XenForo or xenForo? And what does it mean?

[karll]

I feel that this very important issue needs to be resolved once and for all:

The logo quite clearly says "xenForo", and yet I see so many writing it "XenForo". And what about the abbreviation? If "xenForo" is correct, then the abbreviation should surely be "xF"?

What is the meaning of "xenForo" anyway? I can imagine the "Foro" part having to do with forums. I'm not sure about "xen" though. Does it have to do with the Zend framwork?

 

[Weppa333]

Xeno is ancient greek for "strange",
eg in the movie Alien, they call them "xenomorphs" ("strange shape")

Just my 2 cents

 

[oman]

Kier answered this one a while ago - http://xenforo.com/community/threads/what-does-the-word-xenforo-really-mean.10150/#post-138301

The closest definition would be 'unique/alternative forum'.

 

[Chris D]

As for the correct spelling, you only see xenForo written as such as part of the logo.

The official name is XenForo.

 

[RobParker]

Yep this has been answered a few times, the lowercase x in the logo is jus stylisation.

 

[karll]

Ah thanks, I should have guessed this would have been asked many times before!

 

[Despair]

The official name is XenForo.

Heh, in one of the law documents I saw "Xenforo" and it was not as if you had to use ucfirst casing since they had "vBulletin".

 

[rollthebones]

ucfirst

You really need to go outside for a bit.