XF 2 Looking for trustworthy tech to upgrade forum and add-ons.

[Sonnie]

We are in need of someone to upgrade our forum from 2.1 to 2.2 without breaking any of our customizations and/or add-ons. We have some our reviews and news articles that are setup thru customization, and we need to be sure these can be migrated over to the upgraded forum so that we don't break our templates. I will give you admin access so that you can see the customizations before we do the upgrade and copy anything needed to maintain the style, etc. Please look it over and contact me via message to give me an approximate estimate of charges. I can upgrade the minor add-ons, but some the add-ons may pertain to customization.

Our site is https://www.avnirvana.com

We have the following add-ons:

Installed add-ons

[8WR] XenPorta 2 (Portal) PRO 2.1.0.4
Portal and featured threads. Add-on from 8WAYRUN.
Developer: Jaxel FAQ Support

[AV] Latest Media Reviews 1.0.0
Developer: Kalco

[AV] Review 1.0.0
Developer: Roka
[cXF] Admin Search on Index

[cXF] Admin Search on Index 1.0.1
For faster admin search
Developer: BassMan Support

[cXF] Conversation Button 1.2.0
Add conversation button or icon on various locations.
Developer: BassMan Support
[cXF] Push Notifications Notice

[cXF] Push Notifications Notice 1.1.3
Customize default push notifications notice with some extra features.
Developer: BassMan Support
[cXF] Sticky Sidebar

[cXF] Sticky Sidebar 1.5.1
Stick sidebar on scrolling on almost any page by your choice.
Developer: BassMan Support
[ITD] Thread Starter Banner

[ITD] Thread Starter Banner 2.0.0
Add a castomizable banner in all posts of thread for thread starter.
Developer: mmshahid73@ITDarasgah.com FAQ Support

[Mr. Jinx] Profile Fields Popup 2.0.7 FREE
The FREE version is meant for testing and non-commercial use. If you like this addon please upgrade to the paid version. This will support us and keep this addon alive! Add a popup which will show...
Developer: Mr. Jinx FAQ Support UPGRADE TO PAID VERSION
[OzzModz] Contact Us Spaminator

[OzzModz] Contact Us Spaminator 1.1.2
Developer: Ozzy47 Support

[SC] Separate Sticky Threads 2.0.0
This add-on allow you to separate your sticky and normal threads.
Developer: SyTry Support XenForo Xon
[TH] UI.X

[TH] UI.X 2.1.1 Patch Level 1 (not sure but don't think this is still working after our last update - it was going to break everything IIRC)
Add-on required to add additional functionality to all ThemeHouse styles
Developer: ThemeHouse FAQ Support
[XenConcept] Login As User

Admin statistics 1.5
Admin control panel statistics.
Developer: XF2 Addons

Ads Manager 2.3.11
The ultimate ad management application for XenForo.
Developer: Siropu Support
Advanced search

Advanced search 2.6
Allows searching posts and thread titles using exact text.
Developer: XF2 Addons
Change author

Change author 2.2
Allows changing the author of a post.
Developer: XF2 Addons
Change date

Change date 2.4
Allows changing the date and time of a post.
Developer: XF2 Addons

Conversation Essentials 2.1.6
Vital functions and features for viewing and managing personal conversations
Developer: Atelier Aphelion Support

Conversation Improvements 2.1.0
Enables conversation searching, message edit history, and more.
Developer: Atelier Aphelion Support
Convert image

Convert image 3.4
Converts hot linked images to attachments.
Developer: XF2 Addons
Convert image all

Convert image all 3.1
Converts all hot linked images to attachments.
Developer: XF2 Addons
DL6 - Tag Cloud Widget

DL6 - Tag Cloud Widget 1.0.0
Developer: DL6

Easy User Ban 2.0.4
Manage user bans easily from the member area and display moderator log and banned user list.
Developer: Siropu Support
Email log

Email log 1.4 (not sure we are going to keep this, as it is a disk space hog and has to be cleaned too often)
Shows emails that have been sent from your forum.
Developer: XF2 Addons

