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IP.Board 3.1.0 Dev Update: Improved Facebook Integration

08 February 2010

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Tags: 3.1.0, beta, ipb

Posted by Matt

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When we were developing IP.Board 3.0 we were looking for ways to lower the barrier for registering. There are many single sign in providers but most of them required separate registration and set-up. Around this time, Facebook released their emerging API "Facebook Connect". We seized the opportunity to implement it within IP.Board 3 and...

Categories: Beta, 3.1.0

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IP.Board 3.1.0 Dev Update: Sharing Links

05 February 2010

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Tags: beta, ipb, 3.1.0

Posted by Matt

Following on from our recent blog entry about Twitter Integration...

Categories: Beta, 3.1.0

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IP.Content 2.0 Dev Update: Improvements to Databases

04 February 2010

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Posted by bfarber

Database "Tweaks"...

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Spam Monitoring Service Update

02 February 2010

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Posted by Josh

Last year we introduced a Spam Monitoring service to combat the increasing problem of registrations on communities from spam accounts and the response to this service has been great! The spam service has been a great success so far and we would like to take the time to share some stats about how effective the service has been.

The service is...

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IP.Content 2.0 Dev Update: Useful updates to feed blocks

01 February 2010

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Tags: IP.Content 2.0, feeds

Posted by bfarber

IP.Content 1.x has turned out to be a very solid, stable, and extensible application, allowing for a vastly diverse number of implementations that showcase many of it's capabilities. We're thrilled to see so many of our customers using IP.Content in different and creative ways. We've been gathering feedback from all of you to help...

Categories: IP.Content

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IP.Board 3.1.0 Dev Update: Soft Delete

29 January 2010

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Tags: IPBoard, Beta

Posted by Matt

IP.Board already has many moderation tools, including the ability to "approve" and "un-approve" posts and topics to make them hidden from the general community. IP.Board also has a "Trash Can" forum which collects all deleted topics and posts giving you a chance to keep them and manually move them back if you wanted...

Categories: 3.1.0, Beta

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IP.Board 3.1.0 Dev Update: Ad Code Integration Part 2

28 January 2010

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Posted by Josh

Yesterday we showed IP.Board 3.1's ad code integration for the first time, today we'd like to give a quick update on the status of this new feature.

First of all, we were excited to read all of the positive feedback and great suggestions. We like to write these blog entries before features are 'set in stone', so that we can more...

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IP.Board 3.1.0 Dev Update: Ad Code Integration

27 January 2010

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Posted by Josh

Advertising integration has been an often requested feature for a long time, so we're pleased to announce that IP.Board 3.1 will include this feature! We've create a simple system that will allow you to insert ad code at various locations throughout the forum. The integration is not specific to any ad platform, so you can use this...

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IP.Board 3.1.0 Dev Update: Skin Upgrader

25 January 2010

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Tags: IPBoard

Posted by Michael

One of the neat new features of IP.Board 3.0 was its integrated application/hook installer and upgrader. Using this took a lot of the headache out of updating modifications when the author produced a new version as you would have either needed to use a custom installer script or install a component dedicated to modification installations. This has...

Categories: 3.1.0

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