I have mentioned all the details about my education and work experience at my introduction page. I started as a php programmer and web developer back in 2015. I got chance to learn about forums and communities development while working as XenForo developer for an out sourcing company. As XenForo developer i have coded many custom solutions and handled migrations of some big boards from Vbulletin, Ip board and PhpBB etc to XenForo. The solutions invloved custom XenForo addons, Custom styles and forum setup/configuration etc.
As a XenForo developer i can code custom addons following the standards set by XF forum. While there are many issues with the most of the custom solutions like direct SQL queries in the controllers. Poor template modifications that generate numerous conflicts with third-party addons. These issues are and have been headache for board Admins. People are always looking for the knowledgeable xenforo developers and mostly they have to hire from official XenForo community. There are some good developers there and unluckily most of them are always occupied with the bunch of work. That’s why it increases the development cost and most of the startups do not afford their fees.
On the other hand there have been many Scammers and Poor coders that makes Board admins more frustrated when they search for some good developer. I try to keep the things simple, propose best solutions and offer reasonable development price that’s why i do not have to bid on individual job postings (A thing that i rarely do).
I currently offer complete services related to XenForo for the individuals and companies who outsource their work. I am not often first choice of the people because i work through this Blog and Freelancing sites most of the time. But i have been last choice of people who have worked with me for their custom development needs.
As a XenForo Programmer i have recieved many requests from different Forum Admins to fix the unexpected issues that happen to their forum. Some board owners try to keep the things simple and hire someone for monthly changes and health check or Banner changes etc. If you are looking for someone to work with you on a fixed monthly rate for bug fixing and maintenance. I am available to help you with that. I can co-operate with your server staff and moderators to keep your forum running without any issue.
Technology is getting much better day by day. Many IT companies have fallen to ground after staying at top for many years. A software company that provides great customer support, more options to clients , good user experience and an efficient solution is always loved and followed. This is what made hundreds of forums switch from Vbulletin to XenForo. Although, XenForo provides default importers that can be used to import data from some famous forums. Still unexpected results are possible that’s why a XenForo developer is hired by board owners to avoid these mishaps. I can handle such migrations with proper redirection of old google indexed link juice to appropriate XenForo pages.
With the launch of XF2 many boards have already improved their forum technology with this upgrade. If you are having any issue with this upgrade. As an experienced XenForo developer i am available to help you with that. I make sure to upgrade forums by taking complete backups and upgrade the Addons also to make sure you do not lose any functionality. I have also converted many addons to XenForo 2 that were being used at the version 1 but the author is not available to convert that to latest version. In short, i can propose you complete package and complete set of services so that you do not lose any functionality after your decision to take this major step.
My speciality is not only php programming and addon development. I can create amazing XenForo 2 Styles matching your home page or other Content management system like wordpress that you are already using along with your Forum. Recently i have coded some custom styles for Some big boards that are available for demo in my blog’s section. Like XenForo addons, the Development of custom themes and styles also need a good understanding of XenForo template engine and idea of child templates. Sometimes XenForo Developers create a style that looks very nice fron the front end but it actually contains a messed up template code that gives birth to many serious issues. The styles that i create always follow XenForo Standards
While there are already many custom addons being made by companies and programmers available at resources section. Still most of the time webmasters need some additions or changes to match their needs. Most of the xenforo developers do not like to work on existing addons because it is difficult to follow the code logic of the original author. I think i have spend 40 percent of my development time in past 2 years customizing existing addons. It helped me to know about new things and techniques that developers follow. I admit this thing helped me a lot to adopt the best practices and find the loopholes in some poor solutions. In fact, i love to customize the addons at very reasonable development fee.
As a XenForo developer i can code custom addons following the standards set by XF forum. While there are many issues with the most of the custom solutions like direct SQL queries the controllers.Poorly written Entities and Repositories. I always make sure to code secure and lightweight addons for the best performance and page speed. The best results can only be achieved if the developer knows about the database structure and how XenForo class proxy system works. Even an expert PHP programmer have to spend quite some time to learn about the structure of files and database in order to produce a great product. Having spent around 3 years now as XenForo developer i can create great xenforo 1 & 2 addons