XenCustomize News Publisher for XenForo!
Introducing the XenCustomize News Publisher for XenForo! This powerful, feature-rich addon creates a dynamic news section within your XenForo forum. At the heart of this addon is the innovative Categorized News Index, offering a clean, organized, and user-friendly way to display your news stories. Unlike typical mixed-content displays with pagination, the categorized index presents news in easily accessible sections, enhancing the user experience and engagement.
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Feature List & Screenshots (v2.3.x)
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Enable/Disable the news ticker from the ACP to suit your preferences.
Appears prominently at the top of your site, directly above the top breadcrumb, on every page.
Displays your most recent 10 headlines.
Shows instant results as you type.
When there are multiple results, it will take you to the results page.
No result page.
Display news stories organized by categories on the index page.
Customize the appearance of each news category using 4 display modes:
Control the number of news stories displayed per category on the index page.
Complete control over which news categories appear on the index page.
Empty news categories (those with no news) will not be displayed on the index.
Support for sorting categories, ensuring that changes to category display order in ACP are reflected on the index page.
Optionally utilize multiple widget positions above and below the news stories for placement of Featured News and Trending News widgets.
Title
Buttons
Comments
Watch
Share
Bookmark
More options menu
Edit news
Edit news thumbnail
Manage feature (XF 2.3+)
Move news
Reassign news
Change discussion thread
Delete news
Select for moderation
Delete
Undelete
Approve
Unapprove
Feature (XF 2.3+)
Unfeature (XF 2.3+)
Reassign
Move
Apply prefix
Discussion tab
Custom fields tab
Overview tab
Key points
Large news thumbnail
News story
Attach photos
Action bar
Reactions
Report
Edit history
Delete
Warn
Content tags
More stories in same category
Comments
Sidebar blocks
Information
Author
Publish date
Last update date
Views
Comments
News Editors
Widget position
Latest news widget
More stories by User
Share this news story
Structured Data Integration
Automatically generates
NewsArticleschema markup for each news story. Improves search engine visibility and ranking. Enhances discoverability of your news content.
Add/edit feed
Title
URL
Fetch new entries every
Feed is active
Posting user
Post as guest, use name information from feed data.
Post as the following user
Destination category
Title template
Message template
Options
Post immediately
Import feed now
Delete feed
Enable/disable feed
Convert threads to News stories (v2.3.6)
Add/edit category
Title
Description
Parent category
Display order
Always moderate news posted in this category
Automatically feature news posted in this category (XF 2.3+)
Show category on index
Number of news
Minimum required tags
Automatically create thread in forum
Automatically created thread prefix
Display mode
Override default 'Category display mode' (Default value: Standout Card grid)
Card grid
Compact list
Expanded list
Standout card grid (v2.3.1)
Available fields
Available prefixes
Require users to select a prefix
Sort categories
Delete category
Add sibling or child category
Category permissions
Category filters
Add field
Filter fields
Delete field
Field Display location
Below news
Below sidebar information
Own tab
Applicable categories
and other standard options.
Add prefix
Delete prefix
Add prefix group
Delete prefix group
Select all prefixes and quick set
Filter prefix
Enable or disable the key points feature in your admin options.
Easy-to-use interface for adding key points to your news stories during creation or editing.
Prominent display of key points on news stories.
Quick editing interface on news story view.
Enable or disable the News Thumbnails feature in your admin options.
News creators can upload a large (740x416) thumbnail.
News thumbnail image is used extensively throughout the public-facing interface of the News Publisher.
News Thumbnail Fallback Options (v2.3.1)
Added support for external image URLs as a secondary fallback when no news thumbnail is uploaded.
Moved the default thumbnail image to the third fallback option, utilizing the default thumbnail set in style properties.
Updated various templates to ensure consistent display of images, thumbnails, and avatars across different views.
Enable or disable the News Editors feature in your admin options.
News authors can add up to 10 other users as news editors for each news.
News editors are able to take actions against a news story as if it were their own, with the exception of deletions.
Featured News (XF 2.3+)
Category-based auto-feature option.
News author with the "Feature/unfeature news" permission can manually feature or unfeature a news story.
Ability to customize the feature title, snippet and image.
The news story content type is displayed effectively in all three display styles offered by XenForo 2.3:
Simple
Standard
Carousel
Trending News (XF 2.3+)
Included the News story content type in the Trending content widget.
The news story content type is displayed effectively in all three display styles offered by XenForo 2.3:
Simple
Standard
Carousel
Category display modes
Widgets
Featured News(XF 2.3+)
Trending News(XF 2.3+)
XenCustomize News Publisher: Index above news
A position inside the main content area of the index above the news stories.
XenCustomize News Publisher: Index below news
A position inside the main content area of the index below the news stories.
XenCustomize News Publisher: Index Sidenav
Displays inside the side navigation on the news publisher index page.
