XenForo 2.2.13 Released
XenForo 2.2.13 is now available for all licensed customers to download. We strongly recommend that all customers running previous versions of XenForo 2.2 upgrade to this release to benefit from increased stability.
In addition to the fixes listed below, we have a few other aces up our sleeves this time around.
In addition to the fixes listed below, we have a few other aces up our sleeves this time around.
Full iOS PWA compatibility with push notification support
iOS 16.4 finally introduced push notifications for iOS devices. To facilitate this, your members need to install your site as a PWA (by utilising the Add to Home Screen feature in Safari). XenForo 2.2.13 now satisfies all of the prerequisites for this to support push notifications which can be enabled by your members once they log in through the PWA and enable push notifications in their Preferences.
The PWA (progressive web app) has now been enhanced with additional gesture based or UI controls, including pull down to refresh and a floating back button.
The PWA (progressive web app) has now been enhanced with additional gesture based or UI controls, including pull down to refresh and a floating back button.
Structured data metadata improvements
With many thanks to Ryan Levering from Google we have made a number of improvements to structured data metadata. Structured data enriches the pages we output with additional information which enables Google and other search engines to better understand the structure of the information that is rendered. This helps Google provide rich search results and helps provide additional context to users who may find your content during their Google searches.
Support for OAuth authentication for Microsoft 365 business email accounts
Microsoft has deprecated the ability to send emails over SMTP using traditional username/password authentication. This is similar to what Google did a while ago. In light of this we have now added an additional option when setting up either your email transport or automated mail handlers (automated unsubscribe/bounce handling) which will enable you to authenticate with OAuth.
Note: The set up for this is fairly complex, requiring you to set up an Azure Active Directory application within the Azure developer portal. There is a link to the documentation when setting this up.
Note: The set up for this is fairly complex, requiring you to set up an Azure Active Directory application within the Azure developer portal. There is a link to the documentation when setting this up.
Directly from your admin control panel
If you are a XenForo Cloud customer, your upgrade will be scheduled automatically.
Some of the changes in XF 2.2.13 include:
If you are a XenForo Cloud customer, your upgrade will be scheduled automatically.
Some of the changes in XF 2.2.13 include:
The following public templates have had changes:
- PAGE_CONTAINER
- account_confirm_resend
- account_connected_associate
- account_details
- account_email
- account_request_password
- account_two_step_authy_config
- account_visitor_menu
- app_body.less
- app_content_vote.less
- approval_item_user
- approval_queue_macros
- connected_account_macros
- contact_form
- content_vote_macros
- core.less
- core_button.less
- core_list.less
- custom_fields_macros
- editor_base.less
- email_stop_confirm
- google_analytics
- helper_js_global
- lost_password_confirm
- member_about
- member_recent_content
- member_view
- member_warn
- message_macros
- notice_confirm_email
- notice_email_bounce
- poll_macros
- post_macros
- post_question_macros
- register_confirm
- register_connected_account
- security_lock_resend
- security_lock_reset
- spam_cleaner
- tag_macros
- tel_box.less
- two_step_email
- widget_find_member
Where necessary, the merge system within the "outdated templates" page should be used to integrate these changes.
As always, new releases of XenForo are free to download for all customers with active licenses. You may now upgrade from your admin control panel or grab the new version from the customer area.
As always, new releases of XenForo are free to download for all customers with active licenses. You may now upgrade from your admin control panel or grab the new version from the customer area.
Current requirements
Please note that XenForo 2.2 has higher system requirements than earlier versions.
The following are minimum requirements:
The following are minimum requirements:
- PHP 7.0 or newer (PHP 8.0 recommended)
- MySQL 5.5 and newer (Also compatible with MariaDB/Percona etc.)
- All of the official add-ons require XenForo 2.2.
- Enhanced Search requires at least Elasticsearch 2.0.
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