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Welcome to IP.Board 3.1.0 Beta 1!
Welcome to the latest development version of IP.Board 3.1.0. We're excited to reveal the product we've been working on for the past few months. This build contains all the features we've blogged about recently including the search improvements, Twitter integration, Profile Customization and more.

As always, this is a very early beta build so please expect to find the odd bug here and there. Please report any bugs found into the tracker as usual.

As always, we'd love to hear your feedback. Happy clicking!

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Preview Only: IP.Board 3.1 is in preview only. It is not yet available for download. Keep an eye out for a future announcement.

What's New
Link Sharing
Easily share links from your community to Facebook, Twitter, and more. Great way to drive traffic to your community!

Status Updates
Enhancements to the existing member status system in IP.Board to include the ability to reply and more.

Topic Preview
Preview the first few lines of a topic without loading the entire topic.

View Reputation
Optionally allow your members to see who gave reputation points on their posts.

Twitter Integration
Your members can now link their account with their Twitter account!

Improved Facebook Integration
Further enhance the link between your community and Facebook to drive traffic.

Advertising Code Integration: Part 1 and Part 2
Easily place advertising code throughout your community with simple settings in the admin area.

Profile Customizations: Part 1 and Part 2
Allow your members to customize the look and feel of their profile page.

Skin Upgrader
Upgrading your skin between versions of IP.Board just became a lot easier.

Soft Delete Posts and Topics
Rather than actually deleting a post or topic you can now hide it from view to easily restore it later.

Notification System
An easier way to be notified of all the various events that happen in your community.

Modification Development Enhancements
Great tools for those that create modifications for IP.Board

Hook System Improvements
Improvements to the IP.Board hook system to make it easier for modification developers to expand the functions in the software.

Search Engine Optimization: Part 1 and Part 2
Allow search engines to better index and rank your community in results.

Search Engine Overhaul
Search engine rebuilt from the ground up introducing more flexibility and power.

We have upgraded the IPS Community to IP.Board 3.2.0!

This is the first step in the testing process for IP.Board 3.2.0's upcoming release. We will be testing the new version here for several weeks and working on fixing issues with the goal of our first public beta release being as stable as it can be.

Please look around and help us in testing by submitting reports to our bug tracker so we can all work together to create a stable release. Keep in mind that our applications - IP.Gallery, IP.Blog, IP.Calendar, IP.Chat, IP.Downloads, and IP.Content - have also all been updated to be compatible with IP.Board 3.2 so please also test those. Your help is greatly appreciated!

You may wish to review the What's New in IP.Board 3.2 topic for information on the exciting changes in IP.Board 3.2.


Downloading IP.Board 3.2.0

IP.Board 3.2.0 is not yet available for download.

We are using it here on our company forums both as a preview for feedback and to identify any possible issues before release. Before a final release we will be testing it here on our company forums for a few weeks and then posting betas for download for all active license holders and invite you to participate in the beta testing process when we reach that milestone. When the final, supported release is made available we will make an announcement here.

Introducing Community Content System

Many clients have expressed interest in tools that would allow them to extend IP.Board's traditional forum community functionality by providing methods of creating new pages within the IP.Board framework.  Uses for such a system span from a simple custom portal all the way through to a complete website built utilizing IP.Board's powerful backend codebase.  When your community and site systems are truly integrated, single sign on and a matching website/forum theme become much easier.

Our new Community Content System lets you do all of this and more. CCS is a new application that allows you to create content for your site. Blog entries over the next several days will discuss some of its powerful features in more detail along with examples showing you just how easy it is to create website pages and other content just by clicking through the admin control panel. For now in this introduction, here is a brief overview of its main features:

• Page Templates
  If you are creating many pages for your website you will find that they generally follow a similar structure each time.  By utilizing page templates, you can create templates complete with the full functionality of our skin system, including use of template conditionals and plugins. You can create the HTML structure once, and reuse it for some or all of your pages. Novice users can type in normal HTML code or power users can choose to use the powerful skin tags.
  
• Page Manager
  The core of CCS: this tool allows you to create pages, plain and simple. No fancy terminology or new methods to learn. A wizard will guide you through creating your pages, and allow you to configure things like permissions for who can view the page, which page template to use, and more. Pages can be edited as raw HTML, raw PHP, or through our traditional WYSIWYG editor using BBCode. You can also set page-types as JavaScript or CSS and the system will automatically detect those special types.
  
• Media Manager
  A tool to allow you to manage images and other media for your site.  You can define the root path to your file storage directory, and then create folders and upload image files within that directory via the ACP.  You can move and delete files and folders from the ACP as well.
  
• Block Manager
  An extremely powerful tool that allows you to create "blocks" for your pages. Blocks are inserted utilizing template plugins so you can insert blocks anywhere in the CCS content or even anywhere in your forum community using the skin manager in the admin control panel. This means that content blocks you create in CCS are not just limited to that application!  There are three types of blocks you will work with:
  
  
• Custom - create blocks by editing BBCode (using our WYSIWYG editor), raw HTML, or raw PHP. Input any information you like.
• Plugins - some blocks require code to execute in order to determine what should be shown.  For instance, you may wish to show a mini-calendar on one of your pages or a login box so users can login right from your home page.  Plugin blocks allow developers to create blocks that can easily plugin to the system without having to create code modifications.
• Feeds - not just limited to RSS.  You can create "feeds" of almost any type of data - forums, topics, replies, calendar events, blog entries, gallery images, download manager files, and of course traditional RSS imports.  A wizard will guide you through creating these feeds, allowing you to specify how the feed should be pulled (do you want to show the last 5 gallery images?  what about a random sampling of forum topics? how about all topics from the visitor's friends list since their last visit?) to make it simpler for you to define the block.

The system is very flexible, allowing you to do nearly anything you want, while at the same time providing a simple user interface and wizard-based approach for creating content to keep things easy for newer users. Power users can ignore all the special features and just type in raw-PHP if they prefer. The choice is up to the administrator.

The CCS supports friendly urls (you define the folders and page names while creating pages), and does not require the page output to be accessed through your forum directory. This means you can have your community at example.com/forums but your main web site can show under just example.com easily. You can use IP.Board's skin system (inheriting the forum skin) or you can elect to create raw pages without inheriting any CSS, wrapper, or JavaScript from IP.Board.


Pricing and Availability

The CCS was developed completely separately from the IPB3 and applications process allowing us to develop CCS without any delay in IPB3's development time. As such, we are happy to say we will be able to release CCS about two weeks after IPB3's first supported release! Pricing will be announced at that time.


We are sure there will be many questions about the CCS and we welcome them. Over the next several days there will be blog entries on our company blog going into greater detail on each of the core features of CCS. Hopefully all of your detailed questions will be answered then. Please accept our apologies if we may sometimes ask you to wait for the next blog update before answering your questions. Thank you!

Important: This security patch has been replaced by a release on 6 November 2012.

 

It has come to our attention that a security issue is present in IP.Board.

 

We strongly recommend that you follow the instructions below to patch your community.

