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I (and others) have suggested this several times, but I still don't understand why IPB doesn't allow one to easily add custom navigation tabs/buttons (like the forums, members, etc buttons at the top).  I am aware that you can edit the skin to do this, but this should be easily done through the ACP.  This would be especially useful for those with IP.content integrated into their IPB installation.

Nostalgia., on 27 February 2011 - 08:11 AM, said:

The pricing for IP.Board has been the same since 2006, with the exception of the introduction of discounts for customers who have multiple licenses.
The last pricing change to one of the addon applications was when we reduced the renewal fees on IP.Gallery from $15 per 6 months to $10 per 6 months.

All of our products are priced individually and we feel the pricing for IP.Nexus is very competitive for a business application featuring eCommerce, a support desk, an advertisement system and hosting management.


If you feel the pricing for IP.Nexus is too expensive, I would recommend looking into our hosted community options - on most packages, you can add IP.Nexus for just $5 per month, and get the other addons too. Please contact sales if you'd like more information about this.

Thanks

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.

All your "liked" content can be viewed in your UserCP.

http://community.inv...core&area=likes

We were recently inspired to write up our own year end review of 2010 to go over the highlights of all the accomplishments our staff made during the year. It's also a great overview of the advancements IPS constantly makes for our customers. Here are the highlights:


December 2009

We began blogging about IP.Board 3.1 and IP.Content 1.2. Everyone was very excited to start revealing the upcoming changes to IP.Board and to further the maturing of the new IP.Content product.

January:

• IP.Chat 1.0.0 released as final. IP.Chat 5 user room provided for free to all customers with an active support contract.
  
• Blogged about expected updates to our addon applications
  
• Released public phpdoc documentation for developers
  
• IP.Downloads 2.1.0 released final. IP.Downloads 2.1.0 provides friendly URLs, upload progress bar, multiple files per record, interface updates, and more.
  
• IP.Content 1.2.0 released final. 1.2.0 provides WYSIWYG editors, better control over fields, and better support for attachments.
  
• Gallery 3.1.0 released final. 3.1.0 introduces album cover images, friendly URLs, sub albums, profile picture albums, friendly only albums, and fancy slideshow.
  
• IP.Blog 2.1.0 released final. 2.1.0 includes support for group blogs, Blog This!, RSS imports, resource improvements and more.
  
• Continued blogging about IP.Board 3.1 improvements

February:

• Improvements to spam monitoring service.
  
• Continued blogging about IP.Board 3.1.0 and addon application updates to be expected
  
• Extended our demo system to 48 hours (extended to 5 days later in the year).

March:

• IP.Board 3.1.0 revealed to the community via updated company forums. New features include profile customization, link sharing, status updates, twitter integration, reputation viewing, ad codes, notification system, soft deletions, and more.
  
• Continued blogging about expected application updates and IP.Board 3.1.0 changes.
  
• Skin Generator service launched for free to all active license holders.

April:

• Community Hosting improvements were made allowing for free 20 user chat rooms, IP.Content available for only $5/month, and a switch from generic metrics to user-based limits.
  
• Continued blogging about application updates, and released betas of the new versions for the community to begin testing.
  
• IPS Staff is excited to hear the news that Nakisha Thomas, our Director of Customer Service, welcomes the birth of her son.

May:

• iPhone app developed and released for free to the community.
  
• Skin generator service updated.
  
• Introduced IP.Nexus as our new business platform.

June:

• IP.Board 3.1.0, IP.Gallery 3.2.0, IP.Blog 2.2.0, IP.Downloads 2.2.0, IP.Content 2.0.0, and IP.Chat 1.1.0 released. Many great improvements for all products available to customers - check out the release topic for a full list. It's impressive!
  
• IP.Board 3.1.1, IP.Gallery 3.2.1, IP.Blog 2.2.1, IP.Downloads 2.2.1, IP.Content 2.0.1, IP.Chat 1.1.1 released. Quick bug fixes for the most notable issues in the newest version.
  
• iPhone app updated to support push notifications, amongst other features.
  
• Community directory launched to allow customers free exposure to anyone using the iPhone app or browsing our company forums for any site.
  
• New IPS web site launched.

July:

• IPS conducts a donation drive for Autism research, in part to test our newest upcoming product IP.Nexus, and in addition to raising $1000 via donations from our community, IPS donated a matching $1000 to AutismSpeaks.org.
  
• IP.Board 3.1.2, IP.Gallery 3.2.2, IP.Blog 2.2.2, IP.Downloads 2.2.2, IP.Content 2.0.2, and IP.Chat 1.1.2 released. In addition to important bug fixes, this release includes enhanced SQL error display, ACP live search improvements, SQL toolbox enhancements, improvements to partial member registrations, and more.
  
