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The core of the CCS application centers around allowing you to create pages for your website. The way you create pages and the types of pages you create will be specific to your site, however the process is the same. One administrator may want to build the full front of their website using CCS, while another administrator may want to add some pages within the forums that are not there by default. Both scenarios can be covered by CCS. The page manager interface looks similar to a computer folder view: you are presented with folders and files in a directory-style listing. You can create folders and subfolders, rename them, delete them, empty them, and move them around as needed. You can edit, rename, delete and move files within these folders as well. There is no built in limit to the number of folders or the directory tree depth imposed by CCS. There are three page types that you can create: HTML, Javascript, and CSS. Javascript and CSS files are pretty straightforward - the main difference from HTML pages being that when you call to one of these files through a script, link, or import tag in an HTML document, CCS will output the correct HTTP header for the content type being served. Actual pages can be edited as raw HTML, bbcode, or PHP; allowing you to do practically anything with your pages. You could make your page entirely dynamic, making use of IP.Board's database abstraction layer to retrieve data from the database, using the PHP page type. Or you could make a quick Terms of Service page to display to users using only the bbcode WYSIWYG editor. You can enter the actual filename, and a friendly name to describe the page. The folder and filename are combined to create the URL to reach the page, described later in this blog entry. You can also define the meta keywords and description tags when editing the page. You can utilize page templates to make creating and editing pages simpler. We will be discussing page templates in a future blog entry, but in essence you would create a page template that defines the basic HTML structure, and then when adding a page you select the template you wish to use, select whether you want to import the template or just edit the page content itself, and the CCS will then be able to utilize pre-designed page templates to make page deployment much easier, faster, and more consistent. Pages can be cached, helping to reduce overhead for pages that should be relatively static for all viewers. If your pages are very dynamic (for instance, they use a lot of feed or plugin blocks where content will differ from user to user) you should be careful regarding page caching. You wouldn't want an administrator to trigger some piece of the page to be recached with elevated permissions, for instance, showing topics a guest user wouldn't normally be able to view. If your pages are mostly static, however, pages can be built once, cached, and then served from cache on subsequent views. Remember that blocks can also be independently cached, so you can have relatively static blocks cached while leaving the page itself uncached (it will still used the cached HTML for blocks that specify to do so, and use dynamic HTML for blocks that have disabled caching). When you enable page caching, the entire page output is cached. You can also define the permission masks needed to access a page, or allow all users to access the page. Using this, you can create moderator guidelines for your moderating team, or a contact information page for administrators, for example. Actually accessing the page is an important matter, and many users will want to utilize friendly urls for this. There are many options built into CCS to handle this for you, which we will likely go over in more detail in a future blog entry. If you are accessing CCS through IP.Board, then CCS uses the built in friendly url functionality in IP.Board to generate friendly URLs (if enabled). Most people, however, will likely take our included index.php file, edit the path to their forums within it, and place this index.php somewhere else on the server. Using this method, you could place the website pages in a root directory of your domain, and have the forums contained within a /forums folder. You would then be able to manage your entire website, create virtual directories and pages, and more right in your IP.Board admin control panel easily. If your server supports mod_rewrite, you can create a .htaccess file and place it in the same directory as the index.php file provided with CCS, eliminating the /index.php/ from the URL entirely. Ultimately, you can define the urls entirely through the admin control panel by creating folders, defining the page names, and placing the pages within folders as you see fit. As a traditional web server would do, if you visit a virtual folder but do not specify the file, an index.html will be looked for in that folder (you can change the file you wish to load by default in the settings). If the user requests a file that does not exist, a 404.html file will be looked for instead (again, the file is configurable in the settings). Nothing in the system requires you to use extensions, or requires extensions, when used, to be of a certain type. You could give your pages any extension you wish, or none at all (making pages appear to be "folders"). The system is extremely configurable to allow you to create pages for your site the way you want, and to appear in any way that you want. We've done our best to limit any restrictions in place so that you can define the website any way that you choose. Once you start creating pages, you'll be amazed at how simple and versatile the system really is to use. Zobacz całą wiadomość

We are pleased to announce Invision Power Board 3.0.0 Beta 3 is now available along with IP.Downloads 2.0.0 Beta 1. The third beta release of IP.Board 3.0.0 is now available for download to those with current, active licenses to IP.Board. This third beta is only available to active license holders. This is the third beta release so please take a moment and read this entire announcement before downloading. As this is a beta release there will 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. This beta is encoded using IonCube. Beta releases are encoded so we can better control the release and ensure any reported problems are code-related and not due to modifications. Please ensure you are familiar with how to install IonCube encoded PHP software. The final version will not be encoded. Technical support is not available for this beta software. Do not use this software on a public install. Wait for the final series for your public installs. There will be no upgrade path between beta versions. You cannot (and should not try to) upgrade from previous versions of the software. In general, only download and participate in the beta test if you are comfortable working with beta software. System Requirements This beta version of IP.Board 3.0.0 requires PHP 5.1.0 or greater and MySQL 4.1.22 (5.0 or greater preferred) to operate. We have included the Ioncube loaders with the download for 32 bit servers. If your server is running a 64 bit operating system, you will need to visit Ioncube directly to download the loaders. Testing Help This is the first beta to include the upgrade script. Please be sure to test this thoroughly on backup copies of your forum database. Do not upgrade your live site. Also, we would appreciate feedback from those upgrading from older versions of IPB as well. Also please give good testing to the skinning system, importing, exporting, creating new skins, etc. Known Issues The AdminCP help system is still being populated and styled. The final version will be complete and look much more integrated. It will also be hidden by default. Subscription Manager is not included in this beta. If you wish to test IP.Downloads be sure to install it at the same time as IP.Board as the AdminCP installer has a few remaining issues. Download IP.Board 3.0.0 Beta 3 If you have an IP.Board License: To download, log in to your client area. You will see the beta download information by clicking into your license purchase. As stated above, technical support is not available so please only download if you are comfortable beta-testing software. If you have IPS Hosting: Shared hosting customers can download by clicking into their hosting package. Forum hosting customers can also download but will not be able to install in their hosting account as Forum Hosting packages are limited to one install. Feel free to use another hosting account for this. Zobacz całą wiadomość

IP.Converge is designed to be an open platform allowing any website or application to make use of its features. However, due to some limitations and the complexity of writing the modules, it's only been used by IP.Board until now. In IP.Converge 1.1 we have added the features developers need to make almost application IP.Converge-ready. Username support One of the most frequently requested features for IP.Converge from both developers and end-users is username support. Some applications don't support e-mail address-authentication which IP.Converge natively uses and many end-users would simply prefer to log in with their username. In IP.Converge 1.1 developers can now set IP.Converge to send usernames to their applications instead of e-mail addresses. We have also added a transparent layer into IP Board 3 so that even if you are using IP.Converge, you can log into IP Board using your username. Users will also be able to change their username on one application and have it update across all your IP.Converge applications, just like e-mail addresses and passwords. Sending non-md5 password A lot of applications don