 

Instructions

This security update is a simple one file patch. Simply download the relevant zip file for your version. Expand the zip file and upload /admin/sources/base/core.php to your /admin/sources/base directory on your server ensuring that the file is overwritten.

 

Please contact technical support if you're unsure how to update your community.

 

The main download zips have been updated at the time of this announcement.

 

Thank you to Egidio Romano (aka EgiX) for reporting the issue and lending his assistance with the fix.

In our spirit of keeping everyone up to date, this topic will serve as a running list of what's new in IP.Board 3.2.0. As we make changes we will update this topic so check back now and then. This is not yet a complete list as we are still making changes, adding new features, and doing other work. If you don't see what you're looking for here just yet please check back later!

As always with IPS, everything listed here is not part of a "possible" roadmap. We will only post items on this list when they are 100% complete and included in IP.Board 3.2.0 so you can trust that what we post in public is what you will get.

Calendar Improvements

• SEO Improvements: http://community.inv...o-improvements/
• Consistency: http://community.inv...ii-consistency/
• RSVP: http://community.inv...-part-iii-rsvp/
• Simplification and interface changes: http://community.inv...erface-changes/
• iCalendar support: http://community.inv...lendar-support/

Moderator Functions

• Report Center improvements: http://community.inv...r-improvements/
• Editing Member improvements: http://community.inv...r-improvements/
• Moderator Control Panel: http://community.inv...-control-panel/

New Text Editor

• New editor and auto-save: http://community.inv...ew-text-editor/
• Cleaner interface, quick reply, quick quoting: http://community.inv...editor-part-ii/
• New post alert while typing reply: http://community.inv...ditor-part-iii/

AdminCP

• New style: http://community.inv...-admincp-style/
• New "like" reputation mode: http://community.inv...tion-mode-like/
• Easy member management: http://community.inv...ber-management/
• Improved restrictions: http://community.inv...s-enhancements/
• Forum Management: http://community.inv...rum-management/
• Remote skin editing: http://community.inv...e-skin-editing/

Core Functionality

• View new content and topic marking improvements: http://community.inv...d-topic-marking and part 2: http://community.inv...t-improvements/
• New Photo Editor: http://community.inv...w-photo-editor/
• Shared media: http://community.inv...e-shared-media/
• Tagging and prefixes: http://community.inv...g-and-prefixes/
• Notification enhancements: http://community.inv...n-enhancements/ and http://community.inv...cations-part-2/
• New mobile skin: http://community.inv...te-mobile-skin/

Miscellaneous Changes

• "Delete All" button has been added to the SQL error logs page
• Linear+ and Outline modes removed for topic viewing (they're a hold-over from an older time on the web and it's time to retire them)
• Support for IPv6
• You can now use the member management tools to search for incomplete members
• Pagination added to the incomplete members page of the ACP
• If only one skin or language is choosable, the dropdown selector at the bottom of the page will be hidden
• Member photos and member avatars are being merged into one function: member photo. There was too much overlap between the two features.
• IP.Calendar and IP.Chat will no longer be bundled in the IP.Board download zip to reduce the size of the download. This also allows clients who have no interest in IP.Chat or IP.Calendar to choose not to download or install those applications. Of course those who do wish to use those applications can easily download from the client area and install them.
• Rebuild FURL cache button has been moved to the cache management page.
• It is now possible to rename the “hooks” folder to something else editing the constant IPS_HOOKS_PATH in initdata.php.
• You can now edit each group’s report center permissions directly from the group management area
• Report center now supports item marking to remember and indicate which reports you’ve viewed
• Customers who have purchased Copyright Removal no longer need to enter a separate Copyright Removal key. The copyright will automatically be removed when activating your license.
• New settings for attachments to limit size of files stored on disk
• Separate ACP restriction options have been added for managing spam users and incomplete users (access to these areas were previously controlled by the option “can manage banned users”).
• “Show X Last visitors in profile” now shows always the last 5 visitors if the setting is enabled rather than having a 3, 5, 10 dropdown choice.
• New ACP tool to create the cronjobs to rebuild sphinx indexes
• When adding a ban filter in the ACP you will now have an option to enter a reason visible to all admins (the reason won’t show in the public side).
• Pinned, polls, and moved topic prefixes have been moved to language files (they were previously in the settings area)
• Many redundant or pointless settings removed. Other settings moved to more logical locations. Some settings groups merged to create fewer groups to go through when setting up your community. System Settings menu item moved to a top-level menu item under System tab so it's available with one-click anywhere in AdminCP.
• The note box in your My Settings (UserCP) area has been removed. It is a hold-over from years past and doesn't seem to make sense in community software. If you are one of the very few people who use this: make a copy of your notes before upgrade.
• The unread topic marking system will now remember what page of a topic you left off reading rather than assume you read the entire topic on the first click.

Other Important Changes

• IP.Subscriptions, our simple application to allow you to sell member group promotions on your community, will be updated to work with IP.Board 3.2 but this will be the last update to IP.Subscriptions. IP.Subscriptions has been around for many years - long before communities were assumed to bring in revenue - and it's time to retire it to focus on our more modern application: IP.Nexus. With the release of IP.Board 3.2, IP.Subscriptions will be considered end of life (EOL) and will no longer be supported. Clients should switch to the new IP.Nexus product which is continually updated and contains many more opportunities to monetize your community. A member of our community, Andy Rixon, has agreed to take on continuing development of this product so those of you who use it will still have a solution.
• The Portal application in IP.Board has existed from the very early days of our company. It was only ever intended as a simple portal and demo of the software but grew a bit over time. It has had minimal updates and the feature set is very minimal when compared to today's expectations of community owners and operators. The Portal application will not ship with IP.Board 3.2 and should be considered EOL. It will be available in the IPS Marketplace after IP.Board 3.2's release for those of you who do use it so you can still upgrade to 3.2. We will also post information on how to easily replicate the Portal's functionality in IP.Content which offers all that the old Portal did and much, much more. A member of our community, Andy Rixon, has agreed to take on continuing development of this product so those of you who use it will still have a solution.
• As IP.Board 3.2 will have a whole new default skin, the CleanCut skin will become redundant and will therefore no longer be updated by IPS.

On 25 October 2012 we released a critical security patch for IP.Board to address an issue with PHP serialized data in the software. Today we are releasing an update that further enhances the security of the impacted areas.

IPS Security Procedures

When IPS identifies a security issue we always immediately release a patch to address the issue as we did on 25 October. Our second phase of security procedures involves taking time to audit the impacted area of the software and other areas that use similar functionality. This second phase of security auditing helps to ensure the safety of your community by allowing us to proactively harden the security features before an actual exploit is found.

Security Update: 6 November 2012

While we have not been made aware of a specific exploit, our security audit has determined other areas of the software that can be hardened against intrusion or exploit. To proactively ensure the security of your community: today we are releasing a critical security update.

Instructions

We are providing a patch for IP.Board versions 3.3, 3.2, and 3.1. Version 3.1 is end of life for support but we are still providing the patch for the convenience of clients who have not yet upgraded. If you are running a version less than 3.1 you should upgrade to get this and other security enhancements.

