Additional requirements :
- XenForo 2.3.9 or higher
- PHP 8.1 or higher
- Addon: DEBtech AI Hub (free)
- Optional: OpenAI API Key or OpenRouter API Key (for AI routing, news, and enrichment)
- Optional: Redis or Memcached (for optimal caching)
- Optional: XenForo Media Gallery (for media widget)
Turn your forum into a real community homepage
Portal AI Suite transforms your XenForo forum into a modern portal. Instead of sending visitors straight to the classic forum index, you can welcome them with a clean, dynamic homepage featuring articles, categories, polls, events, announcements, quick links, activity and freely placeable widgets.
The Free version provides the complete portal foundation. The Pro version extends it with AI-powered workflows such as AskBox, intelligent thread routing, AI News, personalized feeds and automatic forum profile enrichment.
The goal is not just a nicer homepage, but better orientation for your visitors. Important content is highlighted, new topics become easier to discover and your community feels more active because relevant content is visible directly on the portal page.
In short:
Free = a modern portal for XenForo
Pro = portal plus AI automation and personalized content
Pro license:
https://www.digital-eliteboard.com/resources/portal-ai-suite-pro.8728/
Important: DEBtech AI Hub
All AI features in the Pro version require the DEBtech AI Hub. The AI Hub provides the connection to supported AI providers and models and acts as the central foundation for routing, news generation, image generation, profile enrichment and other AI workflows.
Free Version: The portal foundation
The Free version is ideal if you want to give your XenForo forum a modern homepage without using AI automation right away.
With the Free version, you can turn your forum into a more editorial experience: highlight important threads as articles, group content through categories, place widgets freely and let users customize their portal view. This turns the classic forum into a homepage that gives new visitors a better entry point and helps regular users find interesting areas faster.
Free Widgets
Pro Version: AI automation for your portal
The Pro version builds on the Free version and adds intelligent, automated features. It helps classify new content, surface relevant discussions, create news articles and connect users with content that better matches their interests.
While the Free version provides the portal, Pro makes it work smarter. Questions can be routed more accurately, users can receive more relevant content, news can be processed from configured sources and forum areas can be enhanced with profiles and interests.
AskBox and AI Routing
The AskBox helps users ask better questions. At the same time, the system can show similar threads, generate better titles and route content to the most suitable forum.
In larger forums, new threads often end up in the wrong section or duplicate existing discussions. AskBox is designed for exactly that problem: it guides the user through the question, searches for related threads and supports proper placement. This reduces moderation effort and helps users get to the right answer faster.
AI Routing Engine
The routing engine combines rules, AI analysis and fallback scoring to place new threads in the right area as reliably as possible.
Routing does not blindly rely on a single AI result. Clear cases can be handled through rules, semantic cases are analyzed through the AI Hub and a text-based fallback scoring against forum profiles acts as an additional safety layer. This keeps the system controllable and adaptable to your forum structure.
AI News Generator
The AI News Generator can import news from configured sources, create original forum-ready posts from them and publish them through a review workflow.
This is especially useful for communities that regularly publish current news, tech updates, scene news or topic-related updates. Sources are managed in the ACP, new items are collected, duplicates are reduced and articles are prepared as drafts or publishable posts.
Image handling for AI News:
Personalized AI Feeds
Pro can show users content that better matches their interests and forum behavior. This makes the portal feel less static and much more alive.
The feed widgets are designed to make the portal more dynamic. Instead of showing the same fixed list to every user, content can be rotated, weighted and shown more strongly based on interests. Users discover relevant topics faster while the portal still feels fresh.
Additional Pro Widgets
Layout, articles and personalization
Portal Homepage
The portal homepage is the central entry point. It can replace the regular forum index or be used in addition to it. This lets you welcome new visitors in a more focused way and make important content visible before it gets buried in the normal forum structure.
Featured articles let you turn regular forum threads into editorial portal content. The thread remains part of the forum, but is presented more prominently on the portal with image, category and better layout.
