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Hi, there! We're developing a portal to our forum. In this system, admins can create dynamically theirs columns using the XF template syntax or an existing template. Here's a simple example: Note: The Código field is saved to the database as a varchar. When the system calls the columns to...

In XF 1.x you could use something like this to parse BBCode in a template: {xf:helper bbCode, $parser, $someVar.index} Is there something similar in XF 2.x? I saw some methods digging through classes but didn't see a 1:1 comparison. I'm sure I'm just missing it (really need to learn an IDE...

I am having trouble finding methods of connecting to a database outside of my web server box, and using data from that to display on a page. Not only do I have no clue how to do it (barely even know how with PHP) but I just need to know a method that is useable, since you cannot use PHP...