Unmaintained [8WR] XenPorta (Portal) PRO 1.2.2b

I really enjoy this resource! I feel that any community should have this. My only question is this: I don't want to have the "Home" tab there anymore. So essentially, I just want to remove it and have just "Forums", etc. How would I go about doing this? I seen it once but forgot where and how it's done.

Keep up the great work and thank you!

XenPorta2 is a huge upgrade from the hugely popular XenPorta addon. The amount of feedbacks that has taken into consideration by the author is amazing. The system is very user friendly with the new widget framework; which comes with a tons of pre-made widgets. I am sure the author will keep extending the list of widgets too as he deems fit.

Jaxel's support in XP2 is awesome and can now be said he is one of the most approachable developer in XF community. Anyone looking for a portal solution should consider this addon.

I love this addon. It allowed me to finally dump Wordpress and the bridge setup I was using, plus it is responsive and easy to configure. My reason for the three stars is that although I have repeatedly asked Jaxel to assist with the Recent Threads widget, I simply get brushed off.

The Recent Threads widget is "the built in one from XF", I keep getting told. It will not bold the new comments like the Recent comments block in the Xenporta 1 (free) version. I have been forced to keep Xenporta 1 active along with Xenporta 2, just to retain the ability to have all new comments bolded in the Recent Comments block in the sirdebar. So, the older, free version has this feature but the new, paid version does not? Jaxel will not make any siggestions or explain why the old, free Xenporta 1 block can bold all new comments and the new paid one cannot. This is annoying.

Jaxel basically brushes my questions off and has left me to fend for myself, despite paying the money for the addon. I have several paid addons, but the support is much better. A simple response of: "Please add this into EXTRA.css (along with code)" would help. The functionality exists because the free version has it.

I took my time to review this addon to test it well. I was curious to see how the promotion of articles could be done in the second version. The idea of splitting promotion in two is clever: the featured promotions makes content goes into the slider, the normal promotions make content goes into the main items list.

Moreover the promotion date and image management is really easy to use, which is a great asset for redactors. The custom article layout is convenient as well and can be setup in a few clicks.

So the UI for this addon is really good. The experience coming from the many years of development of the first version is clearly visible.

But the biggest surprise of this addon is coming from the widgets module. It works well and since the development interface reuses a part of the XenForo options interface, it's really cool and easy to play with. I can't say about performance but in terms of coding, that's the easiest I've used (I've of course used the one from xFrocks but also the one from Guiltar that stayed at an alpha version). And the idea of a "options set" section makes things easy for admins to customize the layouts of their website pages.

To start with this addon, you need to watch the videos, at least the first one. It will be easier after to set options. The Faq is also useful. For foreigners like me, don't fear the first the second of the videos. Jaxel accent made me reminded when I was in Ireland and didn't understand a word (Cork accent or even Dublin ones can be really tricky). But after he sneezed, everything was easier to understand ^^

Here's for the good part. For the bad one, it's a personal point of view but I think 50 dollars for the license removal is expensive. And the solution to only "hide" the license (in the readme file) letting a trackback didn't seem fair. Of course there's also the intense debate about Jaxel past behavior. People don't change, they just put more make-up. But Jaxel is currently trying to make amends and he communicates more ; which has to be put to his credit.

So thanks for this addon, it's a good one.

I have been looking for something for the front end of my website to show left and right side panels as well as a slider for showing news and events!

XenPorta 2 is nothing short of amazing and makes for a great addition to your xenForo Forums!

The support from the Developer of XenPorta 2 is nothing short of awesome always seems eager to help out.
One of the biggest things to me is how Developers of other Add-ons are eager to make custom Add-on Widgets work with XenPorta 2. Style creators are also just as willing to help make their custom styles work well with XenPorta 2 as well.

So you cannot go wrong with using this for your forums if it’s something you are looking for since the support is community wide throughout xenForo you cannot go wrong!

Just to be honest and playing it safe all the Developers and community members on the xenForo community forums seem eager to help out with just about anything… ;)

One of the best add-ons of all times! Its gives that unique edge to my website, which differentiates it from loads of similar looking websites! Once you get the hang of thing, its incredibly flexible! Thank you for all the timely support and pains taken to maintain this Gem! Five starts all the way! Worth every penny! :) However, i do think, if it were priced around &25-$30, it will sell **** loads! All the best!

Really, really happy with new XenPorta. Easy to promote content to the front page, looks great, and much easier to modify than Xenporta 1. Thanks for your hard work.

Awesome! Pure, pure awesome!
I'd love some more development FAQ/Getting Started type pages, to ease custom blocks/etc.
YouTube videos are great, I hope there are more to come

Got this a couple of days ago, then accidentally bought it again when I meant to buy unbranding for the licence I already bought. Jaxel responded quickly and resolved the issue immediately without any hassle. So far the addon itself seems to do exactly what it says it does and I have no problems with it. Planning to buy more of his addons in future.

I chose this add-on because I really liked the look of it. There was a bit of a learning curve as a new guy to all this stuff, but Jaxel has put up videos that will lead you through the process and the FAQ will answer most commonly asked questions (my questions). :)

I do not utilize this add-on for it's widgets so I can't comment on that, but more for the promoted articles, and featuring threads. In that regard it has worked great for me!

Currently, I have no issues, and Jaxel has given great support.

Love the add on, thanks for making it, worth the $40 in my opinion. Has great features and they are done to quality, would recommend!