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CYBER APEX 1.1 DEMO: http://cyberpixelz.com/forums/ ( user: demo / pass: demo ) - SUPPORT TOPIC ABOUT THEME: UserInfoPane integrated in the topic ( so, you dont need plugins for that ) + online/offline status Change Menu Links from ACP ( hardcoded ) MegaFooter ( You can modify the footer from ACP ) Enable / Disable - And change the text Fully responsive ( 100% ) Fully animated ( 100% ) Logo and body PSD inside of the folder Social buttons customizable from ACP Body IMG customizable from ACP Avatars max 150x300px INFO: It's the first release, so you can help us to fix bugs, just enter in the support topic For minor changes im open for free ( so just give me a pm ) or use the support topic I used FontAwesome & Material Icons GIFS: - https://gyazo.com/806e90dc8a1410def97bd77ec0fdc28e - https://gyazo.com/4fd2fd76521f05aef66cd4d7363d6aa7 - https://gyazo.com/d9a315ab3997041a93636e72abe23f7b If you want so see previous theme enter here ( CHECK ALL MY STUFFS HERE ) View the full article

Adds a new Button to the Share Bar for WhatsApp View the full article

Extremely simple plugin that adds in missing meta tags to profile pages as described here, This provides nicer link embeds on social media platforms and services such as Discord. View the full article

My old theme for the Counter-Strike server network. Installation: Go to AdminCP > Customization Themes Add Theme > Upload Theme Choose File and then locate the downloaded Pykownia.net_2018.xml file, and then click Next to upload it. Feel free to tweak to suit by using the pencil icon to edit the theme. Warning! Theme works on IPS 4.2.8 so you must update templates with IPS documentation if you will use it on newer IPS release. View the full article

This plugin will allow you to add additional choices to the available 'Social Profiles' in System -> Settings -> General Configuration, as well as take advantage of the icons now available with Font Awesome 5. Instructions for use: Edit plugin settings and go to the 'Add' tab Click 'Add' to add a new line and then adhere to the following when populating the information: Font Awesome key: the key should match up to the Font Awesome icon you wish to display. If you add a key which doesn't exist in Font Awesome 4 or 5 then no icon will be displayed. Display name: this should be the name you wish to display in the Social Profiles select box. Use new FA5 icon: if you have enabled Font Awesome 5 support and wish to make use of an icon only available in that then enable this setting to begin using that icon. The icon will be displayed using the corresponding Font Awesome class instead of the 'fa' class. Icon background color: Social Profiles provided by IPS, such as 'Facebook', have a correspoding CSS rule in the theme to display a background color. New items added here will not have a corresponding CSS rule, so will instead use an inline background color in the HTML code - use this field to choose the color you wish to use. (please refer to the plugin settings for a note on a known issue with this) Save the settings Navigate to System -> (Settings) -> General Configuration Add your new social profile information, and choose the newly added item View the full article

Var Dumper IMPORTANT: This is a development resource. Do not install this application on a production server. Adds support for Symfony’s VarDumper class via Laravel’s famous dd() and dump()functions. If you’re not familiar with what those are, it essentially is a much, much prettier and functional version of var_dump() and die(var_dump()) for debugging. Output is syntax highlighted and arrays can be expanded/collapsed. If you use var_dump() a lot in your debugging routine, this will be your best friend. Installation Literally just install it. That’s it. The installed application runs eval() to force the functions dd() and dump() into the global namespace, so you can use them anywhere while debugging your code. View the full article

Hey, JunkyDesign here! CONVICT is a modern theme, that every gamer will love. With its gradients will make everyone to spend as much time on the forums. The theme is easily customizable and you can make it yours! View the full article

Simple plugin that shows the remaining amount of reputation to give from the daily limit. View the full article

I've had this similar conversation dozens of times in the recent past when someone has taken an interest in what I do. Person: So what does Invision Community do? Me: We develop and sell an independent community platform. Person: Oh. Neat. I used to say the F word. But this used to cause some confusion. 'We develop and sell a forum system'. This used to elicit a response similar to this: "Forums? They're still going?" This line of thinking is quite prevalent among those who frequent Facebook, or use Facebook Groups to manage their micro communities. Even though they probably use forums regularly, or end up on forum topics when searching for things like "Why is my iPhone not charging", they don't realise this. I recently guested on a podcast, where we spoke about "Facebook or Forums?", and I received this comment. It appears, then, that the word "forums" has a lot of legacy connotations attached to it. It conjures up images of the past when Netscape Navigator was the world's favourite browser, and AOL was still mailing out CDs. That is all ancient history now, and we've moved with the times. The product we have now has roots in the product from the early 2000s but it is wildly different and much more capable. When you explain that you can segment discussions into separate areas (aka forums), and even set up independent micro-communities (clubs), you can see lightbulbs going off. "That's amazing! I had no idea! So you mean I don't have to have my community in a single stream struggling for attention among adverts?" Nope, there is another way. Why not try an independent community platform? I'd love to hear your thoughts. Do you avoid the F word too? View the full article

