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I added a new feature in 3.2 that allows the admin to set the maximum image size when uploading an attachment and resizes the image down if required.

It'd be really good if the badword filters could also apply to usernames and display names (i.e. to prevent someone named 'nether regions of anatomy hole' signing up).

I've updated this board to the latest development build. This update fixes many reported bugs and issues and also brings about a few improvements including:

- Fixes to the search engine
- Fixes to the active content display
- Fixes to the view new content display
- Fixed the "Type of view new content" user preference
- Fixes the "refresh to increment" bug in shared links
- Adds the ability to remove status import (which we have done on this board).

Please note that there are still several other bug fixes and improvements that are still being worked on. I know that View New Content is still returning a few 'read' items and this will be improved in a near-future update.

We have also reverted back to SQL searching to test this out more thoroughly.

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.

I like Rikki too for what it's worth. I vote we keep him!

I quite like Rikki.

Razasharp, on 19 March 2010 - 08:37 AM, said:

Ditchmonkey, on 18 March 2010 - 01:16 PM, said:

Truth be told, we've experimented with more than one setup. Hiding the buttons, showing the button but then showing an error when it's clicked (with the login form). Based on real world research, we've determined the best option is to show a message to the user where the button normally appears, explaining that they can't use the button.

For those that disagree, that's fine. This is why IPB is fully skinnable. You can remove the buttons in the skin if you don't want them to display.

We tend to steer clear from official yes/nos to suggestions... this is why

ghyghty, social groups may or may not get included in future. I personally like the idea (and is on my personal wish list) - but it's not something we've discussed officially.

As always, we announce development plans in the blog, any speculation or opinions posted elsewhere shouldn't be taken as gospel

Personally, I've always felt there is a place for a social group style feature in forums, but it's one of those things that would require very careful implementation.  I think the biggest potential problem with this feature is that it fragments the conversation on your forum, by taking the conversation out of your main forums and into groups.  A feature like this need a really good discovery system, to help you find groups and to find out what is going on in those groups, otherwise they'll only die out, while drawing people away from the forums.

The kind of features I think would be really nice are the ability to join/leave groups, set a group owner, and perhaps give the group a comment system, as opposed to a full on sub forum.

The main point I'm trying to make here though, is while I think it's a potentially good idea, it would require a lot of time and planning to make it work right.  So even if we decided to add it today, it would be quite awhile before a feature like that was ready.

ghyghty, on 18 March 2010 - 06:05 AM, said:

I made it clear it was my personal opinion. And let's not get silly and try and claim that we can only use the term 'community' if we have social groups. Social groups are just one feature that might make up a community. We have dozens of other things too.

Now then, I have been searching for a way to cancel my order, and havn't found one.

Either I am a pathetically blindsighted fool, or there is in fact no way to cancel an order/package and will end up being incredibly pissed off.

So, then. Which is it going to be? Am I able to cancel? If so, for the love of (Insert divinity here) tell me how the hell to do so.

Edit: Yes, I realise this is in the wrong Forum.

.Wolfie, on 08 March 2010 - 12:32 PM, said:

I think you need a hobby.

In my mind, there is no difference between "alpha" and "beta". The only difference between the terms is what you put into it.

Similar to Michael's interpretation, I use alpha up until the point we invite people outside of IPS to look at the software, and then I call it beta. It's irrelevant though, as the terminology used won't change how long it takes to release one bit. We could call it "puppy dog version" and it's still going to take the same amount of time to finish until we are comfortable with the release.

I say alpha because there is still development going on and it's not public. Michael says beta because it's external - we're talking about the same thing though.

Don't worry Wolfie, there will be a public beta like always