We are pleased to announce Invision Power Board 3.0.0 Beta 2 is now available. The second beta release of IP.Board 3.0.0 is now available for download to those with current, active licenses to IP.Board. This second beta is only available to active license holders. This is the second beta release so please take a moment and read this entire announcement before downloading. As this is a beta release there will 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. This second beta is encoded using IonCube. Beta releases are encoded so we can better control the release and ensure any reported problems are code-related and not due to modifications. Please ensure you are familiar with how to install IonCube encoded PHP software. The final version will not be encoded. Technical support is not available for this beta software. Do not use this software on a public install. Wait for the final series for your public installs. There will be no upgrade path between beta versions. You cannot (and should not try to) upgrade from previous versions of the software. In general, only download and participate in the beta test if you are comfortable working with beta software. System Requirements This beta version of IP.Board 3.0.0 requires PHP 5.1.0 or greater and MySQL 4.1.22 (5.0 or greater preferred) to operate. We have included the Ioncube loaders with the download for 32 bit servers. If your server is running a 64 bit operating system, you will need to visit Ioncube directly to download the loaders. Testing Help For this beta release we need your help testing certain key areas of IP.Board 3.0.0. Our preview site has allowed us to test the front-end of the community pretty extensively but the AdminCP of IP.Board 3.0.0 still needs to be thoroughly tested. We thank you for your assistance in ensuring IP.Board 3.0.0 is tested. Known Issues The AdminCP help system is still being populated and styled. The final version will be complete and look much more integrated. It will also be hidden by default. Chat Services and Subscription Manager are not included in this beta. They will be available in future betas. Discussion Please keep all IP.Board 3.0.0 discussion on the IP.Board 3.0.0 preview site so we can maintain organization. Thanks! Download IP.Board 3.0.0 Beta 2 If you have an IP.Board License: To download, log in to your client area. You will see the beta download information by clicking into your license purchase. As stated above, technical support is not available so please only download if you are comfortable beta-testing software. If you have IPS Hosting: Shared hosting customers can download by clicking into their hosting package. Forum hosting customers can also download but will not be able to install in their hosting account as Forum Hosting packages are limited to one install. Feel free to use another hosting account for this. Zobacz całą wiadomość

Friendly URL Enhancements. Since we unveiled the new friendly url feature on our preview board, we have received a lot of feedback on how it could be improved with regards to maintaining good search engine optimization (SEO). Every feature we add has to be weighed against the impact to efficiency and memory usage. We understand that not every customer has the luxury of a dedicated server. We want to ensure the very best experience for a wide variety of hosting environments. However, in this case we felt we could make some improvements to the friendly url feature without compromising efficiency. The new settings can add some small overhead, but we felt that those who wanted the very best optimized content would accept that. Meta Tags I have added a way to add meta tags to the final content through: $this->registry->output->addMetaTag( 'name', 'content' );[/content]This is used internally to add a meta tag for 'indentifier-url' and 'description'. The description is the first post of a topic; a forum description or the user's "About Me" information using the signature if no "About Me" information is present. You can use this interface in your own code to add more tags if desired. [b]Robots.txt[/b] A primary concern for those interested in SEO is duplicate content. There are many ways to access a single topic due to the different variables that are used; pagination and search strings are a few examples. To help limit the duplicate pages indexed, IP.Board now ships with an example "robots.txt" file for you to edit and upload to your root directory. [b]Redirecting 'old style' links[/b] Another concern was that the old style links, for example: index.php?showtopic=10, are still able to access pages. This is necessary so that you do not lose bookmarks or traffic from currently indexed links. You can now choose to redirect with an optional "301 Moved Permanently" header to the new link format. This is transparent to the end user but will help search engines locate the correct copy of your content. [b]Incorrect Permalink Handling[/b] The new friendly URLs are often based on user generated content. For example, a topic called "My Great Topic" will have the permalink "/topic/10/my-great-topic/". Now, when this topic title is edited, the permalink will change too. For this reason IP.Board allowed access to the topic as long as the topic ID was present, so all of the following links resulted in the same topic being shown: /topic/10/my-great-topic/ /topic/10/my-edited-topic-title/ /topic/10/ /topic/10/i-just-made-this-up/ The downside to this is that some may consider this duplicate content. You can now opt to redirect with a "301 Moved Permanently" header to the correct permalink. This again is transparent to the end user but it will help search engines locate the correct copy to index. You can also opt for IP.Board to simply add a 'robots' meta tag with the value 'noindex' if you do not wish to redirect. This will tell the search engine to not index that URL. We hope that these improvements will be seen as a good first step in basic SEO without impacting performance. Zobacz całą wiadomość

IP.Board will now support a basic implementation of Facebook Connect as an option for logging into IP.Board and associating their account with the same login as their Facebook account. This feature will be off by default and can be optionally enabled by the administrator. We will have a technical specifications draft available in our knowledgebase upon release for those who care, but the basics are as follows: You must first register an "application" on Facebook's website pointing to the integration file included with IP.Board 3. You then must enter some basic keys that Facebook provides in your ACP. Users will have the ability to use Facebook Connect to login to your site. They will also have the ability to either associate their Facebook account with an existing IP.Board account, or create a new IP.Board account. Basic profile data such as avatar, profile picture, "About Me", and status will be synced to IP.Board from Facebook We have purposely kept the complexity of the various syncing options available through Facebook Connect to a minimum. We have many ideas on how we would like to expand the capabilities in the future, but we wanted to keep this integration basic for the time being. Facebook Connect support will be available with the second beta release of IP.Board, and will be available on the preview site to test with beginning Monday. We hope you enjoy! Zobacz całą wiadomość

As we get closer to the final release of IP.Board 3.0.0 we have seen a huge increase in the number of clients converting to our software and services from other community software platforms. Of course we are always very excited to help anyone move to IP.Board and this is the best time to do the conversion. You can start getting familiar with IP.Board on the current 2.3.6 version and our staff can easily upgrade you to version 3.0.0 when it is available at no extra charge. In addition to converting customers we have also seen an increase in IPB Standard License sales as new customers buy IPB now who are excited about the upcoming 3.0.0 release and want to get familiar with IPB now. IP.Board Standard License Sale Starting 9:00 am EST January 5, 2009 and ending 5:00 pm EST January 9, 2009 the price of an IP.Board Standard License will be reduced from $149.99 to $129.00 to allow everyone a chance to purchase IPB at this special, reduced price. The 6-month renewal price will remain the same. Free Conversion Service Our staff will convert your database to IPB at no cost to you. This is a savings off the normal $60.00 conversion fee! This applies to all software listed on the conversion information page. To take advantage of this offer, just email [email protected] by January 9th and our conversion team will take care of your database conversion for you. You will need to have an active IPB license to take advantage of this offer. Please email [email protected] if you have any questions. Thank you! Zobacz całą wiadomość

