Mitch-Seasonal Effects Hub 2.17.0 Beta

Mitch Seasonal Effects
Bring Your Community to Life With Automatic Holiday Animations + Live Weather Effects

Version 2.15.0 Beta

Transform your XenForo forum into an immersive, dynamic experience with Mitch Seasonal Effects — the ultimate holiday and atmosphere enhancement addon. Automatically celebrate major holidays with beautiful floating animations, custom themes, and visual overlays… and when no holiday is active, the addon now seamlessly switches to real-time local weather effects for each user.

This addon is lightweight, optimized, and designed to blend perfectly with all themes.

Holiday Effects Included

Each holiday features unique animated image effects, optional text greetings, and atmospheric overlays:

Valentine’s Day

Floating hearts in multiple styles.

Thanksgiving

Beautiful falling leaves.

Halloween

Animated flying bats + spooky glow overlay.

New Year’s

Firework bursts and glowing ambience.

Easter

Floating eggs and pastel atmosphere.

St. Patrick’s Day

Shamrocks, hats, coins.

July 4th

Patriotic floating icons and themed lighting.

Día de los Muertos

Marigolds, candles, calaveras, themed glow.

Canada Day

Animated maple leaves with red-white ambiance.

🎖 Veterans Day

Respectful patriotic symbols.

Lunar New Year

Lanterns, envelopes, gold icons.

Diwali

Lanterns, rangoli, warm glow overlays.

Eid

Crescents, lanterns, mosque icons.

Pride Month

Rainbow icons & a soft multicolor overlay.

Custom Holiday Slot

Admins can upload & configure their own 3 images, custom holiday name, and optional CSS.

🌦 NEW: Dynamic Live Weather Effects (Beta)

When no holiday is active, the addon automatically shows the user’s real-time weather, based on their location (with permission), using OpenWeather API.

Supported Weather Visuals:

✔ Rain – animated falling raindrops
✔ Snow – drifting snowflakes
✔ Fog / Mist – rolling atmospheric fog
✔ Clouds – drifting cloud formations
✔ Clear Sky – rotating sun-beam glow
✔ Night support – atmosphere adapts automatically

The overlay also displays a small weather label:

Example:
41° · Toronto · Light snow

This feature is fully optional and can be toggled in the ACP.

Admin Control Panel Features

Global toggle for seasonal system

Each holiday can be turned on/off

Select effect styles (snow variants, etc.)

Adjustable animation intensity:

Low

Medium

High

Custom holiday slot with:
✔ Uploadable images
✔ Custom text
✔ Custom CSS injection

Weather Overlay Settings
✔ Enable/disable
✔ Enter OpenWeather API key
✔ Uses metric or imperial automatically (your choice)

Performance & Compatibility

Very lightweight animations

Non-blocking JavaScript

Fully responsive

Works on all modern browsers

Compatible with all XenForo styles

No template edits required

Zero database load

Users control their own geolocation permissions

Why Choose Mitch Seasonal Effects?

This addon goes far beyond simple falling snow — it provides a full seasonal system with intelligent fallback weather effects, holiday automation, customization flexibility, and professional-quality animations that make your forum feel alive.

It’s perfect for communities wanting extra personality without affecting performance.

Installation & Requirements

XenForo 2.2+

PHP 7.4+

Optional: Free OpenWeather API Key (required only for weather overlay)

Changelog 2.13.0 Beta

NEW: Dynamic Live Weather Overlay System

Added snow, rain, fog, cloud, and sun animations

Added small weather info label (temp · city · description)

Added full conditions detection from OpenWeather

Added ACP options + API key field

Improved image loading paths

Adjusted multiple holiday overlays for consistency

Numerous small fixes & optimizations

Credits

Created by Mitch McLean (Top the Leaderboard) — with passion, creativity, and a mission to make forums fun again.