Patching is very easy:

1. Identify the version of IP.Board you are running.
2. Download and unzip the appropriate patch file below that matches your version.
3. Upload the contents of the zip to your IP.Board home directory

IP.Board 3.3.x
 ipb33_nov12.zip   49.69KB   6928 downloads

IP.Board 3.2.x
 ipb32_nov12.zip   48.84KB   1702 downloads

IP.Board 3.1.x
 ipb31_nov12.zip   70.43KB   1729 downloads


Notes:

• This security update replaces the security patch on 25 October 2012. You do not need to apply the 25 October 2012 patch as the release today contains that update and more.
• When you apply the security update the bulletin in your AdminCP will still display. We keep the bulletin in place for at least a week after a security release.
• Our main software packages accessed via the client area have already been updated with this security update.
• If you are running version 3.2.x or 3.1.x and do not have database topic marking enabled then all content will be marked as unread on applying update.
• If you are an IPS Hosting client your community will be automatically patched.

Security Update: 27th December 2012

A security evaluation has revealed a critical security issue and we are releasing a critical security update today to patch this issue.

Instructions

We are providing a patch for IP.Board versions 3.4, 3.3, 3.2, and 3.1. Version 3.1 is end of life for support but we are still providing the patch for the convenience of clients who have not yet upgraded. If you are running a version less than 3.1 you should upgrade to get this and other security enhancements.

Patching is very easy:

1. Identify the version of IP.Board you are running.
2. Download and unzip the appropriate patch file below that matches your version.
3. Upload the contents of the zip to your IP.Board home directory

 

IP.Board 3.4.x
 ipb34_dec27.zip   13.4KB   5711 downloads

IP.Board 3.3.x
 ipb33_dec27.zip   13.4KB   5010 downloads

IP.Board 3.2.x
 ipb32_dec27.zip   13.08KB   2255 downloads

IP.Board 3.1.x
 ipb31_dec27.zip   12.63KB   2328 downloads

 

IP.Converge

Please be advised that if you use IP.Converge, it has also been updated to resolve a similar security issue, and to ensure compatibility with the patches being released today for IP.Board.  IP.Converge is no longer officially supported and is "use at your own risk".  To patch your IP.Converge installation, simply download the full package from the following URL, unzip to your computer, and then upload the contents of the "upload" folder to your server, overwriting the existing files present.

 

http://community.inv...739-ipconverge/

 

IP.Converge Login Module

Please be advised that if you use IP.Converge, and you upload the updated IP.Converge package referenced above, you will also need to upload the following updated IP.Converge login module.  Download the following patch, unzip to your local computer, and then upload the auth.php file to your server at admin/sources/loginauth/ipconverge/, overwriting the existing file.

 ipconverge_login_module.zip   3.18KB   1539 downloads

Notes:

• When you apply the security update the bulletin in your AdminCP will still display. We keep the bulletin in place for at least a week after a security release.
• Our main software packages accessed via the client area have already been updated with this security update.
• If you are an IPS Hosting client your community will be automatically patched.

While we introduced some of our basic plans for 4.0 many months ago, we wanted to touch base again on some of these plans and expand upon some of our motivations behind decisions we have or will make for our upcoming 4.0 software release.
 
Before we get too far, let me just state now that there is no expected (or even estimated) release date for 4.0 yet.  While we always have internal guidelines, timeframes and milestones, we do not communicate these publicly until we are absolutely sure they are as accurate as possible.  The 4.0 Suite will be a major overhaul, effectively a rewrite of most areas from the ground up, and there are many factors that can affect delivering within expected due dates.
 
You may also have noticed the title of this blog entry uses a term for the suite you may not have seen used previously.  We have decided to name the 4.0 Suite (which we will often refer to as "4.0 Suite" or "Social Suite", informally), officially as the IPS Social Suite.  We feel that as we expand our line up and remove community-related dependencies, it is important that our main product release reflect the fact that our software can power more than just traditional communities.
 
Formalities out of the way now, here are a few of our driving motivations behind 4.0...
 
Modernize the interface
The skin delivered for 3.0 and again for 3.2 was great, but several years have since passed.  It is time we modernize the user interface in our software lineup once again.  Features have been added, trends on the web have shifted, and technologies have advanced.  Some specific points you may be interested to know:

• All areas of the suite will support the mobile interface.
• We are heavily investigating using a "response design" for 4.0.
• We will be switching to jQuery
• We will be embracing HTML 5 fully

 
Modernize the underlying codebase
While 4.0 will not technically be a "complete rewrite", most of the underlying codebase will be rewritten in some manner, and all of the code will at least be updated to work within the new framework we are developing.  There is a lot to go over for those of you who may be interested in the developer side of things, and I'll point you to the right place later in this entry, but as a general outline here are some things you can expect to see:

• PHP 5.3 will be the minimum supported version of PHP
• MySQL 5.0.3 will be the minimum supported version of MySQL
• IP.Board will fully utilize namespaces in PHP
• The entire directory structure, class naming structure and more will be completely overhauled
• Applications will truly be self-contained within their own folders (currently javascript, skin and language files, for instance, are scattered throughout miscellaneous directories)
• The entire code base will be modernized.  More use of formal design patterns will be employed, where appropriate.  Dumping ground classes (such as IPSLib) will be avoided at all costs.  More consistency between how applications implement functionality will be seen.  Naming conventions will be more consistent.
• The way hooks work will be completely rewritten, making things simpler for us and for developers, and making hook usage behind the scenes more reliable (no more loadLibrary calls - everything is handled automatically by the framework instead).

 
Make things more consistent
We are also working towards making all of our applications more consistent.  The approach to this actually has much more to do with planning and how we approach new functionality than it does any specific technical aspect of software development.  In a nutshell, we will have one "suite" release moving forward starting at 4.0.  Every application will be on the same versioning system and share the same version number, and every release will include every application (although you will only have access to the applications you have purchased, of course).  What we will do as we implement new features is implement new functionality suite-wide from the start.  If we were to add a new feature to 4.0, we would not add the functionality to the forums and then roll this change out to other applications as they see updates.  Instead, we will be implementing changes suite-wide from the start, which has several benefits:

• From a user standpoint, the software will be more consistent.  You won't have situations where a feature is available in Application X but not in Application Y.
• From a technological standpoint, we will be forced to implement functionality in an optimal manner where it can be utilized by all areas of the suite.  There will be less application-dependencies for features that are intended to be suite-wide.  There will be much, much less duplicated code as features will be designed from the start to work in multiple areas.
• Point #2 above will also benefit modders - APIs will be much more robust, yet more generic and reusable, for features implemented suite-wide rather than features implemented for one application and then shared across others.

 
Beyond changing our approach to functional changes in the software itself, we will also be focusing on consistency while redesigning the interface, and throughout every facet of development of 4.0.
 
