[XenCustomize] Year in Review: Annual Community Growth & Personal Stats 2.0.6

XenCustomize Year in Review 2.0.6 Released!​

Year in Review v2.0.6 is a significant update focused on community engagement and data precision. This version introduces a brand-new Rich BBCode Sharing experience, allowing users to showcase their yearly impact directly within forum posts. Utilizing the new [YEARINREVIEW] tag, the add-on now renders a fully interactive, JS-driven horizontal scroller that displays a user's statistics cards in a responsive, touch-friendly format.

To complement this, we’ve overhauled the sharing interface with a native Share Stats Menu. This quick menu provides a centralized hub for social sharing, BBCode generation, and the rebranded "Text Snapshot" tool which we have since the initial release (2.0.0).

We’ve also introduced a highly requested Default Year Selection option. Admins can now choose whether the landing page defaults to the current year or the previous year — ensuring that during the early months of 2026, your members are greeted with their complete, high-impact data from 2025 by default.

For administrators seeking finer control over community leaderboards, this update adds the ability to exclude specific user groups (such as Staff or Bots) from rankings and contributor lists. This ensures that "Top Contributor" data remains authentic to your most active community members. Furthermore, we’ve added 20+ new style properties, including dedicated controls for the Community Rank badge and a custom color palette for impact cards, ensuring perfect legibility across both Light and Dark modes.

Finally, we’ve prioritized data integrity by synchronizing the mathematical formulas across the repository and sharing tools. This resolves reported (by @TFW) discrepancies in the "Better Than %" calculations, ensuring total parity regardless of where the stats are viewed. With improved installer logic and robust upgrade steps for existing users, v2.0.6 is our most stable and feature-rich version yet.

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New Features​

• Rich BBCode Sharing: Introduced the [YEARINREVIEW] BBCode tag. When shared in forum posts, it renders a fully interactive, responsive scroller showcasing the user’s yearly impact cards.
• Enhanced Share Experience: Replaced the standard share button with a native XenForo-style Share Tooltip. This AJAX-powered menu provides centralized access to social sharing, BBCode, and text snapshots.
• Interactive BBCode Scroller: Implemented a custom JS-driven horizontal scroller for the BBCode output, complete with navigation arrows and touch-support for mobile devices.
• Default Year Selection: Added the ability to choose whether the landing page should default to the "Current Year" or "Previous Year." By default, this is set to Previous Year to ensure users see complete data from the most recently concluded year.
• Exclude User Groups from Rankings: Added a new admin option to exclude specific user groups (like Bots or Staff) from "Top Contributors" leaderboards and individual "Community Rank" calculations for total data consistency. (Suggested by @foiovitor)
• New Style Properties:
  1. Added dedicated style properties for the Community Rank badge, allowing for precise color control and significantly improved legibility in Dark Mode.
  2. Added a comprehensive set of 16+ new style properties, including a dedicated color palette for impact cards.

Improvements & Refinements​

• Feature Rebranding: The original text-based sharing functionality has been rebranded as "Text Snapshot" and moved into the new Share Menu for a cleaner header UI.
• Statistics Logic: Improved the rank calculation repository and rebuild jobs to respect group exclusions globally.
• Rank Accuracy: Synchronized the mathematical formula between the Repository and BBCode share tool to ensure "Better Than %" parity across the board.

Bug Fixes​

• Resolved "Better Than %" Mismatch: Fixed a calculation discrepancy where the percentage displayed in shared BBCode/Snapshots could differ from the value on the main Year in Review page. (Reported by @TFW)
• Installer Fix: Fixed an issue in the Installer where specific user-ranking columns were not being created on fresh installations. (Reported by @TFW)
• Upgrade Logic: Added robust upgrade steps to ensure ranking columns are correctly added to the xf_user table for users migrating from older versions.

Upgrade Note​

• All addon files must be overwritten during the upgrade.

Screenshots​

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XenCustomize Year in Review 2.0.5 Released!​

We’re happy to announce Year in Review 2.0.5, our biggest update yet, following 2.0.4.

