Platform catalogue

The catalogue lives at AdminCP > [MC] Social Profiles > Platforms. It is the canonical list of every platform the board offers.

Default platforms

The install seeds the following:

PlayStation, Xbox, Steam, Nintendo, Epic Games, EA / Origin, Roblox, Discord, Twitch, YouTube, Kick, Reddit, Bluesky, Instagram, TikTok, Telegram, GitHub, GitLab, Facebook, Twitter / X.

Disable or remove any you do not want; the seed only runs on install.

Adding a platform

1. Navigate to AdminCP > [MC] Social Profiles > Platforms.
2. Click Add platform.
3. Fill in the fields:
   • Platform key: lowercase slug, unique. Used internally; do not change after profiles are saved.
   • Platform name: the display name.
   • Icon type / value: SVG markup, FA class (e.g. fab fa-discord), or image URL.
   • Icon colours: optional light and dark theme tints.
   • URL pattern: outbound link template. Use {value} where the user's handle should appear.
   • Gamer-card URL pattern: optional image URL template. Use {value} or {value_encoded}. Leave blank if the platform has no card image.
   • Validation regex: a PCRE pattern applied to incoming handles. Use anchors (^...$) for full-string validation.
   • Placeholder: editor hint text.
   • Edit/View group restrictions: optional group filters. Empty = all groups.
   • Display order: integer; lower numbers sort first.
   • Active: untick to hide without deleting.
4. Click Save.

Editing a platform

Edit any platform from the same page. Changes take effect immediately. Existing profile rows are not touched: the user-entered handle stays as-is, and the new icon, URL, or validation regex applies on the next render or save.

Tightening the validation regex does not retroactively reject existing handles. To enforce a new regex on existing data, manually re-save affected rows from the AdminCP or query the database directly.

Disabling vs removing

Action	Effect
Disable (active = 0)	The platform disappears from the editor, member card, and gamer-cards page. Profile rows remain in xf_mc_social_profile. Re-enable at any time to restore visibility.
Delete	Removes the platform row and every corresponding profile row. Irreversible.

Disable first, observe for a release cycle, then delete if no member complains.

Reordering

Set the Display order field. Lower numbers sort first. The order applies everywhere the platform list appears: the AdminCP table, the user editor, the icon strip on member cards, and the gamer-cards page.

Group restrictions

Two optional filters refine who interacts with each platform.

• Edit user group IDs: only members in these groups can add a profile for this platform from their account editor. Useful for restricting niche platforms (e.g. internal-only chat handles) to a subset of staff.
• View user group IDs: only viewers in these groups see this platform on other members' profiles. Combine with View social profile icons for two-layer gating.

Leaving either field empty means no restriction at this layer.