xenForo meaning

[AmericanForum.com]

I see somebody finally spotted that little gem

LOL

 

[Chromaniac]

I was pleasantly surprised that it WYSIWYG worked in chrome. My concern is that I allow HTML in some of my forums, and form experience, the WYSIWYG broke the html (tried to convert it to BBcode) and would not work properly again. At the same time the non-WYSIWYG is too raw as Brogan mentions for novices.

vB 4.1 would have a new editor that would work in chrome. they had a demo posted on their youtube account i think.

 

[Carlos]

Foro is a spanish word, which in english means Forum.

I had a feeling that was the case....good to know I was spot on.

 

[Webfusion]

I've noticed that numerology is a very good indicator of the hidden power of certain domain names, and XENFORO.com adds up to 11, which is a master number and as such very auspicious. If you think that numerology applied to domain names is ********, take a moment to analyze ANY successful domain, you will see that almost invariably they add up to 1 (the number of the leader) or 11 (an inspired master number, Google.com for instance has it).

 

[wizzard]

I've noticed that numerology is a very good indicator of the hidden power of certain domain names, and XENFORO.com adds up to 11, which is a master number and as such very auspicious. If you think that numerology applied to domain names is bull****, take a moment to analyze ANY successful domain, you will see that almost invariably they add up to 1 (the number of the leader) or 11 (an inspired master number, Google.com for instance has it).

What program is that screenshot from?

 

[Webfusion]

Hello Wizzard, it's from a free program I picked up long time ago, I've uploaded it here so that you can give it a try. Have fun entering domain names, you'd be amazed at the results, there is no way chance can explain the preponderance of key numbers like 1 or master numbers like 11, 22 and 33.

 

[Jethro]

Some shoddy online etymology searching:

Xen, Latin prefix from Greek xenos "foreign, stranger, host"

Hence the new term xen-phobia, loosely translated as IB Management fear of the different.

 

[Digital Doctor]

Xenforo is the antidote to vBulletin-itis (Swelling of the brain caused by lame duck forum software).
If the antidote is not administered promptly, the condition can be fatal.

 

[DaveL]

XenForo was the name we hated least after months of trying to decide on what we should be called.

I rather like it now (luckily...)

Just out of curiosity, what other names did you consider?! What was the most "hated" name?!

 

[John L.]

Well at least it wasn't xenBulletin.

 

[Kier]

Just out of curiosity, what other names did you consider?! What was the most "hated" name?!

One that Mike liked but I could never come to terms with was 'Forover' - which I always thought sounded like a person doing a bad Japanese accent saying 'fall over'...

 

[CTXMedia]

... was 'Forover' ...

 

[CTXMedia]

Hello Wizzard, it's from a free program I picked up long time ago, I've uploaded it here so that you can give it a try. Have fun entering domain names, you'd be amazed at the results, there is no way chance can explain the preponderance of key numbers like 1 or master numbers like 11, 22 and 33.

Cor ... my two domains come out at 1 and 11 - is that good then?

 

[DaveL]

One that Mike liked but I could never come to terms with was 'Forover' - which I always thought sounded like a person doing a bad Japanese accent saying 'fall over'...

Haha, I think you made the right choice!

 

[Kier]

The name 'XenForo' came to me in the shower just a few weeks before we actually launched XenForo.com. It was a very last-minute thing.

 

[Kier]

... and it was ZenForo for about four hours before we settled on 'X'.

 

[Paul B]

The name 'XenForo' came to me in the shower...

Was it the Lynx effect?

 

[Kier]

Was it the Lynx effect?

Clearly!

 

[grant sarver]

Glad you settled it. "Forozen" sounds a bit cold.

 

[Onimua]

One that Mike liked but I could never come to terms with was 'Forover' - which I always thought sounded like a person doing a bad Japanese accent saying 'fall over'...

I can imagine auto-correct/spell check going crazy trying to tell you it's forever.