New Developer Here: Looking to Build Free Add-ons for the Community

[CodeForge]

Hello,


I’m excited to start my journey as a XenForo developer . By profession, I work as a software developer and have experience building projects in PHP (mainly with Laravel). While I’m new to XenForo development, I’m eager to learn the framework and grow my skills here.


To get started, I’d like to give back to the community by creating some free add-ons. This will not only help me practice but also (hopefully) provide something useful for fellow members.


If you have ideas for small, simple add-ons that you think could benefit the community, please feel free to suggest them. I’ll do my best to build and share them here at no cost.


Looking forward to contributing and learning together!


— CodeForge

 

[Mr Lucky]

Welocome!

If you have ideas for small, simple add-ons that you think could benefit the community, please feel free to suggest them. I’ll do my best to build and share them here at no cost.

I'd checkout the suggestions forum, anything with plenty of votes could be very viable. I think you are right to initila;y go for small simple addons as opposed to multi featured that (apart from the extra complexity in maintaining) may users won't want/need all the features.

 

[PhineasD]

Possibility to search content within custom fields please!

 

[Faust]

I would be interested in addon that can support 360 panoramic photos on media gallery.

 

[Alpha1]

The addons from XF1 that I miss the most are:

1. Multiple Profile covers slider. (like XFA Extended Cover had)
2. Thread Ratings / Thread reviews. (Same as Resource reviews, but for Threads)
3. Meta Mirror (turn linked content into attachments)
4. OneSignal (Push notifications for guests)
5. Master Badge, but this is not a smaller one. (Trophies gamification system)

Other things I'd love to see:

1. Mega menu for navigation
2. Email styling system. Preferably a visual editor for email templates.
3. Node tabs with widgets: Display tabs on thread view and have widgets under the tabs. So if you have a forum node about a specific subject, lets say you have a community about robotics and the forum node is about Tesla Optimus, then show tabs with Optimus media, Optimus resources, Optimus articles, Optimus questions.
4. Live refreshing new content feed. Something nice looking that members can just watch to see what new content is posted. Have controls on what content is shown or hidden. Filter by content type would be nice.

 

[CodeForge]

Thread Ratings / Thread reviews. (Same as Resource reviews, but for Threads)

i think it is already available https://xenforo.com/community/resources/xb-thread-ratings.9633/

 

[Alpha1]

I'm currently using that addon, but it has a very different approach than TH Thread Ratings. It doesn't have real thread reviews, but uses thread posts instead. i.e. the posts in the thread hold the rating comment. Its not possible to post a review without posting to the thread first. The thread post shows the rating. The approach is not ideal and its all mixed up together with posts in the database.

What would be more interesting is to use the same functionality as Resource Reviews and apply it to Threads. A separate Reviews content type, reviews interface and display a breakdown of reviews.

 

[Alpha1]

Example:

Unmaintained - Nodes As Tabs - Reviews

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[CodeForge]

I’m planning to build this:
https://xenforo.com/community/threads/tell-users-why-they-do-not-have-permission-to-access-a-page.1571/

Can you suggest some testing scenarios once I’ve built it?

 

[CodeForge]

Example:

Unmaintained - Nodes As Tabs - Reviews

xenforo.com

I believe the latest version of XenForo already has a built-in feature to add a node to the navigation.

 

[Alpha1]

Can you suggest some testing scenarios once I’ve built it?

Here are two:

1. The thread/content has been deleted. Text that could be displayed to the user:
   

   This thread has been deleted. Use the search engine to find similar threads.

   Optimally display a similar threads block.
2. The thread/content is in a node/category where the user does not have permission to view. Text that could be displayed to the user:
   

   You do not have permission to view this content. Please upgrade your account.

   Link to the account upgrade page.

 

[Alpha1]

I believe the latest version of XenForo already has a built-in feature to add a node to the navigation.

It's an example of how resource ratings work and display