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Effective moderation features are essential for online communities. Forums, blog entries and member-to-member messaging are particularly attractive for spam bots and nuisance users alike. IPS Social Suite has always been best in class when it comes to moderation features with features like the free IPS Spam Service that are completely unmatched by other web applications. Over this series of 5 blog entries I'm going to introduce you to some of the new moderation features in the IPS Community Suite 4.0. Part 1: Setting up moderators Part 2: Approval Queue Part 3: Reports Part 4: Effective Moderation Part 5: Warnings Multi-moderation It's really important that moderators can quickly take action against undesirable content without spending too much time or effort. If your community is the victim of a spam attack, or perhaps even just an over-enthusiastic poster, you want to be able to hide, lock, move, merge and delete content quickly. Throughout the entire suite, whenever you content (be that topics in IP.Board, files in IP.Downloads or even comments on a particular file in IP.Downloads or anything else you can think of), as a moderator, when you move your mouse over it, you will see a checkbox, and at the top of the list, you have controls to quickly select particular items: As you can see, in addition to checking individual items or all items, quick options are available for me to select all hidden, unapproved, pinned, locked or featured items, or even the items that I personally have read or not read. After selecting one or more items, you will see a menu appear at the bottom: This menu is incredibly smart. It automatically shows you options available based on the type of item you're looking at and the specific items you've selected. For example, here in IP.Downloads I see the options (from left-to-right): feature, pin, hide, lock move and delete (if you hover over any of the buttons a tooltip will show you what it is). If, I'm in IP.Board instead, I see a slightly different bar: Here, I have two new options: merge and Saved Actions (the new name for the IP.Board "Multimod" feature which allows you to define specific actions to do multiple moderator actions quickly). Also, it takes into consideration the specific items I've selected - if I select items which are not currently hidden, there is the "hide" button - if I select items which are currently hidden, there is the "unhide" button - and if I select a mix of both, I see both buttons. After clicking a button, the action is performed on all items and I'm taken back to the screen. Here's a short video demonstration of this in action: Quick editing Editing posts and comments is something moderators do on a daily basis. We already have quick reply (where when making a post or comment, it appears using AJAX without a page reload) and now in 4.0, we have quick edit too. When you click edit, the post/comment immediately changes into an editor: And when you click save, the editor disappears and is replaced by the new content. Here's a short video demonstration of this in action: Attached Thumbnails View the full article Zobacz cały news

This application will allow admins to set prices for paid files per category. Users won't be able to submit a file when its price is out of the range price that admin specified for the category. Pobierz plik

ProStripe is nice design skin with Green color Style was created by Lewis P for IP.Board 3.1.x and now updated to work with 3.4.x please enjoy. Installation instructions. Look & Feel > Manage Skin Sets & Templates and Import the Skin XML Files. Click Import Skin Set Under "Import Skin Set" : Browse and import the prostripe-346-xxx.xml.gz Under "Import Image Set" : Browse and import the images-prostripe346.xml.gz If you have not installed a skin before and are unsure what to do, follow this guide: Click here. Compatibility with following items: * Blogs * Gallery * Downloads * Nexus * Content * Calendar * Shoutbox Pobierz plik

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This hook will allow users from selected groups to re-archive unarchived topics. A log entry will be created on Moderator Logs when the someone use the feature. Pobierz plik

Different staff members typically have different roles within a community - especially larger communities, where you may have staff responsible for the theme, others handling tickets and different staff maintaining the system. In 3.x, we had a 'Bookmarks' system in the AdminCP that allowed you to create a menu of frequently-used sections in an effort to make them easier to get to, rather than navigating the main menus. As with every feature in IPS4, we took some time to think about what this Bookmark feature aimed to achieve, and whether it was the best way to achieve it (seriously - we have considered everything you'll see in IPS4 very carefully; nothing gets a free pass). We determined through speaking to administrators that the primary use of this feature was actually to get to one place quickly - whatever place that might be. It appeared to be rarely used as an actual bookmarks menu, and besides, duplicating browser functionality should always send up a red flag. We decided to rethink the idea. What we decided to do instead is allow AdminCP menus, both primary and secondary, to be reordered on a per-admin basis. This means each admin can set the AdminCP menu up however works best for themselves. If you use the theme system a lot, you can make that your first menu item. Or, if you use the ticket system in Nexus, you can put that first. Here's how it works: Attached Thumbnails View the full article Zobacz cały news