XenCustomize News Publisher: Category Sidenav
Displays inside the side navigation on the news publisher category page.
XenCustomize News Publisher: News Sidebar
Displays inside the sidebar block on the news story view page.
Full-Fledged Commenting System
The comment system includes the following features:
Full support for a rich text editor.
Attachment support.
The ability to reply to comments using the quote feature.
Support for multi-quoting.
Quick inline editing:
Edit silently
If selected, no "last edited" note will be added for this edit.
Clear last edit information
If selected, any existing "last edited" note will be removed.
Edit history support with the ability to view and compare previous versions.
Options to delete comments with deletion types:
Remove from public view with a reason.
Permanently delete.
Notify author of this action with Reason.
Display of IP address information for comments.
Inline moderation support with the ability to:
Delete comments.
Undelete comments.
Approve comments.
Unapprove comments.
View of soft-deleted comments and the option to undelete.
Warning support.
Report support.
Spam cleaner support.
New comments go through an approval queue before becoming visible to the public.
Support for reactions.
Receive alert notifications when someone:
Mentions you in a comment.
Quotes your comment.
Reacts to your comment.
Comments on a watched news story.
Pagination support.
Admin-defined number of comments per page.
Admin-defined maximum comment length.
Admin-defined maximum comment attachment size.
Admin-defined allowed comment attachment file types (extensions).
Fully permission-controlled, with complete sets of permissions for users and moderators.
Added search indexing support for comments' content type.
Added a new navigation link for easy access to view recent comments.
User group Permissions: News Stories
View news
View full news
View news images
React to news
Create news
Upload images with news
Upload video/audio with news
Edit own news
Tag own news
Tag any news
Manage tags by others in own news
Delete own news
Manage news editors for own news
User group Permissions: News (Moderator)
Use inline moderation on news
View deleted news
Delete any news
Undelete news
Hard-delete any news
Edit any news
Reassign news
Manage any tags
View unapproved news
Approve / unapprove news
Feature / unfeature news (XF 2.3+)
Give warnings on news
User group Permissions: News Comments
View comments
View comment attachments
React to comments
Post comments
Submit comments without approval
Upload attachments to comments
Upload videos to comments
Edit own comment
Delete own comment
Time limit on editing/deleting own comments (minutes)
User group Permissions: News Comments (Moderator)
Use inline moderation on comments
View unapproved comments
View deleted comments
Approve / unapprove comments
Edit any comment
Delete any comment
Undelete comments
Hard delete any comment
Reassign comments
Give warnings on comments
Update view counters
Feeder
Cache statistics
Rebuild news
Rebuild news categories
Optimize news thumbnails (XF 2.3+)
Rebuild user news counts
Rebuild news embed metadata
Attachments
Embed your News Stories anywhere! (XF2.3+)
You can now embed News Publisher stories across your site using the new EMBED BBCode. Simply paste a News story URL into any Rich Text Editor (RTE) that supports embedding.
What's New in Version 2.3.6
See changelogReleased
We’re excited to bring you an all-new update with some amazing new features and improvements! With v2.3.6, you can now convert article and discussion threads into news stories with ease, thanks to the new "Thread to News Story Conversion" feature. This feature is fully customizable, allowing you to choose the destination category, tags, and more. It’s perfect for streamlining the process of turning regular discussions into official news posts!
Additionally, the news post editor has received a boost with a full-screen layout, making editing and content creation even easier. We’ve also added a convenient admin option to control the visibility of the search box on the homepage, so you can manage your site's layout exactly how you want.
We’ve made a few tweaks behind the scenes, such as updating the default display order of the "News" tab and adjusting the default number of news posts shown on the index page for fresh installs.
Introduced a requested feature that allows you to convert article and discussion type threads into news stories!
Streamlined process accessible via Thread Tools.
Customizable options during conversion, including destination category, prefix, tags, and news state.
Automatically links the original thread as the Discussion Tab for the news story.
Transfers key thread data (attachments, reactions, publish date, views) to the news story while ensuring engagement continuity.
Fully permission-controlled with the new user group permission "News Publisher: Convert thread to news".
Requires categories configured with the "Automatically create thread in forum" option enabled.
Complete documentation is available on our support site to help you get started!
Easily toggle the search box's visibility on the homepage through a simple admin option "Show search box on the homepage".
Changes
📊Updated the default display order of the "News" navigation tab for higher visibility in the navigation menu.
📰Default number of news displayed for the default category on the index page changed from 6 to 3. This change applies only to fresh installs.
✅Fixed: Removed the misleading "optional" label from the news editor when publishing news, ensuring clarity in required fields. Reported by @PhineasD.
✅Fixed: Missing phrase xcu_nwp_news_count in the "Sort by" option for Search Users functionality.
✅Fixed: Incorrect phrase nwp_comment displayed on search results.
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