• Forum support launched allowing official support via our company forums.

August:

• Website improvements to make documentation searching easier and better documentation organization.
  
• Community hosting improvements implemented.

September:

Continued blogging about upcoming updates to our software. IPS does not release roadmaps as they are too easy to stray from and you end up making promises you cannot keep which we never want to do. Instead, we post blog entries when we complete a new feature so everyone knows it's not just a mockup or an unfulfilled hope.

October:

• IP.Board 3.1.3 released.
  
• Skin generator updated and improved.
  
• Release schedule for our products announced. The first and last time IPS has done this!

November:

• IP.Nexus 1.0.0 released.IP.Nexus is our powerful ecommerce solution that allows you to monetize your IP.Board easily.
  
• IP.Content 2.1.0 released. Features include external widgets, redesigned default interface, block variable help, admin interface improvements, better forum integration, template import/export, and more.
  
• IP.Nexus 1.0.1 released. As part of our commitment to maintain and update Nexus regularly, we release our first update for Nexus only 10 days after initial release of 1.0.0.
  
• IP.Content 2.1.1 released. Resolves bugs reported since the release of 2.1.0.
  
• IP.Board 3.1.4 released. This release includes new like and comment functionality which our other application updates will be making use of.
  
• IPS Marketplace goes live. The Marketplace allows developers to sell their IPS product addons directly through our site, reaching more customers with less hassle.
  
• IP.Nexus 1.0.2 released. This release is part of our continuing effort to ensure any issues affecting your ability to monetize your site using IP.Nexus are promptly addressed.
  
• New release and quality assurance testing two-stage procedure implemented to help enhance quality assurance of releases, and to give customers a chance to test and use the software prior to actual release.
  
• IPS Staff is excited to hear the news that Lindy Throgmartin, our CEO, welcomes the birth of his son.

December

• In just a couple weeks of activity already paid out over two thousand dollars to Marketplace contributors.
  
• IP.Blog 2.3.0 released. 2.3.0 includes new like and commenting systems, Facebook like buttons on entries, tweet entry button on entries, a redesigned portal interface, improved notifications, new interfaces, and more.
  
• IP.Downloads 2.3.0 released. 2.3.0 includes IP.Nexus integration for selling downloads, an overhauled user interface, improved notifications, new like and comment system integration, and much more.
  
• IP.Nexus 1.0.3 released.

Still to come: Maintenance releases, new IP.Chat version, and IP.Gallery 4.0 reveal!



We are all looking forward to a productive 2011 and will continue to bring you the best community software around!

Will it work with Nexus, so people can view and comment on images before let's say buy a full quality image? IP.Downloads is already working pretty well with the Nexus and I am hoping Gallery will work with these two apps as well. I would really like to know if this is something discussed within IPS. Thanks in advance.

I just don't know what you want us to say

I mean you're refusing to let us help you. All the issues you are describing are either because you are unfamiliar with our software and its features or there could be an actual issue we need to fix. Of course we can't identify any possible issues if you don't let us help you.

In the time you have been going on in this topic you could have sent in a support request and already had a reply from our staff or even had your issues resolved.

At this point you just seem to be moaning for the sake of moaning and aren't really interested in solutions. Both our staff and your fellow IPS customers have offered lots of suggestions here and you're just not interested so I don't see where this is really going than lots of fist-pounding...  

You're making a conscious decision to not let anyone here address your concerns so I'm at a loss.

This is something really boring and extremely repetitive. Every time we install a hook, we have to navigate to Edit Settings, click thousands times until you get the settings for the specific hook. It gets worst if you have several hooks installed.

One simple thing would be to add HOOK SETTINGS in Manage Hooks, right here:



The idea is to centralize everything in one area, save time!

Please consider this!

Invision Power Services, Inc. is pleased to announce the IPS Marketplace!

The IPS Marketplace is a new service that connects the many thousands of users of IPS community software with our talented community of authors who make many resources for IPS software.

IPS Marketplace features skins, hooks, graphics, applications, and more that work with the IPS community software platform. All are contributed by authors in our community. Many are free and some carry a small fee set by the author of the work.

This is a new benefit to active IP.Board license holders and Community Hosting clients. Browse the IPS Marketplace to find ways to enhance your community today!

How to Access

Just visit the IPS Marketplace and make sure you are logged in with the same email address and password you use to login to the IPS Client Area. This will automatically recognize your account and allow you access to all the free listings in the IPS Marketplace and allow you to purchase any paid listings.




