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Dear valued Members,
I have to apologise for my relative silence lately, for which there are two reasons and a half:
Xenforo 2, the second major release of the software we are currently using on Japan Reference has been developed for almost four years. The code has been entirely rewritten, providing a stable platform for years to come. The 2.0.x release aimed at providing feature parity with Xenforo 1.5.x (currently in use here at JREF), but offers a few new gadgets of minor importance, too:
Last month, the Xenforo team started to introduce the new features of Xenforo 2.1.x, the latest point release which will probably be available in beta later this year. Apart from astounding developer goodies (REST API, etc.), the following items are most interesting to our members:
The upgrade here at JREF will consist of two phases: first, the upgrade to Xenforo 2.0.x, which will probably take place in November, and second, the equally comprehensive upgrade to Xenforo 2.1.x sometime in January.
The November update will coincide with the implementation of a new style, an adaption of the style currently in use. This week, I have been tinkering with the new layout (screenshot below), however, it is still a work in progress.
So much for the impending upgrade schedule. We shall update this thread once we have more details to report.
Thanks for reading! :
I have to apologise for my relative silence lately, for which there are two reasons and a half:
- our former admin @Maciamo who visited Japan with his family and who dragged me up the mountains of Hakkone and made me drink shedloads of excellent Japanese rice wine :
- busy IRL (in real life, which counts for just half an excuse)
- but mainly, the preparations to upgrade JREF to Xenforo 2: a major undertaking that has worked out very well on our test server.
Xenforo 2, the second major release of the software we are currently using on Japan Reference has been developed for almost four years. The code has been entirely rewritten, providing a stable platform for years to come. The 2.0.x release aimed at providing feature parity with Xenforo 1.5.x (currently in use here at JREF), but offers a few new gadgets of minor importance, too:
- Emoji support
- Retina avatar and smilie support
- Enhanced message editing (rather than opening an overlay, editing messages is now done entirely in-place, with the content of messages replaced by a full-fledged message editor that allows the complete range of editing and posting actions, including attachment management)
- Alerts in browser favicons
- Member tooltips
- What's New section
- New media embedding features
Last month, the Xenforo team started to introduce the new features of Xenforo 2.1.x, the latest point release which will probably be available in beta later this year. Apart from astounding developer goodies (REST API, etc.), the following items are most interesting to our members:
- Push notifications similar to those offered by Tapatalk (for those who remember). They will be available in all browsers except for Safari on macOS and any iOS-based browser. Thanks for not complying, Apple!
- Font Awesome 5 support
- Enhanced editor integration and BB code option syntax (lots of new BB codes including native table support)
- a native Reactions system (similar to the enhanced "Likes" we use here at the forum)
- Unfurling URLs (similar to posting URLs to Facebook or Twitter)
- Emoji enhancements
- video uploads (not just posting video links but uploading them)
- a native Bookmark system which will replace the one currently in use
- Better support for iPhone X/Xr/Xs displays
- Password strength checking
The upgrade here at JREF will consist of two phases: first, the upgrade to Xenforo 2.0.x, which will probably take place in November, and second, the equally comprehensive upgrade to Xenforo 2.1.x sometime in January.
The November update will coincide with the implementation of a new style, an adaption of the style currently in use. This week, I have been tinkering with the new layout (screenshot below), however, it is still a work in progress.
So much for the impending upgrade schedule. We shall update this thread once we have more details to report.
Thanks for reading! :