Do you need a place for report bugs and suggestions from your users? Use the dedicated subpage and simplify the life for yourself and your users. *IPS Pages Required Bug Tracker Suggestions Tracker View the full article

Discord Native Widget This is a simple application that adds support for the Discord native widget to IPS. This is the same iframe based widget that you can access from your servers settings screen, Features Plug-and-play, just drag the widget to your sidebar and enter in your Server ID Supports both dark and light themes Unofficial Rich Discord Integration support (can provide a link prompting users to link their accounts below the widget) ☕ Found this useful? Want to support further development? Show your support by buying me a coffee!- https://ko-fi.com/makoto_dev View the full article

Simple plugin that show member stats from Chatbox application. Shows the total number of entries posted by all members Shows the total number of entries posted by a specific member Top X shouters in a separate window, and 'mini' Top X shouters Online / offline member status The ability to set how many members to display in both tops The ability to set which groups can display statistics The ability to set which groups will not be included in the statistics View the full article

Take notice of content posted by guests in the new IPS 4.4. feature "Post Before Registering". You will see the content posted in a popup. Example. it won't show you the whole topic or article fields; it will show you only the content posted by the guest in the CONTENT/DESCRIPTION field. Restrictions: View the list View the content of the posted item Note: As requested by IPS, this very first version won't allow any interact with the content beyond viewing. In a future version (NO ETA), you will be able to delete and assign the content to a member. View the full article

Invision Development Helper (IDH) Invision Development Helper is a command line utility designed to aid third-party IPS developers in their everyday workflow. It is a direct continuation of the previous Power Tools command line script, and is still in its early alpha stages with limited functionality. Source: https://dev.taiga.sh/ips/invision-dev-helper IMPORTANT: THIS TOOL IS FOR USE ON LOCAL DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENTS ONLY. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCE SHOULD ANY OF THE PROVIDED TOOLS BE USED ON A PRODUCTION SERVER. THIS IS ADDITIONALLY ALPHA SOFTWARE. PLEASE USE WITH CAUTION AND MAINTAIN BACKUPS. Installation First, make sure you have installed the included Invision Development Helper.xml plugin onto your development site. If you are on Linux, you can copy the idh executable to /usr/local/bin for convenience. Otherwise, just extract the included idh file to the directory of your IPS installation and run it from there. If the script is not being run while you are currently in your IPS installation root, you must set the path to your IPS installation in the IDH_PATH environment variable. Features As noted above, this is an early alpha project and has limited functionality. Application management IDH includes a dedicated CUI allowing you to manage various aspects of your application from the commandline. From here, you can View application information Build your application for release (more information below) Rebuild the application Build a new application version Enable/disable problem applications remotely Build for release The “build for release” function does all of the following things for you at once: Creates a new builds directory for you, which is organized by your applications long_version Rebuilds the application Builds and copies the applications PHAR archive, making sure to exclude tests, screenshots, and other undesirable folders Compiles and zips any documentation and license files (README.md, README.html, LICENSE.txt, …) Compiles all development resources Copies over screenshotos in the screenshots folder (if available) This way, everything is bundled up and ready to be directly uploaded to the marketplace. No having to manually copy or move things around, everything is sorted and compiled for you in an instant. Proxy classes Just as the old Power Tools application did, IDH provides the ability to generate “proxy” classes used to help your IDE properly resolve IPS’ monkey-patched classes. Even better, it can parse database schema files and automatically assign them as properties to their associated classes! Future features There are various additional features planned for this application, but I do not have any timelines or guarantees on when they will be implemented. Some of these features include: Plugins CUI management interface Re-introduction Power Tools’ “tinker” command Acceptance test helpers Class generators Setting page generators View the full article

