[8WR] XenPorta (Portal) PRO

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

No permission to buy ($40.00)

Reviews 4.59 star(s) 51 reviews

Like that Addon. It gives a lot of possibilities for your Forum, but because of Lack of Support it´s just a 3 Star.
If you don´t need any Support it can be what you are looking for.
The add-ons of 8wayrun.com work well, and are quite advanced with a fair bit of features. However: after purchasing, expect not much support. you get the product what you paid for, and you unfortunatly have to do with it. I can try reporting bugs or ask for support, but i feel ignored and dumb. I have gotten a reply back only a couple times with a short reply of where to find something i need to then fix myself. Not just theming/css. Like he tells me "go learn how to code".
I can understand that the person behind it is quite busy with his awesome add-ons, but yeah...i would wish for some support.

So -2 stars out because i feel you are alone after your purchase. i have gotten other add-ons, some cheaper, wich all come with ubersuper great support, and also very friendly. I don't ask for alot. i ask for explanation, report bugs or ask for a modification if its possible or difficult to do. i do not get replies back.

I will update the review if the situation changes :)
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.
Jaxel
Jaxel
XP1 doesn't use the "built-in XF widget" because at the time XP1 was written, the built-in XF widget didn't exist. So the one in XP1 I wrote myself. But now since XF1.3, there is a built-in recent posts widget, its the one we use. The built-in XF widget does not expose an "unread" property, so there is no simple CSS fix to make an unread post bold. I've told this to a dozen people by now, INCLUDING YOU.

That being said, this addon comes with 35+ widgets. Its also a widget framework, so that ANYONE can make their own widgets. You're docking this addon two starts because ONE widget doesn't operate exactly the way you want it to? If you need different widgets, make your own, or hire someone to make you one.
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