Story

Story Types

• Images — Upload photos with optional captions.
• Videos — Share short clips with permission-controlled uploads.
• Text — Customize stories with background colors and font styles.
• Shared Content — Share threads and posts with attributed previews and optional captions.

Image, video, and text stories support polls. Shared content always respects the original forum permissions.

Story Viewer & Avatar Rings

• Fullscreen viewing with autoplay, keyboard navigation, and mobile swipes.
• Avatar rings show available and unseen stories. Click an avatar to watch.

Privacy Controls

• Public — Everyone, including eligible guests.
• Members Only — Registered members.
• Mutual Follows — Members who follow each other.
• Only Me — The story author.

Admins set the default audience; authorized members can change it per story.

Reactions, Comments & Reports

• Native XenForo reactions on stories and comments.
• Comment without reloading, with compact reaction summaries and action menus.
• Report stories or comments through XenForo’s report centre. Reported evidence stays protected while reports remain open.

Highlights

• Preserve favorite stories in named collections with custom covers.
• Display collections on member profiles while respecting story privacy.

Streaks & Badges

• Track daily posting streaks, personal bests, and configurable milestones.
• Recognize staff, newcomers, veterans, top contributors, and featured authors with badges.

Pins & Story of the Day

• Authorized members can pin important stories.
• Automatically spotlight a story each day and notify its author.

View Tracking

• Show view counts and permission-controlled viewer lists.
• Disable tracking globally without recording viewing history.

Widgets

Permissions & Admin Options

• Control creation, sharing, comments, reactions, moderation, highlights, and daily quotas by user group.
• Configure story lifetime, retention, upload limits, autoplay, privacy defaults, and background colors.
• Enable or disable optional features to suit your community.

Alerts & Guest Engagement

• Native alerts for comments, reactions, pins, and Story of the Day. Moderation notices include reasons and remain readable after deletion.
• Configurable guest previews with a registration prompt in the viewer.

Mobile & Translation Ready

• Responsive layouts with touch-friendly viewing and comment controls.
• Translate labels, messages, and notifications through XenForo phrases.
• Isolated story fonts preserve your forum’s existing typography.

1. Upload files — Extract the add-on package and upload the contents of the upload directory to your XenForo installation root, merging with existing directories.

2. Install the add-on — In your XenForo Admin CP, navigate to Add-ons > Install/upgrade from archive or go to the add-on list and click Install next to "D.C Style - Story".

3. Configure options — After installation, go to Setup > Options > D.C Style - Story to configure story expiration, file size limits, enabled features, and other settings.

4. Set permissions — Navigate to Users > User group permissions and configure story permissions for each user group. By default, most permissions are set to "Not Set (No)" — you will need to explicitly grant them.

5. Place widgets — Go to Appearance > Widgets and position the Stories Bar, Recent Stories, or other story widgets wherever you want them in your layout.