Online communities shine with the brilliance of humanity. Every day, our communities inspire, evoke, inform, motivate and engage in a hundred different ways. Every member feels a uniquely individual sense of value from your community. For too many communities, the strategy revolves around two simple pillars: content and engagement. You inform. You engage. And you think your job is done. However, you’ve barely scratched the surface of offering value. You need to expand the ways in which you strategically match your community to member value. New studies are coming out that show humans feel up to 27 emotions from admiration to triumph, and the best communities unleash a rainbow spectrum of value – functional and emotional, business to social - for their organizations and for their members. This results in not just deeper and more extensive engagement, but greater financial payoff. Indeed, research from global management consulting firm Bain & Company shows brands like Apple, Samsung, and Amazon that demonstrate multiple elements of value have x3 greater customer loyalty and x4 faster revenue growth than others. The elements of value can be divided into two broad categories. Specialize in Functional Value Don’t deliver content. Deliver time savings, cost savings, risk savings, organization, connection, education, and variety. What is the utility benefit to your users? Functional values are the core reasons why members would visit your community. It forms the baseline rationale for your community’s existence, and you want to not just be good – you want to be the best in delivering functional value in your field. Improve your Q&A boards for feedback, inquiry, or ideation. Provide a template in a pinned topic where users fill out a consistent set of questions, so you can answer with the most appropriate and accurate options. Use moderator tools like Recommended Replies to summarize and spotlight key points in a topic. This saves time and focuses attention on expert information. Super-charge the training for your response team. Empower them to be subject experts by giving them private training, templates, and extra resources in a staff wiki so they can investigate the unique needs of user inquiries and provide the best responses. Build a set of content resources in the Pages application, which is the most powerful application in the suite. It can be used to create a set of content resources with unlimited custom fields, filters, and templates enabling you to offer variety, organization, and education that no other competitor can match. Spark Emotional Value Don’t deliver engagement. Deliver admiration, amusement, awe, empathy, joy, nostalgia, satisfaction, and triumph. How does your community make your members feel better? Here’s a little secret. Even though functional value is the foundation of your community’s value proposition, emotional elements are 50% more valuable. Fortunately, Invision Community comes loaded with ways to recognize, reward, and promote members. Take the time to explain the purpose of a new group promotion, rank, or title. Don’t let the reward be the goal in and of itself. You should connect the feature with its underlying emotion by explaining what steps are required to earn the rank, how many others earned it, and what it’ll take to earn the next one. Start with the Leaderboard. Invision Community ships with the Leaderboard, which provides an overview of the most popular users and content. Scan for up-and-coming members to investigate what triggers their emotional satisfaction; scan for popular content to discover what excites your membership. Create multiple member journeys. Most communities follow a pattern of new member to trusted member to moderator. But members can become superusers in many ways. Members who enjoy nostalgia can organize a Year-in-Review topic. Members who enjoy affiliation should serve as Ambassadors to greet and mentor new members. Members who seek reputation will appreciate new outlets for publishing. Define multiple pathways that strategically tap into the diverse desires of your members. As you implement your initiatives to build a Community of Excellence, take the time to relate the initiative to the Elements of Value (Attachment: IPS Elements of Value Attachment.pdf). You’ll find new and creative ways of offering value to strengthen the relationship between your community and your members. Look deep within your community to unearth the rainbow spectrum of value. You’ll discover a wellspring of extraordinary value waiting to help your members shine brightest. View the full article

This plugin enables you to restrict viewing code blocks to certain user groups based on forum. It creates a new settings panel under each forums edit form, enabling you to select restricted groups and to enter a custom restriction message. View the full article

This is a simple plugin that adds an additional layer of security to the email change process, making it more difficult for an account to be hijacked. Before the user can change their email address, an email is sent to their current email address, with a link they must click. This ensures that only the real account owner can change the email. After clicking the link, the member can proceed with the email change process as normal. View the full article

I was fortunate enough to be invited to speak on the Expert Focus podcast, hosted by experienced community manager and public speaker, Claire Dowdall. Claire has significant experience in managing and developing strategies for increasing Facebook Group engagement for high profile speakers and entrepreneurs, while my background is with independent communities. This set us up nicely for a lively conversation to really pull apart what makes for a successful community, and what platforms to consider when starting out. From Expert Focus: I really enjoyed speaking with Claire, and I hope you find a little time to tune in. Listen now: On Apple devices On Spotify On all other devices View the full article

Topic reputation on forum overview This is a simple plugin that enables you to display a topics reputation on forum overview pages, similar to how platforms such as Reddit operate. A topics reputation is calculated by how much reputation the first post in the topic as accumulated. Display options This plugin provides three methods of displaying reputation on the forum overview: Replacing the topic views counter with reputation Appending the reputation counter after topic views Displaying reputation before topic titles View the full article

This plugin enables a small "Copy to Clipboard" button to appear next to all code blocks. This allows your members to easily copy code for use in other applications! Browser Support: This plugin does not require your members to have Flash enabled and instead uses new JavaScript API's to conduct the copy. View the full article

Emporer is a dark lightweight theme packed with features rotating backgrounds,configurable in acp feature slider slider block sleek design View the full article

