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#1948867 IP.Board 3.1.0 Beta 1 And Apps Available

Posted IPS News on 06 May 2010 - 04:35 AM

We're very pleased to announce that IP.Board 3.1.0 and its applications are now available for beta testing! Please read through this announcement for information on where to download and what is available.

What's Available?
The following releases are available:
  • IP.Board 3.1.0 Beta 1
  • IP.Gallery 3.2.0 Beta 1
  • ...

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#1905646 IP.Board 3.1.0 Dev Update: Ad Code Integration Part 2

Posted IPS News on 28 January 2010 - 03:18 PM

Yesterday we showed IP.Board 3.1's ad code integration for the first time, today we'd like to give a quick update on the status of this new feature.

First of all, we were excited to read all of the positive feedback and great suggestions.  We like to write these blog entries before features are 'set in stone', so that we can more...

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#1902528 IP.Board 2.3.6 and Related Applications: end of life announcement

Posted IPS News on 22 January 2010 - 10:02 AM

IP.Board 3 was released on June 25, 2009 and through the various update cycles is now a stable, mature product with a version 3.1 release forthcoming.

So that we can focus all of our development, support, and service efforts on our new version 3 platform, we are announcing the end of support (sometimes called end of life or EOL) for the following IPS software versions (and earlier versions than those listed):

  • IP.Board 2.3.6
  • IP.Blog 1.4.2
  • IP.Gallery 2.2.4
  • IP.Downloads 1.2.2

Technical support, installations, and related services will end for these products on July 1, 2010. On that date all technical or service requests will be advised to simply upgrade to the most recent versions of the products. We will not force upgrades but will also not be able to diagnose issues or answer questions relating to the older software. Also, on that date, IPS will no longer address any new issues or bugs reported in the older software versions.

Security Updates

In the event an issue is discovered impacting the security of these older versions of the software, IPS will provide a patch posted in our announcements forum. We will continue to provide security updates until January 1, 2011.


#1888902 IP.Chat 1.0.0 Release Candidate 1 Available

Posted IPS News on 16 December 2009 - 06:12 AM

Important Note for beta testers

If you have already been beta testing IP.Chat, please note that the application key has changed to prevent further and future conflicts with the existing chat application included with IP.Board. You should do the following in order to use the RC 1 release of IP.Chat 1.0:

  • Uninstall the "Chat Services" application from your IP.Board admin control panel
    • If you get an SQL error attempting to uninstall the application, please remove the folder admin/applications_addon/ips/chat/setup/ and then re-attempt the uninstallation.
  • Remove the folder admin/applications_addon/ips/chat via FTP
  • Install the new "Chat Services" application from your IP.Board admin control panel



#1888901 IP.Chat 1.0.0 Release Candidate 1 Available

Posted IPS News on 16 December 2009 - 06:11 AM

IP.Chat 1.0.0 Release Candidate 1 Available for Download

We are pleased to announce that the first release candidate for our newest application, IP.Chat, is now available. IP.Chat 1.0 requires you to be running IP.Board 3.0.4 or greater.

If you participated in beta testing earlier releases of IP.Chat 1.0, please see the end of this announcement for an important note.


IP.Chat Features

IP.Chat 1.0 is a DHTML-driven chat room application that makes heavy use of javascript and AJAX technologies to present a feature-rich package that you and your members can use to chat real-time on your site.

  • Ability to turn system online and offline, as well as ability to allow specified groups access to the system while it is offline
  • Ability to require users to agree to a configurable terms of use page before being granted access
  • Ability to ban and kick users from the chat room
  • Ability to set chat room only opened between specific hours
  • "Who's chatting" hook for board index
  • Miscellaneous formatting options

IP.Chat installs on your IP.Board installation and is configurable like any other IPS application for skinning, colors, and more. The chat message exchanges are handled by IPS servers eliminating the need for you to worry about high-volume chat transactions on your local community server.

Pricing

The IP.Chat service will be priced based on the number of users in your chat room at any one time. As a benefit to active IP.Board license holders, the first chat service package of 5 online users will be free. Higher package level pricing will be announced with the final release of IP.Chat. Note: For the purpose of this release candidate testing phase, there are no limits on the number of online users in your chat room.

