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This is the easiest way to block 100% of spam without any addon. SETTING UP THE SPAM BLOCKER First, in the admin panel go to Options > Spam Management. Set Maximum Messages to Check for Spam to 2 Set Spam Phrases to block [url* You may also choose to add these to spam phrases to block smarter...

Description This is a very simple tutorial by @Caldexi that contains A few steps that will ensure your options and custom fixes are not erased! INSTALLATION Import a style and give it a unique name, should look like this (disable user selection): Create a new child style and set the parent...

Table of contents: Intro Conventional Installation The problem The solution (with an example) Upgrading/Whats the point to organizing like this? Checking for outdated templates Summary Video Hey everyone, today I'm going to walk through proper theme installation. Not everyone may agree, but...

Step 1) Download the latest available release from here XenForo Releases - nulled Save the zip file to your desktop. Unzip the file. Find the upload folder inside. Step 2) Upload The Files The normal upload method is FTP. Your web host will provide you with a FTP login which you can enter...

XenForo 1.5.22 is now available for all licensed customers to download. We recommend that all customers running previous versions of XenForo 1.5 upgrade to this release to benefit from increased stability. Some of the changes in XF 1.5.22 include: Improve compatibility with MySQL 8.0. Improve...

Sometimes people have problems with spam filters eating their forum emails. This can be a problem when activation emails get flagged as spam. Of course one solution is to simply tell your users to check their spam folders. But many forum admins want to be more proactive about spam filters and...

You may want to be able to identify your most prolific taggers so that you can send them some appreciation or hold staff accountable. This is easy to do using PHPMyAdmin. Something similar can of course be done with other MySQL clients, but that's beyond the scope of this how-to (perhaps someone...

Cloudflare This basic guide is only for using Cloudflare to deliver my website's static images and javascript. As funny as it sounds, I wrote this guide mostly for me because I know I'll forget the steps I did to set this up. This may come in handy for you though. Most of the directions are for...

MaxCDN is a popular CDN Network (Content Delivery Network) which helps speed up your performance. What is a CDN and how does it work? A content delivery network (CDN) is a large distributed system of servers deployed in multiple data centers in the Internet The goal of a CDN is to serve...

Disclaimer: This is a technical explaination and is geared towards developers. A working knowledge of PHP, OOP, and MVC is assumed. What is the XenForo Class Proxy System? In a nutshell, this system allows several add-ons to extend the same class within XenForo using its code event listener...

Helpers provide extra functions that you can use inside the XenForo templates. Currently there are many Helpers, following some them: avatar -> Helper to fetch the URL of a user's avatar. username -> Produces a <a href="members/username.123" class="username">Username</a> snippet. usertitle ->...

So, I've been making styles for XenForo for over 2 years now and have some experience to share with you, my beloved style makers. Requirements for readers: You need a basic understanding of html and css. Internet has a lot of resources devoted to this topic. Desire to study. Where to start...

Edit "member_view" template find <div class="secondaryContent pairsJustified[CODE] And replace it with [CODE]<xen:if is="{$visitor.is_admin}"> <dd><a href="admin.php?users/{$user.username}.{$user.user_id}/edit"><input type="submit" class="button primary"...

This is a simple template modification which will hide the post contents from guests and show them a message instead. Which you can alter to fit your needs. At the message template replace all the code in there with the following code: <xen:require css="message.css" /> <xen:require...

This resource is not affiliated with XenForo Ltd. Another simple bit of CSS which will add an image to the navigation bar for each tab, in front of the tab text/name. You need to know the class name for each tab. The default ones are: home, forums, members, help. If you are using the Nodes As...

This resource is not affiliated with XenForo Ltd. This simple bit of CSS will add an image to the forum home page before a node title. You need to know the node ID for each image; you can find this in the ACP or by using one of the browser inspection tools. For each node, you will need to add...

Sometimes people have problems with spam filters eating their forum emails. This can be a problem when activation emails get flagged as spam. Of course one solution is to simply tell your users to check their spam folders. But many forum admins want to be more proactive about spam filters and...

Note that many hosts handle backups and restores automatically. You can choose to rely on your host if you want. This guide is about manual backups and restores. Sections below: - Linux Server Backup - Linux Server Restore - Windows Server Backup - Windows Server Restore __________ Linux...

Class is an extremely simple and elegant design that allows you and your visitors to customize the look and feel subjectively. There are also presets that will allow you to set predefined 'sub-skins' for quick use. Some presets might include a Halloween design, perhaps a game or game console...

Rogue is a very simplistic XenForo theme that really focuses on icons and flat interface design. We are using FontAwesome by default, but with our organization methods you can easily change that icon set out for another. We find that with this simple elegant approach, you can make a theme that...