Unbelievably Brilliant Discord Integration for every community (only first two weeks for $25, then $35) Brilliant Discord Integration was designed to work efficiently with every size of the community. This App doesn’t set any limits of community users number to support it brilliantly, therefore it’s ideal for small, medium-sized, and even for really huge forums. Our Brilliant App redefines integration standards Forget the usual problems with: App configuration Role synchronization Adding users into the server and enjoy rethinked functionalities offered by our Brilliant Discord Integration App. Our experience allowed us to offer most awaited features: Brilliant transparency in every configuration step We worked with many people to make the configuration possibly simple. And we archived it! The only thing you have to do is to run the configuration wizard. It contains very helpful field descriptions, and just two text inputs. Perfect synchronization of roles and nicknames Our Application automatically synchronizes roles and nicknames of your community members. This feature allows them to easily identify each other on your Discord server. And gives you possibility to easily manage their permissions. Innovative notifications solution Brilliant Discord Integration can send notifications about all content on your site to the Discord server. You can select from 23* different types of content + all content from Pages databases, including comments and reviews. You can configure to send notifications only about content from specified categories, only authored by specified members or comment/reviews only for specified content items. To improve notifications' look, you can use configurable Discord's Rich Embeds. *With all official IPS applications (Blogs, Calendar, Commerce, Core, Downloads, Forums, Gallery) installed. Original Magic Invites system Magic Invites allows you to manage who can join your Discord server. You can create invites in ACP, and setup group specific permissions for them. If you have enabled Friendly URLs on your site, you can also use a friendly URL for your invites (example.com/invite/invite_key or example.com/discord/invite/invite_key). Please note that the whole application (including Magic Invites system) works perfect when there are no basic Discord invites on your Discord server. Server security with brilliant Approval Queue Using Magic Invites system, you can force your community members (or just specific groups) to send approval request before they join your Discord server. After administrator accepts a member for just one-time or forever, he is immediately added to your Discord server. Server promotion with Discord Widget Our widget is the best way to promote your Discord server among your community members. Currently it supports 4 official looks from Discord. It may also be a link to a Magic Invite. Note that it only works if you have enabled Server Widget in your Discord server settings. Logging in and registration using Discord Logging in with Discord is automatically enabled when you finish Brilliant Discord Integration's configuration. Moreover, to enable registration using Discord or edit settings of the login method, go to the Login & Registration page in ACP. Easy switch from “Rich Discord Integration” This application gives you an option to automatically migrate the whole configuration and data (members' Discord account links) from Rich Discord Integration. A blue box with a link to the wizard will appear on the top of Configuration page on Brilliant Discord tab in ACP if you already have configured Rich Discord integration on your site. View the full article

