Cedric
Life’s better without a plan.
Well I can’t argue there. Apart from the editor, there isn’t any feature noteworthy coming soon. 3.0 might change that but we’ll have to wait and see.
XenForo XenForo 2.4 coming soon?
- Thread starter Cedric
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For topics specific to XenForo customization and optimization.
Cpvr
Community Explorer
Xenforo has released its first “have you seen” post relating to 2.4.
xenforo.com
Once we roll out XenForo 2.4 here, resource authors will find that we have added a new field to resources in add-on categories that will allow you to fill in your add-on ID. When you install XenForo 2.4 on your own forums, your forum will now periodically call back to XF.com with a list of your installed add-ons and their versions and report back with the latest version available in the Resource Manager. Where there is an update available, as demonstrated above, this will be indicated in your add-ons list.
Update checking can be enabled under "Basic board options".
Subject to time constraints, we are looking to add the following additional functionality either before or shortly after the release of XenForo 2.4:
XF 2.4 - Add-on update notifications
Welcome to the first "Have you seen...?" post for XenForo 2.4! As we discussed a couple of months ago, XenForo 2.4 will focus mainly on quality-of-life improvements for admins, moderators and users, and today's first look at our next version absolutely ticks that box. Occasionally the...
xenforo.com
Once we roll out XenForo 2.4 here, resource authors will find that we have added a new field to resources in add-on categories that will allow you to fill in your add-on ID. When you install XenForo 2.4 on your own forums, your forum will now periodically call back to XF.com with a list of your installed add-ons and their versions and report back with the latest version available in the Resource Manager. Where there is an update available, as demonstrated above, this will be indicated in your add-ons list.
Update checking can be enabled under "Basic board options".
Subject to time constraints, we are looking to add the following additional functionality either before or shortly after the release of XenForo 2.4:
- Improved notifications
- Custom update checking URLs for developers to populate in their addon.jsonfile so if the canonical source of your add-on is on your own website, we can request version details from there rather than our resource manager
- One-click install of upgrades (for free add-ons)
Cedric
Life’s better without a plan.
I didn’t expect it to go in that direction, but I’m not upset about it either. Every now and then, I go through all the installed add-ons to check for updates. While I keep a closer eye on the more important ones, I tend to update the smaller ones all at once occasionally. Having a one-click install option and update notifications certainly wouldn’t be a bad thing.
Bawse
Rookie Contributor
What the difference from the current editor?
Less janky, hopefully. The current one has all sorts of exciting and annoying niggles to it.
Cloaked
Community Explorer
Very well thought out and to the point. My post in that thread rings true no matter what Cris D said in his reply. If someone visited xenforo 10 years ago they would see the same things with the exception of a style change. They don't know that there was enhancements or new features.
It doesn't past the eye test an longer. They can't rest on their laurels any longer.
One comment about "build it they will come". When I was an admin at TAZ I came up with the idea that certain niches just attract users and you could build a forum and "they would come".
I created a team and we started 5 forums in what were the most popular niches. One was gaming and another anime. Don't remember tha others. Those 2 stuck out because they actually did take off. So back in the day it was somewhat true.
Both “we’ve made a lot of improvements” and “it doesn’t look like there are major changes from the outside” can absolutely be true, just as they are here. The problem is, immediately getting defensive about it means you can’t see the actual problem being raised that is there. That’s also why I went out of my way repeatedly to point out that there are improvements but they’re underselling it.
Of course the lack of headline features is a problem in its own right.
As for “build it and they will come”… it’s one of those things that’s highly specific. It glosses over the fact that you did still have to put work in, but certain niches were always easier to get off the ground than others. It definitely isn’t as easy now to do the same thing, and people attribute that to social media and other things - but they gloss over that it wasn’t ever quite as easy as they might have remembered.
Anyway, that was then, and this is now, and by now the rules have changed. Whatever might have worked then won’t fly now, and that’s OK, the world has evolved and so too must admins, the tools they use, and the strategies how they use them.
Of course the lack of headline features is a problem in its own right.
As for “build it and they will come”… it’s one of those things that’s highly specific. It glosses over the fact that you did still have to put work in, but certain niches were always easier to get off the ground than others. It definitely isn’t as easy now to do the same thing, and people attribute that to social media and other things - but they gloss over that it wasn’t ever quite as easy as they might have remembered.
Anyway, that was then, and this is now, and by now the rules have changed. Whatever might have worked then won’t fly now, and that’s OK, the world has evolved and so too must admins, the tools they use, and the strategies how they use them.
Cedric
Life’s better without a plan.
XF 2.4 - Direct message labels
Thank you to everyone who provided feedback on our first Have you seen...? thread about the upcoming Add-on update notifications for XF 2.4. It's exciting for us to start this process so soon after the release of XenForo 2.3! And while we are not sticking to a specific schedule for this series...
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Finding dm's just got easier. Which is a good thing, since finding something sent earlier was a bit tedious to do.
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