Different staff members typically have different roles within a community - especially larger communities, where you may have staff responsible for the theme, others handling tickets and different staff maintaining the system. In 3.x, we had a 'Bookmarks' system in the AdminCP that allowed you to create a menu of frequently-used sections in an effort to make them easier to get to, rather than navigating the main menus. As with every feature in IPS4, we took some time to think about what this Bookmark feature aimed to achieve, and whether it was the best way to achieve it (seriously - we have considered everything you'll see in IPS4 very carefully; nothing gets a free pass). We determined through speaking to administrators that the primary use of this feature was actually to get to one place quickly - whatever place that might be. It appeared to be rarely used as an actual bookmarks menu, and besides, duplicating browser functionality should always send up a red flag. We decided to rethink the idea. What we decided to do instead is allow AdminCP menus, both primary and secondary, to be reordered on a per-admin basis. This means each admin can set the AdminCP menu up however works best for themselves. If you use the theme system a lot, you can make that your first menu item. Or, if you use the ticket system in Nexus, you can put that first. Here's how it works: Attached Thumbnails Zobacz cały wpis

Social Icons offers the perfect solution for showcasing your favourite social media websites in six different locations throughout IP.Board. This hook utilises the flexibility of font icons by allowing full control over size, colour and positioning using simple cross browser CSS. This eliminates the need for additional .PNG icons and therefore adds no additional page load time. Social Icons can be loaded in single or multiple locations within IP.Board (header, navigation, content, sidebar, floating and footer). Example Positions Features 20 default icons to pick from with more to be added soon! NEW Choose to show your icons in six different locations (header, footer, navigation menu, content, sidebar block and floating). NEW Choose which groups can see your social media icons. NEW Force a consistent colour scheme for all icons or use their native colours. NEW Ability to open links in a new window or the same page. NEW Choose from five default sizes ranging between 14px - 30px. NEW Utilises the same icon library as seen in IPS4. NEW Coming Soon More icons on request. Additional Information Social Icons was built and tested with the default IPB HTML/CSS framework. As most custom themes are built upon this same framework, the level of compatibility should be excellent. Pobierz plik

One of the goals for IPS Community Suite 4.0 was improving content discovery. In other words, making sure content still receives exposure even if it is posted in less used areas of the suite. The sidebar that shows on the IP.Board index page in 3.x helps with this goal to some extent, however people who visit the forums app infrequently may miss out on valuable content. This became an even more important issue when the decision was made to decouple IP.Board as a standalone application. What if the focus of your site is Gallery or what if IP.Board is not even enabled for example? Our solution was to extend the sidebar across all applications as shown below in IP.Downloads. You may notice from the screenshot that the announcements block is not specific to the downloads application. Any block can show in any application and they are configurable using moderator permissions. This immediately addresses the issue of content discovery. While the sidebar is now global in 4.0, it is important to note that individual areas can enable and disable the sidebar if necessary. Some areas of the suite simply require more room in order to display ideally, so the sidebar is disabled in these cases (e.g. the calendar "monthly" view needs a full page table grid to display in its ideal format). Further, you can configure sidebars differently for different areas of the suite in context-sensitive manner. You may show a recent topics block in the IP.Board application, for instance, while showing a recent files block in IP.Downloads. Or you can show both blocks in both areas - the choice is yours. Many areas of the suite have specific things they wish to automatically show in the sidebar and will do so. This is determined at a programmatic level and is not something that can be shut off. For instance, in IP.Downloads the primary screenshot and the download button show in the sidebar, while in IP.Calendar a map and a button to download an event show. Each application has the ability to output arbitrary content to the top of the sidebar where-ever necessary. It is also worth noting that advertisements have the inherent ability to display in the sidebar site-wide as well. Editing Editing is carried out inline from the front-end, rather than the ACP, and can be customized based on the application, module or individual view. The technicalities of this are beyond the scope of this blog entry but what this means in practice is that you can vary what is shown in the sidebar for each individual area of your site. Ordering of the blocks is of course fully supported using a simple drag and drop interface, and some sidebars additionally have configuration options available to them as needed. Here is a video demonstration of how editing the sidebar works in IPS Community Suite 4.0. Caching With this approach it was important that performance was not compromised and for that reason sidebar blocks support varying degrees of output caching. The active users block which must always be kept up to date utilizes no caching, a more general block showing overall statistics is cached for all users at once and other blocks that rely on permissions are cached for each user group combination. The level of caching used is determined by the developer when writing the block so, while it is important to mention that this performance aspect has been considered, it is something that is transparent to end users and admins in day to day use. Summary Community integration is a key strength of the IPS platform and the new sidebar in version 4 expands on this even further allowing you to share content across all areas effectively. Attached Thumbnails View the full article Zobacz cały news