As we get closer to the final release of IP.Board 3.0.0 we have seen a huge increase in the number of clients converting to our software and services from other community software platforms. Of course we are always very excited to help anyone move to IP.Board and this is the best time to do the conversion. You can start getting familiar with IP.Board on the current 2.3.6 version and our staff can easily upgrade you to version 3.0.0 when it is available at no extra charge. In addition to converting customers we have also seen an increase in IPB Standard License sales as new customers buy IPB now who are excited about the upcoming 3.0.0 release and want to get familiar with IPB now. IP.Board Standard License Sale Starting 9:00 am EST January 5, 2009 and ending 5:00 pm EST January 9, 2009 the price of an IP.Board Standard License will be reduced from $149.99 to $129.00 to allow everyone a chance to purchase IPB at this special, reduced price. The 6-month renewal price will remain the same. Free Conversion Service Our staff will convert your database to IPB at no cost to you. This is a savings off the normal $60.00 conversion fee! This applies to all software listed on the conversion information page. To take advantage of this offer, just email [email protected] by January 9th and our conversion team will take care of your database conversion for you. You will need to have an active IPB license to take advantage of this offer. Please email [email protected] if you have any questions. Thank you! Zobacz całą wiadomość

For complete information on the IP.Board 3.0.0 Beta 1 release please read the full announcement. We have refreshed the download of IP.Board 3.0.0 Beta 1 to address a few critical bugs that were reported yesterday. The refresh is as of the time of this blog entry. We focused on installation bugs and core usability bugs for this small refresh so more people could install IP.Board 3.0.0 Beta 1 before the end of the year. Note that not all bugs marked as fixed in the bug tracker will be fixed in this build of the beta. You can download the beta again from the client area and reinstall it as you did before. There is no need to download the beta again if you downloaded it after the time of this entry for the first time. Also, hosting customers can now download the beta in the "development tools" category in their download area. Ioncube Encoding IP.Board betas are Ioncube encoded so we can ensure that reported bugs are directly related to the code and not to modifications. While we do not mind people modifying, you can imagine how frustrating it can be trying to track down a bug that turns out is not even related to IP.Board's code. Some have reported problems with installing using Ioncube. There are a few topics in the IPB3 preview forum which may help those unfamiliar with using Ioncube. The final version of IP.Board 3.0.0 will not be Ioncube encoded. PHP Version Compatibility Beta 1 requires PHP 5.2.1 or greater to operate. We will be working on changes in the next betas to lower the version of PHP required closer to 5.1 or possibly 5.0. We will provide more information on those changes as they are available. Reporting Bugs Please search the bug tracker for a description on the bug you have found before submitting the report. We appreciate bug reports but it does slow things down when duplicate reports are submitted. This will become more important as bugs are fixed in preparation for Beta 2 but the fixes not yet released as it will slow down development if we have to sort through duplicate reports. Thanks for searching before posting - it makes a huge difference. Thanks for all your help and happy bug hunting! Zobacz całą wiadomość

We are pleased to announce Invision Power Board 3.0.0 Beta 1 is now available. The first beta release of IP.Board 3.0.0 is now available for download to those with current, active licenses to IP.Board. This first beta is only available to active license holders but future betas will be available to a larger audience. This is the first beta release so please take a moment and read this entire announcement before downloading. As this is a beta release there will 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. This first beta is encoded using IonCube. Beta releases are encoded so we can better control the release and ensure any reported problems are code-related and not due to modifications. Please ensure you are familiar with how to install IonCube encoded PHP software. The final version will not be encoded. Technical support is not available for this beta software. Do not use this software on a public install. Wait for the final series for your public installs. There will be no upgrade path between beta versions. You cannot (and should not try to) upgrade from previous versions of the software. In general, only download and participate in the beta test if you are comfortable working with beta software. System Requirements This beta version of IP.Board 3.0.0 requires PHP 5.2.1 or greater and MySQL 4.1.22 (5 or greater preferred) to operate. We have included the Ioncube loaders with the download for 32 bit servers. If your server is running a 64 bit operating system, you will need to visit Ioncube directly to download the loaders. Testing Help For this beta release we need your help testing certain key areas of IP.Board 3.0.0. Our preview site has allowed us to test the front-end of the community pretty extensively but the AdminCP of IP.Board 3.0.0 still needs to be thoroughly tested. We thank you for your assistance in ensuring IP.Board 3.0.0 is tested. Known Issues The AdminCP help system is still being populated and styled. The final version will be complete and look much more integrated. It will also be hidden by default. Chat Services and Subscription Manager are not included in this beta. They will be available in future betas. The installer routine inside the AdminCP (for installing components) will not work properly in this beta. If you wish to test components (such as Calendar) be sure to install them during the main IP.Board install routine. There are areas of the AdminCP not properly styled at this point. This is not an issue but for those of you who have used IP.Board for a long time: note that conf_global.php has been moved into the admin directory. The public help files are currently blank. They will be rewritten and included in 3.0.0 before the final release. Discussion Please keep all IP.Board 3.0.0 discussion on the IP.Board 3.0.0 preview site so we can maintain organization. Thanks! Download IP.Board 3.0.0 Beta 1 If you have an IP.Board License: To download, log in to your client area. You will see the beta download information by clicking into your license purchase. As stated above, technical support is not available so please only download if you are comfortable beta-testing software. If you have IPS Hosting: Shared hosting customers can download by clicking into their hosting package. Forum hosting customers can also download but will not be able to install in their hosting account as Forum Hosting packages are limited to one install. Feel free to use another hosting account for this. Zobacz całą wiadomość