This version is a complete overhaul of the "Your Impact" experience, introducing a modern, gamified UI designed to celebrate your members' contributions like never before.

The centerpiece of this update is the Redesigned "Your Year in Review" Dashboard UI, featuring a high-end tabbed layout that organizes member stats into dedicated categories. We’ve replaced static avatar displays with a Dynamic Radial Progress Bar Rank Badge, an SVG-driven progress ring that visually tracks a user's community standing with sleek, brand-consistent yellow and white aesthetics.

We’ve also significantly expanded the depth of personal stats data. We've jumped from 8 cards to a massive 32 unique data points, including advanced metrics like "Success Rate," "Quotable You," and "Your Persona". To encourage participation, we’ve introduced a Gamified Locked State for inactive stats, using custom icons and motivational phrases to prompt members to unlock their full potential.

For power users, v2.0.5 brings Deep Add-on Integration with dedicated tabs for XFRM, XFMG, Events Manager, and Showcase. Whether tracking resource downloads, media engagement, or event attendance, every milestone is now beautifully categorized and fully responsive for all devices.

This is the most complete and polished Year in Review experience yet

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New Features & Enhancements​

• Redesigned Dashboard UI:
  Introduced a modern, tabbed layout for the "Your Impact" section, featuring a sleek blue-and-white header with a dedicated action bar.
• Gamified "Locked" Experience:
  Non-active stats now feature a "locked" visual state with custom icons and unique motivational text to encourage member participation.
• Massive Content Expansion:
  Expanded from 8 personal stats cards to 32 unique data points, providing the most in-depth member review in the XenForo ecosystem.
• Dynamic Radial Rank Badge:
  Replaced static avatars with a premium SVG radial progress bar that visually tracks community rank and "Better Than" percentages.
• Add-on Deep Integration:
  Fully dedicated tabs and cards for Resources, Media, Events, and Showcase items.
• New Core Metrics:
  Track advanced engagement including Average Word Count, Success Rate (threads with replies), Longest Post, and "Quotable You" (quotes received).
  • Your Persona
  • Active Season
  • Community Love (Reactions received)
  • Appreciation Shared (Reactions given)
  • New Followers
  • Your Words
  • Average Words Per Post
  • Longest Post (Most words in a single post)
  • Quotable You
  • Thread Starter Skills (Threads that sparked discussions)
  • Success Rate (Percentage of your threads with replies)
  • Community Rank (and Better than X % of members)
• 80+ New Phrases:
  Every card, description, and "locked" hint is fully phrased for easy translation and customization.

Add-on Support Enhancements:​

• XFRM (Resource Manager):
  Added 6 cards including Downloads received, Updates pushed, and Average Rating.
  • Resources Created
  • Resource Downloads
  • Resource Updates
  • Average Rating
  • Downloads Made
  • Reviews Written
• XFMG (Media Gallery):
  Added 4 cards covering Media uploads, Albums created, and Comment engagement.
  • Media Uploaded
  • Albums Created
  • Media Comments (Received)
  • Comments Written
• XenCustomize Events Manager:
  Added 5 cards for Events Hosted, Attendee counts, and Hosting Ratings.
  • Events Hosted (New community gatherings organized)
  • Total Attendees (People who joined your hosted events)
  • RSVPs Confirmed (Events you personally attended)
  • Hosting Rating (Average rating of your events)
  • Event Reviews (Feedback you shared on events)
• XenAddons Showcase:
  Added 5 cards for Item counts, Engagement levels, and Review activity.
  • Showcase Items
  • Showcase Rating (Average rating based on X reviews)
  • Item Engagement (Comments received on your showcased items)
  • Comments Posted (Comments you posted)
  • Reviews Written (Reviews you published)

Improvements & Optimization:​

• SVG-Driven Graphics:
  Used lightweight SVG for the Rank Badge for perfect scaling and performance.
• AJAX Loading:
  Add-on tabs load content dynamically to ensure fast initial page load times.
• Responsive Fluidity:
  All 32 cards and the new radial header fully scale for mobile and tablet views.
• Template Architecture:
  Refactored core templates into modular macros for easier maintenance and third-party styling.

