Vbulletin to Xenforo concerns

[NotGeorgia]

Hi! I am seriously looking at making the switch; too many users are primarily on mobile now and VB just isn't great in that regard.

I have some concerns though about the loss of features we have currently that I know our members won't be happy about losing - the main two being the reputation system and blogs. I have had a bit of a look but unsure if there's any XF equivalent to these, so I'd love some advice on whether there is, if the data could be converted and how it would look on the other side.

Thanks!

 

[Dragonfruit]

You should make a list of all the addons & features that your board uses and need, then list out whether the function exists on XF or by addon.

If there's anything you need that do not exist, you can speak to addon developers here to develop the feature and weigh the total upgrade cost.

We did lose some features in the switch over, but those were absolutely outdated functions from vB that no one cared about.

 

[beerForo]

Blogish:

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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Repish:

XF 2.1 - Reactions 👍 😍 🤣 😲 🙁 😡

Welcome to the third in our "Have you seen...?" series for XF 2.1. We've had a phenomenal, er, reaction, to what we've shown so far. In case you haven't seen our previous two entries, you can check them out here. As ever, to ensure you're kept up to date, we strongly recommend giving that...

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[Dragonfruit]

@Bob has a great article system that completely separates & categories everything away from the forum, that may be a suitable addon for your blogs.