How to Order and Download

  • Login to the Client Area and go to New Purchase. Find IP.Chat: Free under Invision Power Board Optional Addons and click Buy Now.
  • Order as normal, the package is free so you will not be charged.
  • Go to Your Downloads and download the IP.Chat package.
  • Go to Your Purchases and select the IP.Chat package.
  • To use IP.Chat it must be associated with an IP.Board or IPS Community Hosting package. Select the package to associate with and you will then see a chat service key appear.


Installation

  • If you are not on IP.Board 3.0.4, upgrade to it.
  • Upload all files contained within the upload directory of the IP.Chat zip file. This is just like installing any other application in IP.Board.
  • Go to Manage Applications & Modules in your IP.Board AdminCP.
  • Select the Install link next to the Chat Services application.
  • Once the install is complete you can go to My Apps and select Chat Services. Just enter the chat service key found under Your Purchases in the Client Area to activate.

As this is a release candidate there may be bugs and issues with the software. Please report any issues using our bug tracker. Before reporting please first quickly check to see if anyone has already reported your issue.
Technical support is not available for this release.
Do not use this software on a public install. Wait for the final series for your public installs.
In general, only download and participate in the beta test if you are comfortable working with beta software.



#1883311 For IPS Staff.

Posted iAdi on 29 November 2009 - 10:07 AM

Hello Invision Power Services staff.
I want praise you.
Your service (support, questions, etc...) is the best I've got ever.
I just send you a ticket and I get an answer two-three minutes later. But it's not just an answer, it's an good answer.
And you've just amazing and members of the support & services staff that always help and answer in a good way.
I just want to say you thanks for your services and I hope and I'm sure it will remain.
Than, THANKS! :cool:
Adi.


#1873157 IP.Content 1.1.1 Released

Posted IPS News on 29 October 2009 - 02:20 PM

We are pleased to announce IP.Content 1.1.1 has been released.

This is a maintenance release for IP.Content, our community content system, to fix issues reported from the 1.1.0 release. There are no new features in this release. New features will be introduced based on client feedback in the next release cycle. If you have any ideas or requests for new features, please let us know in the IP.Content feedback forums.


Downloading

You can download IP.Content 1.1.1 if you have an active license in the client area. As always, make a backup of your community before proceeding.


#1831035 Introducing Spam Monitoring Service

Posted IPS News on 22 July 2009 - 04:07 PM

We are pleased to announce our new Spam Monitoring Service

Our new Spam Monitoring Service will assist with the ever-growing problem of spam account registrations on communities across the web. This service will use a central database, hosted by IPS, to track those that may try to register an account on your IP.Board-powered community and stop them from registering.


How it Works

Each time a user tries to register, your IP.Board will contact the service and report the IP address and email address attempting to register. The service will scan a list of known spammers and give the account a score of 1 - 4. There are various options you can configure to control what behavior happens based on the score such as banning the account, letting it through normally, or queuing it for approval.

By harnessing the power of the many thousands of IP.Board communities, the service can "learn" over time what accounts are spammers. For example, a real human could never register on 5 IP.Board communities in just one minute so the service would see that account as a probable spam account.

The service will also monitor the "mark as spam" feature now included in IP.Board. This means that, as you and your moderators manually mark an account as a spammer, the information is reported back to the service to help stop those accounts on your community and other IP.Board communities as well!

Through these methods we are creating a service that learns from the collective data gathered from all IP.Board communities who choose to participate in the Spam Monitoring Service.

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Privacy

IPS will collect various registration information to track and catch spam accounts. Information that is not from a spammer is only kept temporarily (to detect trends so we can catch spam accounts) then deleted. The only information permanently kept is for those known to be spammers. The service is completely optional and no IP.Board is required to participate.

Activating the Service

The Spam Monitoring Service will be available in IP.Board 3.0.2 and is already being tested here on the IPS company forums. Once you have IP.Board 3.0.2, simply login to the IPS client area and activate a special key used for the service and put that key on your IP.Board AdminCP.


Pricing

To further our continuing efforts to not only enhance the products we offer but also the services around those products: this service will be offered at no additional charge to those with an active support and service license for IP.Board and for IPS hosting customers!


