Packaging a XenForo add-on?

[Oblivion Knight]

I'm a bit old school and continue to do everything by hand.. but this is highly inefficient for XenForo, it seems.

I keep seeing various CLI commands mentioned, but I've never used and/or tried them.. A newbie guide would be really helpful, I have a couple of bits of custom code running at Umbrella Online that I wouldn't mind sharing. I approached Ozzy, but I guess he's kinda busy with his own add-ons.

 

[Xyphien]

I'm honestly not sure myself, I'll look around and see if I can find anything to possibly help out I'll let you know if I find anything that will help.

 

[Creaky]

Probably best to start with the developer docs

Getting started - XenForo 2 Documentation

xenforo.com

Theres also a build an add on tutorial, never tried it though

Let's build an add-on - XenForo 2 Documentation

xenforo.com

 

[Oblivion Knight]

I did have a look at those, but they seem to assume a certain level of knowledge..

 

[sincerem]

I never developed a forum around Xenforo before. With the information I've read around Xenforo it looks like one, I'm not sure thou if its an add-on of Xenforo.

 

[apathy]

@Oblivion Knight are you still struggling with this? The actual packaging of an addon is pretty simple.
Assuming you have a localhost development environment set up, then these would be the steps:

1. Open a terminal
2. Change the directory to your Xenforo folder: cd /path/to/your/root/xenforo/install
3. Run Xenforo's cmd.php to create the skeleton of an addon: php ./cmd.php xf-addon:create
4. You will now have a folder structure that looks like src/addons/Oblvion/MyAddon
5. Put all your PHP stuff in the above folder
6. When creating templates, phrases, etc from within the Admin Panel, make sure to select Oblivion/MyAddon from the Addon selection dropdown
7. When all is said and done, rally up the Terminal again
8. Change the directory to your Xenforo folder: cd /path/to/your/root/xenforo/install
9. Run Xenforo's cmd.php to package the addon: php ./cmd.php xf-addon:build-release Oblivion/MyAddon

I have all my stuff set up properly compared to the time you PM'd me about this, so don't hesitate to drop me another if you're still stuck!