As announced in our last blog entry, we are working diligently to clean up any problem areas in IP.Board 3.0 and to finish up the admin control panel so that we can deliver a beta release of our software to all of our users before the end of this month. Things are taking shape nicely. Rikki has the admin control panel nearly finished and we've cleared out hundreds of bug reports since the preview site was first launched. We are very hopeful that by the time everyone has their hands on a beta version of IP.Board 3.0, you'll find all of the biggest potential issues have already been dealt with. Additionally, the Blog, Gallery and Download Manager applications are coming along nicely as well. All of the application code has been converted, and we're working on skinning these modules so that we can put up previews for you to start testing. Look for the first of these modules to be launched very soon on the preview site so you can begin testing it. In preparation for the upcoming beta release of IP.Board 3.0, we have put together this script which you can upload to your server in order to test for support of our latest version. Please note the following requirements: PHP v5.1.0 or higher (5.2.0 or higher preferred) MySQL 4.1 or higher (5.0 or higher preferred) SPL, GD2 and libxml2 PHP modules installed This script will test for everything IP.Board 3.0 requires, except for MySQL. Please consult with your host if you are not sure if you are running MySQL 4.1 or higher. check_requirements.php ( 5.97K ) Number of downloads: 1011 To use this script: Upload the file to your server somewhere that is web accessible. For example, you can upload the file to your forum root directory where "conf_global.php" is located. Visit the file in your webserver. For instance, visit http://yoursite.com/forums/check_requirements.php (replacing yoursite.com/forums/ with the appropriate domain and path to the script you just uploaded). Verify there are no "FAIL" marks reported. If there are any items that fail the check, you will need to consult with your host about updating your server, moving you to another server that supports all of the requirements for IP.Board 3, or contacting another host that does. We do not rely on any proprietary modules for PHP, so the majority of our users shouldn't have any problems. We look forward to getting the first beta out so everyone can continue testing the software and the new admin control panel. More information to follow! Zobacz całą wiadomość

The IP.Board 3.0 preview has been going quite well and we have received some good feedback and ideas for version 3.0 which we have already implemented. This blog entry will outline some of the changes that have been implemented in 3.0 since the preview was made available. Other than the changes listed here there have been lots of minor skin interface improvements and many bug fixes too numerous to go into. Search Index For a long time we have been looking at ways to solve a problem with global searching. Searching is very resource intensive and we are under pressure to deliver a comprehensive search that is both quick and light on the server. One solution we implemented on the preview board was a search index. This index contained the text from various sources such as posts, blogs and calendar events. The search index was successful in making global searching quick and efficient but it was limited by MySQL itself. While it worked well on smaller boards, there was an issue with scaling in that MySQL does not deal very well with large tables. While the posts table would often lock in normal searching, the search index table would lock in many more situations thereby eliminating any benefits it brought to IPB. Also, when upgrading to IPB 3 the search index needed to be built which could potentially take many hours. This is obviously undesirable. We also found that it limited what you could search for and how the results were displayed. For these reasons we have decided to remove the search index option in IPB 3.0. We will instead work on enhancing the normal search system (including some of the good ideas from the preview site) and large search solutions such as Sphinx. Removing the search index will not impact the overall ability to search and find content you are looking for and we will work on the normal search routines to make displaying the search results easier to work with. Gravatar Support Gravatar is as service that hosts your avatar so you can have the same avatar on the various communities you visit. It also allows you to centrally update your avatar and have it show up all over the web. You just sign up on their site and then enter your email address you registered with Gravatar in IPB 3.0's settings area. Warn Panel Updates The warn panel has been updated to allow for moderators to be able to better control troublesome members and posts without administrator intervention. Enhancements include: Option to "ban" a member permanently from the warn panel Increase or decrease warn value by a custom value (rather than just +1 or -1) for super moderators only Ability to unapprove (hide) all member's posts and/or topics made with the last X days/hours Member's current reputation and other general information now displayed on warn panel Mutual Friends Adding and removing friends is now a mutual option in that if you add someone as a friend you will also appear on their profile as a friend. The same goes for removing a friend: if you remove a friend you are also removed from their friend list. Reputation Logs Administrators can now edit a member's reputation points. They can also view the record of ratings that member has left for others and the ratings others have left for that member. Enhanced Watched Topics/Forums The listing of watched topics and forums in your user settings now displays the number of new topics or posts since your last visit. You can click this link to be taken to the forum listing showing only those new topics since your last visit. Filter Forum by New Topics You can now filter a forum using the filter options bar at the bottom of the page to show only new topics posted since your last visit. Public Polls The option to allow public polls is now in the admin area. Public polls are like normal polls but they show the name of the members who voted and what they voted for in the poll. Administrators can also optionally allow members to delete their vote and re-vote in polls. This new feature only functions with newly-created polls. Administrators can switch a poll from private to public only if the poll has had no votes. IP.Board 3.0.0 Release The preview testing and feedback has been going so well that we have decided to reevaluate our release schedule. We will still have a downloadable beta version of IP.Board 3.0.0 out by the end of this year but a final version will not be out by the end of this year. Because the preview site has become so useful, we are treating it as a "pseudo-beta" and using it to test various features and learn about how IPB 3.0 behaves in a production environment. Although this will delay our final release until early next year, it brings the benefit of a much shorter beta-release cycle since IPB is being so heavily tested now. This means that we will have fewer beta releases before moving on to the final release. It also means that the final release of IPB will be as good as it can be which is good for everyone. We believe that this short delay until the final release will be beneficial for all as the final version of IPB 3.0 will be as stable as it can be on day one. Thanks to everyone for your help and ideas. We will keep you updated on our progress in the coming weeks. Zobacz całą wiadomość

The IP.Board 3.0 preview has been going very well. Lots of bugs have been reported and, more importantly, fixed already. The feedback we have received has been very valuable and we have already implemented some of the good ideas our customers have presented us. Thanks again! We are now ready to open the preview up to the general public. You can visit the preview at http://ipb3preview.ipslink.com and login with the same email address and password you use in the IPS client area or company forums. A few things to keep in mind: This is a preview of alpha software. We are not quite to the beta stage so please keep in mind that there are some areas still being finished up. The preview has been open for a couple weeks now to our customer base so lots of feedback and bugs have been posted. Have a look around what is already there before posting new info. Thanks! As we have reviewed in previous blog entries, IP.Board 3.0.0 is very different from the version 1.x or 2.x series. So far the feedback from our private testing group has been great and everyone loves the new look and feel. We can never please everyone so please be civil if you do not like something that is purely a matter of opinion and offer a constructive suggestion we can consider if you feel something can be improved. IP.Board 3.0.0 is feature-frozen at this point. We will not be adding any new features but are happy to consider enhancements to those already included. We will always have version 3.1 for feature additions and one of the best parts of 3.0's architecture is adding new features along with upgrading is much easier than the 2.x series so upgrades can be developed and released much faster. We hope you enjoy! Zobacz całą wiadomość

