T Money
Active member
Greetings,
I have limited, beginner level of technical knowledge, considering XF and would appreciate your advise.
I actually have purchased and tried XF1.5 about 7 years ago, liked it (although I struggled with customizations), but ultimately dropped XF altogether when I decided to go another direction for my Ecommerce business.
Now I am looking to create a new forum website, unrelated to business above. I have tried bbPress which was fairly easy to create, but after much tinkering I realized it lacks many features. So I am back here once again, it looks like XF has made many improvements, and so far looks fantastic.
My questions:
1. I read that updates are available up to a year after purchase. So if I want to upgrade to the current version, does that mean it would cost $160?
2. I see XF now offers cloud hosting option, which sounds perfect, but I have read that XF branding removal is not possible, which is really too bad. So I am force to go with self-hosting option.
As someone with limited technical skills (barely any coding, but with help of google and plugins, have launched and maintained a fairly complex WP website), how would you recommend I do this? Is there someone you can recommend for hire that can help me with XF hosting and customization?
Thank you in advance.
I have limited, beginner level of technical knowledge, considering XF and would appreciate your advise.
I actually have purchased and tried XF1.5 about 7 years ago, liked it (although I struggled with customizations), but ultimately dropped XF altogether when I decided to go another direction for my Ecommerce business.
Now I am looking to create a new forum website, unrelated to business above. I have tried bbPress which was fairly easy to create, but after much tinkering I realized it lacks many features. So I am back here once again, it looks like XF has made many improvements, and so far looks fantastic.
My questions:
1. I read that updates are available up to a year after purchase. So if I want to upgrade to the current version, does that mean it would cost $160?
2. I see XF now offers cloud hosting option, which sounds perfect, but I have read that XF branding removal is not possible, which is really too bad. So I am force to go with self-hosting option.
As someone with limited technical skills (barely any coding, but with help of google and plugins, have launched and maintained a fairly complex WP website), how would you recommend I do this? Is there someone you can recommend for hire that can help me with XF hosting and customization?
Thank you in advance.
