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Simply Red Versions from 3.3.x to present 3.4.6 THIS SKIN THEME SUPPORTS: Latest Version 3.4 and all additional add-ons including, IP>Board v3.4.6 IP.Blog v2.6.3 IP. Calendar v3.3.4 IP.Chat v1.4.4 IP.Content v2.3.6 IP.Downloads v2.5.4 IP.Gallery v 5.0.5 IP.Nexus v1.5.9 also 3rd party links directory & shoutbox Includes blank logo banner Install instructions provided within the zip file. View the full article at IPS Resources

Simply Orange Versions from 3.3.x to present 3.4.6 This skin started out as a prank but to my surprise there are those who like it! THIS SKIN THEME SUPPORTS: Latest Version 3.4 and all additional add-ons including, IP>Board v3.4.6 IP.Blog v2.6.3 IP. Calendar v3.3.4 IP.Chat v1.4.4 IP.Content v2.3.6 IP.Downloads v2.5.4 IP.Gallery v 5.0.5 IP.Nexus v1.5.9 also 3rd party links directory & shoutbox Includes blank logo banner Install instructions provided within the zip file. View the full article at IPS Resources

Simply Green Versions from 3.3.x to present 3.4.6 THIS SKIN THEME SUPPORTS: Latest Version 3.4 and all additional add-ons including, IP>Board v3.4.6 IP.Blog v2.6.3 IP. Calendar v3.3.4 IP.Chat v1.4.4 IP.Content v2.3.6 IP.Downloads v2.5.4 IP.Gallery v 5.0.5 IP.Nexus v1.5.9 also 3rd party links directory & shoutbox Includes blank logo banner Install instructions provided within the zip file. View the full article at IPS Resources

Simply Brown Versions from 3.3.x to present 3.4.6 THIS SKIN THEME SUPPORTS: Latest Version 3.4 and all additional add-ons including, IP>Board v3.4.6 IP.Blog v2.6.3 IP. Calendar v3.3.4 IP.Chat v1.4.4 IP.Content v2.3.6 IP.Downloads v2.5.4 IP.Gallery v 5.0.5 IP.Nexus v1.5.9 also 3rd party links directory & shoutbox Includes blank logo banner Install instructions provided within the zip file. View the full article at IPS Resources

Simply Blue Versions from 3.3.x to present 3.4.6 THIS SKIN THEME SUPPORTS: Latest Version 3.4 and all additional add-ons including, IP>Board v3.4.6 IP.Blog v2.6.3 IP. Calendar v3.3.4 IP.Chat v1.4.4 IP.Content v2.3.6 IP.Downloads v2.5.4 IP.Gallery v 5.0.5 IP.Nexus v1.5.9 also 3rd party links directory & shoutbox Includes blank logo banner Install instructions provided within the zip file. View the full article at IPS Resources

Simply Black Versions from 3.3.x to present 3.4.6 THIS SKIN THEME SUPPORTS: Latest Version 3.4 and all additional add-ons including, IP>Board v3.4.6 IP.Blog v2.6.3 IP. Calendar v3.3.4 IP.Chat v1.4.4 IP.Content v2.3.6 IP.Downloads v2.5.4 IP.Gallery v 5.0.5 IP.Nexus v1.5.9 also 3rd party links directory & shoutbox Includes blank logo banner Install instructions provided within the zip file. View the full article at IPS Resources

Plum Crazy Versions from 3.3.x to present 3.4.6 THIS SKIN THEME SUPPORTS: Latest Version 3.4 and all additional add-ons including, IP>Board v3.4.6 IP.Blog v2.6.3 IP. Calendar v3.3.4 IP.Chat v1.4.4 IP.Content v2.3.6 IP.Downloads v2.5.4 IP.Gallery v 5.0.5 IP.Nexus v1.5.9 also 3rd party links directory & shoutbox Includes blank logo banner. Install instructions provided within the zip file. View the full article at IPS Resources

