Sngine Addon — Documentation
Make your community feel more connected by showing members when people they know have interacted with content, pages, groups, and profiles. Social Proof adds familiar social context to your Sngine experience without replacing your existing social features.
Before installation: make a backup of your website files and database. This is especially recommended when modifying an existing production Sngine installation or a heavily customized theme.
Social Proof adds lightweight social context throughout your community. Instead of displaying only generic engagement information, members can see relevant activity from people they are connected with.
Show relevant connections who have interacted with posts, together with the appropriate reaction where available.
Give members additional context around Pages by showing relevant people from their network who have interacted with them.
Help members discover groups through people they already know, making group discovery feel more personal.
Profile pages can display mutual connections, helping members immediately identify shared relationships.
Where supported, Social Proof can reflect the type of reaction associated with an interaction instead of showing only generic engagement wording.
Members have control over whether their activity can be used in Social Proof indicators.
Administrators can control Social Proof globally and choose which supported areas of the website should display it.
Social Proof is designed to complement your existing Sngine installation rather than replace your existing social systems.
Social Proof works alongside your existing Sngine social features. Your existing posts, reactions, Pages, Groups, profiles, and connections remain the source of the community activity members already create.
Social Proof is designed around a simple idea: people are more interested in activity when they can see familiar people behind it.
The exact information shown depends on the viewer, the available connections, the activity involved, and the privacy/settings choices configured on the website.
Add social context to feed content by highlighting relevant interactions from people within the viewer's network.
Help members recognize Pages that already have activity from people they know.
Give group discovery a more personal feel by showing relevant network activity.
Make profile discovery easier by highlighting shared connections between members.
Back up your website before installation. The addon includes the required setup and integration instructions. Follow the instructions supplied with the purchased package for the exact theme integration procedure.
Upload the Social Proof addon package to the appropriate addon location in your Sngine installation.
The purchased package includes the required file structure and installation instructions.
Import the database setup file included with the addon using your normal database management tool.
No manual database design is required. The package contains the setup required by Social Proof.
Social Proof requires a small integration with your Sngine installation so that its features can be loaded by the website.
The exact integration instructions and required code are included inside the purchased package rather than published in this public documentation.
The addon includes the required theme components and integration instructions for displaying Social Proof in supported areas.
Theme integration varies slightly depending on the Sngine theme being used. The purchased documentation provides the exact instructions and placement guidance.
After installation, open the Social Proof settings available to administrators and choose which supported areas should display Social Proof.
Create a small test scenario using two or more accounts and confirm that the expected Social Proof indicators appear in the enabled areas.
Also test the member privacy setting to confirm that an opted-out account is handled according to your configured preferences.
The public guide intentionally does not publish the addon source structure, internal registration logic, database architecture, or exact integration code. Those details are included with the purchased product.
Social Proof provides controls for both website administrators and individual members. Use the interactive examples below to preview the type of control available.
Individual settings may vary slightly depending on the addon version and Sngine environment. The purchased package contains the complete settings and configuration documentation.
Social Proof is designed to provide useful social context without removing member control.
Social Proof does not replace your website's existing privacy system. It adds an additional presentation layer for supported social activity while respecting the controls available to members.
Highly customized themes may require minor placement adjustments. The addon is designed around Sngine's standard template structure, while the included installation documentation explains how to integrate it with your active theme.
Need help installing Social Proof, configuring your settings, or integrating it with your Sngine theme?
Installation assistance is available if you need help getting the addon running on your website.