[XF Addon] Svg Template by Xon 2.6.1

Depending on configuration, this add-on requires webserver URL rewrite support!

Depending on configuration, this add-on requires webserver URL rewrite support!

Allows SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) images to be stored as templates. This creates a new svg.php file in the XF root directory.

To generate a link to an SVG template (The template must have .svg at the end of the name!) ;


Under Board information, if "Use Full Friendly URLs" (useFriendlyUrls) is set the URL generated is:


Otherwise

Render to PNG​

Rendering SVGs to PNGs requires external support, and depending on OS this may result in odd limitations or poor rendering.

It is not recommended to use Imagick if it can be helped!

Ubuntu (using launchpad.net PPA);


Note; some distro's require libmagickcore-6.q16-3-extra to be installed to enable SVG support.

Older versions of Imagick have poor SVG support, on top of Imagick's poor security reputation.

This is a generic escape hatch to plug in arbitrary png conversion, using proc_open in php.

Configure Render using proc_open option with;


{sourceFile} is the source SVG written as a temp file {destFile} is the destination PNG file as a temp file

Alternatively input/output can be done via pipes

Note; template names are only alpha-numeric strings, which is enforced by validation before the CLI option is called

Example using resvg v0.35.0+, configure CLI - Pipe command with;


Example using resvg, configure CLI command with;

Precompiled binary​

Pre-compiled linux x86_64 binary has been made available here. Compiled on CentOS 7, works on Ubuntu 18.04/20.04/22.04

Compiling may bind to newer versions of glibc which can cause portability issues

Inkscape CLI support​

Note; use snap as otherwise it is likely to have too old an instance!


Configure CLI PIPE command with;

Features​

An example of conditional CSS to use the png over the svg for mobile clients


Explicit usage in templates;

XenForo 2 routing integration​

While webserver rewrite rules are recommended, this add-on supports extending XenForo's routing system to provide zero-configuration support for SVG Templates

Nginx URL rewrite config​

Apache URL rewrite config​

Add the rule before the final index.php;


ie, should look similar to;