XenForo 2.0 Discussion

[Mr Lucky]

What I do find confusing is that clicking on the tabs on the left (such as Resources and Members) take you to a new page while clicking on the tabs on the right opens a popup overlay.

I don't mind that, a click, but I do find it annoying that hover no longer works. Seems to be a step backwards in usability. (Just realised I said the exact same thing above!)

 

[jauburn]

I think that it is a mistake to prefer uniformity over usefulness.
It is trivial that if you hover over an element when browsing from the desktop then you will need to click on it when browsing from a mouse-less device.

Totally agree.

I don't expect the controls in a motorcyle to function the same way they do in a car.

Heck, one of the first things that attracted me to xenforo was the hover features of the upper right user panel. Little things mean a lot.

 

[ManagerJosh]

Out of curiosity, is anyone's navigation menu not rendering in XF 2.0 Beta 7? Did a clean install, and the navigation menu is showing up as unordered lists.

 

[Chris D]

Is it just the navigation or are there other issues? We've seen the default style get totally messed up if you use CloudFlare with the Minify CSS option enabled (looks to be a CloudFlare bug).

 

[Sirmadsen]

Is this a missing feature that will be implemented or am I missing something?

Can't set prefixes to "must choose prefix" anywhere across the forum or resources.

 

[ManagerJosh]

@Chris D

Yup... it was Cloudflare.

 

[Kevin]

Is this a missing feature that will be implemented or am I missing something?

Can't set prefixes to "must choose prefix" anywhere across the forum or resources.

It is set on a per node basis. Edit your node and scroll to the very bottom (literally, the very bottom) and you'll see "Require users to select a prefix". For resources, off the top of my head, I don't recall if there is a similar option.

 

[Sirmadsen]

@Kevin Your right, maybe I'm just imagining that you could require prefix in XF 1.x... Thanks.

 

[ManagerJosh]

How does one get a custom thread field element showing on the showthread listing?

 

[Mr Lucky]

@Kevin Your right, maybe I'm just imagining that you could require prefix in XF 1.x... Thanks.

You can require a prefix in xf1

 

[Kevin]

@Kevin Your right, maybe I'm just imagining that you could require prefix in XF 1.x... Thanks.

I'm taking a look now between my 1.5.x prod site and a 2.0 B7 test site and, yep, the 1.x branch of XF Resources has a "Requires users to select a prefix" option at the bottom of the category properties page. The 2.x branch of XF Resources has options for available prefixes but it doesn't have the require option. The guys may have missed it.

 

[Grover]

This is my first post after an absence of 2,5 years .

I could not find any other discussion to give feedback on the release of version 2.0 of Xenforo, so I guess this one wil do to say:

Congratulations on this milestone release!

I am passionate about good UI/UX and the Xenforo 1.x branche already excelled in this area, compared to most other forum software out there. But I have to say... sometimes you only realize how things can be (even) better when you can compare it with something else that is better. This is exactly what Xenforo 1.0 did for the forum world. And now... Xenforo 2.0 is doing that (more or less) for Xenforo 1.0. Based on the already near excellent Xenforo 1.x UI/UX, this release clearly ups the UI/UX level again with substantial improvements . Really great to see.

Thank you developers and community for this achievement,

 

[Ben44]

But I have to say... sometimes you only realize how things can be even better when you can compare it with something else that is better

But that is just it, you can't compare as it cost hundreds of dollars to upgrade. I personally wouldn't pay that sum just to see
if a product was better or not.

 

[Chris D]

It costs $40 to upgrade if you only have a XF license. Can be more if you own any official add-ons.

There may be other costs in terms of new styles, add-ons, etc. but they're not a prerequisite to trying out the software.

 

[Ben44]

Found that now Chris, thank you.

Still costs to have a look though and the demo is of no help.

 

[RobParker]

Found that now Chris, thank you.

Still costs to have a look though and the demo is of no help.

If you have an active XF1 license then the upgrade is free.

There's also the demo.

There's also all the sites running the software themselves.

None of that costs.

 

[Ben44]

The demo doesn't help as an admin I would like to go into the control panel and take a nice long look
and play with a few things.
I just signed up to the demo and can't see any way of getting into the control panel. Same with other sites, they aren't going to let
me into their control panel so I can have a look.

 

[Chris D]

It’s a fully featured demo. Once logged in, you will see an Admin link at the top. That gets you in.

You’re making a fair few erroneous assumptions. Sometimes it’s worth just asking or giving things a bit more time.

 

[RobParker]

Same with other sites, they aren't going to let
me into their control panel so I can have a look.

Actually quite a few people set up public admin demos for the community before the official demo allowed it (which it now does). I don't know if they're still up but I think @Liam W was one of them.

 

[Ben44]

What can I do but apologise. At almost 80 years the grasp of some of these things is a bit difficult.

I will take another look at that thank you all.

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