We are preparing the first public preview of IP.Board 3.0.0 alpha and look forward to everyone's feedback and help in testing. It is our current plan to preview IP.Board 3.0.0 alpha the second half of next week (around Nov 10 2008 +/- a day or two). As promised, those in the customer group on the IPS forums will receive the preview a bit earlier. Keep an eye on our company blog for updates. The public preview will be on a special web site and will not be available for download. You can use the same login as the IPS company forums to login. A few important notes... This will be a preview of alpha software. We are not quite to the beta stage so please keep in mind that there are some areas still being finished up. We believe all functionality should be working properly but there are parts of the software that need some skin work. Some of the newest areas, like the new PM system, could use some extensive testing. We ask that you help us test the functionality, click around the preview copy and report those issues that you find in the special area of our Bug Tracker for the IP.Board 3.0.0 alpha preview (will be available on preview day). When reporting please be careful to look over all already reported bugs to be sure not to submit duplicates. Do your best to try to break it... so we can then fix it. As we have reviewed in previous blog entries, IP.Board 3.0.0 is very different from the version 1.x or 2.x series. So far the feedback from our private testing group has been great and everyone loves the new look and feel. We can never please everyone so please be civil if you do not like something that is purely a matter of opinion and offer a constructive suggestion we can consider if you feel something can be improved. IP.Board 3.0.0 is feature-frozen at this point. We will not be adding any new features but are happy to consider enhancements to those already included. We will always have version 3.1 for feature additions and one of the best parts of 3.0's architecture is adding new features along with upgrading is much easier than the 2.x series so upgrades can be developed and released much faster. Upcoming Beta Releases We will use the public preview for our first round of testing and performance evaluation. Depending on how the public preview goes we will begin releasing downloadable betas. Expect updates on the beta release schedule in the week following the public preview. Components like Blog, Gallery, and Downloads will have their own testing phase so please keep and eye out for those. Thank you for your interest and everyone at IPS is looking forward to the public preview. We hope you are too and that you enjoy it! Zobacz całą wiadomość

We've been blogging for a while about some of the bigger changes you will see when IP.Board 3 is released. Things like enhanced bbcode management, hooks and plugins, and personal conversations, for example, tend to be a bit more interesting to read than smaller features. However, we wanted to take a moment to discuss some of the other smaller features being added to IP.Board that we haven't talked about yet. Minimum posts to view forum You can now configure forums to only allow access if you have reached a minimum post count. Minimum posts to post in forum Similar to the previous setting, you can require members to have a certain post count before they can post in individual forums. Only allow posters to see their own topics A very commonly requested feature, you can now configure forums so that posters can only see their own topics. Of course moderators and admins can view all topics in the forum. This allows you to create "help-desk" style forums without the need for additional software. HTTPS login form You can now force your login page urls to utilize https via a simple ACP setting. You are still responsible for obtaining an SSL certificate and installing it to your server properly. "Performance Mode" We have several larger customers who have a relatively stationary amount of traffic, but have huge spikes at times (e.g. sports teams have huge spikes in traffic on game nights, typically). During these spikes it is often desirable to disable unnecessary features to maintain site stability, rather than purchase hardware to handle temporary spikes in traffic. The performance mode setting allows you to easily disable many features that can save resources with the click of a button. The system remembers the previous setting values so that when the spike dies down you can disable performance mode and return your site to it's previous configuration. Registration "question and answer" In IP.Board 3 you will be able to configure questions and associated answers which will be randomly added to the registration form to help combat automated registrations (spam bots). Loading javascript files from Google Google offers a service that allows you to load the prototype and scriptaculous files from their servers rather than your own. This offloads 2 http requests to Google's servers from your own, while allowing them to manage the proper cache and expiration headers for the files. Guest selectable skins and languages Guests can now change their skin and language selections if you offer multiple skins or languages. Note that skins can be configured to only be available to certain groups, so you can fine-tune which skins guests can select from. Better topic/forum subscription controls You can now unsubscribe individual members from all forums and topics from the edit member page of the ACP, and you can unsubscribe all members from individual forums from the forum management page. More control over "friends" You can now disable the friends feature globally via a setting, and individually on a per-group basis (e.g. to prevent validating members from using the friends feature). Hide last post info for a forum If you have a forum where different users have different configurations as to which topics they can view, you can hide the forum's last post info on the board index via a setting. This information is cached to improve performance, so it does not utilize permission-based lookups, thus the ability to hide it helps prevent topic information from being leaked. Contact fields as custom profile fields All of the contact fields (yahoo, aim, msn, etc.) are now custom profile fields, allowing you to more easily configure them to your liking (or remove them alltogether). Additionally, by default Jabber and Skype will be available for configuration. Force an entire group to be anonymous If you would like to force an entire group (administrators or banned members, for instance) to be anonymous upon login, you can do so easily now. Moderate posts of an entire group globally You can now configure a group to be moderated across the entire site via a group setting. This will force all of the group's posts and topics to be placed into a moderation queue before they are visible, regardless of individual forum settings. Per-group signature restrictions You can now control the maximum number of images, lines of text, and image dimensions for signatures on a per-group basis. Here's a taste of some of the new features we haven't previously discussed (at least in any detail) which we hope you'll like. Let us know what you think! Zobacz całą wiadomość

With the upcoming release of IP.Board 3, we will of course be updating our first-party components to be compatible with the new architecture. Releases of IP.Blog, IP.Gallery and IP.Downloads will be available alongside IP.Board 3.0 so that you can update everything at the same time and not have to worry about when your components will be ready. We are working with the community project teams to help them get releases of Tracker and Shoutbox ready for 3.0 as well. They should be available at, or shortly after, the release of 3.0 to help ensure a more seamless move forward to our latest platform. We've determined that initially for the big release, we will only be working for application compatibility between our components. We wanted to spend all of our time focusing on IP.Board itself to ensure maximum stability, especially given the fact that we are working on an entirely new platform. This means that you won't really notice any new features to speak of with the Blog, Gallery and Downloads updates. You will, however, notice much better integration between the applications and the board itself, and an updated look and feel for all applications. Some examples of this include Integrated searching - one search form will search everything All application caches managed from cache management screen. All skin data managed from template editor screen. Ability to edit all group settings from group management page. All application permissions handled from one location. Ability to show gallery or blog data on board index through hooks Shortly after the dust settles following the big releases, and everything is calmer and stable, we will be working on "big" updates for our first-party application addons. At this point, we are still discussing what new features would best serve our customers for Blog, Gallery and Downloads. Below is a list we've discussed that we think you'll like. What do you think of it so far? IP.Blog Site/group blog - a blog that can be created belonging to no individual member, but rather to the site as a whole (i.e. a company blog) or a group (i.e. a developer blog) Proper user-customizable headers RSS blogs - allow members to import their remote blog into your board "Blog this post" support IP.Gallery Ability to crop, rotate, dynamically resize images. Use Javascript for front end, then re-generate image using GD on backend when user saves. Fancy slideshow feature. Something like Flickr, but done completely in Javascript (no flash needed), little simpler probably. Better album control based on friendships - only allow friends to view album, allow friends to submit to your album, etc. Sub-albums Image tagging Correct category/album markers (ala IPB) Allow users to choose album covers from images in an album IP.Downloads Better and more abstracted support for file records. Ultimately the goal would be to allow you to submit multiple files to a single file record. Uses would include "contributed files", breaking single files into "parts" (i.e. for large movies), and multiple screenshots per record, for instance. Support for mirrors Ability to shut off "resume breakpoints" Better category control - template type system perhaps with ability to selectively override without ditching entire template More reliable upload progress meter Correct category markers (ala IPB) File tagging Dynamic and session-based download urls (when you start a download, create a new "url" for it that is only accessible for that session and is destroyed afterwards to further prevent hotlinking) These are just some ideas we're floating around. Final feature lists will be determined after the release of IP.Board 3.0. We know many of you have been wondering how component updates will be handled with this release, and we've stayed quiet mainly because we weren't certain what we'd be able to accomplish. Hopefully this information will help you plan your site updates accordingly. Zobacz całą wiadomość

