development

I have a widget that I want to cache the contents of to save on db requests. Is there is good place to find out how to do that, or a good resource that helps explain any best practices to use? I was looking at Widget Framework, but that looks like it's more of an all-in-one cache solution just...

This post was originally posted in the support section, I moved it believing this was a better place for this kind of question. I'm trying to find a way to integrate an external web application hosted under the same domain as a xenforo install into xenforo authentication system. I've looked...

We're looking for a developer to assist us in making a new front page of our forum with XenPorta. Our current homepage: http://www.brawl.com/ Our current XenPorta page: http://www.brawl.com/news/ This is what we are looking for: The slider needs to be easily editable to add and remove...

(moved from a bug report) If I have an add-on which uses a custom user field, how can I check whether the field exists? array_key_exist does not really help, because it only checks the cache in this case. Without this check the field is still considered valid even when the field was in fact...

How to set default values for permissions - preferable at install time? I just want to prevent users of my addon to wonder why something does not work when they did not set up the permissions.

The setting "depends on permission ID" is a setting in the permission definitions. So lets take this example: So I already saw what it does not seem to do: The permission interface does not show in any way that the one permission depends on another one. It does not show a warning or...

Hi all, I am a website developer who owns a version of Xenforo. I am going to be doing some custom things, that will be firing on Registering on the Forums, Logging in on the forums as well as logging out on the forums. Can someone point me in the right direction of how to do this? To...

Learning to program requires learning to fix bugs. Using var_export or var_dump is one part, but now I want to learn more about debug_backtrace. In particular, how are the results interpreted? http://php.net/manual/en/function.debug-backtrace.php This one went over my head...

I need a Xenforo ninja that can tweak an already awesome add-on, Digital Point Spy. I have a small number of requirements captured that I can share. Please PM me if you are a well seasoned XF dev and we can discuss. Thanks!

Hello, We are looking for developers who really know both Xenforo and Wordpress well and can help with a number of items. We are willing to work with a few individuals if necessary, so we don't expect any one person to be able to assist with all items (though that would be ideal). Please see...

As there is no error checking after mysql queries in any code of a development tutorial here in XenForo I just want to ask: Is it not necessary to check sql errors by yourself (and throw an exception in case there is one) because XenForo already does this all? Or would it be not a bad idea to...

Would be nice if there was a way to inject tables for joining, etc, through fetchOptions like nearly every other model.

Hi all! I've spent the last evening trying to implement content tags in a custom gallery add-on, and I'm having trouble connecting a few of the dots. I've added the relevant template and JS, implemented a MEDIUMBLOB 'tags' column in my add-on's custom table and datawriter, and implemented a...

Hello guys, I just spent around an hour and fifteen minutes restyling the buttons/editor for xenForo's default editor, and I'm wondering... Yay or nay? What're your thoughts on this icon changeup? For those wondering, it uses (extended) Material Design Icons.

Hello everyone, Just as the title suggests, with Cyberduck I can create a new file / delete files in my style, yet I can't actually download a template, modify it (then hit save) and get it automatically re-uploaded - Cyberduck gives me an error when trying to (presumably) overwrite an already...

Hey friends! My company is looking for an awesome freelance IT guy. Ideal candidate would be able to help us with the following: Basic web development and troubleshooting BigCommerce e-commerce software (or willingness to become familiar with their platform) XenForo forum software LeadPages...

Yeah, the title is quite vague. So here's an example: There are one post for thread 1 (that's the ID), ten posts for thread 2, two posts for thread 3 Now I want to fetch a max of 2 posts per thread. And the result would return: 1 post from thread 1 the most recent 2 posts from thread 2 the...

Hey guys, I'm wondering if using the node-group's description (HTML enabled) field to add some fairly "decked out" documentation for my add-on is bad practice. I've never seen this used in any other add-ons, and maybe it hasn't because this is a fairly novel idea, or it's been avoided because of...

Aside from the fact that it's giving me a headache, the media gallery options look, well, hmm, yeah. Anyway, how does another add-on add an option to the media gallery category? I've added the option to that category, but it isn't displaying... Is it now lost to the ether? Liam

Pretty self explanatory and would do wonders for development work. I know there is an addon in the resources area however: A) It's not been updated in ages B) It's a no brainer that this should be built into the core. An API would allow: - Very easy integration into 3rd party software -...