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For all who migrated from Vbulletin
- Thread starter tafreehm
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As far as core functionality, nothing. The XF forum software is superior by far, in my opinion. I do wish there were more add-ons (especially a Downloads mod, and a distant second, a full featured Gallery). Also, an integrated CMS (though, there are some mods out there) is desired. But, my sense is that given the "foundation" of the core product being so good and efficient, before long, these will materialize. If I understand correctly, the Resource Manager will fill the role of Downloads mod.
It had a cute little mini page diagram which updated as you changed each css element so you could see the exact effect.
It was VERY popular.
Some other admins did not like it. It didn't suit artists' or designers' boards where an integrated look and high level design skill to market the core designers was paramount. But on less tightly focused boards it was a big wow factor.
What was so notable about this add-on though was that you could also choose the amount of characters from the opening post of these latest topics to display below the topic title. The topic title was click-able and there was other useful information such as time stamps, consideration of permissions (i.e., a member without proper permission cannot see certain topics), on/off option for BBCode formatting, etc.
I posted a request for, and more details (including another screen shot) about, this add-on here: http://xenforo.com/community/threads/nexias-newscast-existing-vb3-add-on.8651/
The closest I found for such an add-on was RagTek's "Latest Posts Header Block" (http://ragtek.org/xenforo/threads/latest-posts-header-block.232/#post-828), but there are several problems. Besides the add-on not displaying characters from the opening post and lacking several of the other features mentioned above, the author of that add-on disappeared so even if I wanted to get the add-on I cannot. That is, I may apply for premium membership to download this paid add-on, but it does not matter because the author needs to be at his forum to approve my premium membership.
Really, the only thing that I would like to see is some server monitoring tools. With VB you could add a memcache/APC monitor and a server load monitor. It would be nice to have those in (or a option for) them in the ACP. It would be nice to just get a quick glance of what is happening without having to log into the server to get them.
Russ
Here are a few things I've already noticed and I'm guessing that after going live the members will find more:
- No (true) multi-quote - probably the biggest thing I'll get flak on.
- The XF editor is...ummm...lacking (Try using it with Chrome and you'll understand). IMO the editor is one of the most important features of a forum as it's the one thing most everyone uses. The latest release of the vB editor is (surprisingly) pretty well done/stable, plus the auto-save feature is very nice.
- Shockingly the vBCMS. We used it as a basic How-To article storage system and it worked pretty well. It wasn't without its issues though.
- No function to truly re-size attachments. With vB all our attachments were resized to 150kb or less.
- Change the default image setting from thumbnail to full size/inline (the average member won't figure out that they can click the inline button to accomplish this). We have ride reports with many images and most of those images have a description. It's pretty annoying having to keep on clicking back and forth.
- No way to attach an image via URL. We discourage hotlinking.
- No attachment manger. Granted the vB one wasn't the greatest, but it still worked.
- No Authorize.net payment processor. Contrary to popular belief, not everyone has Paypal or prefers to use Paypal. With vB we have both Paypal and Authorize.net setup and most use the Authorize.net option.
- If the social features are enabled it's considerably slower, however without them it's pretty much on par with our (heavily tweaked) vB4. XF uses less resources to accomplish it though. Still debating on if I want to have them enabled.
- No mass smiley importer. Manually adding 100+ smilies wasn't fun.
- Also a few other quirks in the admin cp, but it's somewhat manageable.
A few of my users still reminisce about their editable/custom user profile page functions.
vbulletin ended up breaking it anyway between 'updates'.
...everything else I can think of personally was an add-on and not part of the vb core.
vbulletin ended up breaking it anyway between 'updates'.
...everything else I can think of personally was an add-on and not part of the vb core.
There's a hack for that
... Hint, see my sig!Attachment storage is a big thing for me, rather being able to choose where to store attachments (database/filesystem) and place them in the proper place in the filesystem as necessary. What I mean by that is being able to create a custom path for them, outside of WWW (where all attachments should be stored).
I don't mind the editor, in fact, honestly, I kind of like it, opposed to the vBulletin editor. Being able to actually use things like ctrl-b, etc is a good thing.
There's a hack for that ... Hint, see my sig!
... Hint, see my sig!
Oh well, I had nothing better to do for a hour.
Huh? Ctrl - B (and I, U, etc) all work in the vB editor.
Yeah, the problem is that for that "Sample Topics" block I showed a screen shot of above, I do not want such a block on a separate page, but on the Forums page above the forum listing. I am unaware if I can simply copy the block I want from the portal or other add-on and stick it on the Forums page.