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#2042091 Feature Suggestion: Topic Prefixes
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on 13 November 2010 - 05:43 AM
Currently, there is no default functionality to set Topic Prefixes for users to use when creating a new topic. I think there should be a Topic Prefixes feature in IP. Board, like vBulletin. Its a very handy feature.
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#1962957 Skin Generator for Mobile Skin
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on 02 June 2010 - 10:29 AM
There should be an option in the skin generator to generate a mobile skin using the same colors. Just sayin'.
#1957509 IPS Community Suite Benefits
Posted
on 24 May 2010 - 09:33 AM
In addition to the great software that IPS offers in its Community Suite line, we offer many great benefits that go along with the products to enhance your community, make it easier to manage, and allow you to focus on your members rather than software management.
As the first supported release of IP.Board 3.1.0 and its applications is nearly here, we thought we would take this time to review all the great benefits you get along with the software suite itself.
Spam Monitoring Service [more info]
The Spam Monitoring Service is a great, free service for all active IP.Board license and IPS Community Hosting clients. The Spam Monitoring Service leverages the many thousands of IP.Board community installs all over the web to help track and catch those spammers attempting to register on your community. It works like this:
The Spam Monitoring Service can "learn" from the thousands of communities reporting registration statistics to it and spot trends. For example, a real human would never be able to register on 50 communities in a matter of one minute but a spam bot could so the service learns from this and bans accounts it sees doing that sort of behavior.
For the privacy of you and your members registering, the service does not store any member information permanently.
Skin Generator [more info]
The free Skin Generator is a great tool to get you on your way to customizing the look and feel of your community to make it your own. For both novice and advanced skinners, the Skin Generator speeds up the process of creating a skin with custom colors, header, and other options. From there you can continue to edit it to further create your own, unique look for your community!
Community Projects [more info]
There are many great products that IPS itself doesn't have time to make. To fill those gaps, some of our great community of customers have come together to volunteer their time to create free products that work right with IP.Board as any other application. All are offered for free to active license holders and done for the fun of it by the volunteers. Be sure to thank them for their time and expertise!
Resources Section [more info]
We have some amazingly talented people in our customer community and many of them create great articles, tutorials, graphics, skins, and modifications to the IPS community suite. Many are free, some have a small fee, all can be useful enhancements to your community.
Take a look through the directory of articles for interesting tutorials and tips for your community. The Downloads section is full of graphics, skins, modifications, and more for your community. Finally, be sure to subscribe to receive updates (or the RSS feed) on the Resources Blog where our community of contributors can post updates on their latest creations!
iPhone App [more info]
Our new iPhone App for IP.Board has already been a great success and is free for both you and your members! Now your members can visit your community quickly and easily while on their mobile device. They can upload Gallery images and even update the status on your community and, if enabled, Facebook and Twitter all at once.
The iPhone App is brand new and we will continue to enhance it with your feedback. An Android platform app is on the way too!
Technical Support
Included with every IP.Board license and IPS Community Hosting account is great support. You can feel free to ask us a basic question, request we install or upgrade the community suite software for you, or query us on an advanced question. We are here to help your community grow and let you focus on your members rather than technical issues.
IP.Chat [more info]
Having Live Chat on your community adds a unique way for your members to interact. The IP.Chat service includes 5 online users for free with your suite and you can upgrade to higher levels for a very low yearly fee.
Your chat logs are available right in your AdminCP (with IP.Board 3.1) and you can easily kick, ban, or even privately chat with members by simply clicking their name right in the chat room.
Community Directory [more info]
The new Community Directory allows any IP.Board community to be listed right on your site. Show off your community and get more traffic! The Directory is brand new so be one of the first to list your community. Also, for even greater exposure, a future version of our iPhone App will include mobile access to the Directory.
We hope you enjoy all these benefits to using the IPS Community Suite! We will continue to innovate and add more benefits all the time. Everyone at IPS is looking forward to the release of the first supported version of IP.Board 3.1.0 on the afternoon of June 1 (Eastern time). Thank you for your support!
As the first supported release of IP.Board 3.1.0 and its applications is nearly here, we thought we would take this time to review all the great benefits you get along with the software suite itself.