We are pleased to announce IP.Board 2.3.6 is now available This update includes all previously released updates and introduces enhanced spam prevention measures. The included CAPTCHA system in IP.Board has been enhanced in an effort combat spam-bot (automated script) registrations. Introduces support for reCAPTCHA What is reCAPTCHA? The reCAPTCHA service is a widely-used system to minimize the impact of spam-bot registrations and form submissions all over the Internet. While no system is perfect, we believe that by implementing a system like reCAPTCHA which is constantly being updated will help to mitigate spam registrations. The reCAPTCHA service is updated remotely so updates can usually be "pushed" to your community without any intervention from you. This means that as spammers get more creative: so does your forum's ability to combat them. The upcoming IP.Board 3.0 release already includes support for reCAPTCHA by default. How to use reCAPTCHA The code needed to implement reCAPTCHA support is included in IP.Board 2.3.6 automatically. Simply check that it is enabled in your IP.Board AdminCP under the Security and Privacy section of Tools and Settings or try to register a new account to verify. All new installations of IP.Board 2.3.6 will have this setting already enabled. IP.Board 2.3.6 has a special global key for reCAPTCHA shipped with it which enables reCAPTCHA without you having to configure IP.Board at all. You can also go to http://www.recaptcha.net and get your own keys for your own use if you do not want to use our included keys. Note: reCAPTCHA is optional and the standard IP.Board CAPTCHA system still exists in 2.3.6 (and has been enhanced) if you prefer this system over the reCAPTCH service. You can change those options in the AdminCP under Security and Privacy in Tools and Settings. Downloading IP.Board 2.3.6 You can download IP.Board 2.3.6 in the IPS client area. You can also download a package which contains changed files only from 2.3.5 to 2.3.6 for easier upgrading. Please contact our technical support staff if you need assistance. As always with new releases, responses from technical support may take slightly longer than usual as we work through the requests. Component Updates We have updated our components to use the new CAPTCHA system as well. These updates are only needed if you use the guest-posting CAPTCHA functions in these components. If you do not use that capability (i.e. you do not allow guest posting) then these updates may not be required. IP.Blog 1.4.2 IP.Gallery 2.2.4 IP.Downloads 1.2.2 Again, the updates for the components are only for compatibility with the new CAPTCHA system which is only used in components with guest posting enabled. No other features or enhancements are included in these updates. It is only necessary to upgrade if you use the guest-posting CAPTCHA in the components. Our thanks to reCAPTCHA and Ben on their support team for assisting us in releasing this update quickly with a global key. Thousands of IP.Board users thank you for your service that helps to mitigate spam headaches. Zobacz całą wiadomość

We have released an update to IP.Board 2.3.x to improve the Captcha spam prevention system. IPS has received reports of boards receiving registrations by "spam bots" which register and post a high number of spam posts in the forums. These bots are automated scripts which, depending on your registration setup, can bypass the current Captcha system included in IP.Board 2.3.x series. While annoying and troublesome, this does not present a security threat to the safety of your board's database, member information, or passwords. Important: You must have the Advanced Captcha enabled in your Admin CP under Tools and Settings -> Security and Privacy for the system to work. What is Captcha? The Captcha system is the method by which the software attempts to ensure that the request to register an account is being submitted by a human and not a software program. Many web sites and software programs present the user with random characters on a unique background which can be read, and typed, by a human but not a software program or script. Applying Captcha Improvement The current download of IP.Board 2.3.5 has been updated to include the improved Captcha. If you download IP.Board 2.3.5 after the date of this announcement these updates will be included. Existing Installs of IP.Board 2.3.x The updated xmlout.php attached to this announcement will work on any 2.3.x IP.Board installation. Simply download the attached PHP file and upload it to: sources/action_public/xmlout.php http://forums.invisionpower.com/index.php?...st&id=17325 Optional Updates Also attached to this announcement are new background images and fonts used for generating the Captcha images. Applying these new images and fonts are optional but may serve to further enhance the capabilities of the default system. Simply download captcha.zip and fonts.zip attached to this announcement and upload the background images to style_captcha/captcha_backgrounds and the fonts to style_captcha/captcha_fonts in your board install. http://forums.invisionpower.com/index.php?...st&id=17326 http://forums.invisionpower.com/index.php?...st&id=17327 Please contact our technical support department through the IPS client area if you have any questions or need assistance applying this update. Zobacz całą wiadomość

IP.Board 2.2.x and 2.3.x Security Patch We have released a single-file security patch which impacts IP.Board 2.2.x and 2.3.x versions. This is a critical update. Please apply the patch as soon as possible or contact our technical support via the client area if you need assistance. Issue It is possible to perform a remote SQL exploit and inject SQL code in an existing IPB query. Patching Your Board If you have downloaded your IP.Board after the time of this announcement, the patch is already included in your files. To patch an existing installation, simply download the attached file and overwrite: sources/action_public/xmlout.php http://forums.invisionpower.com/index.php?...st&id=17192 Zobacz całą wiadomość

We are pleased to announce the release of IP.Blog 1.4.1 is now available. This is a maintenance only release to address reported issues found in version 1.4.0. Interface Changes: [*]You cannot set an entry date in the future for 1.4.1 [*]blogmedia tag "Youtube" is updated by the upgrade script to fix a bug

We are pleased to announce the release of IP.Blog 1.4.0 is now available This new version of IP.Blog can be downloaded in the client area for current license holders of IP.Blog. You can see a working demo of the blog on our company forums. We hope you enjoy this update and look forward to the 2.0 version later this year. New Features New Default Style Themes and Custom Headers Content Block Plugin System Social Bookmarks Media Integration Akismet Integration Feedburner Integration Other Changes: [*] Edit Entry Date [*] Display article count for categories [*] Blog Offline Mode [*] Entry author replies in comments are now highlighted [*] Admins can select a

