Roadmap
XenWord is under incremental development. A DevLog describing the current focus is available. Above all, the direction of the plugin may change as knowledge is gained.
Current Version
XenWord 3.x is the currently available release.
Pre-Alpha
XenWord 4.x is being developed from scratch.
Planned XenWord Versions
✓ XenWord 1.x = Washington (initial releases)
✓ XenWord 2.x = Adams (strengthen integration on WP side)
XenWord 3.x = Jefferson (strengthen integration on XF side)
XenWord 4.x = Madison (XenForo 2 Compatible)
XenWord 5.x = Monroe (strengthen XF2 integration with WP side)
Jefferson (version 3.x)
Major features
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1. All WP widgets available in XenWord (WP side) to be available on XF side; for example, new blog post sidebar
2. Promoting an XF discussion thread to a WP blog post.
Maintenance releases
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1. Improve XenWord settings panel to select forum titles instead of entering forum ids
2. Fix Featured Forum Widget
3. Integration with Showcase and XenGallery
4. Improve video tutorials
5. Enable Metaboxes Extension
6. Tying together of comments in a better manner. I'm really disappointed on how comments cannot be done through the WP admin panel... because the comment_id is wrong. It's something really needing to be fixed.
7. Another annoying problem is getting redux framework to load properly so it does not interfere with a theme using redux framework.
8. Another maintenance release will require all of the WP widgets to be coded to use more XF methods and classes rather than hand coding. These are the version 2 widgets. Many require XenForo template changes.
9. The Redux Framework config file needs to be re-written to match the way the developers changed their config file. The old way is still recognized but I'm assuming this will eventually be an issue.
Madison (version 4.x)
Major features
XenForo 2 will be released in 2017. XenWord 4 will be the compatible version. Please read the XenWord 4 announcement thread.
Monroe (version 5.x)
Major features
1. There is an extension that was purchased so that a metabox is created within the WP post table. This allows the admin to switch on or off the creation of a thread per post. I pushed this one back to Madison simply because it's something that would be nice -- but not necessary until after better integration is achieved.
2. This is to tie together the logins together. I picture one login page allowing someone with only a WP account to create an XF account.
So this would require figuring out a login page as well as associating a WP with an XF account. The WP REST API is going to be helpful here.
Stylesheets should be built to improve the administration and public facing widgets.
Feature Suggestions:
Please feel free to make suggestions to improve XenWord. There is a suggestions forum dedicated to discussing the plugin. Priority is given to items liked the most.
XenWord is under incremental development. A DevLog describing the current focus is available. Above all, the direction of the plugin may change as knowledge is gained.
Current Version
XenWord 3.x is the currently available release.
Pre-Alpha
XenWord 4.x is being developed from scratch.
Planned XenWord Versions
✓ XenWord 1.x = Washington (initial releases)
✓ XenWord 2.x = Adams (strengthen integration on WP side)
XenWord 3.x = Jefferson (strengthen integration on XF side)
XenWord 4.x = Madison (XenForo 2 Compatible)
XenWord 5.x = Monroe (strengthen XF2 integration with WP side)
Jefferson (version 3.x)
Major features
-----------------------------------------
1. All WP widgets available in XenWord (WP side) to be available on XF side; for example, new blog post sidebar
2. Promoting an XF discussion thread to a WP blog post.
Maintenance releases
-----------------------------------------
1. Improve XenWord settings panel to select forum titles instead of entering forum ids
3. Integration with Showcase and XenGallery
4. Improve video tutorials
5. Enable Metaboxes Extension
7. Another annoying problem is getting redux framework to load properly so it does not interfere with a theme using redux framework.
8. Another maintenance release will require all of the WP widgets to be coded to use more XF methods and classes rather than hand coding. These are the version 2 widgets. Many require XenForo template changes.
9. The Redux Framework config file needs to be re-written to match the way the developers changed their config file. The old way is still recognized but I'm assuming this will eventually be an issue.
Madison (version 4.x)
Major features
XenForo 2 will be released in 2017. XenWord 4 will be the compatible version. Please read the XenWord 4 announcement thread.
Monroe (version 5.x)
Major features
1. There is an extension that was purchased so that a metabox is created within the WP post table. This allows the admin to switch on or off the creation of a thread per post. I pushed this one back to Madison simply because it's something that would be nice -- but not necessary until after better integration is achieved.
2. This is to tie together the logins together. I picture one login page allowing someone with only a WP account to create an XF account.
So this would require figuring out a login page as well as associating a WP with an XF account. The WP REST API is going to be helpful here.
Stylesheets should be built to improve the administration and public facing widgets.
Feature Suggestions:
Please feel free to make suggestions to improve XenWord. There is a suggestions forum dedicated to discussing the plugin. Priority is given to items liked the most.
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