Important Moving to Xenforo 2 software & Help decide XPOFF's new look!

Conq

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Back when when we first created XPOFF, I made an agreement with one of the developers that if there should come a time where he does not want us to use his Xenforo theme, I would remove it. This occurred back when I first owned the website and now that I am once again at the helm, it's time we take the look off the website in a new direction as I'm unwilling to steal it or infringe on this individuals copywrite.

I've grown attached to this theme and will be as sad as some of you to see it go, but it's an unfortunate reality that it must. Yet all is not lost.

For a short while some features will not be available, Xenforo add-ons are expensive when buying in bulk and XF1 add-ons are generally incompatible with XF2, however I'm comfortable making the investment and will work quickly to replace the popular ones during the installation or shortly after.

Now back to finding a new look, there are TONS of awesome XF2 themes out there and I want the communities help deciding which one I should purchase for us!

https://xenforo.com/community/resources/categories/styles-2-x.45/?page=1

Please browse these themes, if you find one you like, post its link/screenshots, and name in a comment. With some Google work you should be able to find other options outside this list from popular Xenforo developers, feel free to post those as well.

The themes with the most likes will be considered for purchase for the future look of XPOFF.

Very soon we will be upgrading to Xenforo 2. Which comes with some really great new built in features. My favorite of which is changes which make the mobile version of the website very user friendly, however here are the rest:

Greatly-enhanced mobile-friendly style

The new XenForo 2 style is the first thing you will notice in XF2. The entire style has been redesigned with a fresh new appearance, but also with mobile browsing at the forefront of the design. When the viewport shrinks, on-page content shrinks, shifts and reorganises itself automatically to optimise the browsing experience for small displays.

A sticky header automatically activates when the window is scrolled, allowing the most important navigation controls to remain available at all times.



Emoji support*
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All textual content in XenForo 2 now supports emoji, from message text to forum titles.

Retina avatar and smilie support

Avatars and smilies now support high-DPI imagery, allowing for a crisp, high resolution display to match the text on displays that support 2x resolution graphics, such as Apple's retina displays.

Navigation manager

Both the public-facing systems and the admin control panel now have completely customizable navigation systems, allowing the content of the navigation bars and side-navigation blocks to be entirely controlled by the site administrator without any need to resort to template modification.



Widgets

Widgets are small blocks of content that can perform a variety of tasks, such as displaying a list of members online, or latest posts etc. Widgets can be placed into various pages within the public-facing side of XenForo using a simple interface, allowing you to build rich content-discovery systems into almost any area of the public forums.



Enhanced message editing

Rather than opening an overlay, editing messages is now done entirely in-place, with the content of messages replaced by a full-fledged message editor that allows the complete range of editing and posting actions, including attachment management.



Alerts in favicon

When new alerts or unread conversation messages are available, the site icon (shown in the browser title bar) will have a badge added to it, showing that there are items waiting to be viewed.



Custom thread fields
An extension of the custom user field system, threads can now have their own custom fields, with all the functionality previously available for user fields. Thread fields can be displayed before or after message content, and can be made editable and optionally required before a thread is posted.



Member tooltip

XF1's member card has been replaced with a new member tooltip, which appears on the first click on a member's name. A further click will load the member's full profile page.



CSS transitions replace Javascript animations

Leveraging modern browser capabilities, almost all of the animations seen in XF2 make use of CSS transitions rather than Javascript animations, resulting in smoother, less processor-intensive transitions between states.

Customisable member stats

The old member list page has now been replaced by an all-new, customizable member statistics system. Individual statistics (such as members with the most posts, most recently-registered members etc.) can be built using an interface in the admin control panel, and are then displayed as an expandable block on the members page.



Generic payment framework

XenForo 2 has a new payment system that is open for development, meaning that add-on developers can quickly and easily build payment gateways for providers that are not part of the core system. Using this system, XF2 ships with a number of ready-made payment options that are easy to integrate with various system enhancements that administrators may define.

Attachments shown in previews

Content previews, such as those seen when hovering a thread title on the thread list page, now include attachments for a more complete and integrated preview experience.

Enhanced code block syntax highlighting

The
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 block system has been greatly enhanced to display syntax highlighting for a much wider range of programming and scripting languages through the use of [CODE=language] tags.

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What’s New and Find Threads

To aid in content discovery, XF2 includes a brand new 'What's new' system, which can fetch new content from all sources across the system, including threads and posts, profile posts, media items and resources. The architecture of the system is fully extensible, so add-on developers can hook into What's new in order to add their own content types to the results.

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Additionally, a new Find threads system provides quick links to unanswered threads (with no replies), threads you have started, and threads in which you have posted.

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New media embedding features

The BB Code Media system has been significantly enhanced, and now supports embedding Facebook posts, Tweets, Instagram photos, Reddit posts and comments, Spotify and Soundcloud tracks, albums and playlists and a whole host of others.

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The integration of oEmbed support allows almost any media to be embedded simply by pasting a link to the media within a message.

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Quick thread

Quick Thread is a brand new system for XF2. Above the list of threads on a forum page you will find a title entry box. Focusing this box and starting to type a thread title will load a quick message editor, in which you can post the content for the first post of your new thread. Hitting the save button will then post the thread, leaving you on the forum page rather than redirecting you to the thread page. This makes the process of creating a new simple thread extremely quick and easy.

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Thread prompts

In conjunction with Quick thread, Thread prompts allow the title input box to display a configurable prompt, giving members a hint as to what kind of content they should be posting in any given forum. Multiple prompts may be defined and assigned to forums, and an applicable prompt will be selected at random to be displayed to the user when the page loads.

