XenForo: public beta release date set and pricing announced

I am glad to announce that the first public beta version of the new forum engine XenForo , which I already wrote about , will be available in the first week of October. The exact date will be announced later. After the start of the beta, the final release date will also be announced. Only beta buyers of XenForo can download the beta version for testing. Sales, as you know, will start immediately with the release of beta. Forum prices are as follows:

• The purchase price of the engine + the first year of updates and support is $ 140
• The second and all subsequent years - $ 40

In principle, this is a fairly decent amount. But on the other hand, as the developers promised, the price is quite competitive with VBulletin and IPB.

Support periods will be calculated from the release date of stable version 1.0. On the first day after the start of beta testing, the cost of an annual license will be $ 100 . If you want to not miss this solemn moment, I recommend subscribing to the feed of the Announcements section of the official XenForo forum.

The translated FAQ is available on the Russian community site XenForo .

One of the completely Russian threads on the official forum can be found in this thread . Although, it exists more for fun. Some of the Russians have already been banned for spam ;).

At the official forum, Russian influence is already felt. Even emoticons "greetings from the harsh Communist Russia" someone painted :)

Despite the fact that the front only release the beta, I would be happy to this beta has replaced the final version of the latest release of VB, which I twisted at a forum with 2.5M hits a month ... I’m only afraid that the converter for the four will be made only in a couple of months.

I look forward to the release. And you?

PS Is it possible to create a separate blog for XenForo so that its news is not posted in VBulletin?