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Ingenious I actually think that you are exposing a very large weakness of XF as well: XF does not have a good way to display new content unless you are running forum only. For example, this site has the following content types: forum posts, articles, article comments, article reviews, reviews, review items, questions, showcases, showcase comments, resources, profile posts.
My site actually has a lot more content types.
The only way to see all new content in chronological order in XenForo is in pretty much the same way as IPS does:
The problems with it are the same as with IPS. There is too much clutter and its not offered in an easy to read format. Its chaotic.
XF does have a widget page page on whats new. Each widget will display the last X results, even if its a year old or if there are more results from the last hour. IMHO the whats new page is as useless as the latest activity page.
What I did for my site is clean up the recent activity page by hiding specific content types which I think are not important enough. (through CSS) I improved the styling to make it easier to read through. And I used an addon to auto-refresh so it becomes a news-feed people can watch. Maybe its possible to do the same for IPS?
IMHO XenForo is really weak in displaying content from addons. New content in addons is often not noticed by the community and the addon activity is lost. It also requires addons to create empty forum threads to be noticed at all. These empty forum threads are awful for SEO and User Experience. There is no global commenting-posting system.
What I really like about IPS is that it allows you to see new content from all content types and filter / drill down what content types you want to see, followed content/users, read/unread. That's something I wish XF would have. It would make a world of difference.
As mentioned before: with XF you rely upon a mass of addons without even the most basic code auditing taking place nor any security about the future of those addons. I can tell you for sure that if Xon or Bob would retire from developing and supporting XF addons then I would immediately consider an exit strategy. Im currently using xf1 and one of the things I need to upgrade to XF2 is an addon to auto-refresh recent activity. Because the XF1 addon is not being upgraded nor supported. Like many XF addon developers, this developer too has left the scene.
XF2 is a much better system than XF1 IMHO, but it also still has a long way to go.
My site actually has a lot more content types.
The only way to see all new content in chronological order in XenForo is in pretty much the same way as IPS does:
The problems with it are the same as with IPS. There is too much clutter and its not offered in an easy to read format. Its chaotic.
XF does have a widget page page on whats new. Each widget will display the last X results, even if its a year old or if there are more results from the last hour. IMHO the whats new page is as useless as the latest activity page.
What I did for my site is clean up the recent activity page by hiding specific content types which I think are not important enough. (through CSS) I improved the styling to make it easier to read through. And I used an addon to auto-refresh so it becomes a news-feed people can watch. Maybe its possible to do the same for IPS?
IMHO XenForo is really weak in displaying content from addons. New content in addons is often not noticed by the community and the addon activity is lost. It also requires addons to create empty forum threads to be noticed at all. These empty forum threads are awful for SEO and User Experience. There is no global commenting-posting system.
What I really like about IPS is that it allows you to see new content from all content types and filter / drill down what content types you want to see, followed content/users, read/unread. That's something I wish XF would have. It would make a world of difference.
As mentioned before: with XF you rely upon a mass of addons without even the most basic code auditing taking place nor any security about the future of those addons. I can tell you for sure that if Xon or Bob would retire from developing and supporting XF addons then I would immediately consider an exit strategy. Im currently using xf1 and one of the things I need to upgrade to XF2 is an addon to auto-refresh recent activity. Because the XF1 addon is not being upgraded nor supported. Like many XF addon developers, this developer too has left the scene.
This is true for XF1 but not for XF2. Are you familiar with the XF2 admin panel? XF2 has 1 click upgrades for core and official addons. Unfortunately no 1 click install for 3rd party addons, so its still a drag if you have many addons. But there is no ftp involved. You can upload the package trough admin panel and install it there. Same for addon updates.With Xenforo you upload it by ftp, go back into the theme menu, find the option, then add the text that points to the logo.
XF2 is a much better system than XF1 IMHO, but it also still has a long way to go.
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