[Seeker-Smith]

What's new feed.

One of the main issues with Xenforo as I see it is the outdated "What's new". In my mind I think the feed should literally be the landing page of the site. Members should be able to interact and get a better overall view of what's happening.

Thing's I want:

• simple clean listing
• threads that open in the same page
• users being able to comment within the same page
• content from threads, profiles, friends, your content, media, media comments, your followers or people you follow

Because a typical thread is page based this obviously will work best with the new thread type "Hierarchical posts forums" which can be viewed here as example

Forum list

Community of Honey Harbour and surrounding area. Blogs, classified ads, event calendar, community messaging, and regional news.

honeyharbour.ca

I'm completely open for ideas and feedback on this. 021 and I have discussed it at length but nothing is written in stone.

Cheers,
Peter

 

[Gemma]

I already have a base for such add-on and I can improve it so that comments for different contents can be left on one page. The add-on already supports the following content types: posts, profile posts, media, articles, blogs, social group posts (Truonglv). I see that a lot of people are interested in this and maybe we should announce a crowdfunding campaign to develop this thing?

Looks great, very similar to what I consider a feed should look like.

Edit: Looks quite similar to the Audentio/Themehouse Feeds addon too, that had some cool features like promoting and bumping threads but, imo, was let down by the card view design and incompatibility with different thread/content types, so I'll be very interested to see how this develops.

 

[Fatih]

I already created a project and requested from a developer to develop it. I will have a chat with him. if he is not going to start, I will share my idea here you maybe interested.

 

[Fatih]

Hi,
We've talked before about how XenForo users are increasingly looking for ways to see more of what's happening, more easily. While XenForo's traditional forum structure works great for organized discussions, it sometimes struggles to keep up with what people expect from online experiences today.

Think about it: we're all used to getting information in bite-sized, personalized feeds. People have shorter attention spans, and they want to quickly find the content that matters most to them. A good feed feature could really help with this by:

• Making sure the best stuff doesn't get lost.
• Giving the forum a more 'live' feel, so people see new activity and updates as they happen.
• Helping users discover interesting things they might otherwise miss.
• Bringing XenForo more in line with the kind of experience people expect from modern platforms.

The bottom line is that relying just on chronological lists and static layouts isn't always the best way to keep people engaged these days. A well-designed feed, perhaps with some smart features to show the most relevant content, could make a big difference in how active and vibrant XenForo communities are.

I truly believe that developing a comprehensive Feed addon would be a huge improvement for XenForo. It would address a real need from users and make the whole experience feel much more modern and engaging.

Thanks for considering this! I'm really excited about the possibilities here.

Menu, view and filter options. There will be 4 menu options as List, and 3 different designs. Allowing admins to design their menu can be advantageous. The menu choice will be selected by the Admin. Addon will support the items in the List menu (we can remove some items with similar functionality).

Card view, all action buttons such as like, share, reply and follow will be active in this view.

Comfortable, all action buttons such as like, share, reply and follow will be active in this view.

Compact

 

[Ludachris]

Hi, guys!

I already have a base for such add-on and I can improve it so that comments for different contents can be left on one page. The add-on already supports the following content types: posts, profile posts, media, articles, blogs, social group posts (Truonglv). I see that a lot of people are interested in this and maybe we should announce a crowdfunding campaign to develop this thing? 🤔

Spoiler: DEMO

URL: https://feed.gnz.is/feed/

Basic Auth Credentials
admin
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But! When people talk about integrating modern social media features, it often feels like they're imagining the old XenForo interface with some new functionality layered on. But let's be honest – XenForo is outdated at its core. Why should the community keep patching up an aging system piece by piece, when we could be building something fresh and future-ready?

My long-term vision is to create a brand-new engine based on modern technologies like Vue and Laravel. We can keep tweaking the old system endlessly, but if the original developers aren't actively evolving it, should the community really be investing time and money into keeping it alive? If we manage to raise $20,000-$30,000 at the initial stage, this will already give a good chance of developing a truly new life in the forums sphere, rather than investing in a half-dead product.

In any case, even without this, I personally plan to invest my own resources in such a project and want it to be source-available – that is, the code was available to everyone and everyone could contribute to the development of the project, but commercial use will be limited. I really hope we can release something fresh in the coming years with the help of a community from all over the world 🦾

As for the add-on preview - I see it has comments and share, but no reactions. Also, it looks to be just for the user feed, not the entire site feed. I would need to have other content types included, like Bob's addons. But it looks like a good start. It looks closer to the Profile Posts feed, which appears to have most of the functionality we're looking for.

As for the new forum software vision, I'm with you on that. I would love to see forum software evolve more into community software, not necessarily social media software. But some of the aspects that people have come to expect in social media apps will need to be built in, as that is the expected behavior for online communities now. It's amazing how more and more people don't understand how a forum works anymore. If you have to explain how to use your site, you've already lost some of your users. I am happy to see that someone is invested in some type of future vision.

 

[021]

As for the add-on preview - I see it has comments and share, but no reactions

It has :)

Also, it looks to be just for the user feed, not the entire site feed

No, these are just demo tabs. They are flexible to configure:

 

[Fatih]

Hi,
We've talked before about how XenForo users are increasingly looking for ways to see more of what's happening, more easily. While XenForo's traditional forum structure works great for organized discussions, it sometimes struggles to keep up with what people expect from online experiences today.

Think about it: we're all used to getting information in bite-sized, personalized feeds. People have shorter attention spans, and they want to quickly find the content that matters most to them. A good feed feature could really help with this by:

• Making sure the best stuff doesn't get lost.
• Giving the forum a more 'live' feel, so people see new activity and updates as they happen.
• Helping users discover interesting things they might otherwise miss.
• Bringing XenForo more in line with the kind of experience people expect from modern platforms.

The bottom line is that relying just on chronological lists and static layouts isn't always the best way to keep people engaged these days. A well-designed feed, perhaps with some smart features to show the most relevant content, could make a big difference in how active and vibrant XenForo communities are.

I truly believe that developing a comprehensive Feed addon would be a huge improvement for XenForo. It would address a real need from users and make the whole experience feel much more modern and engaging.

Thanks for considering this! I'm really excited about the possibilities here.

Menu, view and filter options. There will be 4 menu options as List, and 3 different designs. Allowing admins to design their menu can be advantageous. The menu choice will be selected by the Admin. Addon will support the items in the List menu (we can remove some items with similar functionality).
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Card view, all action buttons such as like, share, reply and follow will be active in this view.
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Comfortable, all action buttons such as like, share, reply and follow will be active in this view.
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@021 are you interested to implement something similar? or you will just improve existing addon?

 

[Seeker-Smith]

I’ve been watching the updates to this thread. In my opinion I think 021’s feed option is probably the best option for what most of you want.

But for the time being I’m going to hold off.

 

[Fatih]

I’ve been watching the updates to this thread. In my opinion I think 021’s feed option is probably the best option for what most of you want.

But for the time being I’m going to hold off.

There is an alternative @Gemma is using effectively. if @021 is not interested in further improving and enhancing the addon. I will touch base with the alternative.

 

[021]

There is an alternative @Gemma is using effectively. if @021 is not interested in further improving and enhancing the addon. I will touch base with the alternative.

Without funding I have no interest in this add-on at this time