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I have converted from UBB.threads to IP.board and even though my members are having a hard time adjusting, I am quit happy I made the conversion.

There are however a few things that where (much) better in UBB.threads.

What is mis the most is the synergy between the ACP and the forums/board.

For example.

If I want to know more about a 'naughty member' and I click on a members name on the forums, I have no administrative features.
I first have to login to the ACP, look the member up again and then I have administrative power over this member.

Why so complicated? Why would you not just add a button 'manage this member' if logged in as a admin that takes you right to the ACP -> ...&app=members&&module=members&section=members&do=viewmember&member_id=00001

The same way around: I'm logged in to the ACP and want to view a members posts. I have to return to the board -> member list, look him up and then click on: /index.php?app=core&module=search&do=user_activity&mid=000001
Why not a few extra functions in the member section of the ACP, like 'PM member', 'View content' etc.

There is just too much clicks and logins and menus and clicks necessary to get stuff done.

The administrator is the idiot that spends half his life on the community. Why not make his miserable life a little easier?

Cheers,

Michel

RTE is fantastic for making quick, short posts that require little to no formatting. I also know lots of people love using it and I'm glad that it makes things more convenient for them. I'm all for having the option for people to use it if they want to. It should not be forced on all users, however. The alternative provided in past versions of IPB was great - having the BBCode buttons was great and convenient for formatting posts where complex formatting is required.

In my application of the board we post lots of procedure guides for our staff that have tons of pictures, links and text formatting in them. I find with the RTE I can never get the formatting exactly the way I want it unless I do the BBCode by hand. Sometimes no RTE is able to generate BBCode the way I want it or it adds in superfluous tags that are a mess for people not on the RTE.

The BBCode buttons need to be restored when you are not using the RTE. I am very happy there is an option to not use the RTE, but the alternative should not be a bare-bones textbox with none of the functionality the previous versions' plain text editor had. I do not understand why this functionality was discontinued. In theory, it may seem great to automate everything but in practice that is not always viable and many users and staff alike on my board will not be pleased with this version for this exact reason. Please restore the profile option to disable the RTE entirely and give us back BBCode buttons. It is indeed a fancy editor, but not practical for every application.

I don't usually have much to say about board updates, but this time is different. This update is the only reason why I have created an account as I feel it is important you are not oblivious to the fact that many people are not happy having the RTE forced on them so much and the raw mode limited to such bare-bone features.

Peter UK, on 27 July 2011 - 06:59 PM, said:

This is a very good point as well.

As per this issue:
http://community.inv...tting-features/

And my issue (should have searched Tracker first, my bad):
http://community.inv...d-when-rte-off/

Why should these buttons be disabled when the RTE is turned off?  All turning RTE off should do is show you the raw formatting of the post, not make it so you have to manually type every BBCode.  Needs to be changed in my opinion and it seems posting in the Feedback forum and getting a few agreements is the only way to do it.

Is there an easy way to put the image description below the image like it used to be?

Because I don't see any reason for putting it on top of the image which still has an open bug going on and and it really does not look good, at all. The image is the most important part within a gallery, and when you stick the description on top of the image, you just ruin both, the image and the description.

Message received. Pagination added back in.

If IPS aren't going to bring back Pagnation then there's little point in having the 6 month and 1 year filter options. To get to the last page of the last year's VNC results here on IPS's own site requires the Next button to be pressed 948 times.

I also want the number of results back as well. This then gives me some idea of how long it will take me to get up to date. Now with 3.2 I don't know and I don't know how many pages of results there are.

Crazy!!

3DKiwi

We currently have header, footer and after first post ad integration. Conspicuously missing is any sidebar ad code integration.

Please include sidebar ad code integration that will apply to Board Index, Forum View and Topic View.

Ever since we went to 3.2, this has been one thing that has been a pain in the butt for me.  I browse these forums and go through the VNC list to find topics that I want to help with, go through page 1, go through page 2, etc., but then when I'm on a page past the first couple and respond to a topic there, I have to go back into the VNC list and keep hitting next to get back to where I was.

