Is there an instruction on how to create pages in Xenforo that really look good?

[leonhardtmm]

Hi there, I would like to know it there is a way to create good looking pages in Xenforo using a visual helper like in the threads? Wouldn`t that make sense? By the way: Yes, I did buy Xenforo already and my account is registered.

 

[Mike]

There are a lot of limitations that a WYSIWYG-style editor can have, particularly compared to what HTML can provide (and for particularly advanced scenarios, the additional features that XF allows access to).

The editor used by XF has generally been tuned to exactly the features that we want to expose to posts via BB code and other permissions.

Saying that, there isn't really anything that stops you from using an online visual HTML editor and then pasting in the final HTML when you're ready. I don't have any familiarity with this, but here's one example:

Free online HTML editor - onlinehtmleditor.dev

Free online HTML editor with feature-rich WYSIWYG Editor powered by CKEditor. Get the source code of the content immediately.

onlinehtmleditor.dev

 

[Dixie McCall]

Try something like wysiwyg web builder. Create a page, copy the html generated from that page and insert it into xenforo page. Of course you will have to change image paths (if you use images) ect. but that's not too difficult to do. Hope this helps.

 

[Russ]

I use this add-on to add an editor onto the page nodes:

BbCode pages

Adds a "bb-code mode" to Page node type, which supports bb-code and attachments, with edit history support. Page nodes in 'bb-code mode' support editing via the front-end, in addition to the admincp. The original "template" data is updated with...

xenforo.com

You can see it in action inside my spoiler:

BbCode pages [Paid]

Xon submitted a new resource: BbCode pages - Enhance pages with bb-code Adds a "bb-code mode" to Page node type, which supports bb-code and attachments, with edit history support. Page nodes in 'bb-code mode' support editing via the front-end, in addition to the admincp. The original...

xenforo.com

Helps create pages quicker, and it's nice that you can upload attachments easily to insert them

 

[leonhardtmm]

Try something like wysiwyg web builder. Create a page, copy the html generated from that page and insert it into xenforo page. Of course you will have to change image paths (if you use images) ect. but that's not too difficult to do. Hope this helps.

Thanks Dixie, but it is actually quite a lot of work to code every page piece by piece and set the links to the images (images have to be placed in a folder manually via FTP). I want to create hundreds of pages....

 

[Kirby]

I want to create hundreds of pages....

XenForo pages are not designed for this usecase.
You should consider using a CMS instead that is built for this usecase.

 

[leonhardtmm]

I use this add-on to add an editor onto the page nodes:

BbCode pages

Adds a "bb-code mode" to Page node type, which supports bb-code and attachments, with edit history support. Page nodes in 'bb-code mode' support editing via the front-end, in addition to the admincp. The original "template" data is updated with...

xenforo.com

You can see it in action inside my spoiler:

BbCode pages [Paid]

Xon submitted a new resource: BbCode pages - Enhance pages with bb-code Adds a "bb-code mode" to Page node type, which supports bb-code and attachments, with edit history support. Page nodes in 'bb-code mode' support editing via the front-end, in addition to the admincp. The original...

xenforo.com

Helps create pages quicker, and it's nice that you can upload attachments easily to insert them

Thanks! This is what I will take a closer look at Seems to be exactly what I am looking for.