The layout builder is made for admins who want to redesign the portal without touching templates. Widgets can be moved, assigned to areas and placed in different columns. This makes the portal adaptable to different community types.
Not every user uses a forum the same way. With personalization, users can clean up their portal view and hide widgets that are less relevant to them. In Pro, this can be extended through interests and personalized feeds.
SEO, import and administration
SEO
EWR Porta 2 / XenPorta migration support:
Admin Dashboard
The admin dashboard gives you a quick overview of the portal state. You can see key values, active areas, cache status and, with Pro enabled, information about routing, AI News and profiles. This makes it easier to understand the system status without searching across multiple pages.
Automation
Permissions
System Requirements
Which version is right for you?
Use the Free version if you want:
Portal AI Suite gives XenForo a real homepage.
Portal AI Suite Pro adds the AI layer that keeps your portal alive.
Get the Pro license:
https://www.digital-eliteboard.com/resources/portal-ai-suite-pro.8728/
Télécharger V1.8.2 :
- XenForo 2.3.9 or higher
- PHP 8.1 or higher
- Addon: DEBtech AI Hub (free)
- Optional: OpenAI API Key or OpenRouter API Key (for AI routing, news, and enrichment)
- Optional: Redis or Memcached (for optimal caching)
- Optional: XenForo Media Gallery (for media widget)
Portal AI Suite
The modern portal system for XenForo 2.3
Homepage, content, widgets, personalization and AI automation in one add-on.
The modern portal system for XenForo 2.3
Homepage, content, widgets, personalization and AI automation in one add-on.
Turn your forum into a real community homepage
Portal AI Suite transforms your XenForo forum into a modern portal. Instead of sending visitors straight to the classic forum index, you can welcome them with a clean, dynamic homepage featuring articles, categories, polls, events, announcements, quick links, activity and freely placeable widgets.
The Free version provides the complete portal foundation. The Pro version extends it with AI-powered workflows such as AskBox, intelligent thread routing, AI News, personalized feeds and automatic forum profile enrichment.
The goal is not just a nicer homepage, but better orientation for your visitors. Important content is highlighted, new topics become easier to discover and your community feels more active because relevant content is visible directly on the portal page.
In short:
Free = a modern portal for XenForo
Pro = portal plus AI automation and personalized content
Pro license:
https://www.digital-eliteboard.com/resources/portal-ai-suite-pro.8728/
Free vs. Pro at a glance
| Feature | Free | Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Modern portal homepage | Yes | Yes |
| Optional index replacement | Yes | Yes |
| Drag-and-drop layout builder | Yes | Yes |
| Portal articles from forum threads | Yes | Yes |
| Portal categories with icons | Yes | Yes |
| Polls, events and announcements | Yes | Yes |
| Basic widgets | Yes | Yes |
| User personalization | Yes | Yes |
| Custom CSS and styling | Yes | Yes |
| SEO basics and Open Graph | Yes | Yes |
| EWR Porta 2 / XenPorta import | Yes | Yes |
| AskBox with intelligent question handling | No | Yes |
| AI-powered thread routing | No | Yes |
| Routing queue for moderators | No | Yes |
| Forum profiles and AI enrichment | No | Yes |
| AI News Generator | No | Yes |
| Automatic news image handling | No | Yes |
| Personalized AI feed widgets | No | Yes |
| Interest categories and onboarding logic | No | Yes |
| Extended cache control | Basic | Extended |
Important: DEBtech AI Hub
All AI features in the Pro version require the DEBtech AI Hub. The AI Hub provides the connection to supported AI providers and models and acts as the central foundation for routing, news generation, image generation, profile enrichment and other AI workflows.
| Component | What is it needed for? |
|---|---|
| Portal AI Suite Free | Portal, layout, articles, widgets, categories, events, polls and core features |
| Portal AI Suite Pro | AI automation, AskBox, routing, AI News, personalized feeds and profile enrichment |
| DEBtech AI Hub | Required for the AI features of the Pro version |
| Pro license | https://www.digital-eliteboard.com/resources/portal-ai-suite-pro.8728/ |
Free Version: The portal foundation
The Free version is ideal if you want to give your XenForo forum a modern homepage without using AI automation right away.