We are pleased to announce the second release candidate of IP.Blog 1.4.0 is now available. Note that this release candidate is only available to existing IP.Blog customers. 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. You may wish to considering waiting for the final release for your public blogs. Technical support is not provided for pre-final releases Please see list below for a bug fixes log from the previous RC version. Existing IP.Blog customers can login to the client area to download. Note: To be able to use IP.Blog 1.4.0 RC 2, you will need to be using IP.Board 2.3.5 Bug Fixes Comments Being Cut-Off Disabled Blog Gallery attachment crashes layout Buttons Upgrade from 1.4.0 Beta 3 to RC 1 not forwarding Blog Header mismatch Moderator Overview - login name instead display name Featured Entry on Index Removal of content blocks from acp 2 whitespaces in files Clarify setting desc. Blocked Trackbacks XML-RPC interface Blog polls not retaining Multiple votes option Entry author does not change after display name change If blog doesn't have any entries I can't un/pin it etc... Poor Grammar in ACP - Components - Blog - Akismet Logs "You're" instead of "Your" Album Attachment Collision with Blog Entry Options Copyright is RIGHT Upgrade Version Numbers Very Minor - Uninstall XML Skin issues - No Blogs Found Minor - Component Title Moderator Setting - Featured Disabled Blog - Featured Featured Draft Zobacz cały artykuł

We are pleased to announce IP.Board 2.3.5 is now available. IP.Board 2.3.5 is now available for download in your client area. New Features My Blog and My Album links in profile dropdowns Ability to change the form action url for upload forms (useful for load-balancing setups) About Me/Signature tab in profiles We are pleased to announce the release candidate of IP.Blog 1.4.0 is now available. Note that this release candidate is only available to existing IP.Blog customers. 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. You may wish to considering waiting for the final release for your public blogs. Please see this topic for a full change log from the previous version. Existing IP.Blog customers can login to the client area to download. IP.Board 2.3.5 Fixed bugs list Inbox and Sent Items Storage Folders Not Sorted Alphabetically Settings with selecting root admin Small inconsistency with errors when adding moderators UCP Javascript Error ACP Smilie typo Removing country doesn't work(Profile) Full and Quick Edit - Reason for edit Invalid HTML output in ssi.php Typo in ssi_templates/news.html CAPTCHA - Click to get new image Personal Photo too large, incorrect error JS error on members' multicheck Css-Edits-Fail Virtual directories - no diacritics Add Setting Group Strict Mode error ACP dashboard: last logins Fatal error Post link generation in topics with invisible posts (for users who can't see invisible posts) Skin Tools: Update Members Skin Choice (MySQL5 Strict) Deleting comments ignores confirmation Member Sync: ACP password change Profile comment / friend notification's (PM / PM disabled) My assistant [ topic=800 ] values stripped Installer: prefix Mass pruning forums problem Loggin out of Admin CP Phrases in a template ACP Search Set-Up little typo IN_DEV Last Post info Not exactly a bug: A Typo Legends error Admincp Logs bug Strict mode adjustment Calendar RSS <ttl> issue Incorrect age New bug with DST patch, HTTPS URLs Ignored users on Outline topic view mode Poor documentation on adding PHP in template bits Fatal error sources/action_public/search.php (~221) Converged board - Password was too long Slow Portal Plugin MySQL Query (Last X Topics), creates very high load. (I am including my fix) Registration Error: Password lengths Help Topics Not using Help Topic Title in browser title forum jump not in session location Javascript error in downloaded topic containing attachments Duplicate entry in lang_profle PM Block List Bug Incorrect integer value, remove member photo Rating strict mode Topic Notifications - invalid notifications IP.Board 2.3.5 List of Changed Files sources/components_public/profile/posts.conf.php sources/components_public/profile/topics.php sources/components_public/profile/topics.conf.php sources/components_public/profile/posts.php sources/components_public/profile/aboutme.php sources/components_public/profile/aboutme.conf.php sources/action_admin/moderator.php sources/action_admin/settings.php sources/action_admin/skin_sets.php sources/action_admin/member.php sources/action_admin/login.php sources/action_admin/skin_css.php sources/action_admin/skintools.php sources/action_admin/rebuild.php sources/action_admin/member_tools.php sources/action_admin/dashboard.php sources/action_admin/calendars.php sources/action_admin/skin_import.php sources/action_admin/modlogs.php sources/action_admin/languages.php sources/action_admin/api.php sources/action_admin/forums.php sources/action_admin/adminlogs.php sources/tasks/removevalidating.php sources/loginauth/convert/auth_sha256.php sources/loginauth/login_core.php sources/classes/class_email.php sources/classes/attach/class_attach.php sources/classes/attach/plugin_post.php sources/classes/attach/plugin_msg.php sources/classes/post/class_post.php sources/classes/post/class_post_edit.php sources/classes/post/class_post_reply.php sources/classes/bbcode/class_bbcode_core.php sources/classes/bbcode/class_bbcode.php sources/classes/class_session.php sources/sql/oracle_queries.php sources/sql/mysql_queries.php sources/handlers/han_editor.php sources/portal_plugins/recent_topics.php sources/lib/func_topic_threaded.php sources/lib/func_mod.php sources/lib/search_mssql_ftext.php sources/lib/func_msg.php sources/lib/search_oracle_ftext.php sources/lib/func_usercp.php sources/lib/search_mysql_man.php sources/ipsclass.php sources/api/api_settings.php sources/api/api_skins.php sources/action_public/moderate.php sources/action_public/profile.php sources/action_public/topics.php sources/action_public/usercp.php sources/action_public/attach.php sources/action_public/misc/contact_member.php sources/action_public/misc/warn.php sources/action_public/misc/print_page.php sources/action_public/login.php sources/action_public/calendar.php sources/action_public/boards.php sources/action_public/register.php sources/action_public/findpost.php sources/action_public/messenger.php sources/action_public/help.php sources/action_public/xmlout.php skin_acp/IPB2_Standard/acp_skin_html/cp_skin_member.php skin_acp/IPB2_Standard/acp_skin_html/cp_skin_editors.php skin_acp/IPB2_Standard/acp_skin_html/cp_skin_forums.php tools/ssi.php tools/ssi_templates/news.html cache/lang_cache/en/lang_profile.php cache/lang_cache/en/lang_global.php cache/lang_cache/en/lang_post.php cache/lang_cache/en/lang_email_content.php cache/lang_cache/en/lang_register.php cache/lang_cache/en/lang_msg.php cache/lang_cache/en/lang_ucp.php uploads/profile upgrade/installfiles/upg_10004/version_upgrade_mssql.php upgrade/installfiles/upg_10004/version_upgrade_mysql.php upgrade/installfiles/upg_21011/mssql_updates.php upgrade/installfiles/upg_10002/version_upgrade_mssql.php upgrade/installfiles/upg_10002/version_upgrade_mysql.php upgrade/installfiles/upg_10003/version_upgrade_mssql.php upgrade/installfiles/upg_10003/version_upgrade_mysql.php upgrade/installfiles/upg_23008 init.php jscripts/ipb_register.js jscripts/ipb_global.js jscripts/ips_profile_portal.js install/sql/mssql_tables.php install/sql/oracle_tables.php install/sql/mysql_tables.php install/sql/pgsql_tables.php install/sql/mssql_install.php install/core/actions/db.php resources/settings.xml resources/macro.xml resources/help_settings.xml resources/ipb_templates.xml resources/ipb_skin-pro.xml.gz resources/ipb_images-pro.xml.gz resources/version_history.php Zobacz cały artykuł

