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The database wizard has 4 steps. The first step is to provide a name of the database. You can name it anything that you want but if you want to be using it for XenForo, name it like xf or xenforo to easily identify what it is for?
The next step is to create a user for accessing the database. Keep the username same as database name to identify the access to the database of the user easily. Generated password for the database user is recommended but remember to copy the password and add it to the XenForo installation.
Creating a database is simpler in the latest Plesk control panel. Click the Database link from the left panel. It will list all the domains you have in your plesk control panel. Click the domain for which you wish to add the database for and it will show Add Database button.
XenForo has brought a fresh outlook to forum software and is quickly becoming one of the most popular forum platforms around the globe. In this post, we will share with you techniques on ways you can speed up your XenForo forum to ensure fast load times for your visitors.
Just as we described in our guide on how to speed up WordPress, XenForo can also become slow over time, especially because it is a community-based software. XenForo is much more resource heavy on your server and depending on your member activity, can be writing to your database constantly. Follow these steps below on how to speed up XenForo and keep it running fast, ensuring your visitors will return.
Implementing a content delivery network (CDN) with XenForo is quick and easy. By doing this, you will ensure you are serving your content from multiple locations around the globe so they are delivered faster to your visitors. KeyCDN has a very simple integration with XenForo.
There is a popular add-on [bd] Cache that we recommend using. It can cache all of your built-in lists, views, and pages. It is possible to render a page with 0 database queries. Most people see page load times cut in half. This plugin works with backend cache enabled or without.
Just like with any website, image optimization is very important with XenForo. Especially when it comes to dealing with large image attachments in threads. By optimizing your images, you are ensuring the fastest rendering time for your pages and your saving disk space on your server.
Delivery jQuery via a CDN will most likely always be faster than local because you can distribute it from multiple locations that are closer to the visitor. XenForo has a built-in option to change where jQuery is loaded from. To change this go into "Options" > "Performance" and at the bottom there is a jQuery source selection. The Google CDN is a good one to start with.
It is always recommended to defer JavaScript and place it right before the tag. By default, XenForo loads JavaScript in the header that isn't the best for speed and is not what is recommended by Google PageSpeed Insights.
There is a free add-on, Defer JS, which collects JavaScript in post-view output and moves them to the bottom of the page. This has a noticeable impact on page-load times as pending HTTP requests postpone the rendering of a page while scripts aren't run anyways until everything is loaded.
Just like with WordPress, the fewer plugins/add-ons in XenForo the better. Every add-on increases the number of HTTP requests you have as well as download times for whatever JavaScript or CSS file they are including. While a lot of these optimization tips we have talked about are add-ons, we always recommend speed testing your forum to see if you are gaining speed or losing it, as some add-ons are more efficient than others. Ask yourself, do you really need the add-on or is it just a cool feature you could live without.
As we just mentioned above, always analyze the number of HTTP requests your XenForo forum is making. One little tweak we recommend is to remove the sidebar sharing. This is a simple way to increase your front page load time.
To do this browse to "Appearance" > "Styles" > [Your Style] > "Templates" and click into the "sidebar_share_page" template. Then simply delete its contents. Anytime you would like to re-add this to the sidebar, simply revert the template.
Another form of caching you can leverage is browser caching. See the following snippets you can add to your .htaccess file, such as enabling Gzip compression, adding expire headers, and disabling ETags.
And last but not least, choosing fast XenForo hosting can be one of the most important decisions you will make when trying to improve XenForo performance. We recommend staying away from cheap shared hosting as they tend to overcrowd their servers and you will end up sharing resources between hundreds of people. We suggest going with a VPS like DigitalOcean or Linode. The reason is because you will be in complete control of your resources. And if you aren't as tech savvy or don't want to manage your servers via CLI, ServerPilot is a great control panel alternative which works with XenForo and the VPS providers mentioned above.
As you can see, there are quite a few ways you can speed up XenForo. From implementing a CDN to caching, reducing HTTP requests, image optimization, minifying CSS, deferring JavaScript, and server level configs. Also having a good web host is equally important.
XenForo is a forum software that can be installed to your site. This guide is intended to cover the installation process. You can find their official instructions here. For this guide, we will be assuming a cPanel server. The process in DirectAdmin is very similar, but some of the details will be panel-specific and will vary between panels. For our example, the site will be installed to a folder forums within folder public_html.
3. Once the files are uploaded, go to the Add-ons section in the XenForo control panel. The add-on you just uploaded should be listed as installable or upgradeable. Click the Install button and follow the on-screen instructions.
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