http://www.themetent.com/images//themes/small_theme_37.png We are very proudly to announce our latest theme Canvas is now on the theme market at just $15. This theme is visually stunning in every way, taking elements from all different previous themes and ensuring you get nothing but the best. Take a look at the theme on our demo forums to a live preview! Highlighted Features http://www.themetent.com/images/docs_arrow.png Over 20 fantastic theme settings to play with! (That doesn't include the different styles and options you can choose!) http://www.themetent.com/images/docs_arrow.png Flexible Logo as always (Don't fancy making a logo? Then use a text based one styled to fit in perfectly!) http://www.themetent.com/images/docs_arrow.png Guest Message (Choose from three different locations to display your guest message!) http://www.themetent.com/images/docs_arrow.png Styled Descriptions (Want to hide forum descriptions? Then use our new feature which allows you to turn them into tool tips!) http://www.themetent.com/images/docs_arrow.png Easily Changeable (Change the background within seconds with zero experience required.) http://www.themetent.com/images/docs_arrow.png Supports 3rd Party (This theme comes fully capable of supporting 3d party applications) Additional features includes the ability to turn off the theme changer, move the forum statistics to the sidebar and back, revert the footer, display social icons and the ability to display them in three key locations. Purchase theme - Or read up on it more... View the full article at IPS

http://i.imgur.com/VZr1IQg.png NOTE: At IPBFangorn.net you may buy Compact for 25$ Compact was created by inspired of new technologies and trends. His name is Compact, because he has all what we need and it all is comfortable hidden. Skin perfect for all, but now is a bit more gentle to the eye. Smooth click to top page, sliding sidebar menu with all informations, default topic view, slider and beautiful profile background modification. http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/9016/o7rp.png http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/4448/hxih.png Compact has a lot of included modifications such as new topic icon generate system or profile background view. Additionality the skin is full integraded with Nivo Slider.. http://i.imgur.com/FNeh1Uj.png http://i.imgur.com/uSCzXMw.png http://i.imgur.com/3ubMFqV.png http://i.imgur.com/YF3fNPe.png http://i.imgur.com/mJhHRcn.png Compact great works with all resolutions (1024x768 and Check demo and buy at IPBFangorn.net http://i.imgur.com/o1LuzM4.png Compatible with: IPB 3.4.x IP.Gallery 5.x IP.Nexus 1.5.x IP.Blog 2.6.x IP.Calendar 3.3.x IP.Chat 1.4.x IP.Content 2.3.x IP.Downloads 2.5.x http://i.imgur.com/eD7GFAR.png View the full article at IPS Resources

This application will allow you to add a member/members to the featured list. That would be ideal imho to reward your most active and/or popular members by placing them at the featured list. Users added to the featured users list will appear randomly. Every time that the forum page is refreshed a different user will appear. Anytime that an user has been added to the featured users list, he/she will receive a notification about it. You can display the featured users list at the top of your forum index, bottom or sidebar. You can also enable and disable the application, choose the group/s that you want to view them and as last but not least you can also control the avatar size of the featured users. Installation: To install the application, unzip the mod package and upload the contents of the admin folder inside your admin folder keeping the structure intact. Then go to your Admin Panel->Applications & Modules->Manage Applications & Modules and on the right side where it says: Applications Not Installed you will see a new application added called: Featured Users. Click on the install button. To configure it go to the Other Apps tab then from the drop down list choose Featured Users and it will take you to the Application 's Management Area area where you can add featured users and set the settings. Under the Configuration Tab you can: 1) Add users to appear at the featured users list. 2) Add a note, (optional), to let your users know why that particular user has been added to the featured users list. 3) Manage the featured users and the notes. Then at the Settings Tab you can set the settings for the following options: 1) Enable/Disable the application. 2) Choose the position where you would like to display the featured users block. At the top, bottom or sidebar. 3) Choose the group/s that you want to view the featured users. 4) Choose the avatar size of the featured users. Configure everything accordingly to your needs/likings. For more info on how the application looks like when being used, please check out the attached screenshots. View the full article at IPS Resources

This hook allows you to specify which custom profile fields have to be unique amongst your members. It is similar to the built-in IP.Board functionality which ensures that member names and email addresses are unique. Features Runs on all boards from 3.2.3 onwards Supports the built-in custom profile fields, and your own custom profile fields Can be switched on and off for individual profile fields Fully integrated into AdminCP Tests for field uniqueness in User Control Panel AND on Member Registration Moderators and Admins can override the uniqueness requirement through their own ModCP and AdminCP All text used in the hook is imported into language files so you can edit to suit or localize Fully automatic install and deinstall, no hand edits required Installation/Deinstallation Simply install/deinstall the hook in your AdminCP Usage/Set Up In AdminCP, select Members -> Custom Profile Fields Note the extra column which shows whether Custom Profile Fields must be unique (see screenshot for example) Select the Unique Yes/No toggle when adding or editing custom profile fields. (see screenshot) Test Case In AdminCP, set a custom profile field to be unique AND required on registration Input a value into the custom profile field for yourself to be something unique, not used by anybody else Try and register a new user and use the same value in the custom profile field that you are using yourself If you see the error message and registration does not complete, then the hook is installed correctly (see main screenshot) View the full article at IPS Resources

