Andy Millne

Joel got some great suggestions I hope you will implement those and I'll be looking to buy the mod too.

Thanks for the feedback everyone. I will be working on auto IP geolocation support and opt-in/opt-out settings this weekend. 

Support topic for Connections
 

Core ideas for member discovery:
When a new member joins, all registered members within X distance get a notification.   After you give X (positive) reactions to the same member, you get a trigger to follow the user.   Notification every X week to recommend new people to follow.  Hovercard add follow button.    App ideas for member discovery
If user starts a private or shared Album and Blog, suggest his strongest connections On Club index or Club member page, suggest clubs or highlight followers who joined the club Topic Summary add a note that says something like "This post is popular with people you follow like Dwight, Pam, and Jim."  OR "This post is popular with people who follow you like Angela, Andy, and Toby."  That would dramatically enrich the value of the topic.  

I've played around with the new release of Connections and, like others above, I would rather be more aggressive on the location-sharingto have it auto-suggested and auto-enabled by default.  
Some thoughts:
Location sharing only becomes useful if a critical mass of users enable the future since it depends on network effects.  Right now, it is opt-in, tucked away in a sub-menu of the app, tucked away in the Connections app, tucked away in its own menu item, almost no one is going to enable it.  You really need everyone to have it turned on by default, which is why I think there should be an ACP option to have location sharing enabled by default as a choice for Admins.  If location sharing is enabled in the ACP, I do believe there should be warning message to Admins they have the responsibility to disclose the extent and type of location sharing in their Terms of Use.  I can definitely see some retail boards turning it on and accidentally exposing everyone's location on accident.   There are different levels of location sharing you can consider: none, enabled with anonymous location, enabled with disclosed location.  I believe 'anonymized' location sharing would be an appropriate default, since it still allows users to see who is nearby without disclosing the actual, specific locations on the front-end.  

Sorry for the late response.
It was the "restricted replies" plugin. I've talked to the Dev and he's working on fix, and I'll come back here and post once he figured it out.
Thanks for the help.

I mean approximate location. Users do not need to see the IP Address. ONLY DISTANCE between Users is given, for example 25 kilometers. This makes sense with the "People near me" option. What about the fact that the User will enter the location manually, since he will later move to other places and will not change the data regarding his location, because he will be too lazy or will not remember it. Privacy? I do not think so. All you need is a button in the Profile Settings  "Don't show my location". Something like "Tinder APP". 
 
Yes, but if the option discussed here could be done, and if Admin decided that the User's location is always the last IP Adress used by him, then the function of completing this field does not make sense.
 
This is the minimum option. But then the "People Near Me" option is a bit of a fiction when Users themselves determine where they are. Either way, I think it's a great add-on and you'll definitely find a balance between location options.

Thank you for your answer.

I already understand that Users must start writing in this field and until they do this their location is not given.

Note, that when Users register, then their location in the ACP Panel is already determined based on the IP Address. It is known that this is not an exact location and may be incorrect. It would be great if Users after registration had already filled in the location field in Your add-on, with this data. They could change dynamically with every last used IP address.

An example of the "Set location based on IP Address?" Button, where Admin would decide whether Users must fill this field themselves, whether editing is not available and the location is based on the IP addresses used.

Regards,
Adam.

On google maps they will need to start typing the place name and it will autocomplete after 2 characters.
with mapbox they can either start typing or they can click the geolocate button and it will find the nearest town/city based on their device location automatically. 

When you do that, I will buy your add-on. Thank You 🙂

Not currently. But I will be adding a profile completion step very shortly that could be set as required. 

Users are prompted to set the location when accessing the feature or when editing their profile.
If you are using mapbox they can either use an autocomplete nearest city input or a geolocate button on the map. If you’re using google maps there is an autocomplete nearest city input. 

The mobile app falls back into a responsive view with pages that aren’t natively supported. The experience is seamless for the end user. 

It's a core function that is also used in Photo Competition. "Post Before Register"

Would love to see this include a way to follow members straight from the profile hover overview (versus going to their profile). 

Yeah I agree. I’m thinking this will make a good widget. 

Support topic for Connections
 

Yes me to. Ready to purchase when location is available

Thats the plugin of the year !
Thanks for this awesome one, waiting for location to purchase !

When it’s ready 🙂.  I’ve implemented geolocation on a few projects so I’m not expecting any roadblocks. Shouldn’t be long especially if we remain under weekend lockdown. 
I don’t have any current plans to integrate with member shop points but never say never.  Maybe once I’m through my list of planned features I’ll revisit. Thanks for the suggestion in any case. 

This looks really good. When do you anticipate to have geographic location and how will you incorporate that? Woud be nice to have some sort of IP matching behind the scenes. Would also be great if you could get it working with
 

This looks awesome, but give us 4.5 already!!!  I'mma hold off on purchasing until then.

This is a bug. The menu item should have been added automatically. I've fixed this and uploaded a new build of 1.0.2. If you re-download, uninstall and re-install using the new 1.0.2 file this should be fixed for you.

100% agreed.
Also, I had to guess the page link. Which I did 
https://www.breatheheavy.com/exhale/index.php?app=connections
Where is that page located in the admin section? When I add it to the navigation, do I include this as an external link and link it that way? 
Anyway, excited to watch how this app unfolds. I think it's super important. 
Don't mind me if I come back continually throughout the week with questions and suggestions 🙂 

Ok I impulse bought it. Installing now 😅