Add-on Reddit Style Feed (not nested posts)

[Disciple of Nagash]

Hi,

I came across this forum and I can't tell what software it's on, but it has this feed which I think works really well for enticing users who regularly use reddit: https://www.bugmansbrewery.com/

I don't believe XF has this as default, is there an addon that does this? I don't want the nested replies/posts addons I've already seen, it's just this feed view across all forums etc.

Cheers

 

[Alpha1]

That's Flarum.

 

[Disciple of Nagash]

Interesting, especially as an entirely free offering!

 

[DohTheme]

I did something similar: https://xenforo.com/community/threa...layout-of-a-xenforo-forum.231852/post-1751208

 

[Alpha1]

This doesn't have a filter for content types. Click on Albums on the example site to see what I mean.

 

[DohTheme]

This doesn't have a filter for content types. Click on Albums on the example site to see what I mean.

Maybe this can be reached with an add-on.

 

[Alpha1]

Someone needs to make it.

 

[Disciple of Nagash]

Anyone up for making it? Lots of people interested, sure you could earn a nice chunk of change!

 

[ES Dev Team]

Take this option and throw categories on the left side and you've got a better version of that.

 

[Matt C.]

This add-on will get you about 80% of the way there. You can view an example of my site in my signature.

 

[XẹnPixel]

I think it can be done with Search Forum type.

 

[Disciple of Nagash]

This add-on will get you about 80% of the way there. You can view an example of my site in my signature.

Hey, that looks brilliant - I'm not the most techie, do my mind explaining what you did to get your layout like that with the referenced addon?

 

[Matt C.]

Hey, that looks brilliant - I'm not the most techie, do my mind explaining what you did to get your layout like that with the referenced addon?

It's really just these three add-ons:

[XB] Forum Content List Tabs

Oct 10, 2022

Enhance your forum browsing experience with tabbed content lists

• Painbaker
• ajax loading content tabs customizable tabs dynamic counters forum navigation tabbed lists widget integration
• Add-ons [2.x]

[OzzModz] Advanced Node List Widget

Oct 21, 2021

A handy widget for displaying nodes in your sidebar

• Painbaker
• Add-ons [2.x]

[MC] Infinite Scroll

Sep 24, 2025

To infinity... and beyond!

• Matt C.
• Add-ons [2.x]

You can make that layout mostly without any customizations, just add whatever tabs you want to have in the Admin CP and all the options are there. While you can make any tab the default tab, the forums tab always shows first. I got around that with this bit of CSS.

.block-forumListTabs .forumListTabs-tabs .hScroller-scroll {
    display: flex;

    #forumListTabs-forums {
        order: 4;
    }
}

The infinite scrolling part is one of my add-ons. It doesn't come default. If you don't want infinite scrolling, it does allow you to load more content sequentially.

 

[Alpha1]

Automatically refreshing and displaying all content types 'Latest' tab are the missing pieces of the puzzle IMHO.

 

[Matt C.]

Automatically refreshing and displaying all content types 'Latest' tab are the missing pieces of the puzzle IMHO.

The news feed tab will actually display most available content types. I have it named activity.



And you can auto refresh each tab:

 

[Alpha1]

I see. The Newsfeed is not available to guests. There doesn't seem to be a an overview of all new content available to guests. Which is what Flarum site above has.

 

[Matt C.]

I see. The Newsfeed is not available to guests. There doesn't seem to be a an overview of all new content available to guests. Which is what Flarum site above has.

It's literally all configurable. You can designate what tabs show to who and how they're set up. That's just how I did it. I added a guest tab to view it so you can see.

I wanted the latest threads on the homepage. And then I use the activity tab as a sort of spy and it will show literally everything users are doing. New threads, replying, reactions, changing their avatar, etc.

You can even use a custom template for how the content is shown. It's very advanced. @Painbaker did an amazing job.

 

[Alpha1]

Is it possible to hide the snippets and reaction entries?

 

[Matt C.]

Is it possible to hide the snippets and reaction entries?

Idk about snippets, but I know you can hide the reactions. If you type in insert, it will only show the inserted content. Leave out reactions and it won't show those. Maybe @Painbaker can explain that part a bit better and what options are available.

I do know you can make a custom template and probably leave the snippet portion out.

Edit: CSS solution

.block-forumListTabs .contentRow-snippet { // Across all tabs
    display: none;
}

OR

#js-forumListTab-TABID .contentRow-snippet { // target specific tab
    display: none;
}