Spam Monitoring Service [more info]
The Spam Monitoring Service is a great, free service for all active IP.Board license and IPS Community Hosting clients. The Spam Monitoring Service leverages the many thousands of IP.Board community installs all over the web to help track and catch those spammers attempting to register on your community. It works like this:
- Someone attempts to register on your community.
- Your local IP.Board install contacts IPS Spam Monitoring servers to see if that user registering is a known spammmer.
- If so, the service gives the account a score of the likelihood it is a spammer and your IP.Board can ban them or put them up for manual approval depending on your preferences.
The Spam Monitoring Service can "learn" from the thousands of communities reporting registration statistics to it and spot trends. For example, a real human would never be able to register on 50 communities in a matter of one minute but a spam bot could so the service learns from this and bans accounts it sees doing that sort of behavior.
For the privacy of you and your members registering, the service does not store any member information permanently.
Skin Generator [more info]
The free Skin Generator is a great tool to get you on your way to customizing the look and feel of your community to make it your own. For both novice and advanced skinners, the Skin Generator speeds up the process of creating a skin with custom colors, header, and other options. From there you can continue to edit it to further create your own, unique look for your community!
Community Projects [more info]
There are many great products that IPS itself doesn't have time to make. To fill those gaps, some of our great community of customers have come together to volunteer their time to create free products that work right with IP.Board as any other application. All are offered for free to active license holders and done for the fun of it by the volunteers. Be sure to thank them for their time and expertise!
Resources Section [more info]
We have some amazingly talented people in our customer community and many of them create great articles, tutorials, graphics, skins, and modifications to the IPS community suite. Many are free, some have a small fee, all can be useful enhancements to your community.
Take a look through the directory of articles for interesting tutorials and tips for your community. The Downloads section is full of graphics, skins, modifications, and more for your community. Finally, be sure to subscribe to receive updates (or the RSS feed) on the Resources Blog where our community of contributors can post updates on their latest creations!
iPhone App [more info]
Our new iPhone App for IP.Board has already been a great success and is free for both you and your members! Now your members can visit your community quickly and easily while on their mobile device. They can upload Gallery images and even update the status on your community and, if enabled, Facebook and Twitter all at once.
The iPhone App is brand new and we will continue to enhance it with your feedback. An Android platform app is on the way too!
Technical Support
Included with every IP.Board license and IPS Community Hosting account is great support. You can feel free to ask us a basic question, request we install or upgrade the community suite software for you, or query us on an advanced question. We are here to help your community grow and let you focus on your members rather than technical issues.
IP.Chat [more info]
Having Live Chat on your community adds a unique way for your members to interact. The IP.Chat service includes 5 online users for free with your suite and you can upgrade to higher levels for a very low yearly fee.
Your chat logs are available right in your AdminCP (with IP.Board 3.1) and you can easily kick, ban, or even privately chat with members by simply clicking their name right in the chat room.
Community Directory [more info]
The new Community Directory allows any IP.Board community to be listed right on your site. Show off your community and get more traffic! The Directory is brand new so be one of the first to list your community. Also, for even greater exposure, a future version of our iPhone App will include mobile access to the Directory.
We hope you enjoy all these benefits to using the IPS Community Suite! We will continue to innovate and add more benefits all the time. Everyone at IPS is looking forward to the release of the first supported version of IP.Board 3.1.0 on the afternoon of June 1 (Eastern time). Thank you for your support!
#1941317 Welcome to IP.Board 3.1!
Posted
on 15 April 2010 - 10:16 AM
I've just updated this board to the very latest development copy again.
Please perform a hard refresh / delete any browser caches to ensure the very latest JS and CSS is retrieved by your browser. If you experience any JS errors or 'missing' features, it is likely to be a stale browser cache.
Notable improvements in this version:
- New mobile skin now fully integrated into 3.1
- New user-agents added to cover most modern mobile phones. These are tied to the mobile skin
- New notifications drop down and other notification improvements
Please note that the mobile skin is still being developed and as such, please expect to notice a few niggles here and there.
Please perform a hard refresh / delete any browser caches to ensure the very latest JS and CSS is retrieved by your browser. If you experience any JS errors or 'missing' features, it is likely to be a stale browser cache.
