Possible XF3 in the not so distant future?

[TheRageIsOn]

Just a question about a possible XF3.

Is there a version V3 ( Xenforo 3 ) planned or in the pipeline ?

Because i plan on migrating my sites to xenforo in the near future.

Tata ...

 

[Mendalla]

XF3 user accounts POSTS will all be NFTs

Fixed yer typo. Hey, we admins got to make a living somehow.

 

[robdog]

Please no XF3, just keep improve XF2.

XF2 is crazy customizable. So if there is something you don't like, it can be easily changed.

 

[Mr Lucky]

I hope XF3 never happens

Me too unless it has some feature that automatically makes people write better posts.

 

[Hall of Famer]

I think there will be XF 2.3, 2.4 and then at least 2.5 until 3.0, so expect that in another 3-5 years.

 

[Mendalla]

Given that they have always said XF 3 would be a major overhaul similar to what we saw with 2, I'm not expecting it any time soon. When I look at the raft of features they were able to add in 2.2 without pushing it to a first level update, I suspect we won't see a 3.x for a long time. 2.3 is where we need to be looking right now in terms of the next big update.

 

[Ozzy47]

Given that they have always said XF 3 would be a major overhaul similar to what we saw with 2,

Not from what I read.

However, XF3 is a long way off - we're only on XF2.2 and there's no need for a complete rewrite again as there was with XF1.

 

[Mendalla]

Not from what I read.

"Complete rewrite" seems rather like a "major overhaul" to me. That post is likely one of the ones I have in mind. Do you think XF2 is at that point? I certainly have not seen any sign XF thinks so and I don't think so.

 

[Paul B]

I'm not sure where the speculation is coming from, or why.

XF3 is not even a thought at this time.

The next second point release will be 2.3.

 

[FTL]

I hope they finally add a proper article CMS to it with similar functionality to WordPress, at least on a basic level.

I love XF, it's awesome, but the lack of this is a real bugbear for me as it's an important feature for me, especially as Invision Community and vBulletin offer functional, if basic, article CMSs.

 

[digitalpoint]

I hope they finally add a proper article CMS to it with similar functionality to WordPress, at least on a basic level.

I love XF, it's awesome, but the lack of this is a real bugbear for me as it's an important feature for me, especially as Invision Community and vBulletin offer functional, if basic, article CMSs.

Doesn’t XF already do that with the “article mode” of a node? Like this one: https://xenforo.com/community/forums/have-you-seen/

XF 2.2 - Article thread and forum updates and improvements

When we first announced support for article-type threads and forums, we noted that this was an initial foray and that revised styling was in the pipeline. Today, we can show you some of those revisions and the options that come with them. Revised article styling Firstly, we have some updates...

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[FTL]

Doesn’t XF already do that with the “article mode” of a node? Like this one: https://xenforo.com/community/forums/have-you-seen/

XF 2.2 - Article thread and forum updates and improvements

When we first announced support for article-type threads and forums, we noted that this was an initial foray and that revised styling was in the pipeline. Today, we can show you some of those revisions and the options that come with them. Revised article styling Firstly, we have some updates...

xenforo.com

No, that's just the point. They're merely glorified forum posts. I asked about this a year ago. That screenshot is from the vBulletin demo.

Article publishing options

I wonder if a slightly more fully featured article publishing mode will be introduced in a later version of XF. At the moment, one can only post the article immediately, without being able to schedule a publication time and date. If something like the publishing options shown below could be...

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[Suzanne O]

Am looking forward to the next one that happens here. XF3 won't be for a while. But when it comes i would love to see it try and use some of vBulletin's features as well. Such as comments under somebody's initial comment.

 

[Kier]

We'd reserve a major version number change for major architectural changes with significant backward-compatibility implications for add-ons.

The XenForo 2 core serves us very well at this point, so we have no plans to make changes of the kind of scale seen between versions 1 and 2.

 

[FTL]

The XenForo 2 core serves us very well at this point, so we have no plans to make changes of the kind of scale seen between versions 1 and 2.

Noooo! I want the challenge of upgrading without breaking my site!

 

[beerForo]

They're merely glorified forum posts.

More flexible than glorified. I like the ability to change the types if I like.

 

[Suzanne O]

We'd reserve a major version number change for major architectural changes with significant backward-compatibility implications for add-ons.

The XenForo 2 core serves us very well at this point, so we have no plans to make changes of the kind of scale seen between versions 1 and 2.

If something does happen i'd love to see the profiles when you search up something to let us know that they are either still around or not.

 

[Suzanne O]

Noooo! I want the challenge of upgrading without breaking my site!

Maybe look at your ISP's bandwith issues. If it's not that great then change it.

 

[Wildcat Media]

Me too unless it has some feature that automatically makes people write better posts.

The only feature I found that deals with bad posts is the BAN feature. And they have to be really bad before we use it! But I totally agree--there's no cure for the rash of poorly written posts on many forums out there. Some of the automotive forums are the worst. I found one (on VerticalScope, of all places!) that had such poor writing and bad attitudes that I couldn't stomach visiting it for long.

I hope XF3 never happens. Such a pain in the ass rewriting everything for a new framework. I still have 2 sites left on XF1 because of that.

I have one remaining on 1.5 only because I've had a few setbacks, one of them being a certain theme developer who pulled support for several addons we had paid for and depended on for the launch. (And since I no longer trust them, I also had to start from ground zero, customizing another third party theme to replace a theme of theirs I had planned on using.) The earliest and biggest delay was for an addon that took a year and a half to get converted from 1.5-compatible to 2.1-compatible. We're launching the upgrade really soon but yeah, I don't want to go through this again either. Hopefully XF2 will outlive me.

 

[FTL]

Maybe look at your ISP's bandwith issues. If it's not that great then change it.

Nah, my post doesn't refer to bandwidth. It's just a little gag about breaking a site with the upgrade.

 

[Mendalla]

The only feature I found that deals with bad posts is the BAN feature. And they have to be really bad before we use it! But I totally agree--there's no cure for the rash of poorly written posts on many forums out there.

I have an original member who writes in a style that is deliberately obtuse. He has been writing posts that way since our predecessor board. He has been warned at time about dragging it into threads where it is not welcome (imagine opening a thread of the old "five word sentence using the last word of the sentence before you" game and finding a three paragraph rant apparently about Trump, though it's always hard to tell the exact subject with him). He's had a couple short bans, mostly due to me actually deciphering his spew and realizing he had lobbed a racist grenade at another member's spouse, but has enough supporters that getting rid of him permanently would be more trouble than it is worth, or so the mods seem to think. I tried to get him permabanned years ago but finally gave up.