Are you a vBulletin admin looking to stay on the leading edge of online communities? As an IPS client who frequents the Invision Community support forums on a daily basis, I often run across existing or former vBulletin admins looking to migrate to IPS. In fact, based on my not-so-scientific survey, vBulletin is one of the most popular platforms from where admins migrate. Many of the vBulletin users are professional administrators looking for a stable company, rapid development, and a trusted platform to power their communities into the future. I interviewed 6 former vBulletin admins who are now Invision Community clients. Most of these vBulletin admins have 10+ years of experience running successful forums, so their input was especially insightful. “I love the design of the admin and moderation back-end, a real treat after living with the antiquated and confusing vBulletin back-end.” -- @cfish “I like the well-thought concept, the details, and abundance of features and functions.” --@Ramsesx I’ve compiled the top 10 questions and answers from their interviews and the forums specifically for vBulletin admins for an insider’s perspective on how to convert from vBulletin to Invision Community. You can also read their full interviews in my Community Guide attached at the bottom. 10. What is the typical lifecycle of Invision Community and what new features come out? Invision Community is currently on 4.4. It’s a great time to be migrating as both the software and converter are very mature. You’ll be able to take advantage of all the new features from Invision Community 4.x such as Social Clubs, Subscriptions, SEO updates, and GDPR updates. In general, IPS publishes one major update like 4.4 once a year, with several bug fixes, security updates, and enhancements throughout the year. The best place to read about Product Updates is the official IPS Blog in Product Updates. 9. What are the pricing options and how do they compare to vBulletin? IPS is comparable in pricing when compared to vBulletin depending on your choice of apps. The self-hosted option is cheaper when considering support and upgrades. The pricing for an active license is simple, easy, and comprehensive. A new license includes professional ticket support, forum support, access to new upgrades, and managed spam service for 6 months. Renew again in six months to continue those benefits. If you choose not to renew, your software will continue to work. 8. Is the software mobile ready like vBulletin? Yes, the software is responsive by design. This means the community naturally fits and beautifully displays in any device size, giving you a consistent look-and-feel across all devices. Try it now by resizing your window! It also means you don’t need to pay for any extra “mobile bundles.” This approach to mobile design was one of the reasons why @cfish chose IPS: “I didn’t like vBulletin’s approach to mobile. The IPS approach to responsive web design was inline with my own thinking.” 7. What are the official Invision Community apps and how do they compare to vBulletin? @Steve Bullman converted to IPS because “IPS seemed to offer a better all-round package for what I needed.” One of the biggest reasons for considering IPS is a broader approach to community. Whereas vBulletin focuses only on Forums and Blogs, IPS empowers you to build a suite of applications customized to your needs. Mix and match apps like Gallery, Blogs, Downloads, Pages, and Commerce to build a modern community with resource directories, databases, paid subscriptions, albums and more that go beyond forums. You can read more about the apps in Features. Calendar and Clubs are included for free! 6. What will be migrated from vBulletin? The free converter app will migrate all of your member and content items from vBulletin 3.8.x, 4.x, and 5.x. This includes members, private messages, member groups, ranks, forums, topics, posts, and attachments. You can view the full list on Migrate and choose your vBulletin version from the list of choices. Obviously, you will not be able to migrate any custom themes or custom modifications. @ChristForums adds, “I wish I had known that the converter was so easy to use and migrate from Vbulletin 5.” 5. What are the channels for support? Every active license comes with professional ticket support, which should always be your first source of contact. @Markus Jung highlights “fast support” as the item he appreciates the most about his license. You can also obtain help from the community forums, help guides, release notes, and other public resources. If you’re not an IPS client yet, you can post in Pre-Sales forum or email [email protected]. 4. How do I prepare my community? The six admins that I interviewed offered several tips for new Invision Community owners. Prior to the conversion, you should read through the converter package to see what will convert and redirect. You should purchase other Invision Community apps in advance to fully convert vBulletin items as needed; not delete any old content since Invision Community includes an archive function; and not make drastic changes to allow members a chance to become accustomed to the new forum. 3. What will happen to my traffic and URL redirects? The free converter app will redirect your existing URLs. This includes forums, topics, posts, member profiles, print view pages, archived content, attachments, and tags. You need to leave your converter installed after migration to ensure the redirects will work. AlexWebsites wrote, “the converter came with built-in redirects and I was able to redirect most of my traffic. Traffic recovered within a few months.” 2. What are the server configuration and database requirements? If you choose cloud, then Invision Community will manage the hosting. If you choose on-premise, you can use the free ‘Get Ready’ compatibility file to check your server. The latest version of Invision Community 4.4 requires: PHP 7.1.0 or higher (7.3.x is supported) MySQL 5.5.3 or higher (5.6.2 recommended). 1. How stable is the company? Other companies lost their development talent. Other companies were bought and sold by multi-media conglomerates. Other companies have a history of lawsuits. Through it all, Charle, Lindy and Matt have been here since the beginning providing steady leadership to Invision Communities everywhere. If you’re looking for stability, it’s nice to know you can rely on the same people who started the company. For serious and professional vBulletin admins looking to transition, you know you’re not just buying into the software, but investing in the development team, staff, and platform for years to come. Ramsesx shared his personal story: “I always prefer the best for my community from where I earn my income. An important aspect was the longtime outlook. Invision Community gave me the feeling of being trustworthy, they are more than 17 years in the forum software market.” It’s no wonder that so many successful vBulletin admins feel the same after moving to Invision Community. You get stability, years of experience, a deep understanding of online communities, and a dedication to development that continues to innovate. It’s time to bring your vBulletin community over to Invision Community! Bookmark this page for future reference and download the Community Guide for experiences from real clients who converted from vBulletin. Much appreciation to @AlexWebsites @cfish @Christforums @Markus Jung @Ramsesx @Steve Bullman for participating in the interviews. - Joel R Community Guide vBulletin Migration to Invision Community.pdf View the full article

Adds a simple topic submission form using the Invision Community Block Manager. Also works with Post Before Register for the most seamless posting experience possible. You can use multiple blocks and each instance can be configured individually to customise the text and the forum where the topic will be created. Reduces the steps needed to start posting a topic down to a single title. View the full article

This plugin uses validator.pizza API to validate users email address during registration and during personal email change. The plugin checks if the email is: Disposable (10 minutes emails... etc.) Alias Many thanks for @Wolf for sponsoring the development of this plugin. I'm up for any recommendations or suggestions to improve plugin action. View the full article