Notable improvements in this version:
- New mobile skin now fully integrated into 3.1
- New user-agents added to cover most modern mobile phones. These are tied to the mobile skin
- New notifications drop down and other notification improvements
Please note that the mobile skin is still being developed and as such, please expect to notice a few niggles here and there.
#1937932 IP.Board 3.1 Pre-Release Promotion
Posted
on 06 April 2010 - 12:21 PM
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.
Purchase an IP.Board license and any two applications or services and receive a $50 account credit!
Simply purchase your IP.Board license before May 1, 2010 along with at least two qualifying applications or services and receive a credit on your account of $50 good toward any future purchase. You can use this $50 to buy an additional application at a later date or simply save it and it will automatically be applied to future renewal fees.
To qualify be sure to enter coupon code: PRE31CREDIT
Qualifying Applications and Services
Recently Purchased?
If you recently purchased IP.Board along with at least two of those items in the list above between the date of this announcement and March 15, 2010: simply submit a ticket to account services to request an account credit.
Credit Applications
Anyone who makes a qualifying purchases after the date of this announcement and uses the special coupon code does not need to do anything to get the credit. Please note that credits will not be applied until after May 15, 2010.
Existing Customers
Existing customers can take part in this promotion. It's a great time to buy an additional license to convert that other community you have running or start that new community you always thought about giving a try. Volume discount licenses also qualify. If you have issues ordering or are not prompted for discount code please just submit a ticket to account assistance.
Purchase an IP.Board license and any two applications or services and receive a $50 account credit!
Simply purchase your IP.Board license before May 1, 2010 along with at least two qualifying applications or services and receive a credit on your account of $50 good toward any future purchase. You can use this $50 to buy an additional application at a later date or simply save it and it will automatically be applied to future renewal fees.
To qualify be sure to enter coupon code: PRE31CREDIT
Qualifying Applications and Services
- IP.Blog
- IP.Gallery
- IP.Content
- IP.Downloads
- MS-SQL Database Driver
- Conversion Service
Recently Purchased?
If you recently purchased IP.Board along with at least two of those items in the list above between the date of this announcement and March 15, 2010: simply submit a ticket to account services to request an account credit.
Credit Applications
Anyone who makes a qualifying purchases after the date of this announcement and uses the special coupon code does not need to do anything to get the credit. Please note that credits will not be applied until after May 15, 2010.
Existing Customers
Existing customers can take part in this promotion. It's a great time to buy an additional license to convert that other community you have running or start that new community you always thought about giving a try. Volume discount licenses also qualify. If you have issues ordering or are not prompted for discount code please just submit a ticket to account assistance.
#1935749 IPS Community Hosting Enhancements
Posted
on 01 April 2010 - 03:45 PM
IPS Community Hosting is one of the most popular services we offer. Community Hosting allows people - from novices to experts alike - the ability to quickly deploy a community without having to worry about servers or software. By hosting your community with IPS you can take advantage of a single place for your entire online community presence.
Today we are happy to announce enhancements to all of our community hosting packages!
Online User Limits
Our community hosting packages primary limit are based on the number of concurrent online users on your community at any given moment. We have always felt this is the most fair way to handle the primary limit as it stands to reason: more people online the more resources your community uses.
One of the main concerns both prospective and existing customers have expressed to us is the occasional short-lived increase in traffic. The concern is that, as an example, a community is on the 25 online user package and gets a short-lived spike in traffic to 100 people online. Would their community be shut down? Would they be charged more? Not at all. We understand this happens and would not do that to you. Even so, many were concerned that this could happen to them. We have heard you loud and clear.
Starting today, the online user limits are no longer a maximum limit but instead are an average limit. This means that instead of, in our example, a maximum of 25 online we only look at your 7-day average to be sure it doesn't exceed 25 online. This means no more need to worry about those occasional bursts of traffic. One word can make a huge difference!
Post Storage Limits
We have also taken this opportunity to increase the post storage limits on all packages. As always you have unlimited bandwidth to serve your community and you can always prune old posts if you wish.
Blog, Gallery, and Download Applications
You have always been able to purchase IP.Blog, IP.Gallery, and IP.Downloads on community hosting packages. Some packages these extras were included and on others there was an extra fee. As of today all packages include these applications for free!