One of the goals for IPS Community Suite 4.0 was improving content discovery. In other words, making sure content still receives exposure even if it is posted in less used areas of the suite. The sidebar that shows on the IP.Board index page in 3.x helps with this goal to some extent, however people who visit the forums app infrequently may miss out on valuable content. This became an even more important issue when the decision was made to decouple IP.Board as a standalone application. What if the focus of your site is Gallery or what if IP.Board is not even enabled for example? Our solution was to extend the sidebar across all applications as shown below in IP.Downloads. You may notice from the screenshot that the announcements block is not specific to the downloads application. Any block can show in any application and they are configurable using moderator permissions. This immediately addresses the issue of content discovery. While the sidebar is now global in 4.0, it is important to note that individual areas can enable and disable the sidebar if necessary. Some areas of the suite simply require more room in order to display ideally, so the sidebar is disabled in these cases (e.g. the calendar "monthly" view needs a full page table grid to display in its ideal format). Further, you can configure sidebars differently for different areas of the suite in context-sensitive manner. You may show a recent topics block in the IP.Board application, for instance, while showing a recent files block in IP.Downloads. Or you can show both blocks in both areas - the choice is yours. Many areas of the suite have specific things they wish to automatically show in the sidebar and will do so. This is determined at a programmatic level and is not something that can be shut off. For instance, in IP.Downloads the primary screenshot and the download button show in the sidebar, while in IP.Calendar a map and a button to download an event show. Each application has the ability to output arbitrary content to the top of the sidebar where-ever necessary. It is also worth noting that advertisements have the inherent ability to display in the sidebar site-wide as well. Editing Editing is carried out inline from the front-end, rather than the ACP, and can be customized based on the application, module or individual view. The technicalities of this are beyond the scope of this blog entry but what this means in practice is that you can vary what is shown in the sidebar for each individual area of your site. Ordering of the blocks is of course fully supported using a simple drag and drop interface, and some sidebars additionally have configuration options available to them as needed. Here is a video demonstration of how editing the sidebar works in IPS Community Suite 4.0. Caching With this approach it was important that performance was not compromised and for that reason sidebar blocks support varying degrees of output caching. The active users block which must always be kept up to date utilizes no caching, a more general block showing overall statistics is cached for all users at once and other blocks that rely on permissions are cached for each user group combination. The level of caching used is determined by the developer when writing the block so, while it is important to mention that this performance aspect has been considered, it is something that is transparent to end users and admins in day to day use. Summary Community integration is a key strength of the IPS platform and the new sidebar in version 4 expands on this even further allowing you to share content across all areas effectively. Attached Thumbnails Zobacz cały wpis

A simple kolobok style smiley set. (Uploading here with the permission of the original owner of the set.) Pobierz plik

