Eduardo Bautista

i'd like to hook in here. Why not officially support nginx? Nginx is the most attractive Webserver currently, especially for sites taking more than the basic 1000 visits a day. More and more software products support or even recommend nginx. It would be great to see IP.* in this line.

Nevertheless: Probably anyone around already collected experiences with nginx and ip.board?

I understand the premise, but it's redundant and slightly annoying to click an "IPS Latest News" link in my ACP, get redirected to some one sentence topic in the News and Announcements forum, and then have to click a "View Full Article" link to get directed to the blog to read about it.

These topics are always very interesting.


Facebook is fantastic news for forum owners. You can get people signing up and participating with a few short clicks. You can share topics quickly to a very wide audience and with the new timeline format being forced upon pages and brands, it's even more apparent that Facebook is not a good tool for fans to interact in a meaningful way.


Indeed, I have direct experience of a brand that used to use Facebook as a community purchase IPB as they had outgrown Facebook.

I mean no offense, but I think you vastly overestimate the role of social media. With some exception, for the most part social media and communities simply fill different niches.

Major social networking sites have been around for quite a few years now, and yet forums are still there.

I sort of had a problem too. On the mobile skin I login and afterwards it keeps me on the log in screen. But at least I'm logged in.

Just wanted to pop in and say IP.Tracker is one of the reasons I haven't switched to XenForo, as they do not offer this solution. Hopefully Charles assigns someone to resurrect IP.Tracker's project in the near future. I fear we could be stuck on an older IP.Board version when compatibility breaks.

Thanks for the work so far on it.

First IP.Portal then IP.Shoutbox, then probably IP.Tracker and then prolly IP.Converge.... All good things doesn't last forever.  I am glad we have people like Michael who took the shoutbox and is providing updates and fixes.

After all it's all about $$ so can't blame IPS either.

It seems awkward the way you have 3.3.3 set up here. Only way I can see to get to your homepage is to click a series of links or go to the copyright link at the bottom (or fill in url address bar).  Unless I'm blind.

Rimi, on 21 March 2012 - 01:31 AM, said:

Yes its possible when using the Like system. But not the reputation system

I'm most probably nitpicking, but I quite dislike the default wordings in various areas of the forum.

For example, in avatar upload, it says:
Recommend an image 200px or larger
Okay... who even allows 200+ larger avatars on their forums? I know it scales down but then I get people coming and saying... My avatar is huge, but it won't upload! It fails!!! And they try bigger and bigger.
/facepalm
Some say, my avatar is small after I upload! It recommended a large avatar!
/facepalm
It doesn't even display the actual forum maximum sizes. I'm actually quite clueless as to why it recommends big avatars.
I think it would make more sense to say: Large avatars are scaled down to a maximum size of: x and y.

And for things like signatures, it says:
Your signature may contain:
• Any number images
• Images of any size
• Any number of URLs
• Any number of lines
I understand you can put limits and these are reflecting the limits. But under default settings, IPB will take its effort to outline that they can abuse the sig system. Rather, it almost sounds like they should abuse it. Despite my custom forum rules saying you shouldn't have huge signatures, people read that and they think it's fine. When signature is moderated, they come to complain asking why it was removed.
/facepalm
IPB could have simply said nothing! I think it would be lot better to only list restrictions. Not their freedoms.


Some more, but generally, I hope who ever writes this takes more consideration into people who lack common sense. Make things less ambiguous.

IP.Board is also not open source software.  It is viewable-source, and there's a big difference.

It would make life easier if IPS could publish a list of changed template files with each new release (not including major versions that involve total redesigns, of course). I believe XenForo do this. It means admins can easily use the ACP's template comparison tool to update just the templates that need it, rather than having to check through every single one.

Maybe this is something that is already done and I just haven't noticed it in the past - if that's the case, somebody please tell me where I should be looking.

How dare this software evolve! Shame on IPS, I should not have to redo my skins twice a decade.

It has come to our attention that a XSS (Cross Site Scripting) attack is possible within the Admin CP. The javascript is only executed when viewing the detailed pop-up of a specific failed admin log in.

This issue exists in all IP.Board 3 versions. We recommend that everyone using these versions apply this simple one file patch.

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If you are running a version of IP.Board older than those listed we highly recommend you upgrade to the latest, supported version as it will include this and other fixes.

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