We will be providing account credits to any clients who paid for the add-on service within the last 15 days.
IP.Content and Incoming Email
We are now officially supporting IP.Content on all community hosting packages. There will be an extra fee of $5 per month for those that want IP.Content on their account (fee waived for Advanced packages). Included in this fee is free incoming email and a future as yet unannounced product we are developing will also be included. (The new product will be announced in the coming weeks)
Note that previously some accounts did have IP.Content installed and, as always, we will continue to honor those previously having IP.Content.
IP.Chat
All IP.Board license holders and IPS Community Hosting customers have always enjoyed the free 5 online user package of IP.Chat. Now, all Community Hosting packages will include a free 20 online user IP.Chat package! Those on Advanced community packages will get the 250 online user IP.Chat package at no cost.
Advanced Integration
Those of you enjoying an Advanced package at the 450 or 750 level will have the added benefit of custom single sign on integration services for your community at no cost. This service includes IPS Staff working with your technical team to develop a single sign on authentication bridge between our community platform for your existing user login system so your users need only login one time to enjoy your entire site.
We hope you enjoy these enhancements to IPS Community Hosting!
Please contact sales@invisionpower.com or post in the pre-sales forum if you have any questions before purchasing.
Note: all enhancements only apply to those packages published on our web site. If you are on an older, legacy package your package offerings will not change. You can always switch to a new package type by contacting account services.
Today we are happy to announce enhancements to all of our community hosting packages!
Online User Limits
Our community hosting packages primary limit are based on the number of concurrent online users on your community at any given moment. We have always felt this is the most fair way to handle the primary limit as it stands to reason: more people online the more resources your community uses.
One of the main concerns both prospective and existing customers have expressed to us is the occasional short-lived increase in traffic. The concern is that, as an example, a community is on the 25 online user package and gets a short-lived spike in traffic to 100 people online. Would their community be shut down? Would they be charged more? Not at all. We understand this happens and would not do that to you. Even so, many were concerned that this could happen to them. We have heard you loud and clear.
Starting today, the online user limits are no longer a maximum limit but instead are an average limit. This means that instead of, in our example, a maximum of 25 online we only look at your 7-day average to be sure it doesn't exceed 25 online. This means no more need to worry about those occasional bursts of traffic. One word can make a huge difference!
Post Storage Limits
We have also taken this opportunity to increase the post storage limits on all packages. As always you have unlimited bandwidth to serve your community and you can always prune old posts if you wish.
Blog, Gallery, and Download Applications
You have always been able to purchase IP.Blog, IP.Gallery, and IP.Downloads on community hosting packages. Some packages these extras were included and on others there was an extra fee. As of today all packages include these applications for free!
We will be providing account credits to any clients who paid for the add-on service within the last 15 days.
IP.Content and Incoming Email
We are now officially supporting IP.Content on all community hosting packages. There will be an extra fee of $5 per month for those that want IP.Content on their account (fee waived for Advanced packages). Included in this fee is free incoming email and a future as yet unannounced product we are developing will also be included. (The new product will be announced in the coming weeks)
Note that previously some accounts did have IP.Content installed and, as always, we will continue to honor those previously having IP.Content.
IP.Chat
All IP.Board license holders and IPS Community Hosting customers have always enjoyed the free 5 online user package of IP.Chat. Now, all Community Hosting packages will include a free 20 online user IP.Chat package! Those on Advanced community packages will get the 250 online user IP.Chat package at no cost.
Advanced Integration
Those of you enjoying an Advanced package at the 450 or 750 level will have the added benefit of custom single sign on integration services for your community at no cost. This service includes IPS Staff working with your technical team to develop a single sign on authentication bridge between our community platform for your existing user login system so your users need only login one time to enjoy your entire site.
We hope you enjoy these enhancements to IPS Community Hosting!
Please contact sales@invisionpower.com or post in the pre-sales forum if you have any questions before purchasing.
Note: all enhancements only apply to those packages published on our web site. If you are on an older, legacy package your package offerings will not change. You can always switch to a new package type by contacting account services.
#1930841 Welcome to IP.Board 3.1!
Posted
on 24 March 2010 - 07:25 AM
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.
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.