IPS Marketplace App Coming Soon

We are developing an IP.Board application that will allow you to browse the IPS Marketplace from inside your IP.Board's AdminCP! This great tool will allow even easier access to resources, notify you of updates, and more. Beta testing of this fun app for IP.Board will start soon. Keep an eye on our company blog for information.

Resource Authors

Do you make resources for IPS community software? Anything from skins to hooks to full applications can be submitted to the IPS Marketplace. Both free and paid submissions are welcome. Read the submission guidelines for full information and start participating in the IPS Marketplace to gain greater exposure for your work.

About the Software

The IPS Marketplace is running on standard copies of IP.Nexus and IP.Downloads to demonstrate the power of the two software products working together.

We are planning on 3.1.3 to coincide with the release of IP.Nexus, IP.Gallery and the other app  updates.

We're looking at next month for a release, but as always this is very much a rough guide.

ameen, on 24 September 2010 - 11:35 AM, said:

2. I disagree. I think gallery focused too much on useless statistic. Is number of "downloads" important or even relevant?

Another vote for this suggestion - it's very confusing seeing profile pics popping up in many areas, as you become familiar with avatars. Just make an option for avatar uploads (I don't like the idea of off-site avatar hosting anyway) and then thumbnails can be generated and shown.

I posted this in the 'Features for 3.2' thread, but since I saw that bfarber said that suggestions should be post in separate topics, well... here I am.

I really do love IP.Board, but I think there should be some simplification of the avatar/profile picture setup, or at least some way for board admins to control it better. Right now, each user can upload an 'avatar' – an image that represents them on the board – and a profile picture – an... image that represents them on the board? Yes, I understand that the latter is supposed to be for an actual picture of yourself, but that's not really clear unless you look at other people's profiles first.

But the placement of each is the most confusing. Your avatar is used in topics, in personal conversations, and a few other assorted places. Your profile picture is used in the box in the top right, in the gallery, in the blog, and in your profile. I don't really understand this placement, as it seems like each one is used randomly throughout half of the board. And if I, as the board administrator, don't understand it, I doubt my members are going to either. It's especially confusing when I'm browsing through topics, and I click on a user's username to go to their profile, and I'm greeted with a completely different picture. When I first checked out IPB 3.0, my initial thought here was, "Did I click the right spot? Am I in the right profile?"

In the old versions of IPB (talking about way back in 1.3 here), the profile picture was used in your profile, and your avatar was used everywhere else. I don't know what other people think, but at least to me, that kind of organization makes a lot more sense.

So would it be possible to do one of the following things?:

• Unify profile pictures and avatars. Honestly, it really is just confusing to keep them both, at least in the form they're in now.
  
• Provide some admin settings to select which is used there. If not the above, at least let us pick which image gets used in which place.
  
• Set it so that if a user only has one of the two images uploaded, have it display wherever the other image normally would. This is the least desirable solution, but may be the most immediately feasible. So, for example, if I had an avatar uploaded, but no profile picture, my avatar would show anywhere that the profile picture normally would.

I understand if nothing can be done, but the fact that everyone on my board right now is just using the same image for both is sort of a testament to the confusing and redundant elements of this setup, so, if no one else, we'd really appreciate if something could be done. Thanks for reading!

Do you remember the days when there was a forum for reporting bugs? You know, before the bug tracker? Well the bug tracker has definitely helped out in making bug tracking more efficient.... But feature suggestions are still kept in the feedback forum. A few dozen people may reply to it, but that topic quickly fades away. A suggestion isn't really taken seriously unless enough people post other topics suggesting the same thing, or staff take particular interest in a suggestion. Another problem is that people tend to lump multiple suggestions in one topic.

What I'm suggesting is a new community project, or extension to the existing tracker, for suggesting features, much like Votebox, which is Dropbox's customized feature tracking system.

Since you have to be logged in to see it I've taken a screen shot below:



The way they're system works is someone makes a single suggestion and people vote on it. The ones with the highest votes are at the top, and ones that are accepted/done get filtered out. They give their customers 5 votes total towards a particular feature that they want most. Later on they can choose to cancel that vote and put it towards another suggestion, or it's returned to them when a feature is accepted/completed. (There may be some details I may have gotten slightly wrong, but you get the general gist of it).

It would be a great way to gauge what people want most. Limiting how many votes each customer gets allows them to vote for what they want most (otherwise people would vote for everything, and then it would be pointless).

(If the same feature is suggested twice there should be a way to merge them together)

Would be more efficient than "+1 or Yes I agree!" stuff.

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