Hēphaistos

don't you just hate it, when people do not read the whole announcement

Our position is to provide good products and services but not try to stir up any drama. As we have said before, although vB is competition, we believe it a professional courtesy to not encourage outright bashing or provocation. If the roles were reversed, we would hope to get the same courtesy from them.

I'm not here to argue whether or not IPS has been doing it's job or not, but I find the whole idea behind "I paid them to do what they're doing, I don't need to thank them" to be revolting and just shows what kind of person you are.

TCWT, on 01 July 2009 - 04:00 PM, said:

Because IPS offers hosting, and unless they pay for copyright removal all of their forum's pages will have a link to a competitor's site.

Jura, may I please have some of whatever you're smoking?  

Nothing will need to be changed, it's not going to remove any member groups you have or move any members to other groups when you upgrade.

skysober, on 25 June 2009 - 04:28 PM, said:

You used phpBB?  I'm sorry.

Charles, on 26 June 2009 - 07:54 AM, said:

One of the things that I recall liking from the ideas I read (didn't read all of it) was the idea of the support time not starting until the first ticket is submitted, with a maximum deadline for support.  I've never needed to get any real support on any of my licenses, but the idea of the support window being flexible sounds nice.

The other was that when someone owns a license (version), they get updates for that entire line for that version.  Sort of like the perpetual license once offered by IPS, except that theirs is limited to the version the customer paid for.

With this being the area for feedback, I'd toss in the idea that perhaps when someone buys a new license (not including renewals), that they still get 6 months of support, but that the support starts on the first ticket, with the maximum being a year, with having access to downloads of that version for a year.  If they use up their support (say they submit a ticket to have it installed after the first day), then they renew support 6 months later, their download time wouldn't extend any.  Since I barely ever need support myself and already have the IPB licenses that I'll need, this wouldn't affect me, but I'm sure it would attract many more customers, especially now.

Just thought I'd toss that out there.  Whether or not it makes any difference, again, doesn't affect me since I already have my licenses. Just want more people to buy IPB, so that the product has financial support and can continue to grow.

IPS News, on 25 June 2009 - 08:18 AM, said:

Oh dear...  Just as I feared!  *runs to safety*

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.

We are pleased to announce Invision Power Board 3.0.0 Beta 4 is now available.  Additionally, the following development releases are available in your client area to test:

• IP.Converge RC 1
• IP.Blog 2.0.0 Beta 2
• IP.Downloads 2.0.0 Beta 2
• IP.Gallery 3.0.0 Beta 2

  The fourth beta release of IP.Board 3.0.0 is now available for download to those with current, active licenses to IP.Board. This fourth beta is only available to active license holders.
  
  This is the fourth beta release so please take a moment and read this entire announcement before downloading.

• As this is a beta release there will be bugs and issues with the software. Please report any issues using our bug tracker. Before reporting please first quickly check to see if anyone has already reported your issue.
• This beta is encoded using IonCube. Beta releases are encoded so we can better control the release and ensure any reported problems are code-related and not due to modifications. Please ensure you are familiar with how to install IonCube encoded PHP software. The final version will not be encoded.
• Technical support is not available for this beta software.
• Do not use this software on a public install. Wait for the final series for your public installs.
• There may be no upgrade path between beta versions.
• You may upgrade from IP.Board 3.0.0 Beta 3, or from any pre-3.0.0 version of IP.Board.
• In general, only download and participate in the beta test if you are comfortable working with beta software.

  System Requirements
  
  This beta version of IP.Board 3.0.0 requires PHP 5.1.0 or greater and MySQL 4.1.22 (5.0 or greater preferred) to operate. We have included the Ioncube loaders with the download for 32 bit servers. If your server is running a 64 bit operating system, you will need to visit Ioncube directly to download the loaders.
  
  Testing Help
  
  This is the second beta to include the upgrade script. Please be sure to test this thoroughly on backup copies of your forum database. Do not upgrade your live site. Also, we would appreciate feedback from those upgrading from older versions of IPB as well.
  
  Also please give good testing to the skinning system, importing, exporting, creating new skins, etc.
  
  Known Issues
  

• The AdminCP help system is still being populated and styled. The final version will be complete and look much more integrated. It will also be hidden by default.
• Subscription Manager is not included in this beta.

  
  
  
  Download IP.Board 3.0.0 Beta 4
  
  If you have an IP.Board License:
  
  To download, log in to your client area. You will see the beta download information by clicking into your license purchase. As stated above, technical support is not available so please only download if you are comfortable beta-testing software.
  
  If you have IPS Hosting:
  
  Shared hosting customers can download by clicking into their hosting package. Forum hosting customers can also download but will not be able to install in their hosting account as Forum Hosting packages are limited to one install. Feel free to use another hosting account for this.