Keyboard shortcut system and enhanced keyboard navigation

XenForo 2 includes an easy method to assign keyboard shortcuts to commonly-used controls, such as searching and opening the alerts list. These shortcuts are defined with simple template edits, and allow for very rapid navigation with a keyboard.

Additionally, the system can determine whether the user is currently using touch, mouse or keyboard navigation at any given time, and will highlight the currently-selected link or control appropriately when keyboard navigation is enabled, while hiding the selection when using touch or mouse methods.

New custom field options

Custom fields have had an overhaul for XF2, and now include a star-rating type, along with various validation options including dates and numbers. These enhancements apply to all custom field types, including user fields and thread fields, and are automatically available for any custom field types defined by add-ons.

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HTML 5 input types

To make data input on mobile devices more friendly, we make more extensive use of HTML 5 input types, allowing specialised keyboards to be displayed in place of the standard character keyboard. For example, when an input requires only a number, a telephone-style keyboard is displayed.

Developer / designer mode

While XF1's WebDAV system has been retired, XF2 has a whole new range of enhancements for rapid style development, including a system whereby templates can be edited directly in the file system using any editor of your choice. In designer mode, when the system detects a modified template, it will be compiled ready for the next page view that requires that template.

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CLI tools

For add-on developers and large board administrators, XF2 now includes a comprehensive suite of command line tools, allowing operations such as upgrades and add-on manipulation to be done from the terminal rather than having to operate through a web interface. This can be of huge benefit for long operations, such as recompiling all templates or upgrading a large site.

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Also, if you have a look at Xenforo 2's market place and find an add-on you think would be cool for the website, I will consider purchasing it!

https://xenforo.com/community/resources/categories/add-ons-2-x.44/?page=1

I have a busy day tomorrow so I typed this up while very tired but felt it was neccissary to get it out there ASAP, will tidy up the thread tomorrow when I have time and add additional information if necessary as well as review community input.

(if a staff member wanted to make this thread more formated and fancy I would <3 you).
 
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They seldom get any appreciation, but they've done an amazing job removing the toxicity from this website.
Thanks for making this a better place. :)
Happy twinking!
-Positive Anon
 
I'm a fan of our current color scheme - either working out it out with the copyright holder or finding a similar scheme would be great.

And while it isn't a xenforo addon - we definitely need the wowhead tooltips to remain. They are too useful to give up.

From a quick look through the popular addons...
  • https://xenforo.com/community/resources/editor-bb-code-manager.5657/ - looks like an interesting upgrade to the BBCode editor. I don't know the commercial details of xpoff, but it might be free to use under Creative Commons.
  • https://xenforo.com/community/resources/code.6624/ - While interesting to me, theres not much code sharing on here outside of macros and BBCode. And honestly this addon seems like a worse experience for those simple use cases. Might be useful to keep in mind for the future in case someone starts a useful community wow addon or low level damage sim or a stat weight program or something.
  • https://xenforo.com/community/resources/quick-search.6149/ seems like a solid upgrade to searching. I know a lot of people only look at the front page, so if a thread leaves the front page, it can be annoying to remember if it was posted in 10-19, 10-19 Q&A, 10-19 Trade, General WoW, etc. Not sure its worth paying for though.
 
I'm a fan of our current color scheme - either working out it out with the copyright holder or finding a similar scheme would be great.

And while it isn't a xenforo addon - we definitely need the wowhead tooltips to remain. They are too useful to give up.

From a quick look through the popular addons...
  • https://xenforo.com/community/resources/editor-bb-code-manager.5657/ - looks like an interesting upgrade to the BBCode editor. I don't know the commercial details of xpoff, but it might be free to use under Creative Commons.
  • https://xenforo.com/community/resources/code.6624/ - While interesting to me, theres not much code sharing on here outside of macros and BBCode. And honestly this addon seems like a worse experience for those simple use cases. Might be useful to keep in mind for the future in case someone starts a useful community wow addon or low level damage sim or a stat weight program or something.
  • https://xenforo.com/community/resources/quick-search.6149/ seems like a solid upgrade to searching. I know a lot of people only look at the front page, so if a thread leaves the front page, it can be annoying to remember if it was posted in 10-19, 10-19 Q&A, 10-19 Trade, General WoW, etc. Not sure its worth paying for though.
I doubt said individual would be interested in payment in return for the ability to continue using the theme, but to be prudent i can inquire at some point unless he makes his opinion known to me prior. Last time I checked custom Xenforo themes could cost close to $1000 usd in some cases, but that was years ago, not sure what the standard is now.
 
considering how long its been used without his promition you should probably have changed yesterday lol
 
Sounds like a fun way to bring new life into the site, mix things up, and go with the "Fresh start and new slate".
 
My one request is keep a dark theme with white letters. Easier to read IMO.
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whichever theme comes with anon posting disabled in fine by me

Especially since everyone has a new start and clean slate.
 
The features that differ Xenforo 2 from standard Xenforo are not anything useful. Should just get a new theme for Xenforo 1, rather than waste money. I know you're not the brightest person Conq, but this is just stupid man. Just look at what you get from Xenforo 2. It's basically nothing.

Edit: I take it back. Xenforo 1 themes are so fucking bad. And the current theme is bad. I guess it makes sense why the current theme is so bad, since we are using Xenforo 1?

here's my favorite themes on Xenforo 2 that I considered for my private server:

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yeah I can't see xpoff with a different color scheme. A different interface, sure. But the color scheme has existed for us for ages (since TI) and it's identifiable. It's also good on the eyes.
 

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