XF 2.1 Welcome to XenForo 2.1 / Assorted improvements

Welcome to XenForo 2.1!

We said there would be something special accompanying the final HYS in this series for XF 2.1, and here it is. This is your first opportunity to help us put the new feature set through its paces.

We also said there would be a number of other miscellaneous changes/improvements to show you, so read on for more

 

[JoyFreak]

There you go ..............warned by a stranger Dont Do IT

 

[Dermot]

aww...beta friendships

 

[AndrewSimm]

What does this mean?

"The following issue was found when determining if a one-click upgrade is possible: The files are owned by a different user than the upgrade is running as."

I am running this on localhost using scotchbox and vagrant

 

[shimspedy]

Actually, I had an update and crashed my site so im my case why do they release something incomplete if they know its not ready for production yet?

 

[Paul B]

why do they release something incomplete if they know its not ready for production yet?

Did you not read the first post?

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[Jake B.]

Actually, I had an update and crashed my site so im my case why do they release something incomplete if they know its not ready for production yet?

It’s a beta with big red letters that say that it isn’t recommended for production, it’s meant for people to test on their test sites to find the last of the bugs before a stable release

 

[shimspedy]

Did you not read the first post?

so i did but I missed xf.2.1 and installed today's and the update which messed up my site but in normal days no matter the warning the updates worked fine but today's update was a disaster since I'm still using 2.0.10

 

[sbj]

Actually, I had an update and crashed my site so im my case why do they release something incomplete if they know its not ready for production yet?

If only somewhere there was a hint telling us to be careful.

 

[shimspedy]

It’s a beta with big red letters that say that it isn’t recommended for production, it’s meant for people to test on their test sites to find the last of the bugs before a stable release

now i understand because all these past months i have been uploading almost everything ... which worked luckily but now i will start paying attention

 

[Mike]

What does this mean?

"The following issue was found when determining if a one-click upgrade is possible: The files are owned by a different user than the upgrade is running as."

I am running this on localhost using scotchbox and vagrant

The files are owned by a different user than PHP is running as. This would usually indicate something like mod_php or PHP-FPM (depending on exact config) where PHP often runs as the "nobody" user. Therefore, you will need to do the "traditional" upgrade.

(Compare to a common cPanel setup where you FTP/SSH in using a particular user and PHP runs as that same user.)

 

[Altoid]

I like it. I'm thinking of upgrading soon, but want to get all my themes and add-ons, in order.

 

[Jaxel]

Any chance you well enable Authy One Touch on these forums, so we can see how it works?

 

[Chris D]

It is enabled.

 

[donwon]

I am loving this!!

 

[Jaxel]

The more I use XF2.1 on my dev server... the more I want to upgrade my live server ASAP...

 

[RobinHood]

The one click Authy authorisation is awesome. So much better than having to worry about time limit countdowns and copying codes.

 

[Hristo Avramov]

@Chris D , When will stable release be released? Let's translate

I hope the devs will focus on working on it than replying posts like this .

 

[shimspedy]

I hope the devs will focus on working on it than replying posts like this .

hahahahah!! dude be serious

 

[tommydamic68]

Rounded avatars by default

XF 2.1 introduces round avatars by default. They are a bit more aesthetically pleasing:

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That said, some people may prefer non-round avatars and if that's the case you can use this new style property to make them square again:

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Changing this value to 2px will give them the same appearance as XF 2.0.

What does the online indicator look like if you stay with square avatars. As they are now or...

 

[Andro]

What does the online indicator look like if you stay with square avatars. As they are now or...

It looks ugly to be frank.