IP.Calendar has supported an RSVP system for events for the last several versions, and this has been a well received addition to Calendar. Where allowed, users can request RSVP for events submitted to the calendar, and where allowed, other users can RSVP (and subsequently un-RSVP) for these events. This functionality is useful for real-world events being coordinated through your site to help event organizers know who will attend. Some minor but useful enhancements have been made to the RSVP functionality in calendar for 4.0. RSVP Limits Often times, you may only have a limited number of spots available for an event. You may only be able to accommodate 10 users or 20 users at an event, and you typically will know this up front. Subsequently, it makes sense to limit the number of users who can RSVP for a given event in such scenarios. To this end, event submitters can now limit the number of RSVP responses allowed on a per-event basis. If you know only 10 users can be accommodated at an event, you may now specify this up front. Yes? No? Maybe? While being able to RSVP for an event is useful, many users online are familiar with other attendance systems that allow you to specify yes, no or maybe when RSVP support is available. In other words, instead of simply allowing you to say "yes I'm coming", sometimes it is just as useful to allow users to specify they are not coming, or that they might attend (in which case the organizer may plan to have extra food available, for example). The 4.0 Calendar will now support yes/no/maybe responses when RSVP is requested for an event. One caveat to mention - when an upper RSVP limit has been specified, the "Maybe" option is not available. A gray area becomes apparent when there is a limit to the number of attendees allowed for an event and users begin to RSVP as "maybe". Does that fill up a spot? If not, what if they decide to come after all? It is much clearer for all involved to simply limit responses to yes or no when there is an attendee limit specified for an event. When you have RSVP'd for an event, you will be presented with the option to leave the event in case you change your mind. Download guest list When RSVP has been enabled for an event, anyone who can see the list of attendees will be able to download a guest list in PDF format. This is especially useful for the event organizer in case they need to print out the guest list to bring with them to the event. RSVP for imported events When you configure iCalendar feed imports in the admin control panel, you will now be able to enable or disable RSVP status for events from the feed. As the administrator, you had no control over whether events imported from a feed had RSVP enabled or not in previous versions of Calendar. As of 4.0, you can specify whether to enable or disable RSVP for imported events on a per-feed basis. As with 3.x, events exported through iCalendar feeds will include the attendee list with them. When events are imported through an iCalendar feed, if an attendee is specified (through the iCalendar specification) and that attendee is also a member of your site (based on their email address), the member on your site will automatically be set as RSVP'd for the event. We believe these several minor but useful enhancements to the RSVP capabilities in Calendar will make the feature more useful in real world usage scenarios, and will allow you and your event coordinators to get more out of Calendar than ever before. Attached Thumbnails Zobacz cały wpis

IP.Calendar has supported an RSVP system for events for the last several versions, and this has been a well received addition to Calendar. Where allowed, users can request RSVP for events submitted to the calendar, and where allowed, other users can RSVP (and subsequently un-RSVP) for these events. This functionality is useful for real-world events being coordinated through your site to help event organizers know who will attend. Some minor but useful enhancements have been made to the RSVP functionality in calendar for 4.0. RSVP Limits Often times, you may only have a limited number of spots available for an event. You may only be able to accommodate 10 users or 20 users at an event, and you typically will know this up front. Subsequently, it makes sense to limit the number of users who can RSVP for a given event in such scenarios. To this end, event submitters can now limit the number of RSVP responses allowed on a per-event basis. If you know only 10 users can be accommodated at an event, you may now specify this up front. Yes? No? Maybe? While being able to RSVP for an event is useful, many users online are familiar with other attendance systems that allow you to specify yes, no or maybe when RSVP support is available. In other words, instead of simply allowing you to say "yes I'm coming", sometimes it is just as useful to allow users to specify they are not coming, or that they might attend (in which case the organizer may plan to have extra food available, for example). The 4.0 Calendar will now support yes/no/maybe responses when RSVP is requested for an event. One caveat to mention - when an upper RSVP limit has been specified, the "Maybe" option is not available. A gray area becomes apparent when there is a limit to the number of attendees allowed for an event and users begin to RSVP as "maybe". Does that fill up a spot? If not, what if they decide to come after all? It is much clearer for all involved to simply limit responses to yes or no when there is an attendee limit specified for an event. When you have RSVP'd for an event, you will be presented with the option to leave the event in case you change your mind. Download guest list When RSVP has been enabled for an event, anyone who can see the list of attendees will be able to download a guest list in PDF format. This is especially useful for the event organizer in case they need to print out the guest list to bring with them to the event. RSVP for imported events When you configure iCalendar feed imports in the admin control panel, you will now be able to enable or disable RSVP status for events from the feed. As the administrator, you had no control over whether events imported from a feed had RSVP enabled or not in previous versions of Calendar. As of 4.0, you can specify whether to enable or disable RSVP for imported events on a per-feed basis. As with 3.x, events exported through iCalendar feeds will include the attendee list with them. When events are imported through an iCalendar feed, if an attendee is specified (through the iCalendar specification) and that attendee is also a member of your site (based on their email address), the member on your site will automatically be set as RSVP'd for the event. We believe these several minor but useful enhancements to the RSVP capabilities in Calendar will make the feature more useful in real world usage scenarios, and will allow you and your event coordinators to get more out of Calendar than ever before. Attached Thumbnails View the full article Zobacz cały news

