Strike X

This has probably been brought up before but:

I love the notification thing, but the way it works currently is annoying. Especially when someone quotes your post and you have to view the notification to get to their post. I think that what ever module is using the notification should be able to make the main button go to that post and automatically make it read (and possibly even delete it). I'm basically looking for a 1 click way of getting to what ever the notification is talking about. The message itself really isn't that important. You only need it if you're referring to a notification later, which is going to be rare.

The only place that a guest is shown a Facebook Connect option, is on the registration page. This is great for people who already are planning on registering, but what about the people who are reading a topic, looking at a blog, looking in the Gallery......and have no plans on being hassled with creating an account to post a comment? Many sites I go to, I just lurk and have no time to be bothered with signing up.....but if I see a Facebook Connect button.....I am willing to spend the 3 seconds to hit it.....and then post my reply.

Take a look at how these sites show off Facebook Connect.....


http://digg.com/

Digg posts it right at the top, plain as day!


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/

Again at the top of the page, although a bit hidden

http://www.tripadvisor.com/

Right at the top, one of the most recent places I used it.


Now where to put that pesky button? I think somewhere in the template of the site would be great....so that its displayed across the site. We could also show Facebook Connect buttons for Guests when they view a topic. Right now when a guest views a topic....they see two grayed out buttons that say....

You cannot reply to this topic
You cannot start a new topic

We could simply have them show up as....

Login with Facebook to Reply to this Topic
Login with Facebook to Start a New Topic

Now with Twitter integration coming into play, it may be a bit too much to fit on buttons, but never the less.....we need more exposure for these methods. If I am missing a simple way to add the button to my templates myself....please let me know

Strike X, on 23 November 2009 - 09:33 PM, said:

Not at all. We don't play "favorites". We consider the suggestion itself, regardless of who submitted it.

Brandon,

First, I have EMAIL VALIDATION selected for my system.  I use subscriptions extensively.  It has been a major headache in my system to get new users to get to the payment screens.  After reading your answer above, I learned something new about when they can get automatically logged in.  That explains a lot.

However, is the Validation system truly working as advertised?  If a user creates an account, he/she can immediately log into the system without any further action.  I just tested this numerous times while playing around with one of the features. (What doesn't happen is the automatic login, but the email (or administrators) validation DOES NOT have to happen in order to log in.

Just an observation.

I have some suggestions that I would love to see implemented in the UCP in the future; these suggestions are both original and derived from other forum software. I hope to see some added in the future!

UCP Layout
I don't think the tabbed layout works that well with the UCP. I like the fact that there are tabs, but I don't like the fact the layout revolves around them. I like the old style of the left-hand-side options. Possibly some AJAX for expanding and contracting them, and maybe still use tabs a bit? It's sometimes complex to understand which tab something is on (profile & settings get confused alot) etc; also, make common features accessable easily (possibly an optional dashboard?)

Profile Field Privacy/Private Profiles
I've noticed this feature in vB, and I fell in-love with it. I know that IPB is trying to stay away from becoming a massive scattered social network platform, but this is a feature I see as very useful; especially in the area of hiding contact details for only friends to see; and for preventing ignored users from viewing areas of the profile/posting messages. I strongly support implimenting this into IPB3

Those are my main concerns, also, there are some posted on this thread (CUSTOMER/STAFF ACCESS ONLY, SORRY).

I hope to see these added soon!

Hello,

I am trying to solve some issues myself, without troubling support and community. So I try to use search feature in this forum. It is not really usable and often does not make sense:

1. When I am looking for search phrase like "import from coppermine", I get any topic where import OR from OR coppermine appears. I appreciate, especially, search results mathing the single word "from".
2. When nothing is found and I try another search phrase I am always have to wait 20 seconds.

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Why should I wait, if nothing has been found? Why am I assumed to be a flooder as registered customer on this board?
3. In the search results I would like to have a topic only once and not all the posts from one topic. It is often not enough to read the found post, but the whole topic to understand it. So, I would not like to have all the posts from the already readen topic listed 5 to 10 times in the search results.
4. I would use Google search on this board (as more sophisticated alternative), but the board for customer is set private, so that no Google search is possbile.

Apart of the 4th point the search feature is not user friendly. Not here and not in the customer boards.

IPZONE, on 18 October 2009 - 01:25 PM, said:

The IPB board is only 150. The suite is 250. However since vbulletin has an albums feature that would require IPB gallery to migrate that data, I think it would be a good idea for IPB to have a discounted package that includes forum and gallery to facilitate a proper migration of the VB forum to IPB.

I have been hanging around here for days now and have given myself quite a headache trying to decide how to move forward. It is going to cost us at least $130 each site to 'upgrade' each of our VB licences but it's not that actual amount that I am especially objecting to but the very different way they want to handle support and upgrades. I don't feel at all comfortable with placing the future of our forums with IB/VB anymore - a simple trust thing (or lack of trust  in fact).

I also am uncomfortable spending such an amount with no demo to see and especially no timescale in place.

Offsetting that 'problem' I also am not in a position to spend 3 lots of $250 to change to IPB and set my mind at rest. I suspect the change would create a huge amount of work for me but at least I might sleep a little easier in the long run.

If I could change to IPB for the same cost as my VB upgrade would cost then I think it's a no brainer for me and many in my situation.

As if the deadline that VB have placed on us wasn't bad enough I need to be out of the country for 10 days ( I leave in 2 days ) so my time is running out VERY rapidly and that's just adding to an already stressful situation.

