Watch Party

# Watch Party — Changelog

## 1.3.0 — 2026-06-27

### Added
- Floating live reactions — an emoji bar under the player; tapped emojis float up over the video with the viewer's name. Instant via Pusher, with an AJAX fallback.
- Room categories (Movies, Gaming, Music, Talk, Sports, Other), shown as chips on the cards, in the room header and on the listing.
- "Now playing" bar with the platform, the category and a live sync indicator.
- Loading poster (thumbnail + spinner) shown until the player is ready.
- Theatre mode — full-width player with the chat floating over the side, remembered per device.
- System messages in chat when the host plays, pauses or skips ahead.
- Chat polish: hover timestamps, a "new messages" pill, and a viewer avatar row.
- Premium live cards on the index: platform badge, category chip and an animated live bar.
- Live countdown and a reminder bell on upcoming streams; a "watch again" prompt on ended streams.
- Create form: live preview of the thumbnail and detected platform as you paste a link, plus a one-click category picker.

### Changed
- Native theming — every colour (backgrounds, text, borders, accent) now derives from the active XenForo style. Watch Party adapts to any theme, light or dark, with nothing to configure. Only the video stage stays dark on every theme.
- Unified palette around the theme's accent; text on accent surfaces uses automatic contrast so it stays readable on pale or bold palettes.

### Fixed
- Viewer avatars in the room sidebar now render correctly instead of a placeholder.

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Requires XenForo 2.3+ and PHP 8.0+.

🧹 Footer credit dedup
Removed the older footer credit injection that was running alongside the new consolidated one. If you had several XenSupport add-ons installed, your footer was showing two "XenForo add-ons by ©XenSupport" lines. Now you'll see exactly one, regardless of how many XenSupport add-ons you have.

XenWatchparty 1.2.0 — Popcorn Ratings 🍿

Popcorn ratings on ended streams (1 to max, with Bad/Okay/Cool/Hot tiers)
Optional reviews + "Best rated streams" widget + Popcorn badge on recent streams
Admin: toggle ratings, max Popcorn, toggle reviews, new "rate" permission
+XP via XenLevel on first rating. Safe upgrade from 1.1.x.

What's new/fixed in 1.1.1

Fixed
- "Notify Me" alerts were showing up blank. They now show the stream title, start time (in your timezone) and a direct link to the watch room
- VK Video now syncs play, pause and seek to viewers correctly (switched to VK's official player SDK)
- Scheduled streams now show the correct time in your timezone instead of the server's
- Only one XenSupport credit line shows in the footer when several XenSupport add-ons are installed

New
- Optional setting to also send subscribers a private message (with title, time and link) when a scheduled stream is about to start

Scheduled streams : plan a watchparty for a future date, the room is auto-created at the chosen time
Notify me button so members get an alert when a scheduled stream is about to start
VK Video support (alongside YouTube and Twitch)
Native XF smileys in chat (with a smiley picker next to the send button)
New /watchparty/upcoming/ page listing upcoming and past streams
Upcoming streams banner on the index
New permission to control who can schedule a stream
Schedule form redesigned to match the rest of the addon