Upgrade Note​

• All addon files must be overwritten during the upgrade.

Screenshots​

XenCustomize Year in Review 2.0.4 Released!​

We’re happy to announce Year in Review 2.0.4, one of our biggest updates so far.

This release introduces a fully redesigned dashboard with a clean, tabbed layout. Community, Resources, Media, Showcase, and Events now each have their own dedicated space, making yearly stats easier to explore and understand.

Native integrations have been greatly expanded. Year in Review now supports XFRM (Resource Manager), XFMG (Media Gallery), Bob’s Showcase, and XenCustomize Events Manager. You can track resources, media uploads, showcase items, events, RSVPs, and reviews — all in one place. The global stats grid has also been expanded to support up to 12+ modular cards, each with Year-over-Year (YoY) growth indicators to highlight community trends at a glance.

Beyond numbers, we’ve added more Personal Impact Cards. These assign creative “Personas” such as Resource Creator, Gallery Visionary, Showcase Curator or Event Maestro, helping members see their contributions as a meaningful story rather than raw data.

Behind the scenes, this release features a massive internal refactor for superior performance. Database queries are optimized, caching is smarter, and inactive add-ons are automatically hidden from the UI — keeping everything fast and clean.

More add-on integrations are already planned for future updates, making Year in Review even more powerful over time.

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New Features & Enhancements​

• New Tabbed Dashboard: Redesigned the main page with a clean, tabbed layout to separate Community, Resource, Media, Events and Showcase stats for an organized user experience.
• XFRM & XFMG Native Integration: Fully expanded "Year in Review" to support XenForo Resource Manager and Media Gallery statistics and growth tracking.
• XenCustomize Events Manager Integration: Native support for Events Manager, tracking organized gatherings, community attendance (RSVPs), and event reviews.
• Showcase Integration: Comprehensive support for Bob's Showcase add-on, featuring dedicated stats for Items, Reviews, and Comments.
• Expanded Global Stats Grid: The dashboard now supports a full modular grid (up to 12 cards) covering:
  • Resources created
  • Resource updates posted
  • Resource downloads
  • Media items uploaded
  • Media albums created
  • Media comments posted
  • Events organized
  • Event RSVPs
  • Event reviews authored
  • Showcase items created
  • Showcase reviews authored
  • Showcase comments posted
• Year-over-Year (YoY) Growth Tracking: Growth indicators for XFRM, XFMG, Showcase, and Events statistics.
• Personal Impact Cards: Added creative "Persona" sections for contributors:
  • Resource Creator: Highlights authored solutions and maintenance activity.
  • Gallery Visionary: Showcases visual contributions and gallery discussions.
  • Showcase Curator: Tracks published exhibits and community critical acclaim (reviews).
  • Event Maestro: Highlights community leadership in organizing and attending events.
• Smart Visibility: Integrated add-on tabs (Resources, Media, Events, Showcase) automatically hide if the respective add-ons are inactive, missing data, or disabled.

Improvements & Refactors​

• Performance Optimization: Massive internal refactor to ensure faster page loads and significantly lower database impact.
• Improved Caching: Updated the background rebuild job to automatically clear Cache for user stats, ensuring data stays fresh after add-on updates.
• Visual Grid Update: Refined the personal impact cards into a balanced 4-column grid for a more professional look on all devices.
• Visual UI Refinement: Updated the personal impact cards with an achievement-oriented design, featuring high-contrast color palettes and meaningful icons.
• Job Status: Added a missing phrase for the Community Rank Rebuild job status message in the Admin CP.

Upgrade Note​

• All addon files must be overwritten during the upgrade.

Screenshots​

XenCustomize Year in Review 2.0.3 Released!​

This update introduces Community Rank in Postbit, transforming your member's yearly activity into a year-round gamified experience. Members can now showcase their standing with dynamic ranking tiers — Legend, Elite, Pro, and Member—complete with high-contrast, animated striped progress meters.