With the Free version, you can turn your forum into a more editorial experience: highlight important threads as articles, group content through categories, place widgets freely and let users customize their portal view. This turns the classic forum into a homepage that gives new visitors a better entry point and helps regular users find interesting areas faster.
- Modern portal homepage for XenForo.
- Optional portal as homepage instead of the classic forum index.
- Visual drag-and-drop layout builder in the Admin Control Panel.
- Configurable portal width, rows and columns.
- Featured articles directly from forum threads.
- Portal article categories with icons.
- Polls, events and announcements.
- Quick links and community widgets.
- Users can personalize their portal view.
- Custom CSS directly in the Admin Control Panel.
- Lazy loading for better page speed.
- SEO basics including Open Graph data and canonical URLs.
- Import from EWR Porta 2 / XenPorta.
| Area | Benefit |
|---|---|
| Portal homepage | Combines important content, activity and navigation on a modern landing page for your forum. |
| Layout builder | Arrange rows, columns and widgets visually without editing template files. |
| Featured articles | Turn regular forum threads into highlighted portal content with image, category and better presentation. |
| Portal categories | Group content by topic so visitors can find relevant articles and areas faster. |
| Personalization | Users can hide individual widgets and adapt the portal view to their own needs. |
| Import | Existing content from EWR Porta 2 / XenPorta can be migrated without rebuilding everything manually. |
Free Widgets
| Widget | Description |
|---|---|
| Articles | Featured portal articles with images and categories |
| Article Categories | Category tabs with icons |
| Categories | Forum categories with FontAwesome icons |
| Poll | Community poll with result display |
| Events | Upcoming events with date, location and link |
| Announcement | Dismissible admin announcement |
| Quick Links | Configurable link list |
| Unanswered | Unanswered forum threads |
| Top Members | Highlights active members |
| Hot Tags | Trending tags from recent activity |
| Tag Cloud | Tag cloud weighted by popularity |
| Media | Latest XFMG media, if XenForo Media Gallery is installed |
Pro Version: AI automation for your portal
The Pro version builds on the Free version and adds intelligent, automated features. It helps classify new content, surface relevant discussions, create news articles and connect users with content that better matches their interests.
While the Free version provides the portal, Pro makes it work smarter. Questions can be routed more accurately, users can receive more relevant content, news can be processed from configured sources and forum areas can be enhanced with profiles and interests.
- AskBox with intelligent question handling.
- AI-powered thread routing to the best matching forum.
- Routing queue for moderators.
- Forum profiles with AI enrichment.
- Interest categories and personalized onboarding.
- Personalized AI feed widgets.
- AI News Generator with source management and publishing workflow.
- Automatic image handling for AI News.
- Extended cache options for portal, widgets and bridge content.
- Background jobs and cron automation for AI workflows.
| Area | Benefit |
|---|---|
| AskBox | Users ask questions through a guided form. The system can show similar threads, improve titles and guide the question to the right forum area. |
| Thread routing | New threads are analyzed and can be routed automatically or after moderator review to the correct forum. |
| Forum profiles | Forum areas receive better descriptions, keywords and context data so routing and recommendations become more precise. |
| AI News | News from configured sources can be imported, turned into original posts, reviewed and published. |
| Personalized feeds | Users see more content that matches their interests, areas and activity. |
| Onboarding | New or existing users can choose interests so the portal can show more relevant content. |
AskBox and AI Routing
The AskBox helps users ask better questions. At the same time, the system can show similar threads, generate better titles and route content to the most suitable forum.