IP.Blog 1.4.0 Beta 3 We are excited to announce that the public beta of IP.Blog 1.4.0 has been released and is available to all IP.Blog customers. This is the first public beta release (earlier betas were released internally) so please take a moment and read this entire announcement before downloading. As this is a BETA release there will 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 public betas. Do not use this software on a public install. Wait for the final series for your public IP.Blog installation. If you wish to test the upgrade please do so on a copy of your database. Do not perform an upgrade on your live data. We will not be able to assist you if the upgrade fails. You will be able to upgrade from IP.Blog 1.4.0 Beta 3 to 1.4.0 final when it is available. In general, only download and participate in the beta test if you are comfortable doing so. New Features and Changes since IP.Blog 1.3 New Default Style IP.Blog has been overhauled with a fresh new style, one which feels more like a traditional blog. Additionally, it has been designed with themes (see below) in mind, so there is plenty of room for theme authors to experiment in their designs. Themes and Custom Headers You can now install 'theme packs' and allow your users to choose which of these themes will be applied to their blog. Using themes you can completely change the look and layout of an individual blog (to see a demonstration of a theme in use, check out Rikki's blog). Users are also able to create their own unique theme, these user themes must be approved by an adminstrator before they are publically viewable by other users. The new custom header system allows you to create multiple header images for users to choose from. Content Block Plugin System It's now much easier to create your own content blocks, using a new plugin system. It's now possible to define settings for a plugin that apply to individual blogs, this means that you can integrate with 3rd party widgets that require a unique username for each blog. We've also included new content blocks in this release: Twitter, MyBlogLog, Google Reader, Friends Blogs, Recent Visitors, Digg, and Last.FM. Social Bookmarks A new bookmark manager allows you to define bookmark services for your blog system. These services will allow blog entries to be easily submitted to the bookmark services that you setup. There are several preconfigured services: Del.icio.us, Digg, Google, Facebook, Mixx, Reddit, and Stumbleupon. Media Integration The new tag allows you to automatically convert various media types into a more useable format. FOr example, [ blogmedia ]http://www.test.com/somemp3.mp3[/ blogmedia] would be converted into a mp3 player for the specified file. You can define any media type you like in the Media Tag manager, by default we include: Flickr Image Set, GameTrailers, Google Video, MP3 Player, MySpace Video, Veoh, and YouTube. Other Changes: Feedburner Integration Akisment Integration Edit Entry Date Display article count for categories Blog Offline Mode Entry author replies in comments are now highlighted Admins can select a 'Featured Entry' to be displayed on the blog listing Download Existing IP.Blog customers can login to the client area to download. If you would like to see the changes and new features, without installing the beta, you can view them on our IP.Blog installation. Thank you for being a part of the beta process, we hope you enjoy this new version! Zobacz cały artykuł

IP.Nexus.Core 1.0.0 Beta 7 Now Available IP.Nexus.Billing 1.0.0 Beta 6 Now Available IP.Nexus.CMS 1.0.0 Beta 5 Now Available IP.Nexus.Hosting 1.0.0 Beta 4 Now Available IP.Nexus.Downloads 1.0.0 Beta 3 Now Available Invision Power Services, Inc. is pleased to announce a beta of IP.Nexus along with new betas of its applications is now available for download to all existing IPS customers with an active license in your client area. Bug Fixes "Remove Card" button has no confirmation Security center stronghold cookie text Knowlegebase keywords displaying array Billing Management settings consistancy issue Javascript Errors Permissions issue Email Link Words missing? Nexus Offline Protected Pages Article :Invaild Id Edit Poll Text In Page DOWNLOAD error IP.Downloads Error Hosting/Tickets Warning: Hosting Blank Box : Customer Management Hosting : Add Server account disabled Manage Security Center Page Notes, Book Marks .. Ticket Reply > Dashboard is too big Missing menu after edit My Control Panel Error Page - Returning no actual Error Replies from ticketing empty on rcpt IP.Downloads Tools menu download manager TOOLS drop-down not working Manage Pools Launching 5 out of 6 apps Lots of apps open My Topics Rename index.php Double Content Wigets can't be removed and don't move where you want them Customize Dashboard (Empy widgets block) Customize Dashboard (Internet Explorer) Customize Dashboard Text Logs Double set Converge... Missing "Edit" Blank name About IP.Nexus IP.Nexus is our business management application. The IP.Nexus system consists of a primary application and the ability to add-in applications to expand the capabilities of the system as business needs change. IP.Nexus is a complete business management system with an extensible framework to expand its functionality as your business needs change. IP.Nexus.Core Feature Overview: Customer database management Support Desk Ticket based support via Client Area submission or email routing Multiple departments and categories Assign task to departments Multiple ticket statuses to help prioritize responses Ticket weighting by rules Emailed tickets automatically attached to customer account if it exists Knowledge base system shown in client area and inserted into ticket replies [*]Client Area Customer login to private client area Integration with other IPS products Submit support tickets to the IP.Nexus support desk [*]Content Management Simple page publishing for a front end web site [*]Global Features Calendar, task lists, projects, and other organizational management Customizable dashboard per staff person to manage their interface with movable widgets Search, bookmark, and note pages in IP.Nexus without leaving your page Please note that this beta release is IonCube encoded, will expire May 10, 2008, and is (as with all beta software) unsupported and not fit for a production environment at this time. It is important that you only participate in the beta testing if you are comfortable working with IonCube encoded software and software in a beta stage of development. We welcome your feedback. A bug tracker category for reporting issues has been created and a special IP.Nexus beta feedback discussion forum is available. Installing the Applications Once you have installed the main IP.Nexus application, upload the contents of the 'upload' folder from the 'Downloads', 'Hosting', 'Billing' and 'CMS' download. The file structure has been preserved in the zip. Once the files have been uploaded, log into your IP.Nexus ACP and click on 'Applications & Modules' -> 'Manage Applications & Modules'. You'll see the applications at the bottom of the screen. Click on its 'Install' link to start the installation procedure for each application. Upgrading Upload all of the files over your current files and then visit http://www.yourdomain.com/yournexus/upgrade/ Zobacz cały artykuł