Stephane

Hi,

Please could you consider a change to breadcumbs for pages.

Currently the breadcrumbs is simply

home > page or home > page > page (if the index is shown)

It would be nice (as it is with articles I believe) to have

home > folder > page

with the folder link going to folder/index.php for example.

Or even better, have some way to custom input breadcrumbs within IP.Content

Thanks.

I believe someone said this was a template issue but not sure.

When you print an article (even in the new IP.Board 3.2) it looks horrible.  The forum looks like it is getting better on printing but IP.Content is still totally not looking good.

I wonder if IP applications should utilize the Joomla method which is a Print Icon that you can click on that presents a printable page that includes all pages, title and content in an easy to read format instead of all the extra applications people add that print seems to catch.

It would also be nice to do an export to PDF for those that aren't as cool as I am and have a mac which includes this feature without having Adobe.    (just kidding..  don't get mad, just trying to be funny).

Anyhow...  print is important especially if we are using IP.Content to maintain our documents and instructions for users.

Gros Blaireau, on 16 April 2011 - 01:23 AM, said:

semi-ot:
Currently not really, we've discussed this in another thread. It seems (to me and some others) that IPS has invented IP.Content to power their own mainsite and this is static content, made to sell a product. For static pages it's already great out of the box, but when it comes to dynamic content it looks much worse.

I really, really hope that the next major release of IP.Content adds many functions of Joomla, Typo3, Drupal, Contao etc. I mean, I could probably edit and expand IP.Content myself, but a) many others cant b) I would probably get into much trouble if I wanted to update to a new official version later.
There are so many basics that are currently not or just half-hearted in IP.Content such as images in articles, changing the menus via ACP without HTML-knowledge and many, many more things.

On the other hand IP.Content is really powerful if you know what you're doing. It's just that I don't want to expand the system on my own too much, regarding core-functionality.

Well, I have time and I hope to be able to use IP.Content for my next big project, as with the last my users were struggling heavily.

csm, on 24 March 2011 - 08:05 AM, said:

Darksbane0, on 24 March 2011 - 07:42 PM, said:

Tunga, on 26 March 2011 - 06:41 AM, said:

Tanax, on 26 March 2011 - 01:21 PM, said:

Except its not. Not being patronizing myself but the ability to edit database record comments from the front-end is still not present in current IPContent. Would just like to point this out in the hopes that 3.2 IPB IPContent side-release will have this functionality.

Invision Power Services, Inc. is pleased to announce the release of IP.Tracker 2.0.0!

IP.Tracker is our free project management system for IP.Board, allowing you to powerfully manage projects and tasks within your community.

New Features

• Overhauled Admin CP and tweaked front-end interfaces.
  
• Deeper integration with IP.Board, making use of the like and notification systems.
  
• Tracker Modules and Fields, powerful new options for dealing with statuses, severities and versions.
  
• Powerful permission system allowing you to fine-tune access to certain Tracker features.
  
• New version system giving you complete control over a projects versions.
  
• Highly extensible for third-party developers.

Downloading

IP.Tracker is available for free to all active IP.Board license holders, and is available directly from the IPS Marketplace.

Once downloaded, extract the zip archive and upload the contents of the /upload folder directly to your IP.Board's root folder. Visit your Admin CP and navigate to 'Manage Applications & Modules'. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and find "IPS Add On / IP.Tracker", click install and let it run through the installation routine.

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• Similarly, the new field system has a powerful permission manager at its core which statuses, versions, and severity all make use of. Upon the completion of the upgrade, IP.Tracker will automatically fill in permissions for each project so that administrators can perform all tasks for each field, but again it is advised for you to manually go through these and fine-tune them to your needs.
  
• Upon completion of the upgrade, please visit the IP.Tracker Admin CP -> Useful Tools, and rebuild all caches. The upgrade will then be complete.

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Hello,

Really, we should be able to edit a comment in IP.Content.

In our continuing efforts to enhance the support services offered by IPS we recently made several changes that should help you to enjoy your IPS-powered community even more.

Easier Documentation Search

In response to customer feedback we have enhanced our documentation search system to search our official documentation, community-submitted articles, and resource downloads all at once.

Read the full information on search changes...

This change should allow you to more easily search all the various resources available to you as an IPS Community Suite user.

