HiveReactKit adds pinned posts, inline poll voting, admin community actions, and improved 3Speak previews.
Added full support for Pinned Posts inside community feeds.
Community leaders can now highlight important announcements and discussions for members.
Pinned posts automatically appear at the top of community feeds.
Each pinned post displays a clear PINNED badge for improved visibility.
Makes it easier for communities to surface important content without it being buried by newer posts.
Pinned Posts Support
Added Pin and Unpin actions directly inside the post menu.
Community owners and moderators can manage pinned content without leaving the feed.
Pinning updates the feed immediately and moves the selected content to the top of the community.
Unpinning restores the post to its normal position based on feed sorting.
Simplifies moderation workflows.
Provides a more organized experience for community administrators.
Community Post Management
Community feeds now default to the New sort mode.
Updated sorting tabs to follow a consistent ordering:
Makes recent discussions easier to discover immediately when opening a community.
Aligns community browsing with modern social-content discovery patterns.
Creates a more intuitive experience for active community participants.
Community Feed Sorting
Added inline poll voting directly inside community and blog feeds.
Users can now participate in polls without navigating into the full post page.
Voting actions happen directly from the feed card experience.
Reduces the number of clicks required to participate in discussions.
Helps increase engagement across community and blog content.
Makes poll participation more seamless throughout HiveSuite-powered applications.
Community owners and administrators now have access to a dedicated Actions dropdown inside the community header.
Provides quick access to important management tools.
Eliminates the need to navigate through multiple screens for common administrative tasks.
Community Actions Menu
The new Actions menu includes:
Gives community leaders centralized access to key management functionality.
Regular community members continue to see the familiar Subscribe button.
Administrative options only appear for users with the required permissions.
Keeps the interface clean while exposing advanced tools when needed.
Community Administration Tools
Community Administration Tools - Community Settings
Redesigned video previews inside post detail pages.
Videos now display a dedicated thumbnail with a play button before playback begins.
Matches the behavior already used inside the post composer.
Creates a more polished and familiar viewing experience.
3Speak Video Preview
Video previews now use the creator-selected thumbnail instead of random video frames.
Provides more accurate visual representation of the content before playback.
Improves content presentation across Hive-powered video posts.
Fixed thumbnail layering issues that occasionally caused previews to appear behind video players.
Preview images now remain visible until playback actually starts.
Thumbnail Reliability Improvements
Tapping the play button now instantly displays a loading spinner.
Video preloading begins immediately after interaction.
Reduces perceived waiting time before playback starts.
Added skeleton shimmer loaders while videos are loading.
Replaces plain loading text with modern visual loading indicators.
Creates a smoother and more professional media experience.
Added automatic thumbnail fallback support to improve video preview availability.
Thumbnail loading now checks multiple sources in sequence:
Significantly improves thumbnail success rates across older and newer content.
Reduces broken previews.
Improves media reliability across the Hive ecosystem.
Creates a better viewing experience regardless of where the content originated.
Thumbnail Fallback Infrastructure
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