 
Want to hear more specifics?
We have recently launched our new development blog where we will routinely be posting about the nitty-gritty of our day to day development duties here at IPS.  While this blog is not at all intended to be specific to the development of 4.0, you will find us posting about upcoming changes and decisions made in 4.0 quite regularly.  We welcome you to follow The Development Channel blog if you are interested in reading about these changes.  If not, don't worry - any major announcements will be blogged about here in our company blog as well in due course.
 
If you aren't sure, just to be clear....development of 4.0 is definitely underway.  A lot of planning and discussion took place prior to ever writing a single line of code for 4.0, however we are definitely working on 4.0 now and you will likely see blog entries about upcoming changes before long.  Stay tuned!

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We are pleased to announce our new Spam Monitoring Service

Our new Spam Monitoring Service will assist with the ever-growing problem of spam account registrations on communities across the web. This service will use a central database, hosted by IPS, to track those that may try to register an account on your IP.Board-powered community and stop them from registering.


How it Works

Each time a user tries to register, your IP.Board will contact the service and report the IP address and email address attempting to register. The service will scan a list of known spammers and give the account a score of 1 - 4. There are various options you can configure to control what behavior happens based on the score such as banning the account, letting it through normally, or queuing it for approval.

By harnessing the power of the many thousands of IP.Board communities, the service can "learn" over time what accounts are spammers. For example, a real human could never register on 5 IP.Board communities in just one minute so the service would see that account as a probable spam account.

The service will also monitor the "mark as spam" feature now included in IP.Board. This means that, as you and your moderators manually mark an account as a spammer, the information is reported back to the service to help stop those accounts on your community and other IP.Board communities as well!

Through these methods we are creating a service that learns from the collective data gathered from all IP.Board communities who choose to participate in the Spam Monitoring Service.



Privacy

IPS will collect various registration information to track and catch spam accounts. Information that is not from a spammer is only kept temporarily (to detect trends so we can catch spam accounts) then deleted. The only information permanently kept is for those known to be spammers. The service is completely optional and no IP.Board is required to participate.

Activating the Service

The Spam Monitoring Service will be available in IP.Board 3.0.2 and is already being tested here on the IPS company forums. Once you have IP.Board 3.0.2, simply login to the IPS client area and activate a special key used for the service and put that key on your IP.Board AdminCP.


Pricing

To further our continuing efforts to not only enhance the products we offer but also the services around those products: this service will be offered at no additional charge to those with an active support and service license for IP.Board and for IPS hosting customers!

Invision Power Services, Inc. is pleased to announce the release of IP.Board 3.2.0 and its Applications!

Everyone at IPS is very proud of IP.Board 3.2.0 and the Application updates. We have worked hard to create a quality, modern community platform and the feedback from our clients has been tremendous.

We are releasing the following new software:


IP.Board 3.2.0
Fully featured community platform including forums, members profiles, calendar, status system, integration, and much, much more.


IP.Gallery 4.1.0
Categories and photo albums for your members to share their images and videos on your community.


IP.Nexus 1.3.0
Fully featured commerce system to sell products, membership access, advertising, digital downloads, and more. Includes tools like a support desk to help manage you clients.


IP.Blog 2.4.0
Allow you and your members to post blogs on your community or syndicate externally hosted blogs easily.


IP.Downloads 2.4.0
Complete file management application including file version control, commenting, and forum topic linking.


IP.Content 2.2.0
Content management for your community - run a full web site or a simply community portal. The possibilities are endless.


IP.Chat 1.3.0
Engage your members in real time chat or send them private chats while in the chat room.


IP.Calendar 3.2.0
Event calendar for your community with multiple calendars, public/private events, and iCal support.





What's new in IP.Board 3.2!

In addition to this list there are countless other minor improvements and changes based on client feedback too numerous to mention.


Calendar Improvements

• SEO Improvements: http://community.inv...o-improvements/
• Consistency: http://community.inv...ii-consistency/
• RSVP: http://community.inv...-part-iii-rsvp/
• Simplification and interface changes: http://community.inv...erface-changes/
• iCalendar support: http://community.inv...lendar-support/

Moderator Functions

• Report Center improvements: http://community.inv...r-improvements/
• Editing Member improvements: http://community.inv...r-improvements/
• Moderator Control Panel: http://community.inv...-control-panel/

New Text Editor

• New editor and auto-save: http://community.inv...ew-text-editor/
• Cleaner interface, quick reply, quick quoting: http://community.inv...editor-part-ii/
• New post alert while typing reply: http://community.inv...ditor-part-iii/

AdminCP

• New style: http://community.inv...-admincp-style/
• New "like" reputation mode: http://community.inv...tion-mode-like/
• Easy member management: http://community.inv...ber-management/
• Improved restrictions: http://community.inv...s-enhancements/
• Forum Management: http://community.inv...rum-management/
• Remote skin editing: http://community.inv...e-skin-editing/

Core Functionality

• View new content and topic marking improvements: http://community.inv...d-topic-marking and part 2: http://community.inv...t-improvements/
• New Photo Editor: http://community.inv...w-photo-editor/
• Shared media: http://community.inv...e-shared-media/
• Tagging and prefixes: http://community.inv...g-and-prefixes/
• Notification enhancements: http://community.inv...n-enhancements/ and http://community.inv...cations-part-2/
• New mobile skin: http://community.inv...te-mobile-skin/
• Facebook, Twitter, and mobile updates: http://community.inv...mobile-updates/
• Visual Skin Editor: http://community.inv...al-skin-editor/

Miscellaneous Changes

• "Delete All" button has been added to the SQL error logs page
• Linear+ and Outline modes removed for topic viewing (they're a hold-over from an older time on the web and it's time to retire them)
• Support for IPv6
• You can now use the member management tools to search for incomplete members
• Pagination added to the incomplete members page of the ACP
• If only one skin or language is choosable, the dropdown selector at the bottom of the page will be hidden
• Member photos and member avatars are being merged into one function: member photo. There was too much overlap between the two features.
• IP.Calendar and IP.Chat will no longer be bundled in the IP.Board download zip to reduce the size of the download. This also allows clients who have no interest in IP.Chat or IP.Calendar to choose not to download or install those applications. Of course those who do wish to use those applications can easily download from the client area and install them.
• Rebuild FURL cache button has been moved to the cache management page.
• It is now possible to rename the "hooks" folder to something else editing the constant IPS_HOOKS_PATH in initdata.php.
• You can now edit each group's report center permissions directly from the group management area
• Report center now supports item marking to remember and indicate which reports you've viewed
• Customers who have purchased Copyright Removal no longer need to enter a separate Copyright Removal key. The copyright will automatically be removed when activating your license.
• New settings for attachments to limit size of files stored on disk
• Separate ACP restriction options have been added for managing spam users and incomplete users (access to these areas were previously controlled by the option "can manage banned users").
• "Show X Last visitors in profile" now shows always the last 5 visitors if the setting is enabled rather than having a 3, 5, 10 dropdown choice.
• New ACP tool to create the cronjobs to rebuild sphinx indexes
• When adding a ban filter in the ACP you will now have an option to enter a reason visible to all admins (the reason won't show in the public side).
• Pinned, polls, and moved topic prefixes have been moved to language files (they were previously in the settings area)
• Many redundant or pointless settings removed. Other settings moved to more logical locations. Some settings groups merged to create fewer groups to go through when setting up your community. System Settings menu item moved to a top-level menu item under System tab so it's available with one-click anywhere in AdminCP.
• The note box in your My Settings (UserCP) area has been removed. It is a hold-over from years past and doesn't seem to make sense in community software. If you are one of the very few people who use this: make a copy of your notes before upgrade.
• The unread topic marking system will now remember what page of a topic you left off reading rather than assume you read the entire topic on the first click.

