XenForo 2.0 Discussion

[BassMan]

Tomorrow?!

 

[Mr Lucky]

Quite simply, without XenForo 2.0 there's no way to work on add-ons for 2.0. Nobody can work blindly and not knowing what has changed in 2.0.

Except it would be useful if major 3rd party developers were given a preview beta to start working (under a strict NDA). This is what Apple do.

Maybe some are. (I hope) But we would never know due to the NDA and that's the way it should be.

 

[Chris D]

As we've already announced, after the public installation preview, there will be a downloadable preview available to all:

The next step would be what could be considered an alpha or a developer preview. This will be the first time that customers will be able to try out XenForo 2.0 on their own server and work with the code/templates. We do not intend on limiting this to selected developers. However, you will not be able to upgrade into this version and you are unlikely to be able to upgrade out of it. You will likely also have to do installation using the command line and taking some manual steps. This preview is specifically designed to start getting initial feedback from developers (and stylers) and keen enthusiasts.

Only Kier, Mike and I have access to XF 2.0 at the moment and it will remain that way until the preview release.

 

[akia]

@Chris D will XF 2.0 work with uft8mb4 so that users can use emojis?

 

[RobinHood]

Mike answered this a little while back, would be nice!

It's something we have noted internally (amongst some other related elements), though it's not supported yet.

 

[Fred.]

@Chris D will XF 2.0 work with uft8mb4 so that users can use emojis?

I wish
That would be nice.

 

[lol768]

1. Will there be a documentation for developers?

This is really badly needed. Frameworks such as Laravel have infinitely better documentation and they're not tied to a commercial product.

 

[Đoàn Hoàng Nam]

When will we have it?

 

[Recep Baltaş]

When will we have it?

Q4 2016...

 

[Chris D]

Not quite...

Q4 2016 is when we will create a public demo installation. We will be releasing a developer preview at some point after that.

 

[S4m']

That's great news

 

[CyberAP]

Can I have one more question please? Does XF 2.0 use <base /> tag?

 

[Mike]

Can I have one more question please?

No.

Does XF 2.0 use <base /> tag?

But also no.

 

[silence]

But about the form controls though, will they be in the public templates like they are in the admin templates for 1.x?

 

[CyberAP]

But also no.

Yay! Finally reusable SVG with working IRI!

 

[duderuud]

I really hope more news is coming regarding extensibility (like IPB pages). We need such functionality for our conversion...

 

[Digital Doctor]

I really hope more news is coming regarding extensibility (like IPB pages). We need such functionality for our conversion...

More news ? Was there any news on this front ?

Xenforo 1.x was described as "just a forum".
Xenforo 2.0 is a rewrite of 1.x
I would think IPB-like Pages is beyond the scope of the plan ... but who knows !

Dream big ... but I don't think it'll be in 2.0

 

[ŽivaAkcija]

bad idea, compare anything from failed IPB to Xenforo, IPB is one Dying script

 

[duderuud]

Problem for us is, Xenforo is great but it's a forum only, we need functionality like IPB Pages.

 

[Chris D]

XenForo is a forum only. Additional stuff, like the equivalent to Pages, is essentially beyond the scope and would be a product in its own right.

With that in mind, no, don't expect anything like that to ship with XF nor are we planning any new products to launch with XF 2.0 at this time.