Quick Site News: Wednesday, November 9, 2011.
Apologies ahead of time for the 'What is new' section showing content from the newly added project manager section "forums > products > *" where I will spend the next few days populating it with some development stuff.
As (perhaps) annoying it might be now, it is in theory a temporary frustration. Over time the products are added and then new content and releases will be incidentally. I just need a few days to organize things.
And now the positive spin on this:
We've added a new /products/ forum (not shown by default) with sub-forums. Each sub forum is basically an official xenfans product.
The /products/ forums first add-on is the XenFans.com "What's New Block", which is an add-on that replaces the boring empty page with just a phrase saying "no results found" with a dynamic and fun, friendly looking, page with all sorts of options to provoke your users who would otherwise click away to stay active on your site and feel more involved in the community.
The reason for this is that a) we will now have a public project tools section where we are open to 1) new suggestions, 2) new bug reports. b) A spot per product for pre-download and post-download support questions. And at the top of the forum a clearly listed sticky thread with the latest public release (and .zip download).
Content in the products/ forums are prefixed with a status, using thread prefixes. This allows us to use it as a release forum, support forum, and project tools, all at the same time. There's a thread explaining the prefixes listed in the parent of the products forum.
The last few weeks we've been working on updating some of our add-on products, and releasing them on both xenfans.com and xenforo.com - with improved support options. The last week we've handed out a few small plugins for personal requests, and a few private betas to people who were looking for certain features. The private beta testing period is ending and we're processing the feedback. I expect we will be releasing these add-ons this week and this weekend.
One more thing: We're (My idea, Fuhrmann trying to prototype it).. derailing. We're working on a fun sidebar plugin that we hope to realize this month, for a release in December. Keep your eyes open for beta requests. I have a feeling this might end up to be one used by many web sites. I am going to keep this one a bit of a secret a little bit longer.
Oh, and if you like the
What's New add-on we're about to release, you might like our 'Get rid of that boring Xenforo 404 error page' add-on that I am prepping for a beta test.
Okay, ONE more thing .. It's almost Thanksgiving, so if you liked our
Halloween theme then stick around as Nix and I are releasing a xenfans thanksgiving theme around the 20th of November.
Argh, someone just whispered to me not to forget to mention the Newsletter .. It will be mailed in the next 24 hours.
That's it, enough news .. This was supposed to be quick !! Thank you for your attention and patience, once again. Enjoy our site. Create some topics! Discuss some XenForo.