IP.Nexus 1.3.0

• Global Changes http://community.inv...global-changes/
  
  • Updated to match the new styling in IP.Board 3.2 both on front end and AdminCP
  • Search functions integrated with AdminCP live search
  • Attention icons to display items needing your attention
  • 2Checkout.com gateway added
  • Support for PayPal subscriptions
  • Subscription option for packages so a member can only purchase an item once
  • Better support to remember a member's original member group when you are using IP.Nexus group promotion feature
  • More admin-level notification options of new activity
• Hosting improvements: http://community.inv...us-130-hosting/
• Customers and purchases: http://community.inv...-and-purchases/
• Support: http://community.inv...us-130-support/

IP.Gallery 4.1.0
http://community.inv...-41-dev-update/




Other Applications

Other applications have been updated to work with IP.Board 3.2.0, have received cosmetic improvements, and other minor updates to improve functionality. All applications will get larger updates now that IP.Board 3.2.0 has been released. Keep an eye on our news feed for information.

Code-Level Changes

These are changes made at the code-level of our software during this release phase that may interest our power-user clients.


Performance Improvements

• Reduced several cache-load queries on the ACP index page
• Combined two permissions queries loaded on every ACP page into one
• Added some additional cache-loading calls to other ACP pages (manage applications, manage hooks, manage members)
• Added some caching for fetching the max version ID in the upgrade_history table, which reduces the number of queries on the ACP manage applications page by the number of applications installed
• Changed how modules are grabbed when IN_DEV is enabled for menu building (runs one query instead of one query per application)
• class_forums was getting loaded and initialized twice in the Manage Forums page - fixed so it's not reloaded a second time. Also removed a shortcut for the class in the manage forums file to reduce small amount of overhead/memory.
• Removed a query for group data on Manage Forums page (group_cache is already loaded, so used that instead)
• Removed several deprecated functions, reducing the size of some classes and reducing their resulting overhead
• Edited language export routine (for IN_DEV mode) so that it only exports the data we absolutely need. This reduces the size of our language XML files significantly, and also reduces memory overhead needed to process the language XML files.
• Index added on ibf_posts.post_parent to speed up certain update queries that previously required a full table scan
• A lot of unused code in the friend management files has been removed
• Avatar or profile photo cleanup tools in ACP were unnecessarily loading and instantiating upload class
• Removed outdated/non-functional coloring in admin logs
• Calendar has been rewritten, and much unused code has been removed.
• Caches used by calendar were not being properly loaded at runtime
• Changed most of the file_exists call in the code with is_file for a faster code execution
• The bbcode cache now uses the ‘bbcode_tag’ field as array key instead of an incremental integer, that allows a faster data access for single bbcode tags as there is no need to scan the whole array with a foreach.
• An unnecessary query has been removed from the forum index view (the query used to verify the name used for the friendly URL is correct)
• Removed unnecessary query from report center report view
• A cache used by report center was being queried separately instead of at page initiation
• Report center plugins are now cached for quicker runtime lookup without having to query the database
• Useless queries removed from report center
• Some queries that selected all rows and counted them (instead of running COUNT style queries) were changed to be better optimized
• ACP skin files previously extended the output class unnecessarily. This was removed, resulting in approximately 20KB or more memory savings in each ACP page.
• Report center plugins are now cached for quicker runtime lookup without having to query the database
• RSS import now is much faster on boards with lots of feeds setup in the ACP.
• overWrite header query / method_exists moved from every page load and value is cached in app_cache

Developer-Oriented Changes
Changes that may impact resource authors and skinners (including removed functions, database changes, new hooks, etc.)

• $this->DB->force_data_type has been removed. Mod authors should now call $this->DB->setDataType( $column, $type ) instead.
• $this->DB->no_escape_fields has been hidden. You should use the available $this->DB->preventAddSlashes( array( 'col' => 1 ) ); syntax instead.
• Login management custom configurations have moved to database handling. conf.php (or conf.dist.php) files are no longer needed (though acp.php still is).
• search_results, sessions.location, and cache_store.cs_extra are all removed
• If you have a findIpAddress extension you can now add an array of additional columns to pull from your table as the fourth array member. i.e. "'posts' => array( 'author_id', 'ip_address', 'post_date', array( 'pid' ) ),"
• IPB will now do a better job of cleaning up centralized application data during uninstall, so applications don't have to do it manually. (http://community.inv...support-ticket/)
• The way hook data to-be-exported is stored has changed. This should have minimal impact on developers as the upgrade routine will update it for developers. This should make working with hooks between multiple developers easier, and make hooks import, export, install and uninstall in a much more consistent manner whether IN_DEV is on or not.
• Many skin system bugs have been resolved, and improvements implemented, making the skin system more flexible to developers using it outside of normal contexts, while allowing it to be more forgiving of various formatting possibilities (i.e. typehinting for function parameters and spacing around function parameter definitions).
• Central permission management now correctly can handle more than one permission type within a single application
• IPv6 is now supported. You should ensure any database columns holding IP addresses are varchar(46) or larger.
• You should use the new ipsRegistry::getAppClass( $app ); call to load your app_class_(application).php class. This ensures any library hooks execute as appropriate and consolidates duplicative code.
• You should use the new constants IPS_FILE_PERMISSION / IPS_FOLDER_PERMISSION for file and folder permission values. i.e. instead of chmod( $file, 0777 ); use chmod( $file, IPS_FILE_PERMISSION ); instead.
• Calendar has been completely rewritten - the DB schema has changed, dates are stored as datetime parts in MySQL, etc.
• The ACP has a new interface implemented, some of the JS has changed, jQuery is now supported in the ACP
• Removed 4 data hooks in public_forums_forums_topics: topicViewTopicData, topicViewDisplayData, topicViewForumData, topicViewPostData. All 4 of them can be replaced with a simple skin overloader for the template "skin_topic > topicViewTemplate".
• Photos and avatars have been merged.
• Photos thumbs are now cropped at 100px and you can select which area to crop
• Twitter / Facebook photos are actually imported and re-sized where possible (needs fopen URL wrappers otherwise the thumb URL for the services is used)
• Some functionality for importing/exporting/rebuilding from and to XML files has been hidden unless IN_DEV mode is enabled
• Added a second parameter for the function “$this→cache→getCache( $CACHE_KEY, FALSE );” which allows to skip the loading from the database if the cache isn’t loaded already.
• A new option to define an application when creating an hook, if the application is filled the code checks if it is enabled and if not skips loading the hook file completely.
  