Подробная инструкция по установке модуля Webmoney для IP,Nexus 1.5.x в файле readme_ru.txt IT's gateway plugin for Webmoney for IP.Nexus 1.5.x Module for payment of goods and services through Webmoney directly without commissions and intermediaries, such as Robokassa. Detailed instructions for installing in the archive. Pobierz plik

This skin pack includes 2 amazing skins! Happy Easter AND Happy Spring! Works with the LATEST VERSION of ALL of these applications: IP.Board3.4.6 IP.Nexus IP.Content IP.Downloads IP.Gallery IP.Blog IP.Calendar IP.Chat IP.Shoutbox IP.Tracker IBProArcade Included in the download:2 Skins - Happy Easter & Happy Spring All fonts used throughout both skins logo.psd for both skins team-icon.psd for both skins avatar.psd for both skins Installation instructions (document and video) IBSkin copyright and license agreement for both skins PREVIEW THIS SKIN LIVE ON THE IBSKIN FORUMS! Pobierz plik

Wallet One Payment Gateway by IBResource for Nexus 1.5.x Платежный шлюз NEXUS1.5.x для Wallet One от IBResource Особенности данного модуля: 1. Поддержка дробных транзакций (кнопка 'I want to pay by multiple methods' на странице выбора метода оплаты). 2. Возможность установки курса конвертации между валютой Nexus и суммой оплаты в Wallet One. 3. В одном архиве русская и английская версии модуля. Подробная инструкция по установке и настройке в папке RUS/readme или ENG/readme скачиваемого архива. Several benefits against other Wallet One gateways: 1. Payment by several different methods supported. 2. Ability to specify exchange rate between nexus internal currency and Wallet One. 3. Russian and english versions in one archive. Instructions is in RUS/readme or ENG/readme directory inside of archive. Pobierz plik

Invision Steam Based on Valve's Steam Website CURRENTLY IN BETA Invision Steam is currently in beta, during beta the skin will be 30% OFF! Everything is functional and there are no apparent issues, but additional skinning and changes may be required. During the beta you can suggest changes and get involved in the creation of the skin! CROSS-BROWSER COMPATIBILITY The skin is compatible and has been tested with Internet Explorer Opera Chrome Firefox STEAM SUITE It's not for sure, but I am planning to also release some Steam related addons/plugins. If you own this skin you'll get additional discounts towards future steam addons/plugins! More news in the upcoming future. INCLUDESSkin Group Icons Logo PSD ------------ There are many gaming sites out there, in order to compete one of the major aspects of a site is the look/skin. Get this skin for your gaming site, your community will be able to easily relate their site with Steam! Giving users an immediate message saying "We're a PC Gaming website"! Pobierz plik

