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Moving your forum to a new server or domain Advanced Moving is copying the database and files, then updating a handful of settings. The order that avoids downtime, and what to do about your licenses. Advanced Topics · 3 min read · Updated Sep 27, 2026 › A quick tour of the XenForo Admin CP Beginner Where everything lives in the XenForo Admin CP: options, add-ons, permissions, widgets, styles, tools and logs, and which sections you will use most. Getting Started · 3 min read · Updated Sep 27, 2026 › Add-ons, styles, templates and phrases: how XenForo fits together Beginner The four building blocks of every XenForo forum, and how an add-on changes them without touching XenForo itself. Getting Started · 4 min read · Updated Sep 27, 2026 › Find your XenForo, PHP and MySQL versions Beginner Three version numbers decide which add-ons you can run. Here is where to find each one, and what XenForo 2.2 and 2.3 need. Getting Started · 3 min read · Updated Sep 27, 2026 › Reading version numbers: Beta, Patch Level and "Needs XenForo 2.3" Beginner What 1.0.3 Patch Level 2 means, why the add-on list shows a long version ID, and how to read the XenForo requirement on each add-on. Getting Started · 3 min read · Updated Sep 27, 2026 › Back up your forum before installing or updating Beginner A backup is the database plus a few folders. How to take one before every install or upgrade, and how to check it actually works. Getting Started · 3 min read · Updated Sep 27, 2026 › Upgrading from XenForo 2.2 to 2.3 with add-ons installed Intermediate XenForo 2.3 changed enough under the hood that some 2.2 add-ons stop working. How to check yours and upgrade without surprises. Installation · 3 min read · Updated Sep 27, 2026 › Customize templates safely: child styles and template modifications Advanced Edits made the right way survive every upgrade. Use a child style, prefer extra.less and template modifications, and keep add-on templates untouched. Advanced Topics · 4 min read · Updated Sep 27, 2026 › XenForo security checklist for forum owners Intermediate Ten checks that protect your forum: two-step verification for staff, fewer administrators, updates, backups and trusted add-ons only. Advanced Topics · 3 min read · Updated Sep 27, 2026 › Speed up your XenForo forum Intermediate The changes that make the biggest difference to a slow forum, from PHP OPcache and a cache server to cron and keeping add-ons lean. Advanced Topics · 4 min read · Updated Sep 27, 2026 › How to install a XenForo add-on Beginner Install any D.C Style add-on in a few minutes: upload the files and click Install, or install straight from the zip file. Installation · 4 min read · Updated Sep 27, 2026 ›