🚀 Anyone here using Progressive Web Apps (PWA) for their Fluent Community?
Hi Fluent Community! 👋
I’m currently exploring the idea of launching our platform also as a Progressive Web App (PWA), and I’d love to hear from anyone here who has experience with this.
Have you tried integrating Fluent Community into a PWA before?
Do you have any technical recommendations, best practices or lessons learned?
Any specific challenges to consider or clever solutions you’ve used?
I’d really appreciate hearing about any experiences, suggestions or tips you’d be willing to share — from performance tweaks, UI/UX considerations, installation handling, to push notifications and beyond.
Looking forward to learning from this awesome group! 🙌
Thanks in advance! 💙
I've used PWA-for-WP in the past (https://wordpress.org/plugins/pwa-for-wp/)
But I haven't tried it with Fluent Community. I'm interested in this too...
Me! Implementing was super easy, but to get it approved on the Apple app store they made me jump through hoops, demanding capability that a member can block another member. I made a workaround, and my app has been live since for 6 months!
Tabitha Hawkins Hi Tabitha! 👋
Thanks so much for sharing your experience — we’re currently in the final approval stage for our own Progressive Web App built with Fluent Community, and the Apple review process has definitely been a challenge.
We’ve also been asked to implement the block-a-user functionality, and although we’ve explored a few workarounds, we’re still refining things to meet their exact requirements.
If you’re open to sharing, I’d be incredibly grateful if you could point me to the specific method or workaround you used to get past that Apple guideline. 🙏 It would really help us move forward with confidence.
Thank you again! 😊
I actually tricked them into believing this was a community wide feature...Here's what you do: Create a wordpress/FC account with moderator and admin permissions, specifically for the apple review team. When they go to test it in your community, they will be able to see that they can block a user. They will assume that all members have that view, and approve your app. Delete the temporary admin account after your review passes and Voila! Hope this helps!
Tabitha Hawkins Wow, Tabitha… that trick is absolutely brilliant! 😄
I have to say: what a clever move. It’s not only bold, but incredibly sharp.
Thank you so much for sharing it — your creativity probably just saved us weeks of frustration and unnecessary back-and-forth with Apple! 🙌🍀✨
I’m already implementing your strategy and setting up the temporary review environment.
Honestly, tips like this make all the difference when navigating Apple’s tricky requirements 😅
Truly grateful for your support and how clearly you explained it!
Tabitha Hawkins Please did you also use PWA-for-WP?
Happy to help! Wishing you a speedy review process!
Tabitha Hawkins it WORKED !!!! THANKS !!!
Congrats!!!