IP.Calendar allows your users to schedule and share events through a centralized community calendar and supports many features that allow your community to coordinate, organize and interact with each other through the calendar. For instance, event organizers can request RSVP for events in order to note who will be attending before hand, and you can allow commenting on events submitted through IP.Calendar to allow users to share their thoughts about an event. The latest version of IP.Calendar will see some minor yet useful enhancements that will allow you and your community to make better use of IP.Calendar in a more social manner than ever before. Location support Users will be able to specify a physical location (i.e. an address) when submitting an event to the calendar in the 4.0 Community Suite calendar application. When an address is specified and Google Maps integration is enabled in the admin control panel, a map will be presented when viewing the event that allows users to see where the event will be taking place. Clicking on the map will take you to Google maps, allowing you to get directions to the event or otherwise find out more information about the location. The event location, when available, will also be included in iCalendar exports using the GEO property supported by the specification. This means when sharing your calendar events with another application that supports iCalendar imports (and supports the "GEO" property), your event location will be available in those applications as well. Downloading individual events In previous versions of the calendar, you were able to download an iCalendar export of an entire calendar on the site, but you were unable to download an individual event as an iCalendar export. The 4.0 Community Suite calendar application will now allow you to download individual events, as seen by the "Download Event" button in the previous screenshot. Users can download individual events and import them into supported calendar applications if they desire. Events are downloaded with an ".ics" extension, which is supported by Windows Calendar, Apple Calendar, Google Calendar, Outlook, Mozilla Lightning and pretty much every other calendar application available. Cover photo Another small yet useful enhancement in the next version of Calendar is the ability to upload a cover photo with your events. You may now, optionally, upload a cover photo image with your events which will be displayed as a background image in the event header. Please keep in mind that these are early screenshots and the interface is very much subject to change, however you can get an idea from this screenshot how you might end up specifying a cover photo for an event to give it some unique visual differentiation to stand out. Attached Thumbnails View the full article Zobacz cały news

IP.Calendar allows your users to schedule and share events through a centralized community calendar and supports many features that allow your community to coordinate, organize and interact with each other through the calendar. For instance, event organizers can request RSVP for events in order to note who will be attending before hand, and you can allow commenting on events submitted through IP.Calendar to allow users to share their thoughts about an event. The latest version of IP.Calendar will see some minor yet useful enhancements that will allow you and your community to make better use of IP.Calendar in a more social manner than ever before. Location support Users will be able to specify a physical location (i.e. an address) when submitting an event to the calendar in the 4.0 Community Suite calendar application. When an address is specified and Google Maps integration is enabled in the admin control panel, a map will be presented when viewing the event that allows users to see where the event will be taking place. Clicking on the map will take you to Google maps, allowing you to get directions to the event or otherwise find out more information about the location. The event location, when available, will also be included in iCalendar exports using the GEO property supported by the specification. This means when sharing your calendar events with another application that supports iCalendar imports (and supports the "GEO" property), your event location will be available in those applications as well. Downloading individual events In previous versions of the calendar, you were able to download an iCalendar export of an entire calendar on the site, but you were unable to download an individual event as an iCalendar export. The 4.0 Community Suite calendar application will now allow you to download individual events, as seen by the "Download Event" button in the previous screenshot. Users can download individual events and import them into supported calendar applications if they desire. Events are downloaded with an ".ics" extension, which is supported by Windows Calendar, Apple Calendar, Google Calendar, Outlook, Mozilla Lightning and pretty much every other calendar application available. Cover photo Another small yet useful enhancement in the next version of Calendar is the ability to upload a cover photo with your events. You may now, optionally, upload a cover photo image with your events which will be displayed as a background image in the event header. Please keep in mind that these are early screenshots and the interface is very much subject to change, however you can get an idea from this screenshot how you might end up specifying a cover photo for an event to give it some unique visual differentiation to stand out. Attached Thumbnails Zobacz cały wpis

