XF's greatest flaw...Skins.

I find it more trouble to change up things with xenForo. I understand it is more powerful but I enjoy the simplicity of the design for vBulletin 3.
 
At the risk of getting blasted, I totally agree. But I could live with it if XF could handle more than a few skins...just being honest.
 
we've been working with someone on this forum for our skin and it's been a very nice process. looking forward to going live soon.
 
Xenforo doesn't handle lots of themes unfortunately, it will clag up after about 8 or so, often the rebuild is not even possible after you install a theme once you hit a certain amount, especially if you are on a shared server which might be slow to begin with.

Multiple themes are very important to some communities - I know plenty that have 20 or more.

I am hoping that down the line the ability to have more than a handful of themes will be looked at, but I understand it can't be a huge priority right now :p
 
Digital Doctor said:
Do you mean at a time on the same forum ?
One good one is all that is really needed.
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Perhaps for your forum, but for some, like mine, it is an extremely important part of the experience for members. I've had a XF license for my forum from day one, but I cannot possibly convert it over from vb until XF can handle the skins.
 
Kim said:
Xenforo doesn't handle lots of themes unfortunately, it will clag up after about 8 or so, often the rebuild is not even possible after you install a theme once you hit a certain amount, especially if you are on a shared server which might be slow to begin with.

Multiple themes are very important to some communities - I know plenty that have 20 or more.

I am hoping that down the line the ability to have more than a handful of themes will be looked at, but I understand it can't be a huge priority right now :p
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Unfortunately I have to agree. I deleted 8 custom themes because of this issue.
 
Vilandra said:
Perhaps for your forum, but for some, like mine, it is an extremely important part of the experience for members. I've had a XF license for my forum from day one, but I cannot possibly convert it over from vb until XF can handle the skins.
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What is the issue exactly?

I have had up to 7 installed. Just stopped on my own.
 
Kim said:
Xenforo doesn't handle lots of themes unfortunately, it will clag up after about 8 or so, often the rebuild is not even possible after you install a theme once you hit a certain amount, especially if you are on a shared server which might be slow to begin with.
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/see this now

I see... never broke the 7 barrier yet... :p
 
Ya it's actually annoying for theme makers or theme collectors.

I really hope it gets addressed eventually, sort of discouraging I have to limit what styles I can actively work on at a time :cry:
 
I was under the impression that Xenforo gained a speed advantage by treating styles differently than predecessors.
Something like it compiled the styles before hand vs at runtime ?
(someone feel free to give any details).

Xenforo's greatest strength is speed.

It seems "being able to support 6 simultaneous themes" and "being super fast" might not be simultaneously possible.
 
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