  
  
  class_forums::fetchTopicFolderIcon() has been changed to return an array of meta-data about the topic that can be used to generate the topic icon, although Rikki is changing how topic icons work in general anyways.
  pp_*thumb*_x is now pp_*small*_x
• The sessions API (admin/sources/classes/session/api.php) now supports a different cutoff time rather than the default one, additional joins, ‘where’ query bits, complete ‘where’ query part override.
• The function “IPSLib::unpackGroup()” now is “IPSMember::unpackGroup()”.
• ACP group_form.php plugins now support an optional third method: postSave(). This method accepts one parameter (the group ID), is only called if present, is called after the rest of the group data is saved, and should not return anything.
• Added a getCount() method to the like class to return just the number of followers
• The setting disable_reportpost has been removed. Our applications now check the report center permissions directly, instead.
• Hooks Improvements: http://community.inv...s-improvements/
• Applications Improvements: http://community.inv...s-improvements/
• A new extensions file per-app is supported: permissionsSync.php. Class name should be “(app)PermissionsSync” and supports a constructor (ipsRegistry reference passed) and one method with no arguments: updatePermissions(). This method can be used to rebuild application caches when the app permissions have been updated from the central permission manager.
• Deprecated function getBlogID() in the blog API has been removed, developers will need to use the more updated function fetchBlogIds()
• makeProfileLink, memberViewImages, makePassword, makeNameFormatted, canReceiveMobileNotifications have been moved to IPSMember
• unconvertSmilies has been moved to IPSText. The redirect method in the bbcode class has been removed.
• The “doneScreen” method in the admin output class has been entirely removed. Authors are encouraged to use the global_message/silentRedirectWithMessage() methodology instead.
• The “redirect” method in the admin output class now simply routes to silentRedirectWithMessage(), and is marked deprecated.
• The template “global_main_wrapper_no_furniture” has been removed from the admin skin.
• Function “rebuildSphinxConfig” has been moved from “IPSLib” to “admin_core_applications_applications”
• classCommunication.php was removed, and classFileManagement.php was extended to handle POST requests (encompassing the only functionality missing compared to classCommunication.php)
• Almost all private methods have been switched to protected to allow more robust hook capabilities
• New pagination potions to use a next/previous style pagination. Next/previous style pagination supports AJAX pagination.
• The column “ban_nocache” has been removed from the “banfilters” table.
• New adminOutput method setMessage() has been added. Allows to set the global_message, and allows to specify a “sticky” flag or not.
• ACP Settings are now in their own “settings” module and the templates have been moved as well in “cp_skin_settings”.
• menu.xml files for ACP modules now support specifying a language key, which can then be placed into “(app)_admin_menulang.php” as “menu__(language_key)” to support menu language abstraction in the ACP. This is optional for apps.

Invision Power Services, Inc. is pleased to announce the release of IP.Board 3.4.0!

 

This new release contains many refinements and new features to help promote, monetize, and grow your community.

 
What's New
 
Please read these blog entries for a full list and explanation of what's new in this release.

• IP.SEO Removed (we have removed IP.SEO and merged all its functionality right into IP.Board!)
• Editor Improvements
• IPS Connect (please note that with the release of IPS Connect our old Converge product will no longer function)
• SEO Improvements
• VigLink Integration
• Best Answer Feature
• AdminCP Interface Enhancements
• Bulk Mail with Mandrill
• Miscellaneous Enhancements
• IPS CDN Service
• Anti-Spam Improvements

In addition to the specifics in the blog entries we have fixed many issues and made many smaller improvements.
 
New Backup Service Delayed
 
We had announced a new Backup Service however this service will be not be available at release time. We want to be sure the service works reliably and would rather delay a bit than give you something that may not work properly. Obviously something as important as backups on your community is something we want to feel confident about offering.
 

How to Upgrade

 

You can access IP.Board 3.4.0 in the client area. Please follow these easy instructions for upgrading.

 

 

IP.Nexus 1.5.5 Released

 

 

This release also contains other bug fixes and enhancements, and a small feature addition which allows users to purchase account credit.

 

 

How to Upgrade

 

You can access IP.Nexus 1.5.5 in the client area. Please follow these easy instructions for upgrading.

 

 

 

 

IP.Board 3.2.x and Applications: End of Life Announcement

So that we can focus all of our development, support, and service efforts on the newest version 3.4, we are announcing the end of support (sometimes called end of life or EOL) for the following IPS software versions (and earlier versions):

• IP.Board 3.2.x
• IP.Blog 2.5.x
• IP.Gallery 4.x
• IP.Downloads 2.4.x
• IP.Content 2.2.x
• IP.Chat 1.3.x
• IP.Nexus 1.4.x

Technical support, installations, and services will end for these products on June 1, 2013. On that date all technical or service requests will be advised to simply upgrade to the most recent versions of the products. We will not force upgrades but will also not be able to diagnose issues or answer questions relating to the older software. Also, on that date, IPS will no longer address any new issues or bugs reported in the older software versions.

You are of course free to continue using these older versions if you wish but IPS will no longer provide assistance after the EOL date.

Security Updates

In the event an issue is discovered impacting the security of these older versions of the software, IPS will provide a patch posted in our announcements forum. We will continue to provide security updates for several months after the EOL date based on severity of the issue.

Security Update: 21 March 2013

As part of our ongoing security auditing we have discovered a possible security issue. We are releasing a critical security update today to address this issue.

Instructions

We are providing a patch for IP.Board versions 3.4, 3.3, 3.2, and 3.1. Version 3.1 is end of life for support but we are still providing the patch for the convenience of clients who have not yet upgraded. If you are running a version less than 3.1 you should upgrade to get this and other security enhancements.

Patching is very easy:

1. Identify the version of IP.Board you are running.
2. Download and unzip the appropriate patch file below that matches your version.
3. Upload the contents of the extracted "upload" folder to your IP.Board home directory
4. If you have renamed your admin directory, then copy the files manually to the appropriate admin folder.

 

IP.Board 3.4.x

 ipb34_mar21.zip   2.58KB   6527 downloads

IP.Board 3.3.x

 ipb33_mar21.zip   2.58KB   2399 downloads

IP.Board 3.2.x

 ipb32_mar21.zip   2.65KB   1446 downloads

IP.Board 3.1.x

 ipb31_mar21.zip   2.68KB   1430 downloads

 

Notes:

• When you apply the security update the bulletin in your AdminCP will still display. We keep the bulletin in place for at least a week after a security release.
• Our main software packages accessed via the client area have already been updated with this security update.
• If you are an IPS Hosting client your community has been automatically patched.

Complete the Suite is back!

Our most popular promotion ever, Complete the Suite, is back to welcome the preview of IP.Board 3.2!

Complete the Suite promotion is specifically for our loyal, existing customers. This promotion will allow you to fill in the gaps in your IPS community suite licenses at a discounted price.

