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  [XB] TMDb Movie Thread Starter

  Save time and add professional-looking movie threads to your discussion forum with this handy add-on

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  Save time and add professional-looking movie threads to your discussion forum with this handy add-on. Whether you're running a movie review site or want to create a space for sharing and talking about movies, this tool automates the process, letting you focus on engaging with your community.
  
  

  Key Features:

  • Dynamic Thread Creation: Automatically sets the thread title to the movie's name and populates the first post with the movie poster and details from TMDb.
  • User Ratings: Let your community rate movies with a 5-star system directly in threads.
  • Personal Lists:Enable users to:
    • Add movies to Favorites
    • Mark movies as Watched
    • Add movies to their Watchlist
  • Duplicate Detection: Prevents duplicate threads by converting new ones into posts within existing threads for the same movie.
  • Customizable Information: Select what details (e.g., cast, synopsis, ratings) appear in the first post and forum thread list.
  • Genre-Specific Forums: Assign forums for specific genres and allow users to search by these attributes.
  • Trophy Integration: Reward users with trophy points for starting movie threads.
  • 🖼 Flexible Image Handling: Display images from local storage, CDN, or directly from TMDb.
  • Multi-Language Support: Import movie details in any ISO-639-1 language supported by TMDb.
  • Enhanced Searchability: Filter threads by genre, director, or movie title for easy navigation.

  Perfect for any movie-loving community and review sites with interactive features, and a smooth user experience!
  
  

  Upgrading from a 2.0.x version and below?

  Here's a list of notable changes why it's definitely worth the upgrade:
  

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  Changes:

  • General code refactor
  • Minimal XF version changed to 2.2
  • [BREAKING] Add-on was integrated with ForumType and ThreadType system (XF2.2+):
  • "Movie thread forums" add-on option was removed (all previously selected forums in this option will be automatically converted to "TMDb Movie forum" type)
  • "Allow mixed content" option was deleted (now can be used "General discussion" forum type with "TMDb Movie threads" type)
  • "Enable manual updates" options was deleted, now users with access to change thread type
  • Improved performance for crosslink creation (now applies asynchronously with XF:Job)
  • Cached user Movie thread count to optimize user criteria
  • Refactoring and optimization of the addon to reduce the number of requests to API
  • "Movie poster position" option moved to style properties

  New features:

  • Added detailed cast and crew display with person data (name, avatar, character/job)
  • Added production companies & networks display
  • Added tab with more videos
  • Added Movie watchlists, button to mark Movie as watched and add to favorites
  • Added liked and watched movies list to "Your account page"
  • Added option to replace template for search results to display detailed Movie info
  • Added Movie ratings rebuild tool
  • Added Google structured data to support rich result for "TMDb Movie forum" forum type
  • Added thread list sorting by Movie season and episode number
  • Added integration with [OzzModz] Covers
  • Added Movie status filter in thread list
  • Added TMDb changes tracking (disabled by default)
  • Added general discussion forum type support
  • Added icons to trailer, casts, crew and videos movie tabs
  • Added ability to quickly rate Movies without confirmation popup (optional)
  • Added style property to disable shown stats in a thread view/list
  • Added ability to search by IMDb ID
  • Added forum thread list filter to exclude watched Movies

  Fixes:

  • Fix: wrap text on rating button
  • Fix: Potential "Attempted convert binary/string to null" error when adding a new episode
  • Fix: Cache some phrases to avoid extra DB queries
  • Fix: Optimized 2.2.0 upgrade step for large forums
  • Fixed rendering the Movie plot without line breaks

  
  

  
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