D.C Style Blog
Practical posts for people who run XenForo forums.
The twelve free XenForo add-ons we make and maintain, grouped by the job they do, with the XenForo versions each one needs.
· 8 min read
A plain checklist for putting Cloudflare in front of XenForo 2.2 or 2.3: real visitor IPs, safe caching, and what to do when changes don't show.
· 7 min read
Put live activity on your XenForo home page with the free Forum Statistics add-on. Exact Admin CP steps, tab picks and widget placement for 2.2 and 2.3.
· 6 min read
The Tiptap editor is the new editor XenForo announced for 2.4. Here is what XenForo has said, and a plain checklist to get ready.
· 5 min read
Set file size and dimension limits in the Admin CP, use small thread thumbnails and offload files when the disk fills up. Steps for XenForo 2.2 and 2.3.
· 6 min readXenForo 2.4 isn't out yet, but XenForo has shown a lot of it. Every feature announced so far, and what it means for your forum and its add-ons.
· 6 min readSign-up checks stop most bots, but XenForo spam posts often come from accounts that already got in. The settings and add-ons that catch them.
· 6 min read
Set up XenForo's own moderation tools in a sensible order: moderators, approval queue, warnings and reports. Then check what members really see.
· 8 min readMost XenForo tag pages are thin lists of threads. How to tidy your tags and turn the important ones into hubs that readers and search engines want.
· 6 min readA member reports a problem you can't reproduce. How to see their exact view, from permission checks to a logged, time-limited way to impersonate a user in XenForo.
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