XenForo Overview

Detailed Features List

Got tired of looking for everything so I started one of these. Feel free to post and get your stuff added in here. Make sure it's valuable information that isn't already contained here.

Other Locations

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/XenForo
Twitter: http://twitter.com/XenForo (@XenForo)

Projected Release Date
October 2010 at some point during UK business hours. (Early Adopters Special starts as soon as the software goes on sale)

License
"Commercial License"

Cost
Early adopters sale (Which lasts through 24 hours) $100, otherwise $140 for a license with 12 months of updates and support.
$40 per every exra 12 months of support and updates.
$250 Copyright removal fee
Read More: http://xenforo.com/community/threads/beta-release-date-and-pricing.3876/

Meaning of Name
http://xenforo.com/community/threads/xenforo-meaning.101/#post-1263

Collective Video Resource (Thanks to Floris for videos)
http://vimeo.com/xenfans

Walkthrough of Sorts (Again, thanks to Floris for this)
http://xenfans.com/blog/a-glimpse-of-features/

Not all features are easy to find.

1 - Pages
2 - Relative Timestamps
3 - In-Page Navigation
4 - Multi-Page Navigation
5 - Top Page Navigation
6 - Quick Navigation
7 - Quoting Multiple Posts
8 - Everyone's News Feed
9 - Mailing System
10 - MVC
11 - Personal Conversations
12 - Glimpse of XenForo Template Syntax
13 - Fixed Width Layout
14 - Friendly URL Structure

- Allow you to manage simple content in the node tree
- You have full access to HTML and the entire XenForo template syntax, including some default variables
- You can specify permissions on the page itself or let them inherit from a parent node
- Customizable auto-generated navigation
- Finally, there's some page info in the bottom right, like publishing date and views.
- Example

- Always outputs absolute dates and times, but our Javascript then identifies these instances and converts them into relative dates for the viewing user.
- All date/time instances automatically update as time goes by
- If you load a page with JS disabled, you're going to see the actual date the post was made
- More Information

- Animates a move from the quote to the original message
- More Information

- The links that appear when you scroll the gadget are generated with Javascript
- This system is most useful for navigating 50ish pages
- More Information
- Video Demonstration

- Video Demonstration

- The "Forum Jump" menu is constructed when you open it
- You can open any link in the middle however you'd like (Right-click, Middle-click, Left-Click) due to them being <a href>
- The Quick Navigation Menu is built with a standard template
- We placed the Quick Navigation Menu in an overlay that sits on top of the content
- More Information

- You can click the 'reply' link on multiple messages and each of them will deliver their content to the quick reply box
- Video Demonstration
- More Information

- Everything that all members of the board do is published to the news feed
- More Information

- Send email by SMTP and receive bounced email on a separate address.- More Information

- XF appears to be solidly built on MVC principles
- Example
- More Information

- PMs are now replaced with Private Conversations
- Invite whoever to the conversation
- Ability to limit an invited user to invite more poeple
- Link for Use

HTML:

<xen:if hascontent="true">
    <div class="section staffOnline avatarList">
        <div class="secondaryContent">
            <h3>Staff Online Now</h3>
            <ul>
                <xen:contentcheck>
                    <xen:foreach loop="$onlineUsers.records" value="$user">
                        <xen:if is="{$user.is_moderator} OR {$user.is_admin}">
                            <li>
                                <xen:avatar user="$user" size="s" img="true" />
                                <a href="{xen:link members, $user}" class="username">{$user.username}</a>
                                <div class="muted">{xen:helper userTitle, $user}</div>
                            </li>
                        </xen:if>
                    </xen:foreach>
                </xen:contentcheck>
            </ul>
        </div>
    </div>
</xen:if>

- Entire page width controlled via pageWidth CSS class
- The words Default Style should be located at the bottom left corner of the screen. Click it to get fixed width.
- Use This

-Reason for URL Structure

- Read More

Thank you!

Sure thing, but feel free to help me out by posting links to videos that explain features of the software.

Nice list good job

Thanks for posting the list. Looking forward to watching it grow.

Interesting template syntax.

It's like we've seen something like that before... Oh wait, the geniuses who designed that system moved here.

SMTP mail including bounced emails (important for larger forums), source: http://xenforo.com/community/threads/smtp-authentication.568

That first post is going to be huge with all the upcoming changes

Thanks for getting things together in one post.

Considering all the unique features as we're seeing here as well, xenForo appears to be making leaps and huge strides in the innovation department.

Alright, I'll be surfing the old posts later today and adding stuff in, so hopefully an update later.

Thanks for the info Walter, when I update later I'll make sure to add your stuff in.

Handy video here from Floris:

Great idea, this thread. Makes things a lot easier.
Thankyou

Needs to be a sticky IMO.

Yes, sticky would be nice

I've asked Peggy - chance to check on the private conversation thing too.

ETA: And it's done - excellent service!

How refreshing is that, being listened to I mean

Wonderfull, the XenForo Template Syntax looks very very nice and easy.

Very refreshing ... it should be done with a voting system sticky listing what the members want next in order of priority.

XF appears to be solidly built on MVC principles:
http://xenforo.com/community/threads/signature-badge-script.656/page-2#post-7761
http://xenforo.com/community/threads/has-the-contact-us-just-changed.686/page-2#post-8391