We’ve ensured seamless admin control with native integration in Style Properties, allowing you to toggle the display on or off and fully customize tier colors to match your brand. Combined with new background Cron jobs and refined logic for "Valid" and "Non-Banned" users, this version delivers 100% data consistency and optimized performance.

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New Features & Enhancements​

Community Rank in Message User Info:​

• Community Rank in Postbit: Members can now showcase their current standing directly in messages.
• Native Integration: Added "Community rank" toggle to Style Properties -> Messages -> "Message user info elements" to easily enable or disable the display.
• Gamified Tier System: Introduced dynamic ranking tiers including Legend, Elite, Pro, and Member.
• Animated Progress Meters: High-contrast, animated striped progress bars showing "Better than %" stats for an engaging user experience.
• Admin CP Customization: Full control over tier colors via Style Properties and phrase-based labels for easy translation.

Statistics & Performance:​

• Aligned Postbit math with Year in Review page logic for 100% data consistency.
• Updated member counts to strictly include only Valid and Non-Banned users to align with native XenForo forum statistics.
• Improved "Active Members" logic to filter out activity from restricted or invalid accounts for better community metrics.
• Added a new Cron entry and dedicated Job to build and rebuild community ranks automatically for postbit display.

Detailed Feature Documentation:​

Want to learn more about how the new Community Rank system works? We have published a comprehensive guide in our suggestions and documentation section. [Read the Full Documentation on XenCustomize.com]

Screenshots​

Community rank: Enable or disable

Community rank: Legend tier (Rank #1)

Community rank: Elite tier (Rank #2 or #3)

Community rank: Pro tier

Community rank: Member tier

Style properties

Cron entries

XenCustomize Year in Review 2.0.2 Released!​

This version focuses on bringing a more native and polished experience to your community. This update introduces full localization support, ensuring all dates, times, and months respect your forum's language and 12h/24h format settings.

We’ve also added a requested (by @foiovitor) admin option to exclude specific forums (like staff or archive sections) from the rankings and improved the UI/UX for users with zero activity to ensure a clean, professional recap for everyone.

A huge thank you to our customers who provided valuable feedback and helped test this version on large-scale boards; your insights were instrumental in these performance and logic refinements.

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New Features & Enhancements​

Localization Improvements:​

• Integrated XenForo's native localization for all date and time displays. (Suggested by @foiovitor)
• Stats now respect user/language 12h vs 24h time format settings. (Suggested by @foiovitor)
• Replaced hardcoded month names with native XenForo month phrases for full translation support. (Suggested by @foiovitor)
• Date displays in the "Busiest Day" and "Active Season" sections now follow the forum's configured date format. (Suggested by @foiovitor)

UI/UX Enhancements:​

• Added an admin option to exclude specific forums from the "Busiest Forums" and ranking blocks. (Suggested by @foiovitor, @Shuya)
• Replaced "0 activity" summaries with a professional notice for users without participation in the selected year.
• Personal impact grid now hides "Community Love" card when no data is available to ensure a complete look.
• Share overlay now detects activity and displays a context-aware message instead of an empty BBCode box.

Bug Fixes​

• Fixed a server Error that occurred when a user attempted to share stats for a year in which they had no activity. (Reported)

Screenshots​

Admin options: Exclude forums from rankings

Your Impact: Start contributing to see stats

Share your impact displays a context-aware message instead of an empty BBCode box

XenCustomize Year in Review 2.0.1 Released!​

This version focuses on localization and accessibility for our global community. We have moved all hardcoded strings into the phrases. This includes everything from the "Personal Impact" summaries and "Persona" labels (like Morning Lark or Night Owl) to the BB Code generated for sharing.

Whether you are running a German, Spanish, or Turkish community, you can now provide a localized experience for your members as they celebrate their yearly achievements.

The update is now available for download in your XenCustomize account. Thanks to everyone for the testing - it helped make this release fully phrased

Improvements​

• Added dozens of new phrases; the add-on is now fully phrased and ready for translation.