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Invision Power Services, Inc. is pleased to announce the release of IP.Chat 1.4.0!

IP.Chat is our community live chat platform for IP.Board allowing you and your members to chat in real time. It is offered as a free service for all IP.Board users and can be upgraded beyond the free package levels for busy rooms. Changes and new features in this version include:

• Ban Confirmation - when right clicking on a member chattting and selecting 'Ban User' a confirmation is now offered to prevent accidental banning.
  
• Unbanning from ModCP - chat room moderators are now able to unban members from the chat room if required.
  
• Redesigned Interface - following feedback from customers, we have made some changes to assist with the use of the chat room.
  
• Mobile Support - it is now possible to use the chatroom from the mobile skin in Android, iPhone, Blackberry devices and more. Private chats are also available in the mobile skin.
  
• Full Guest Support - now it is possible to allow guests to use the chat room, subject to your permissions allowing it. As with members it is possible to have private chats and kick the guests if required. Guests will be shown as "Guest_####" (where #### is a random number).

Thank you to our team of Beta & QA testers who have made this release possible.

You can view our earlier blog on this release here.

We welcome feedback on this or any other release in the relevant feedback forum including suggestions for future releases.

Purchasing

You can purchase IP.Chat right in your client area by clicking the green New Purchase button in the upper right corner. New clients can purchase IP.Chat right along with IP.Board. If you an IPS Community Hosting client, IP.Chat comes with all packages!

If you have already purchased IP.Chat, you can download this update in your client area.

NOTE: IP.Chat 1.4.0 requires that you be using IP.Board version 3.2.3

Invision Power Services, Inc. is pleased to announce the release of IP.Board 3.2.1, IP.Calendar 3.2.1, IP.Content 2.2.1, and IP.Nexus 1.3.1!

These releases are the first maintenance release after our highly anticipated release of IP.Board 3.2.0 and its related applications. These releases fix many reported issues.

We are releasing the following new software:


IP.Board 3.2.1
Fully featured community platform including forums, members profiles, calendar, status system, integration, and much, much more.


IP.Nexus 1.3.1
Fully featured commerce system to sell products, membership access, advertising, digital downloads, and more. Includes tools like a support desk to help manage you clients.


IP.Content 2.2.1
Content management for your community - run a full web site or a simple community portal. The possibilities are endless.


IP.Calendar 3.2.1
Event calendar for your community with multiple calendars, public/private events, and iCal support.




What's new in IP.Board 3.2.1

Between 3.2.0 and 3.2.1 the following changes have been made:

• A setting has been added to restore the ability to have proportionate profile photo sizes in topic view (3.2.0 enforced cropped square thumbnails).
  
• The visual skin editor has been enhanced to support more areas of the board.
  
• Several enhancements have been made to the webDav integration for external skin editing.
  
• More than 170 bug fixes have been implemented to IP.Board 3.2.0.

Please read our 3.2.0 announcement for a full list of what's new in the 3.2 series!

I hardly think you can say "IP.Board 3 was a flop". It's the product that took us from middling psuedo professional forum to arguably the market leader in community software. The concepts and design elements we introduced in IP.Board 3 have been copied and used by every other forum system out there including vBulletin and XenForo.

I know a fair number of you in this topic have various axes to grind and you seem only to visit us when you wish to support and enhance negative feedback. That is fine and your prerogative. However, when you stop looking outside your own minority group you completely lose perspective.

Sure, a few people outside the IP.Board Haters club have voiced their opinion in a reasonable and thoughtful way and that's great but the overwhelming response has been nothing short of amazing. We're thrilled with the product and almost all our customers are too.

IP.Board 3.2 is a step up. It is leaner, cleaner and puts the focus back on a good user experience and not pointless iconography that adds little. It's time to move on.

It's not about emulating Facebook or Twitter. It's about making it easier to post and read topics.

I also find it incredibly ironic that those who openly state they dislike "Facebook" features such as the "Like" button have been using the "Like" button to voice their opinion on other's posts.

Indeed, I'd go as far as to say that IP.Board 3.2 has made it much easier for you to leave your negative feedback and to support others who share your view.

I take this is a compliment and proof of our continued success because ultimately we want more interaction from our members just as you do on your site.