Thinking about buying Xenforo but have some questions

[GazCBG]

Hi,

I am looking at Xenforo, to upgrade from SMF and would like to know the following

1. Is there an importer for SMF to Xenforo, to import members and forums?

2. Am I able to create custom fields in the admin area?

3. I have some mod on my SMF, listed below
PM to New Members

This mod send a Private Message once they have confirmed there account​

Simple Audio Video Embedder

This mod allows for Youtube, Facebook, etc... videos to be added​

Custom Fields On Memberlist

This mod allow, custom fields created in the SMF admin, to be displayed on the Memberlist​

Pretty URLs

This mod, changes the URLs to friendly URLs for example : /this-is-a-post​

Stop Spammer

This mod checks stopforumspam.com database for spammers during registration.​

SimplePortal

This mod is a portal for the site.​

Do Xenforo have free mods that does the same things as above?

4. How is Xenforo on server resources, as it would be run on a shared server, for the time being?

Thanks.
Gaz

 

[0ptima]

1) Yes, take a look here
Pre-Sales FAQ

2) You can create custom user fields
Custom User Fields | XenForo

PM to New Members

Part of XF 1.5
XF 1.5 - User messaging improvements and welcome contact

These are all part of XF

Simple Audio Video Embedder

Pretty URLs

Stop Spammer

 

[Paul B]

There are various free and paid portal add-ons in the resources.

How is Xenforo on server resources, as it would be run on a shared server, for the time being?

XF works fine on the cheapest of shared hosting. I know as I used to run it on just that.

 

[GazCBG]

Hi,

Thanks for the replies
Does anyone know when 1.5 will be released as stable, instead of beta?

 

[Paul B]

It could be a few weeks (or more), depending on how testing goes.

 

[Julio Taboas]

Hello every people, i want to buy xenforo after i try it. how to try it?

 

[OUTL4W]

Hello every people, i want to buy xenforo after i try it. how to try it?

XenForo Demo | XenForo

 

[rv65]

You can also easily redirect your SMF URL scheme to XF, if the URL's have ID's in them, but even if they don't they can be redirected.

 

[rv65]

Simple Audio Video Embedder
This mod allows for Youtube, Facebook, etc... videos to be added

I recommend the s9e mod once, you have a license. That mod is awesome and can embed just about any major media site, and is customizable, but standard embed is good as well.

 

[GazCBG]

Thanks for the replies.
Got my XF license yesterday and as the site wasn't launched I started from fresh.
Was asking about SMF, just in case I couldn't get it before launch

 

[Amaury]

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