- Compatible XF 2.x versions
- 2.0
- 2.1
- 2.2
- 2.3
Premium upgrade:
This XF2 add-on along with the entire collection can be purchased for $35.00 USD. Your Premium upgrade will allow you to download as many XF2 add-ons as you like for one year. Please see the entire collection located in the Resources area at this URL:
https://www.xf2addons.com/
Description:
Displays a random featured post from selected forums.
The first post of the thread is selected at random and will be displayed in the forum list or other widget location.
(Example of Featured posts)
(Example of Options page)
(Example of User group permissions)
Features:
Normally the following two groups are set to Yes:
Registered
Unregistered / Unconfirmed
Recommended add-on:
It's recommended that the following add-on be installed. This will allow attached images to show as thumbs in the Featured posts widget:
https://xenforo.com/community/resources/remove-attach-limits.5618/
This XF2 add-on along with the entire collection can be purchased for $35.00 USD. Your Premium upgrade will allow you to download as many XF2 add-ons as you like for one year. Please see the entire collection located in the Resources area at this URL:
https://www.xf2addons.com/
Description:
Displays a random featured post from selected forums.
The first post of the thread is selected at random and will be displayed in the forum list or other widget location.
(Example of Featured posts)
(Example of Options page)
(Example of User group permissions)
Features:
- Cron Entry will rotate posts every minute.
- All phrases start with featuredposts_ for your convenience.
- Admin Control Panel -> Appearance -> Widgets
- Widget definition = Featured posts
- Widget key = featured_posts
- Title = (leave blank)
- Display in positions = Forum list: Above nodes
- Click Save.
Normally the following two groups are set to Yes:
Registered
Unregistered / Unconfirmed
Recommended add-on:
It's recommended that the following add-on be installed. This will allow attached images to show as thumbs in the Featured posts widget:
https://xenforo.com/community/resources/remove-attach-limits.5618/