Before buying Xenforo...

[Gri]

Hi, I'm interested in buying Xenforo, but first, I'd like to ask few questions:

1) Is Articles feature included in default Xenforo package? If so, can we promote forum posts as articles (and replies as posts)? And, can we use Articles module as Home Page? I'm planning to use Xenforo as a Blog + Forum hybrid site.

2) Is Xenforo's SEO capabilites as good as Wordpress? I'm also interested in WP, but I like XenForo more; it's more user-friendly and neat. The main question is, how good Google indexes forum pages?

3) The last and most important question is that, are forums still active on whole internet? I still have a valid (anotherCompany) forum license but as I mentioned before, I like XenForo much more. Is it logical to start a forum (I have my topic archives on my computer) in 2021? I know this is a weird question asking to people who sell forum software, but I have a tendency to trust people who creates good software.

Thank you very much for your answers.

 

[Paul B]

Article view for threads is built in - see here: https://xenforo.com/community/forums/have-you-seen/

A home/landing page can be built using those.

Google has no issue indexing XF content.

 

[M@rc]

2) Is Xenforo's SEO capabilites as good as Wordpress? I'm also interested in WP, but I like XenForo more; it's more user-friendly and neat. The main question is, how good Google indexes forum pages?

I'd stick with Wordpress for the front of the site if you're posting information-rich content tbh.

3) The last and most important question is that, are forums still active on whole internet? I still have a valid (anotherCompany) forum license but as I mentioned before, I like XenForo much more. Is it logical to start a forum (I have my topic archives on my computer) in 2021? I know this is a weird question asking to people who sell forum software, but I have a tendency to trust people who creates good software.

A lot of forums have been dying more than usual lately but there are still successful & active forums out there.

 

[Gri]

One month after this post, I've just purchased XenForo. I'm vey happy.

 

[Nicolas FR]

Welcome to XF

 

[Gri]

Welcome to XF

I did a lot of research before buying XenForo. Took a deep look into every major forum and CMS software and made some tests on their demos. I even thought about upgrading my 3.x - 4.x vBulletin license but XenForo was by far the best.

Now I'm going to revive my old domain with a new forum, which is 18 years old.

 

[Gri]

Actually I have a post-sales question. Is it possible to change my forum domain address? I'm not planning to do this, but I'd like to know if it is possible.

 

[mcatze]

This should be no problem. You can do this in your account (https://xenforo.com/customers/).

 

[Gri]

How did I miss? Thank you very much for your help.

 

[HotRodCarts]

One month after this post, I've just purchased XenForo. I'm vey happy.

Welcome to xF.