reputations
    Link: http://mods.mybboard.net/view/multiple-reputations-1.0.1
    As you may or may not know, my default on MyBB users can only give rep to another member once. Some have re-branaded the so called "Reputation" feature as more "User rating system", seeing as Rep comments aren't linked to specific posts etc. For example if I were to give you +1 rep, then 2 months later gave you a -2, you wouldn't go to -1, you'd go straight to -2. The Multiple reputation plugin makes it more like the standard bulletin board Rep System everyone is familiar with, allowing users to add reputation to the same user more than once.
    (note: The multiple reputation feature will be built in as standard on MyBB v 1.6).

    There is also a whole load of other stuff to look forward to in MyBB 1.6, check it out on their roadmap: http://dev.mybboard.net/projects/mybb/roadmap

    Hope this helps ;)
     
    MhW, Oct 22, 2009 IP
  3. faran100

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    my favorite are
    ads after first post
    pro status
    hide link from gust
    who was online in last X hours
    thank u
    google seo
     
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  4. BlueEew

    BlueEew Well-Known Member

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    Are the Meta-Tags, and SEO plugins any good?
     
    BlueEew, Oct 24, 2009 IP
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    mastermunj Well-Known Member

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    Yes, they are very good for SEO. Dynamic Meta-Tags combined with Google-SEO Plugin gives good result :)
     
    mastermunj, Nov 8, 2009 IP