Anyone with a current, active IP.Board license (Standard/Business/Perpetual/Lifetime) will be able to purchase the following applications at the reduced price listed:

• IP.Gallery: $64.99 ... $35
• IP.Blog: $49.99 ... $35
• IP.Downloads: $49.99 ... $35
• IP.Content: $49.99 ... $35
• IP.Nexus: $74.99 ... $55

That's a total possible savings of $94.95!

Do you already have IP.Board and IP.Gallery but always wanted IP.Blog? Now is the time to purchase IP.Blog at a discounted price. Perhaps you have everything except IP.Content and are ready to power your whole web site with the IPS suite? Perfect time to give it a try! Maybe it's time to try to monetize your community with our IP.Nexus commerce system.

To order: login to the client area, and click the green New Purchase button in the upper right. If you qualify, the discounted prices will show.

Act fast! This promotion ends June 17, 2011.

It has come to our attention that a XSS (Cross Site Scripting) attack is possible within the Admin CP. The javascript is only executed when viewing the detailed pop-up of a specific failed admin log in.

This issue exists in all IP.Board 3 versions. We recommend that everyone using these versions apply this simple one file patch.

Simply download the zip for your IP.Board version, expand the zip on your computer and upload the file to the relevant folder on your server. The directory structure is maintained in the zip so you will have no issues finding the file.

If you need assistance, please contact technical support.


IP.Board 3.2.x
 feb_3_2_x.zip   2.72KB   4624 downloads

IP.Board 3.1.x
 feb-3_1_x.zip   2.76KB   1477 downloads

IP.Board 3.0.x
 feb-3_0_x.zip   2.76KB   756 downloads


If you are running a version of IP.Board older than those listed we highly recommend you upgrade to the latest, supported version as it will include this and other fixes.

Invision Power Services, Inc. is pleased to announce the release of IP.Board 3.4.2
 
The release of IP.Board 3.4.2 is a maintenance release.
 
What's New in 3.4
 
Please read these blog entries for a full list and explanation of what's new in this release.

• IP.SEO Removed (we have removed IP.SEO and merged all its functionality right into IP.Board!)
• Editor Improvements
• IPS Connect (please note that with the release of IPS Connect our old Converge product will no longer function)
• SEO Improvements
• VigLink Integration
• Best Answer Feature
• AdminCP Interface Enhancements
• Bulk Mail with Mandrill
• Miscellaneous Enhancements
• IPS CDN Service
• Anti-Spam Improvements

How to Upgrade
 
To upgrade simply log into your client area, click on "Purchases" from the menu and select the community you wish to upgrade and click "Upgrade Now".

With the upcoming release of IP.Board 3.1 we are happy to announce a pre-release promotion so everyone can have the chance to become familiar with IP.Board on your community now and be ready for IP.Board 3.1 as soon as it's available.

Purchase an IP.Board license and any two applications or services and receive a $50 account credit!

Simply purchase your IP.Board license before May 1, 2010 along with at least two qualifying applications or services and receive a credit on your account of $50 good toward any future purchase. You can use this $50 to buy an additional application at a later date or simply save it and it will automatically be applied to future renewal fees.

To qualify be sure to enter coupon code: PRE31CREDIT


Qualifying Applications and Services

• IP.Blog
• IP.Gallery
• IP.Content
• IP.Downloads
• MS-SQL Database Driver
• Conversion Service

Recently Purchased?

If you recently purchased IP.Board along with at least two of those items in the list above between the date of this announcement and March 15, 2010: simply submit a ticket to account services to request an account credit.

Credit Applications

Anyone who makes a qualifying purchases after the date of this announcement and uses the special coupon code does not need to do anything to get the credit. Please note that credits will not be applied until after May 15, 2010.

Existing Customers

Existing customers can take part in this promotion. It's a great time to buy an additional license to convert that other community you have running or start that new community you always thought about giving a try. Volume discount licenses also qualify. If you have issues ordering or are not prompted for discount code please just submit a ticket to account assistance.

We are (extremely) pleased to announce the first release candidate of Invision Power Board 3.0.0 is now available.

This is the first release candidate release so please take a moment and read this entire announcement before downloading. Everyone here at IPS is very excited to reach this milestone of development and we look forward to working with everyone to sort out any remaining issues that crop up during the RC stage so we can quickly move to the final release.

The release candidates for IP.Blog, IP.Gallery, and IP.Downloads will be available in about a week.


What is a Release Candidate?

A release candidate is a version of the software between the beta phase and a final release. With the first release candidate of IP.Board 3.0.0 you can safely assume that we consider the software stable enough to use on your live community. There will be bugs and issues but it is our belief that any issues that come up should not impact your overall ability to manage your community. Keep this in mind as you make your decision to upgrade to IP.Board 3.0.0 RC1 and only upgrade if you are comfortable working around any possible issues that are present. We will of course fix any issues that come up in IP.Board 3.0.0's final release.


Technical Support and Service

IP.Board 3.0.0 RC 1 can be considered safe to use on a live site but it is not quite the final version of the software just yet. We want to give those comfortable upgrading to an RC release the chance to do so and report issues before we encourage everyone to upgrade. Technical support and service is not offered during the RC stage but of course will be available when the final version is announced.




Download IP.Board 3.0.0 RC 1

To download, log in to your client area. You will see the RC download information by clicking into your downloads. As stated above, technical support is not available so please only download if you are comfortable testing software.

IPS Hosting clients: a build of RC 1 for your use will appear in the client area soon. Sorry about the delay there.

Security Update: 3rd May 2013

A critical security issue has been reported to us which may allow unauthorized access to an administrator account.  We are releasing a security patch to address this issue. In the interest of allowing customers ample amount of time to apply the patch, we are not disclosing further details at this time.

Instructions

We are providing a patch for IP.Board versions 3.4, 3.3 and 3.2. If you are running a version less than 3.2 you should upgrade to get this and other security enhancements.

While IPS does not apply patches for you, patching is very easy:

• Identify the version of IP.Board you are running.
• Download and unzip the appropriate patch file below that matches your version.
• Upload the contents of the extracted zip folder to your IP.Board home directory
• If you have renamed your admin directory, then copy the files manually to the appropriate admin folder.

IP.Board 3.4.x
 3.4.zip   76.46KB   5403 downloads

IP.Board 3.3.x
 3.3.zip   70.88KB   1453 downloads

IP.Board 3.2.x
 3.2.zip   64.78KB   685 downloads
 
 

Important Notes:

• When you apply the security update, the bulletin in your AdminCP will still display. We keep the bulletin in place for at least a week after a security release.
• Our main software packages accessed via the client area have already been updated with this security update.
• If you are an IPS Hosting client your community has been automatically patched. No further action is needed.
• As this is not a full upgrade but a simple upload a file and you're done patch, IPS staff will not apply this patch as part of our support services.

