ElkArte Community

Title: Invite Friends
Post by: shasha on July 14, 2015, 04:21:31 am
Hello Guys,

Please is there a way to add a feature that would enable users to to send invitations to their facebook friends, twitter friends and even email contacts?

Would be really nice to have.

Thanks.
Title: Re: Invite Friends
Post by: emanuele on July 23, 2015, 05:19:20 pm
I don't think there is anything ready.
Send to facebook and twitter may be a pain (not sure though), send via email... what do you mean by email contacts? You mean something like the forum fetches addresses from the mailbox and sends the emails? I would discourage that...
Title: Re: Invite Friends
Post by: NetFlag on July 24, 2015, 01:03:19 am
A simple invitation? Send them the link to the forum. Or do you think something as complex as Invitation System (http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=2567)?
Title: Re: Invite Friends
Post by: shasha on July 24, 2015, 03:05:57 am
Quote from: NetFlag – A simple invitation? Send them the link to the forum. Or do you think something as complex as Invitation System (http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=2567)?

yes
@NetFlag but not as complex as the one on simple forum. i am actually referring to something like this http://www.oxwall.org/store/item/618  but with just the simple option of inviting your friends on most social networks.

Would really boost participation in the community.
Title: Re: Invite Friends
Post by: shasha on July 24, 2015, 03:09:40 am
Quote from: emanuele – I don't think there is anything ready.
Send to facebook and twitter may be a pain (not sure though), send via email... what do you mean by email contacts? You mean something like the forum fetches addresses from the mailbox and sends the emails? I would discourage that...

Of course not @emanuele the forum would never fetch member emails. But you could invite your friends if you have their email address just like this http://vanillaforums.org/addon/bulkinvite-plugin

Would be nice if we could go a step ahead by adding a button to invite social network contacts just like this addon http://www.oxwall.org/store/item/618

I think this addon would boost community communications so much.
Title: Re: Invite Friends
Post by: Flavio93Zena on July 24, 2015, 11:10:31 am
Got to admit that at first when I saw this topic I was like "Wth is he talking about?" but that's actually a good idea IMHO.