In larger forums, new threads often end up in the wrong section or duplicate existing discussions. AskBox is designed for exactly that problem: it guides the user through the question, searches for related threads and supports proper placement. This reduces moderation effort and helps users get to the right answer faster.
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| AskBox | Guided question form for users |
| Live duplicate search | Similar threads can be shown while the user is typing |
| AI title generation | Creates clearer and more helpful thread titles |
| Intelligent routing | Questions and threads can be assigned to the best matching forum |
| Ambiguous cases | If matches are unclear, multiple possible target forums can be offered |
| Routing queue | Moderators can review, accept, dismiss or rerun suggestions |
AI Routing Engine
The routing engine combines rules, AI analysis and fallback scoring to place new threads in the right area as reliably as possible.
Routing does not blindly rely on a single AI result. Clear cases can be handled through rules, semantic cases are analyzed through the AI Hub and a text-based fallback scoring against forum profiles acts as an additional safety layer. This keeps the system controllable and adaptable to your forum structure.
| Stage | Method | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rules | Keyword- and prefix-based handling for clear cases |
| 2 | AI analysis | Semantic matching based on forum context |
| 3 | Fallback scoring | Text-based scoring against forum profiles |
- Configurable confidence thresholds.
- Automatic routing for strong matches.
- Review handling for uncertain matches.
- Manual queue for low-confidence cases.
- Custom prompts and model selection through the DEBtech AI Hub.
AI News Generator
The AI News Generator can import news from configured sources, create original forum-ready posts from them and publish them through a review workflow.
This is especially useful for communities that regularly publish current news, tech updates, scene news or topic-related updates. Sources are managed in the ACP, new items are collected, duplicates are reduced and articles are prepared as drafts or publishable posts.
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Source management | Configure news sources in the Admin Control Panel |
| RSS / Atom import | Import news from feeds |
| Smart source discovery | Detects usable feed links where available |
| AI article generation | Creates original, forum-ready articles from imported news |
| Review workflow | Suggested -> Draft -> Approved -> Published |
| Bulk actions | Select one page or all items in a status and process them together |
| Duplicate detection | Helps avoid duplicate imported stories |
| Auto-publish option | Can automatically create forum threads after approval |
| Per-source settings | Language, tone, model and prompt can be adjusted per source |
| Diagnostics | Source tests and debug information for troubleshooting |
Image handling for AI News:
- Uses source images when available.
- Follows image redirects correctly.
- Processes and stores images for generated news.
- Can create a natural-looking matching image when no usable image is provided.
- A source provides new items through a feed or is checked by the system.
- The item is added to the news queue as a suggestion.
- An original article draft can be generated from the suggestion.
- A moderator reviews, edits, approves or rejects the draft.
- After approval, a forum thread can be created automatically.
Personalized AI Feeds
Pro can show users content that better matches their interests and forum behavior. This makes the portal feel less static and much more alive.
The feed widgets are designed to make the portal more dynamic. Instead of showing the same fixed list to every user, content can be rotated, weighted and shown more strongly based on interests. Users discover relevant topics faster while the portal still feels fresh.
| Widget | Description |
|---|---|
| Matching Feed | Threads matching the user's interests |
| Your Areas | Content from areas relevant to the user |
| Hot Feed | Active and trending discussions |
| New Potential | New threads that may become interesting |
| Friends Feed | Activity from followed or related users |
| Unanswered Feed | Unanswered content matching the user's interests |
Additional Pro Widgets
| Widget | Description |
|---|---|
| AskBox | Question box with smart suggestions and routing |
| Hot Articles | Trending articles based on activity |
| Live Ticker | Live activity ticker |
| Stats Bar | Compact live community statistics |
| Stats | Forum statistics widget |
Layout, articles and personalization
Portal Homepage
The portal homepage is the central entry point. It can replace the regular forum index or be used in addition to it. This lets you welcome new visitors in a more focused way and make important content visible before it gets buried in the normal forum structure.
- Use the portal as your XenForo homepage.
