Installation

Upgrading uses the same zip as installing: overwrite the files, then click Upgrade. Your settings and data stay where they are.

• 1 · Before you upgrade
• 2 · Upgrade from the Admin CP
• 3 · Skipping versions is fine
• 4 · If the upgrade stops

XenForo's cmd.php runs installs and upgrades without browser timeouts. The commands you need, and when to use them.

• 1 · Getting started
• 2 · Install an add-on
• 3 · Upgrade an add-on
• 4 · Other useful commands

Disabling switches an add-on off and keeps its data. Uninstalling removes its data for good. When to use each, and how.

• 1 · Disable: switch it off, keep eve...
• 2 · Uninstall: remove it and its dat...
• 3 · What gets deleted: some examples
• 4 · If uninstall refuses to run

Some add-ons build on another one. Install the one they need first, or XenForo will refuse. Which D.C Style add-ons have dependencies.

• 1 · How XenForo checks requirements
• 2 · D.C Style add-ons that need anot...
• 3 · Optional extras
• 4 · Install and upgrade in the right...

XenForo 2.3 changed enough under the hood that some 2.2 add-ons stop working. How to check yours and upgrade without surprises.

• 1 · Why some 2.2 add-ons break on 2....
• 2 · Check every add-on before you st...
• 3 · The safe order
• 4 · After the upgrade

Install any D.C Style add-on in a few minutes: upload the files and click Install, or install straight from the zip file.

• 1 · Check the add-on suits your foru...
• 2 · Method 1: upload the files and c...
• 3 · Method 2: install straight from...
• 4 · After installing: switch it on