Editor Themes is a tiny and lightweight (12kb) hook that completely re-styles Invision Power Board's built in CKEditor. This hook utilises the flexibility and efficiency of font icons by delivering all editor icons via a single HTTP request. As a result, this prevents the loading of a .PNG sprite file containing 40+ icons. Editor Themes relies on the CSS :before pseudo class which has support for the following browsers: Chome (all), Firefox 3.5+, Safari 1.3+, Opera 6+ and IE8+ (source). Example Themes (These are just examples of what can easily be made via the style builder.) Features Light or Dark base style.NEW Choose which groups can see your custom editor themes.NEW Custom style builder via the ACP hook settings.NEW Utilises the same icon library as seen in IPS4.NEW Coming Soon Ability to customise the text input background colour. Additional Information Editor Themes was built and tested with the default IPB CSS framework. As most custom themes are built upon this same framework, the level of compatibility should be excellent. Pobierz plik

FLAT BUSINESS FORUM BADGES is a set of elegant forum badges, which follows a strict design pattern to provide a very professional look. Due to their minimalistic style, the badges are ideal for any business forum. This release includes a light and a dark version as well as 5 additional colored variations. All my releases include the PSD files. This means you can easily customize FLAT BUSINESS FORUM BADGES, for example add more titles or translate them into a different language. Also changing the color is very simple. If you have any questions about how to do this, do not hesitate to contact me. Support is provided in both English and German. Feature list: 13 beautifully handcrafted forum badges 7 different colors available (blue, dark, green, light, purple, red, yellow) PSD file included Installation instructions included (English, German) Support available (English, German) Included Ranks: (More can be created with the PSD file!) Admin Author Banned Donator Editor Guest Member Mod Registered Staff Super Mod Support Validating Font used:Myriad Pro Pobierz plik

Effective moderation features are essential for online communities. Forums, blog entries and member-to-member messaging are particularly attractive for spam bots and nuisance users alike. IPS Social Suite has always been best in class when it comes to moderation features with features like the free IPS Spam Service that are completely unmatched by other web applications. Over this series of 5 blog entries I'm going to introduce you to some of the new moderation features in the IPS Community Suite 4.0. Part 1: Setting up moderators Part 2: Approval Queue Part 3: Reports Part 4: Effective Moderation Part 5: Warnings Back in IP.Board 3.0, we introduced a feature which at the time we called the "Report Center". Before this, if a user clicked the "Report" button, it would send a personal message to all the moderators for the forum the post was in (seriously). The Report Center was one of my favourite features in IP.Board 3.0 - it provided a great way for moderators to collaborate on reports and know the action that was taken. For 4.0 - we wanted to make this even more useful. We had 2 goals: It should be easy to set up and use. It currently has lots of configuration options dotted around the Admin CP and can feel a little confusing ("statuses" have "points" which leads to different coloured "flags" on reports) - it should be much easier for moderators to see what's important. When viewing the report itself, moderators should be able to see all the information they need immediately, and take action, without leaving the screen, making it quick and painless to deal with reports. The first part was making it easy for users to submit reports (if submitting a report is difficult or time-consuming, users won't do it, which defeats the point of having the feature). We've made it so when clicking the "Report offensive content" button next to posts, comments, messages, etc. a modal window will pop up - here the user can optionally fill in a reason for their submitting the report, and when submitting, the modal window just disappears, with no page reload, so the user is not interrupted from what they're doing. Video Demonstration Next we wanted to improve how moderators deal with reports - here's a screenshot of the report screen: Right from this page I can: See the content that was reported - I don't have to click anywhere to view it (naturally, I can click on the title to be taken to the actual content if I want to see it in context). Edit or delete the content. If I do this, it will do it via AJAX, without me ever leaving the page. Video Demonstration See any warnings that have been given in the past to the user who posted the content being reported, and issue them with a warning (which will be issued without me leaving the page). Flag the member as a spammer, which will automatically take all the appropriate action for that, depending on how I've set it up in the Admin CP. See who has reported this content, and the message they provided with the report. By hovering on their photo I will see their hover card which allows me to send them a message (which will be sent without me leaving the page). See any comments on the report from other moderators and make a comment on the report - comments are submitted by AJAX so I can make a comment quickly. Change the status of or delete a report. Move to the next/previous reports pending. Attached Thumbnails View the full article Zobacz cały news

