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The update has (finally) been approved by Apple. It should show up as an update soon.

Invision Power Services, Inc. is pleased to announce the release of IP.Board 3.3.2, IP.Downloads 2.5.1, IP.Chat 1.4.1, and the IPS iOS App.

Everyone at IPS is very proud of IP.Board 3.3.2, IP.Downloads 2.5.1 and IP.Chat 1.4.1 updates. We have worked hard to create a quality, modern community platform and the feedback from our clients has been tremendous. The new IPS iOS App is our latest addition to our community platform.

These releases are maintenance releases to continue our goal of providing a stable platform for your community. There are no new features except for changes in IP.Board to support customization features for the new IPS iOS App and a new privacy policy option. Customization features for the IPS iOS App include the ability for admins to push new button/control images and colors plus the ability for an admin to put in their own ad code to monetize their mobile browsing.

We are releasing the following new software:

IP.Board 3.3.2
Fully featured community platform including forums, members profiles, calendar, status system, integration, and much, much more.

IP.Downloads 2.5.1
Integrated download management for IP.Board allowing you and your members to upload files for sharing in an organized category listing with permissions, version control, and more

IP.Chat 1.4.1
Integrated chat software for your forum. Allow your members to chat to each other in real time.

IPS iOS App
Native iOS app for iPhone/iPad allowing you to browse your community, get push notifications, and more.


Requirements / Notes

IP.Downloads, IP.Chat, and the IPS iOS App require IP.Board version 3.3.x.

Installing / Upgrading

For further assistance on installing these updates please refer to this document and for upgrading please refer to this document

Invision Power Services, Inc. is pleased to announce the release of IP.Content 2.3.1!

IP.Content is our community content management platform for IP.Board allowing you to create content for your site ranging from a simple portal to a full website with custom databases and more - the possibilities are endless!

This release resolves issues reported since the release of IP.Content 2.3.0.
Thank you to our team of Beta and QA testers who have made this release possible.

We welcome feedback on this or any other release in the relevant feedback forum including suggestions for future releases.


Demo

You can try our free demo to see IP.Content in action for yourself.


Purchasing

You can purchase IP.Content in your client area by clicking the 'New Purchase' button in the upper right corner. New clients can purchase IP.Content along with IP.Board. If you are an IPS Community Hosting client, IP.Content comes with all packages!

If you have already purchased IP.Content, you can download this update in your client area.


Requirements / Notes

IP.Content 2.3.1 requires IP.Board version 3.3.x

Installing / Upgrading

For further assistance on installing IP.Content please refer to this document and for upgrading please refer to this document





Invision Power Services, Inc. is pleased to announce the release of IP.Calendar 3.3.0!

IP.Calendar is our calendar application available freely to all IP.Board clients.  This release of IP.Calendar resolves issues reported since 3.2.2 and includes certain compatibility updates to better integrate with IP.Board 3.3.0.

We welcome feedback on this or any other release in the relevant feedback forum including suggestions for future releases.


Demo

You can try our free demo to see IP.Calendar in action for yourself.


Purchasing

IP.Calendar is available for free to all IP.Board license holders.  IP.Calendar is included with all IPS Community Hosting accounts.

Requirements / Notes

IP.Calendar 3.3.0 requires IP.Board version 3.3.x.


Installing / Upgrading

To install IP.Calendar, you will need to extract the files contained in the zip you will download from the client center, upload those files to your IP.Board root directory (preserving directory structure), and then initiate the application installation routine from your Admin Control Panel under System tab -> Applications and Modules.  To upgrade to the latest version of IP.Calendar, you will need to extract the zip and upload the files as you would to install, and then visit your Admin Control Panel, which will in turn redirect you to the upgrader.  Please submit a ticket in your client area if you require assistance installing or upgrading IP.Calendar.

You most likely reconverted topics/posts after converting members. If you reconvert anything, you have to reconvert everything below it. On the initial conversion, you notice it won't let you convert topics until you've converted members. If you Reconvert member, you have to reconvert topics, posts and everything below members.

Yes, of course it's going to be improved, it's here on a site with lots of activity and content so that they can see where the slowdowns are occurring in order to make resource improvements.

Hercules, on 15 November 2010 - 04:27 PM, said:

I agree, wholeheartedly.  12-13 months ago, I was desperate to get away from vBulletin, but I used the GARS add-on and did not want to convert to any other forum platform without having the same ease of setting up articles, tutorials and reviews.  From the outside looking in, IP.Content seemed like it would be perfect for me.