 

We would like to thank security researcher John JEAN for his responsible disclosure of this issue to us.  His information is as follows, and shared with permission:

• Author: John JEAN
• Twitter account: @johnjean
• Occupation: Security researcher
• Company: Wargan Solutions
• Company's website: http://www.wargan.com

We were recently inspired to write up our own year end review of 2010 to go over the highlights of all the accomplishments our staff made during the year. It's also a great overview of the advancements IPS constantly makes for our customers. Here are the highlights:


December 2009

We began blogging about IP.Board 3.1 and IP.Content 1.2. Everyone was very excited to start revealing the upcoming changes to IP.Board and to further the maturing of the new IP.Content product.

January:

• IP.Chat 1.0.0 released as final. IP.Chat 5 user room provided for free to all customers with an active support contract.
• Blogged about expected updates to our addon applications
• Released public phpdoc documentation for developers
• IP.Downloads 2.1.0 released final. IP.Downloads 2.1.0 provides friendly URLs, upload progress bar, multiple files per record, interface updates, and more.
• IP.Content 1.2.0 released final. 1.2.0 provides WYSIWYG editors, better control over fields, and better support for attachments.
• Gallery 3.1.0 released final. 3.1.0 introduces album cover images, friendly URLs, sub albums, profile picture albums, friendly only albums, and fancy slideshow.
• IP.Blog 2.1.0 released final. 2.1.0 includes support for group blogs, Blog This!, RSS imports, resource improvements and more.
• Continued blogging about IP.Board 3.1 improvements

February:

• Improvements to spam monitoring service.
• Continued blogging about IP.Board 3.1.0 and addon application updates to be expected
• Extended our demo system to 48 hours (extended to 5 days later in the year).

March:

• IP.Board 3.1.0 revealed to the community via updated company forums. New features include profile customization, link sharing, status updates, twitter integration, reputation viewing, ad codes, notification system, soft deletions, and more.
• Continued blogging about expected application updates and IP.Board 3.1.0 changes.
• Skin Generator service launched for free to all active license holders.

April:

• Community Hosting improvements were made allowing for free 20 user chat rooms, IP.Content available for only $5/month, and a switch from generic metrics to user-based limits.
• Continued blogging about application updates, and released betas of the new versions for the community to begin testing.
• IPS Staff is excited to hear the news that Nakisha Thomas, our Director of Customer Service, welcomes the birth of her son.

May:

• iPhone app developed and released for free to the community.
• Skin generator service updated.
• Introduced IP.Nexus as our new business platform.

June:

• IP.Board 3.1.0, IP.Gallery 3.2.0, IP.Blog 2.2.0, IP.Downloads 2.2.0, IP.Content 2.0.0, and IP.Chat 1.1.0 released. Many great improvements for all products available to customers - check out the release topic for a full list. It's impressive!
• IP.Board 3.1.1, IP.Gallery 3.2.1, IP.Blog 2.2.1, IP.Downloads 2.2.1, IP.Content 2.0.1, IP.Chat 1.1.1 released. Quick bug fixes for the most notable issues in the newest version.
• iPhone app updated to support push notifications, amongst other features.
• Community directory launched to allow customers free exposure to anyone using the iPhone app or browsing our company forums for any site.
• New IPS web site launched.

July:

• IPS conducts a donation drive for Autism research, in part to test our newest upcoming product IP.Nexus, and in addition to raising $1000 via donations from our community, IPS donated a matching $1000 to AutismSpeaks.org.
• IP.Board 3.1.2, IP.Gallery 3.2.2, IP.Blog 2.2.2, IP.Downloads 2.2.2, IP.Content 2.0.2, and IP.Chat 1.1.2 released. In addition to important bug fixes, this release includes enhanced SQL error display, ACP live search improvements, SQL toolbox enhancements, improvements to partial member registrations, and more.
• Forum support launched allowing official support via our company forums.

August:

• Website improvements to make documentation searching easier and better documentation organization.
• Community hosting improvements implemented.

September:

Continued blogging about upcoming updates to our software. IPS does not release roadmaps as they are too easy to stray from and you end up making promises you cannot keep which we never want to do. Instead, we post blog entries when we complete a new feature so everyone knows it's not just a mockup or an unfulfilled hope.

October:

• IP.Board 3.1.3 released.
• Skin generator updated and improved.
• Release schedule for our products announced. The first and last time IPS has done this!

November:

• IP.Nexus 1.0.0 released.IP.Nexus is our powerful ecommerce solution that allows you to monetize your IP.Board easily.
• IP.Content 2.1.0 released. Features include external widgets, redesigned default interface, block variable help, admin interface improvements, better forum integration, template import/export, and more.
• IP.Nexus 1.0.1 released. As part of our commitment to maintain and update Nexus regularly, we release our first update for Nexus only 10 days after initial release of 1.0.0.
• IP.Content 2.1.1 released. Resolves bugs reported since the release of 2.1.0.
• IP.Board 3.1.4 released. This release includes new like and comment functionality which our other application updates will be making use of.
• IPS Marketplace goes live. The Marketplace allows developers to sell their IPS product addons directly through our site, reaching more customers with less hassle.
• IP.Nexus 1.0.2 released. This release is part of our continuing effort to ensure any issues affecting your ability to monetize your site using IP.Nexus are promptly addressed.
• New release and quality assurance testing two-stage procedure implemented to help enhance quality assurance of releases, and to give customers a chance to test and use the software prior to actual release.
• IPS Staff is excited to hear the news that Lindy Throgmartin, our CEO, welcomes the birth of his son.

December

• In just a couple weeks of activity already paid out over two thousand dollars to Marketplace contributors.
• IP.Blog 2.3.0 released. 2.3.0 includes new like and commenting systems, Facebook like buttons on entries, tweet entry button on entries, a redesigned portal interface, improved notifications, new interfaces, and more.
• IP.Downloads 2.3.0 released. 2.3.0 includes IP.Nexus integration for selling downloads, an overhauled user interface, improved notifications, new like and comment system integration, and much more.
• IP.Nexus 1.0.3 released.

Still to come: Maintenance releases, new IP.Chat version, and IP.Gallery 4.0 reveal!



We are all looking forward to a productive 2011 and will continue to bring you the best community software around!

Invision Power Services, Inc. is pleased to announce the release of IP.Board 3.4.1 and IP.Nexus 1.5.6!

 

The release of IP.Board 3.4.1 is a maintenance release.

 

What's New in 3.4
 
Please read these blog entries for a full list and explanation of what's new in this release.

• IP.SEO Removed (we have removed IP.SEO and merged all its functionality right into IP.Board!)
• Editor Improvements
• IPS Connect (please note that with the release of IPS Connect our old Converge product will no longer function)
• SEO Improvements
• VigLink Integration
• Best Answer Feature
• AdminCP Interface Enhancements
• Bulk Mail with Mandrill
• Miscellaneous Enhancements
• IPS CDN Service
• Anti-Spam Improvements

 

How to Upgrade

 

To upgrade simply log into your client area, click on "Purchases" from the menu and select the community you wish to upgrade and click "Upgrade Now".

 

IP.Nexus 1.5.6 Released

 

The release of IP.Nexus 1.5.6 is a maintenance release.

 

How to Upgrade

 

To upgrade simply log into your client area, click on "Purchases" from the menu and select the community you wish to upgrade and click "Upgrade Now".