Iconify Custom Node Icons 0.0.3
SVG node icons with Iconify.
Support

Iconify Integration 0.0.3
Adds icon picker with over 30,000 icons to choose from. Intended for add-on and style developers.
Developer: Arty Support Install/Uninstall instructions
Inactive members

Inactive members 2.2
Sends an email to your inactive members once a month showing most popular topics.
Developer: XF2 Addons
New content limit

New content limit 1.6
Limits the number of new threads, posts, conversations and conversation messages.
Developer: XF2 Addons

Showcase 3.1.7
Showcase is an add-on that allows you and your users to create items and reviewable type content that is organized into admin-defined categories.
Developer: XenAddons Support

SonnieMail 1.0 Beta
Weekly digest

Weekly digest 3.4
Sends an email to your members every week showing most popular topics.
Developer: XF2 Addons
XenForo Enhanced Search

XenForo Enhanced Search 2.1.1
An enhanced version of the XenForo search system, allowing higher quality results and faster searching for bigger installations.
Developer: XenForo Ltd. FAQ Support
XenForo Importers

XenForo Importers 1.2.3
Collection of importers for XenForo.
Developer: XenForo Ltd. FAQ Support
XenForo Media Gallery

XenForo Media Gallery 2.1.2
The XenForo Media Gallery is an add-on that allows you and your users to create galleries of images and videos in your forum, organized into admin-defined categories or user-created albums.
Developer: XenForo Ltd. FAQ Support
XenForo Resource Manager

XenForo Resource Manager 2.1.2
The XenForo Resource Manager is an add-on that allows you to manage files, downloads, and article-like content within your forum.
Developer: XenForo Ltd. FAQ Support

Regards,
Sonnie

 

[FTL]

That's an awful lot of add-ons and this kind of problem is why I only have one official one and two third party installed. We're still new, so there might be some more third party ones over time, but I'm going to try to keep the number down as much as possible.

I'm sorry, I can't help with your upgrade, but did you get someone in the end?

 

[Sonnie]

That's an awful lot of add-ons and this kind of problem is why I only have one official one and two third party installed. We're still new, so there might be some more third party ones over time, but I'm going to try to keep the number down as much as possible.

I'm sorry, I can't help with your upgrade, but did you get someone in the end?

No we have not found anyone yet, although we've had a few offers. I simply haven't had the time to dedicate to it.

 

[Mr Lucky]

What I sometimes do in this situation is upgrade the test forum, merge templates as necessary and see how it looks. Invite a few members over to play around in “the sandpit”

But remove all other members’ emails first so they don’t get notifications.

 

[Paul B]

But remove all other members’ emails first so they don’t get notifications.

Just add this to the src/config.php file to prevent all emails:

$config['enableMail'] = false;

If you want to see the emails to confirm layout, colours, etc., add this:

$c->extend('mailer.transport', function()
{
    return \XF\Mail\Mailer::getTransportFromOption('file', [
        'path' => \XF::getRootDirectory() . '/_temp'
    ]);
});

 

[Mr Lucky]

Just add this to the src/config.php file to prevent all emails:

Yes I would do that normally except as a test forum for something major with a few members testing, one thing they may want is to test email notifications, and you don’t want them going from test URL to other members not part of the test.

 

[Xon]

Conversation Improvements & Conversation Essentials just need updating to the latest version, and they'll work with XF2.1 and XF2.2 just fine. You'll need to install my Standard Lib add-on tho.

 

[MacSeah]

Just add this to the src/config.php file to prevent all emails:

$config['enableMail'] = false;

If you want to see the emails to confirm layout, colours, etc., add this:

$c->extend('mailer.transport', function()
{
    return \XF\Mail\Mailer::getTransportFromOption('file', [
        'path' => \XF::getRootDirectory() . '/_temp'
    ]);
});

Thanks for this nifty tip.

 

[Seeker-Smith]

Hey nice forum. I'm a 2.1 guy myself but AV is still a big interest.

I can highly recommend MySiteGuy https://xenforo.com/community/members/mysiteguy.15646/ he has done several jobs for me including importing 1 million images. He can handle the big stuff and jobs. Nice fellow as well.

 

[Alpha1]

Yes, ask @MySiteGuy