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
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.
· 7 min read
XenForo 2.3.13 fixes 14 vulnerabilities in 2.2.0 to 2.3.12. Here is who should update, what Patch 1 means for older versions, and how to update safely.
· 7 min readStory 2.3 lets members share threads and posts as XenForo stories, sends reports to the report centre, and adds polls and new text styles.
· 6 min read
A step-by-step XenForo email setup for 2.2 and 2.3: transport, SPF, DKIM and DMARC, the outbound test and bounce handling, so member emails reach inboxes.
· 9 min readBefore you move to XenForo 2.3, check add-on compatibility: what each add-on needs, what to upgrade first, and which of ours need a 2.3 build.
· 6 min readThumbnail 1.0.7 finds XenForo movie posters for threads that name a film or show with a [TMDB] or [IMDB] tag, and fills in older threads too.
· 6 min read
A first-week plan built on XenForo's own settings to welcome new members, point them to an easy thread and reward their first post.
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