Resources
A short shelf of official manuals and long-lived community references. We prefer primary sources over recap blogs.
XenForo
- XenForo manual
Official XF2 documentation — permissions, styles, options, and development.
- XenForo community
Official support forum, resource manager, and release announcements.
- XenForo resource standards
Add-ons and styles that went through XenForo’s resource manager.
Invision Community
- Invision Community documentation
Guides for IPS 4 — suites, applications, themes, and commerce.
- IPS Community Suite support
Official IPS forums for admins and developers.
Community ops
- The Admin Zone
Long-running community for forum administrators across platforms.
- Discourse meta (comparison reading)
Useful when you are comparing forum products, not just XF vs IPS.