#1827235 Invision Power Board 3.0.1 Released

Posted IPS News on 16 July 2009 - 12:34 PM

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.


#1817346 Difficulty of admin ACP

Posted Matt on 30 June 2009 - 02:30 AM

The subscriptions manager was mentioned in the release announcement.  It's not so much missing as it's been removed and made into its own application (removes files and code if you don't need it). It will be available for download soon. The style and colours can be tweaked via the ACP CSS files if desired and I'd use the Live Search box (top right) as much as possible. It's a really helpful tool for finding settings, etc.


#1814591 More control over URL structure a

Posted ApertureForums on 25 June 2009 - 06:54 PM

I'd like to propose for future versions the ability to change the URL format to a variety of different structures rather than the current one.

The way it is now, its putting the topics and forums and sub folders which shouldn't be necessary and diminish the value of these sections. The/deeper/in/the/url/structure/something/is the less important it can be viewed in search engines, and perhaps the ability to black list words (and words under 3 characters) from appearing in the url. (http://forums.invisi...get-really-long vs http://forums.invisi.../34-this-better

If we could remove the 'forum' or 'topic' part that would be a great start, and rather than having the entire forum title as the URL, the ability to enter just the forum id (http://forums.invisi...s-a-forum-title vs http://forums.invisionpower.com/f13/)

Other than that, I think the friendly URL's are a great start to enhancing the SEO


#1814107 Invision Power Board 3.0.0 and Applications Released

Posted IPS News on 25 June 2009 - 08:18 AM

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.


#1810864 Installed Hooks: Status Updates

Posted Michael on 16 June 2009 - 05:54 PM

View Postjclarke, on 16 June 2009 - 05:20 PM, said:

This reference doesn't help me solve it???
According to Brandon, you need to re-import the hook.  In your Admin CP, on the System tab, click the 'Manage Hooks' link on the left.  Down at the bottom of the page, click the Browse button and browse to the XML file for this hook.  You can find it in the /admin/applications/members/xml/hooks/ directory of the IP.Board 3.0.0 files, and it's called 'status_updates.xml'.  Just re-import this XML file from there, it should fix this.


#1809078 Invision Power Board 3.0.0 Release Candidate 2

Posted Matt on 11 June 2009 - 10:20 AM

The system we use to build our downloadable "zip" files for release had a small issue this morning when generating the IP.Board 3.0.0 RC 2 package and missed some language strings.

If you are encountering a javascript 'undefined' error when posting a new topic, please download the attached javascript file and upload it into 'public/js/' overwriting the existing file.

The main zip has already been updated at the time of this post.

Attached Files

  • Attached File  js.zip   1.4K   672 downloads



#1809037 Invision Power Board 3.0.0 Release Candidate 2

Posted IPS News on 11 June 2009 - 08:24 AM

We are pleased to announce the second release candidate of Invision Power Board 3.0.0 is now available.

This is the second release candidate release so please take a moment and read this entire announcement before downloading.

The second release candidates for IP.Blog, IP.Gallery, and IP.Downloads are also now available.


What is a Release Candidate?

A release candidate is a version of the software between the beta phase and a final release. With the second release candidate of IP.Board 3.0.0 you can safely assume that we consider the software stable enough to use on your live community. There will be bugs and issues but it is our belief that any issues that come up should not impact your overall ability to manage your community. Keep this in mind as you make your decision to upgrade to IP.Board 3.0.0 RC 2 and only upgrade if you are comfortable working around any possible issues that are present.


Technical Support and Service

IP.Board 3.0.0 RC 2 can be considered safe to use on a live site but it is not quite the final version of the software just yet. We want to give those comfortable upgrading to an RC release the chance to do so and report issues before we encourage everyone to upgrade. Technical support and service is not offered during the RC stage but of course will be available when the final version is announced.




Download IP.Board 3.0.0 RC 2 along with IP.Blog, IP.Gallery, and IP.Downloads

To download, log in to your client area. You will see the RC download information by clicking into your downloads then development releases. As stated above, technical support is not available so please only download if you are comfortable testing software.






Please keep an eye on our announcements forum and company blog over the next couple weeks for updates. Thanks!