I was wrong.  GARS came with a bit of a learning curve, but if you spent an hour or so working with it, you could see how everything came together.  I've spent a year trying to wrap my head around IPC and it has, quite frankly, left me wishing I had just stuck it out with vB and GARS.  I didn't think I would ever miss vBulletin, but I was wrong there, as well.  I can see where Content has much more potential than GARS, but there is an associated and vertical learning curve that has broken my spirit.  

I think IP.Board is an incredible forum platform.  I really enjoy using IP.Gallery, as well.  As Matt has offered glimpses into Gallery 4, I was eager to see it released.  But my outright disappointment with IP.Content has done an excellent job of dampening my enthusiasm for any of it.  My frustration level has reached a point where I can't even be bothered to upgrade all my sites to IPB 3.1.4, so what do I care about the release of Gallery 4?  A year ago, IPB made the operation of my sites much more enjoyable than they were whilst running vBulletin.  Content has managed to turn all that around.

I operate forum sites.  I do not code.  I understand enough code to generally accomplish what I need, but that is where it ends.  You'll note I'm not mentioning how long it took me to do it, but I managed to slog my way through the stock IPB templates and CSS to come up with the skin colors I wanted for my sites.  I've never been able to accomplish that same feat with Content and my Content articles look like rubbish.

I know my limitations and it seems no matter how hard I try, Content remains outside those lines.  It frustrates and disappoints me to see how IP.Board becomes easier and easier to use and understand, yet IP.Content remains well beyond my comprehension.  I plan to start moving article content back into the forum posts I promoted it all from, setting up a couple of static pages to display things like TOS and my Privacy Policy. Once I have that accomplished, I will be removing Content from all of my sites.  There comes a time to cut one's losses and I have reached that point.  I tip my hat to those who are capable of creating sharp-looking Content sites.  I'm actually quite envious.  But it's obviously beyond my own abilities to do the same and I'm tired of banging my forehead on the desk.  I just hope by distancing myself from Content, I can regain my earlier enthusiasm for IPB.

I haven't read the thread, only the title, but I'll give you my perspective as a new IPB customer regarding IP.content "failing".

I hope the staff do not take the following personally as it is just my observation.

Taking a look at IP.content, I can tell that it is powerful, but I as an average user would not even attempt to use it because your support is lacking. It took me 3 days of searching and asking in the support forums to solve a simple URL issue, because the issue is not "supported". I never got a straight answer for what ended up being a simple 2 lines of code edit. Having experienced that, there is no way that I would take on IP.content, especially with the lack of documentation that I've read about.

2 lines of code cost me 3 days. That is why I would not bother with IP.content, especially when wordpress does everything I need and more. Would it be nice to seamlessly integrate my front page with the forum? Sure, but not at the expense of a million new headaches trying to figure the darn thing out.

Hell, even if I did purchase IP.content, half the things that I would want to do with it would most likely be "unsupported" by IPS and I'm sure there wouldn't exactly be a dozen peers jumping up to help me when I couldn't figure something out.

I would be all on my own trying to build a website using a brand new piece of software and even google wouldn't be able to help me. That's not going to work for me.

Alright. Well here it is.

If it seems like I bounce around a lot, it is because I do. My brain rummages through everything first, then dives in.

Thanks,
EBrown

There should be an option in the skin generator to generate a mobile skin using the same colors. Just sayin'.

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!

Note: Please perform a hard refresh / delete temporary items in your browser to ensure you get the correct CSS and JS

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.

It has come to our attention that there is a possible XSS exploit present in both IP.Board 2.3.6 and 3.0.x. This vulnerability allows the attacker to insert CSS or Javascript into certain BBCodes that is executed when a user displays the page.

Resolution
Please download the relevant zip for your IP.Board. Expand the zip file and upload the file over the copy on your server. No other action is required.

IP.Board 3.0.5
 305-march-10.zip   35.55K   1400 downloads

Please note this patch will only work with IP.Board 3.0.5. If you are using an earlier version of IP.Board 3.0 then you will need to upgrade to IP.Board 3.0.5. After you have upgraded, you will not need to add this patch.

IP.Board 2.3.6
 236xss_march10.zip   15.61K   2034 downloads

The main download zips have been updated. If you have downloaded either 2.3.6 or 3.0.5 since the time of this announcement, then you do not need to patch your installation.

Mark and Charles are like duplicates.

I'll be updating them today. Though, hopefully release will be soon.

m4rtin, on 16 January 2010 - 06:42 PM, said:

I believe !important doesn't work with IE6. Even though a few percentage of people still use IE . But, as someone posted it's really not good practice to always utilize the !important when you can just clean up the code by removing the conflicting code.