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Reorganization of Documentation

We have a lot of great information in our documentation but it is often difficult to find as it is spread out into so many articles. As an example, Sphinx search setup alone has three separate articles explaining search settings, setting up Sphinx, and troubleshooting Sphinx. Using this example, we are working on merging all these various articles into one "everything you need to know about Sphinx" article and will be doing this with other articles as well. Another example may be the System Settings overview: rather than 10 mini-articles on settings you will now have one, comprehensive article to read.

This change does mean we will have to eliminate the current IP.Board option of the in-line AdminCP article view but we believe eliminating that one option in return for overall more comprehensive and easier to read documentation is one that will benefit everyone.

These changes will take place over the next several weeks as we merge things and add in more documentation content.


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Having forum support will be a great benefit to all IPS Community Suite users as it allows everyone to engage each other to help in a group effort. We have an amazing customer-community here at IPS and between customers helping each other and the addition of IPS Staff assisting in forum questions we believe that the overall support experience will greatly improve for all.

Guaranteed support will still only be offered in tickets and we may still ask you to submit a ticket if, for example, we need to login to your community to diagnose a problem. Forum support will be available to anyone with an active support service for IP.Board or the applications.


Community Hosting Improvements

We are making several large changes to our community hosting services which will benefit all new and existing customers of IPS community hosting.

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These changes will be applied to all existing customers on the package types listed on our web site and all new orders as well. If you are on an older package that is no longer offered on our web site your services will remain unchanged.

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This suggestion is for the new databases added in 1.1.0.
Could we get another field type for table data?
The only way to add tables is to have HTML in either a WYSIWYG Editor or Text area field. Having this open to everyone could have security issues.

What I purpose is a field that would act like a table but not show any of the HTML involved to the user / admin.
In the admin section you would list your table header info for you columns.
When the end user adds a record that has this field, they will see something kind of like how polls are handled on the forums.
Each section would represent one row and each text area within the section representing a column (based on what is set in the admin)
There would be a button (like polls) to add or remove another row.

Here is an image to help:

Love this request. On another (free) forum software, they used a very simple BBCode to define tables. Basically, it looked like this:

Quote

The x variable, in green, sets how many cells per row the table has. If you have too many cells to fill up one row, it automatically drops the cells into the next row. The Table Title speaks for itself, and can be left blank to exclude that row of the table (it's styled like the category header by default, but can be individually styled, if the skinner so chooses). The y variable, in red, can be set to either 1, or skipped entirely. With a 1, it includes a category name row, styled like the row on the forum index that includes 'Forum', 'Stats', and 'Last Post Info'. After that, if the the category name row has been enabled, the first row of cells will be styled like it. If not, you'll go straight into regular table cells, which are separated by the [c] tag. After that, you can make the table as large as you want. Just include the [/table] tag when you want it to close.

Sure, it's not very customizable, but it's easy to set up and it gets the job done. I'm not exactly sure how much work it would take to include a table BBCode such as this, but I, and probably plenty of other people as well, think this would be a very worthwhile idea to at least consider.

I had an idea on how creating pages with IP.Content could greatly be simplified and yet, organized. I thought it'd be a brilliant idea if instead of constantly hitting the "Continue" button at the bottom of the page if you guys would simply tab each part instead. That way if I made a mistake on one of the previous steps I can rectify the error without having to hit Cancel and start all over again or finish going through the wizard and go back and re-edit the page.

With the upcoming release of IP.Board 3.1 we are happy to announce a pre-release promotion so everyone can have the chance to become familiar with IP.Board on your community now and be ready for IP.Board 3.1 as soon as it's available.

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I've just updated this board to the very latest development copy.

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This update brings numerous fixes and a few additions:

- Colour picker on 'Background Color' field in the User's CP.


- Collapsable side bar blocks


- Topic preview pop-up displays the first match when searching


We have received a lot of feedback about the notifications system and this is very much on our list to improve.

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.

Beginning with IPB 3.1 and IP.Content 2.0, you will be able to search custom databases from the central search field FYI.

estan, on 25 March 2010 - 01:13 AM, said:

1) Terms will be highlighted in the search results already, since we're using the central search routine.  I will take a look at highlighting terms on the article/database record display itself as well today.  I agree, that would be useful.

2) We can't search in all databases at the same time I'm afraid.  Technologically, it's very challenging, and resource usage is a factor we have to consider.  That said, you will be able to select which database to use from the central search form, and switch to other databases easily from the results page, making it less of a chore to search each database.

3) Interesting idea.  I'm not sure how limiting the new IPB 3.1 search feature is.  I will keep this in mind for IP.Content 2.1 and beyond in any event.

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!

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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.