Even if we had the option to enter a page number to jump to, and got told that there aren't any results on that page, that would be better than having to keep hitting next to get to where we want, since each new page reload is just more resource-intensive calculating it has to do.

Sandi - Pagnation is not graphics intensive so there's almost no overhead for your members downloading. The highlighting / colours is all done with css. The resource issue if there is one is on your hosts server.

Following the logic of removing pagnation from VNC results should we not also remove it from multi page topics? I want it in VNC results just like with topics so that I can more easily browse the pages. For example if I've been away for a few days I often want to start with the last page. Now with 3.2 I have keep clicking the next button to get to the last page.

You can almost guarantee those coming from VBulletin will be asking for this.

3DKiwi

here are some more examples...

http://community.invisionpower.com/new/forums/content_i_have_not_read
http://community.invisionpower.com/new/forums/new_since_last_visit
http://community.invisionpower.com/new/forums/past_24_hours
http://community.invisionpower.com/new/forums/past_week
http://community.invisionpower.com/new/forums/past_2_weeks
http://community.invisionpower.com/new/forums/past_6_months
http://community.invisionpower.com/new/forums/past_year

View new content is a great new feature for IP.Board and it would be totally awesome if you would add some basic seo to the "View New Content" url structure.

It would be great if you could turn this

http://community.invisionpower.com/index.php?app=core&module=search&do=viewNewContent&search_app=gallery&sid=835bb6d3e7d3ae0f58a8b2d2f1b7d20d&search_app_filters[blog][searchInKey]=&period=week&userMode=&followedItemsOnly=0

…into this

http://community.invisionpower.com/new/gallery/images/past_week

IMO . I'd like to suggest that in these forums when a thread is resolved, it simply be marked as resolved, why close it?  As a new customer, again and again I have tried to do a search on a question I have.  Often I will find a thread that addresses the exact issue I have but perhaps I am left still needing to clarify some some small piece of info.  Being able to post in that thread would be invaluable, because I could quote the post that I need further clarification on and say "I understand what was said above, but I'm still having a small issue here" or whatever.  Instead I have to start a thread all over again, write a much longer explanation than necessary if I could have just picked up in the previous thread, and then have to see a lot of info rehashed that was already in another thread.  This makes no sense to me and seems counterproductive to the spirit of forums, where people are encouraged to use the existing body of community knowledge rather than just start a new thread every time they have a question.

I participate on Microsoft forums and they also mark threads resolved when they are answered for the OP, but they leave them open.  And you'll find people searching and then adding to these threads just as I detailed above, all the time.  IMO this is how it should be.

Thanks for listening.

cmiller, on 25 February 2011 - 01:27 AM, said:

I agree. REAL sidebar across the board would be very interesting, instead of blocks to show adverts or simple texts!

We could, for example, create hooks to show information about the open forum in forum view... or even topics! Show some statistics in Member List, via hook, about the members; etc.

Cloaked, on 25 February 2011 - 01:33 AM, said:

You must run some hobby site, or do this stuff for fun.

90% of new visitors come in from search engines and land on a specific topic. Where do they go from there? To another site.... never to be seen again. Check your bounce rate before posting nonsense out here!!!

Too many of you guys view your forums as "just a forum". I tend to view all of ours as CONTENT DRIVEN BEASTS and I like to make money with them.

Have you ever seen a good website WITHOUT a side nav bar? I doubt it..... not a good one anyway. Sure, I want to use ads but I also want a navigation bar accessible to all users, many who will be visiting for the first time and absolutely kill our bounce rate because forums SUCK at navigation and content delivery.

Vbulletin and IPS both fail in this category. Forums are the source of a LOT of quality content. Quit treating forums like they are nothing but "chat" and treat them them like they are... QUALITY CONTENT!!!!

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That's a relief as my front page and point of entry is the portal. I think having the forum index page as the main entry point isn't the greatest. It all depends I guess.

3DKiwi