- Modern layout with main content area and sidebar.
- Optional sticky sidebar.
- Guest call-to-action with custom text.
- Maintenance notice support.
- Lazy loading for widgets.
- Custom CSS field in the Admin Control Panel.
Featured articles let you turn regular forum threads into editorial portal content. The thread remains part of the forum, but is presented more prominently on the portal with image, category and better layout.
- Feature forum threads as portal articles.
- Article images from upload, thread attachments or external sources.
- Automatic image handling.
- Category assignment per article.
- Load more / infinite scroll support.
- Card and list display modes.
- Filtering by category.
The layout builder is made for admins who want to redesign the portal without touching templates. Widgets can be moved, assigned to areas and placed in different columns. This makes the portal adaptable to different community types.
- Visual layout builder in the Admin Control Panel.
- Add, remove and sort rows.
- Configure columns and column widths.
- Move widgets into full width, main area, sidebar or unassigned positions.
- Reset to default layout.
- AJAX saving.
Not every user uses a forum the same way. With personalization, users can clean up their portal view and hide widgets that are less relevant to them. In Pro, this can be extended through interests and personalized feeds.
- Users can show or hide individual widgets.
- Personalization can be reset at any time.
- Overlay modal for quick adjustments.
- Interest onboarding for Pro-powered personalized feeds.
SEO, import and administration
SEO
- Custom portal page title.
- SEO description.
- Open Graph image.
- Canonical URLs.
- Sitemap integration for portal content.
- AI-enriched forum meta descriptions in Pro.
EWR Porta 2 / XenPorta migration support:
- Preview analysis before import.
- Transfers featured articles, images and categories.
- Background job support for larger imports.
- CLI command:
php cmd.php deb-portal:import-porta - Options:
--dry-run,--skip-images,--skip-categories - Safe to run multiple times, duplicates are skipped.
Admin Dashboard
The admin dashboard gives you a quick overview of the portal state. You can see key values, active areas, cache status and, with Pro enabled, information about routing, AI News and profiles. This makes it easier to understand the system status without searching across multiple pages.
- Portal status at a glance.
- Widget status.
- Recent routing and portal activity.
- Cache status and cache actions.
- AI News and routing information when Pro features are active.
Automation
| Task | Free | Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Widget/cache preparation | Yes | Yes |
| Fetch AI News | No | Yes |
| Refresh forum profiles | No | Yes |
| Generate feed images | No | Yes |
| Thread routing jobs | No | Yes |
Permissions
| Permission | Description |
|---|---|
| viewPortal | View the portal |
| useAskBox | Use the AskBox, Pro feature |
| moderateRouting | Moderate the routing queue, Pro feature |
| editProfiles | Edit forum profiles, Pro feature |
| manageArticles | Feature and manage portal articles |
System Requirements
| Component | Requirement |
|---|---|
| XenForo | 2.3.9 or higher |
| PHP | 8.1 or higher |
| DEBtech AI Hub | 1.0.0 or higher, required for Pro AI features |
| AI provider / API key | Required for Pro AI features through the DEBtech AI Hub |
| Redis / Memcached | Optional, recommended for larger communities |
| XenForo Media Gallery | Optional, used by the media widget |
Which version is right for you?
Use the Free version if you want:
- A modern portal homepage.
- Featured articles, categories, polls and events.
- A flexible widget layout.
- Basic personalization and custom styling.
- A migration path from XenPorta/EWR Porta.
- AI-powered community automation.
- Smart AskBox and thread routing.
- AI News import, article generation and image handling.
- Personalized AI feeds.
- Forum profile enrichment.
- Interest-based onboarding and content discovery.
- Central AI connection through the DEBtech AI Hub.
Portal AI Suite gives XenForo a real homepage.
Portal AI Suite Pro adds the AI layer that keeps your portal alive.
Get the Pro license:
https://www.digital-eliteboard.com/resources/portal-ai-suite-pro.8728/
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