Effective moderation features are essential for online communities. Forums, blog entries and member-to-member messaging are particularly attractive for spam bots and nuisance users alike. IPS Social Suite has always been best in class when it comes to moderation features with features like the free IPS Spam Service that are completely unmatched by other web applications. Over this series of 5 blog entries I'm going to introduce you to some of the new moderation features in the IPS Community Suite 4.0. Part 1: Setting up moderators Part 2: Approval Queue Part 3: Reports Part 4: Effective Moderation Part 5: Warnings Back in IP.Board 3.0, we introduced a feature which at the time we called the "Report Center". Before this, if a user clicked the "Report" button, it would send a personal message to all the moderators for the forum the post was in (seriously). The Report Center was one of my favourite features in IP.Board 3.0 - it provided a great way for moderators to collaborate on reports and know the action that was taken. For 4.0 - we wanted to make this even more useful. We had 2 goals: It should be easy to set up and use. It currently has lots of configuration options dotted around the Admin CP and can feel a little confusing ("statuses" have "points" which leads to different coloured "flags" on reports) - it should be much easier for moderators to see what's important. When viewing the report itself, moderators should be able to see all the information they need immediately, and take action, without leaving the screen, making it quick and painless to deal with reports. The first part was making it easy for users to submit reports (if submitting a report is difficult or time-consuming, users won't do it, which defeats the point of having the feature). We've made it so when clicking the "Report offensive content" button next to posts, comments, messages, etc. a modal window will pop up - here the user can optionally fill in a reason for their submitting the report, and when submitting, the modal window just disappears, with no page reload, so the user is not interrupted from what they're doing. Video Demonstration Next we wanted to improve how moderators deal with reports - here's a screenshot of the report screen: Right from this page I can: See the content that was reported - I don't have to click anywhere to view it (naturally, I can click on the title to be taken to the actual content if I want to see it in context). Edit or delete the content. If I do this, it will do it via AJAX, without me ever leaving the page.Video Demonstration See any warnings that have been given in the past to the user who posted the content being reported, and issue them with a warning (which will be issued without me leaving the page). Flag the member as a spammer, which will automatically take all the appropriate action for that, depending on how I've set it up in the Admin CP. See who has reported this content, and the message they provided with the report. By hovering on their photo I will see their hover card which allows me to send them a message (which will be sent without me leaving the page). See any comments on the report from other moderators and make a comment on the report - comments are submitted by AJAX so I can make a comment quickly. Change the status of or delete a report. Move to the next/previous reports pending. Attached Thumbnails Zobacz cały wpis

Fiat Blue is my first IPB skin. I'm dabbing in changing up colors, so I thought I'd share this. Two Main Colors: #3A539B #3598DB I will keep this updated to the best of my ability. Pobierz plik

Oblivion by FancyDesign.org Oblivion is a gaming scene skin which applies two background image throughout the entire forum background along with a full box and boxed feature. "Settings" Template File This skin includes a settings file allowing you to easily enable or disable features within the skin. This makes modifications and upgrades very simple since no code changes are required. Guest message A customizable message is shown to guests, prompting them to either register or login to your forum, This message can be edited as you can see in the "Settings Template File". It's easily customized by the forum Administrators. Social links Social links can be enabled/disabled and customized to your own URL using the Settings file, allowing you to easily link to your social network pages (facebook, twitter, etc) Customizable backgrounds All members on your forum can change their background image to one of their choice. Collapsible search box To reduce clutter, the search box is hidden by default and can be activated by clicking the Search icon at the top right corner of the design. Animated navigation bar Hover over the navigation links for a smooth, animated css3 scroll effect (Firefox 4+, Safari & Chrome only). Pobierz plik