If you think you can do a deal for us VB'ers that want to get some trust back in our lives can you make it quick please  

I run a large sports forum and we rely on the games to generate traffic. My suggestion is that the calendar be made able to add dates from an outside source. The sports teams release the schedules in formats such as Microsoft outlook calendar files and csv. files. Is it possible to add this function of auto import?

Currently if you go to someone's profile and try to send them a PM, if you decide you need all the editor options you don't have them, and there isn't a way to get to them short of copying what you typed so far, going to your messenger, typing in the name of the member, and pasting what you had written...

There really needs to be a link on the "Quick PM" popup like their is on the fast reply, "Use Full Editor" which keeps what you'd written, who you're sending it to, and takes you to your messenger to send a PM with access to all the editor options.

In IPB 2.3.6 we had an option to list active topics for "today", "past week", "past month" and so on. This feature seems to have been removed in 3.0.1 and our members are vouching for that feature. I don't know why that feature has been removed. The only option in IPB 3 is to list the active topics in the past 24 hours. The filter option to get the active topics beyond that is not available in the results page. I have attached a screenshot of that option from 2.3.6. I hope this feature will be added in the future release.

We are pleased to announce Invision Power Board 3.0.1 has been released.

This is the first maintenance release for IP.Board 3 and addresses the most critical issues discovered during the first large-scale usage of IP.Board 3's release. Also, IP.Blog, IP.Gallery, and IP.Downloads have received a maintenance update. Thanks to everyone who was an early-user of IP.Board 3.0.0 and reported issues that you came across.

Major Changes Since 3.0.0

Among many dozens of smaller bugs fixed, the following large changes and fixes have been made in 3.0.1 release:

• View new content changes so its more like 2.3.6 where it's based off last visit. Option to use the 3.0 style in user settings.
  
• Option to view search results in a view similar to a forum.
  
• More filter and sort options with search
  
• Optimized search and view new content to improve performance
  
• Sessions not clearing in some PHP versions fixed. Will improve performance on those versions.
  
• Language import / export system is much more stable now.
  
• Slow queries in the Portal have been optimized.
  
• Many Facebook Connect issues have been addressed.
  
• PM counts being incorrect have been fixed.
  
• Old media tag and quote tag issues impacting display of older posts fixed.
  
• Watched content hook in sidebar resource usage addressed.

Important: We have received reports of IP.Board 3.0.1 not working correctly on servers running PHP version 5.3. Please do not upgrade to IP.Board 3 if your host runs PHP 5.3. We are working on a fix for this issue and should have it in place for 3.0.2 release.


Downloading

You can download IP.Board 3.0.1 and any applications you have an active license for in the client area. As always, make a backup of your community before proceeding.






Subscriptions Manager

A fully supported version of Subscriptions Manager is not yet available for IP.Board 3 just yet. The first beta of SM compatible with IP.Board 3 can be downloaded in the customer lounge on the IPS company forums. A second beta of SM is expected in the next few days. As soon as possible (depending on feedback from the beta releases) we will be releasing a supported version of SM.

MS-SQL Database Driver

The MS-SQL database driver will be out as a beta release early next week. Keep an eye out for an announcement regarding this update.

My users have suggested that the search system have the ability to sort by, or at least display, the rating of the topic or threads returned by the search.
Ditto for the reputation and rating of the users returned in a member search.

Would it be possible (in a future version, of course, unless it's something you can throw in easily enough) to make the 'report a post' feature use the javascript popup class?  If you go into a topic and report the post, when you hit 'back' you get directed back to the page that actually sends the report, and the report gets sent again.  If you could just popup a form where you could report the post, the 'back' button will then really go back again.

Maybe I'm crazy, but I thought that the preview board did do it in a popup way back when.

We are pleased to announce Invision Power Board 3.0.0 and its Applications have been released.

This is the first supported release of Invision Power Board 3.0.0! We would like to thank everyone who has helped beta test the product so we can release as stable a product as possible today.

Products Released

• Invision Power Board 3.0.0
  
• Invision Power Gallery 3.0.0
  
• Invision Power Blog 2.0.0
  
• Invision Power Downloads 2.0.0
  
• Invision Power Converge 1.1.0

Please note that this is the very first supported release of these products. As with any large software product, it can take several maintenance releases to work out most of the remaining bugs or oddities left in the software which are only discovered when many thousands of installs are done. We had an extensive beta period and a staggered launch of IP.Board 3.0.0 to catch most issues. Initial feedback on 3.0.0's first supported release has been great but, even so, we do expect to have a 3.0.1 release in the next couple weeks.


Downloading and Installing

You can download all products you have a license for in the IPS client area. There are no upgrade packs as this update requires you upload all files in the download.

Be sure to follow the install upgrade instructions. Remember that any skins, modifications, graphics, etc. on your version 2.x IPB will not work on IP.Board 3.0. You will not lose any posts or member information in the upgrade.


Technical Support

Technical support is now available for IP.Board 3.0.0 and the Applications. Please be patient during this initial launch phase as response times may be longer than normal due to the increased volume of requests. Phone support will also be delayed.

Important: If you would like our staff to install or upgrade for you, please be aware that there can be delays of many days for install or upgrade services during this initial launch phase. Whenever possible, please consider performing the install or upgrade yourself to save time waiting.



Above all: enjoy the new products! We have worked hard on the updates and wish you continued success with your online communities!







Subscriptions Manager and MS-SQL Database

The subscriptions manager and MS-SQL database driver are not yet available. They will be released separately very soon. Our apologies for the delay. Rest assured we are making these releases a priority.

New IPS Web Site

We are also launching our new company web site on invisionpower.com today. Please forgive any navigation issues on the site while we apply the new content.