Observations after using Fluent Community plugin after ~2 Weeks
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Again, you need to allow the user registration page to go to the page of the web owners choice...not Fluent. Far too many websites have custom registration pages, membership management systems, etc. I use Memberpress. A refusal to allow a simple redirect to the registration page of choice will directly impact your ability to sell this product. This is the #1 issue I see.
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The Graphic at the top of forums /spaces is too large. verticle space is a valuable commodity. On my 3840 x 2400 laptop, by the time I get to any content it has eaten 50% of the screen. This is gratuitous and takes away from the value of this. At least allow for smaller size headers (maybe 2-3 choices in size (and post what the default size is, it took a trial an error to get to the correct size that did not clip parts of my image. (See attached image)
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Make it easier to find all the spaces that user requests to join are. if you have a lot of spaces...and there is a single admin or moderator (or even if you have several spaces) you have to poke around through each space to find if any users have requested access.
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Think about allowing for training from 3rd party LMS systems. Again, I am using memberpress. At least at the current point in time it is more mature, or perhaps I have (which I don't) a mature LMS environment...forcing change to Fluent LMS creates a sort of dictatorship. But, I can see that this could be a bit more work...and there are many LMS systems (even just the top 5) could be a programming effort.
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Again, think about a license for all products. Many products like FluetBoards (Which looks great) can be acquired for less with more features from competitors....think about locking in clients by offering an all license thereby making it harder for clients to ignore all of the Fluent products.
Great recommendations!
The good thing about them is that it points to that the product is already very good for being pre-release... :)
I would say that while it is pre release...it is no worse than many new commercial products. The quality is exceptional. the performance looks great (though I would have to attempt to overload the DB to see how it handles...but so for very good. The useability is very good. And, the response is excellent.
I would go as far as to present that once my venture develops revenue, I will setup additional consulting or fees to Fluent as it is in all of our best interests to see fluent succeed very strongly.
Bruce Hafner
Agree.
Shahjahan Jewel and his team are doing an amazing job.