Author: Dawid Baruch (IPSBeyond.pl) Description: Hook allows creating topics which will be showed since defined date. View the full article at IPS Resources

This hook will create a new reply on support topic everytime the author updates the file (upload new version). IMPORTANT NOTICE: Due to this bug, this resource is not compatible with IP.Content. Do not use this in a community with IPC installed. View the full article at IPS Resources

MechWarrior - Online / Li Song Mechlab MediaTag This is a Media Tag for the Application Li Song Mechlab that Creates a Button to the Application in the Post / Forum. Li Song Mechlab can be found: Here Example Shared Build: http://t.li-soft.org...Tp1p2LwmLEJ060= Instructions: Just Copy the Trampoline Link "http://t.li-soft.org...p1p2LwmLEJ060=" to the Editor and after Publishing the Post the Link becomes a Button. http://community.invisionpower.com/filestore/public/style_emoticons/default/smile.png View the full article at IPS Resources

Inspired by the post here and a few clients to turn this info into a hook. with this hook you will gain the ability to add a google plus account to your profile (among your entire community) and if they have published an article/blog/(also works for forum post)/etc on your domain, have it add rel=author tags to their usernames. There are also settings to add a publish link tag to the head of your site as well (that links back to your own google+ page for your website). You can use http://www.google.co...ls/richsnippets to verify the publish/author status for any article. View the full article at IPS Resources

A hook to show latest forum activities on Board Index Sidebar with Polls/ Hot topics/ Replies / Latest posts etc. with a cool sliding + fading effect You can change slider setting from ACP and many more settings out there http://community.invisionpower.com/filestore/public/style_emoticons/default/smile.png Great news: you can use this hook as an IP Content Block too, Please follow below link to see Tutorial Forum Activity as IP.Content Block [TUT] View the full article at IPS Resources

Check if you have an active acp session and attach id to admin cp link located into header_bar Aviailable only if you, member logged, can access on admin cp View the full article at IPS Resources

Dearest friends, customers, clients and visitors, We are proud to announce that Skin By Dragonfly has reopened its doors for skins (themes) for the Invision Community Suite. The first skin available for Invision V. 3.4.x, is the Club skin, which always was a favourite amongst clients and customers. The look and feel of this completely overhauled skin has been extended to all of the Invision Community Suite. In addition we have added quite a few third party add-ons into the mix, some of which are available free, some at a fee (the third-party add-ons that is http://community.invisionpower.com/filestore/public/style_emoticons/default/wink.png). We have planned further extensions to our skins, and will even provide customized skin templates for the add-on you would like to see in your skin. Just let us know, so we can negotiate a deal. This skin with its most luscious, sumptuous luxurious feel, which is easy on the eyes and mood, is back, with a vengeance. All Invision standard apps are supported: - System 3.4.6 - Members 3.4.6 - Forums 3.4.6 - Calendar 3.3.4 - Content 2.3.6 - IP.Blog 2.6.3 - Downloads 2.5.4 - Gallery 5.0.5 - Chat 1.4.4 - IP.Nexus 1.5.9 The following free third party apps are supported: - Shoutbox 1.4.1 - iHost 1.0.4 - Portal 1.4.1 On our list to be added is: - Tracker 2.1.0 In case you like support for Subscriptions 1.2.0, let us know, and we will try and add this to the theme/skin as well. Currently supported paid for add-ons, apps and hooks, are: - Advanced Adverts 1.2.5 - Global Sidebars 1.0.9.9 - Classifieds 1.2.1 - Sendmail 1.1.0 - Fusion Menu 1.3.0 PL2 - Badges 2.0.1 - Track Members 1.0.4 - Google CSE 1.0.3 On our list to be added, are: - Links Directory 4.1.1 - Trader Feedback System 1.4.1 - ibProArcade 4.2.4 If you have any questions, feel free to ask. Without further ado, here is a direct link to the new Club skin: http://www.skinbydra...ndex.php/store/ And the gallery album you may find here: http://www.skinbydra...-34x-themeskin/ For your information, the next skin to be released will be the Salient skin, and we will also support the Invision Community Suite V4. Warm regards, Wim Skin by Dragonfly View the full article at IPS Resources

25% OFF SALE AT IBSkin! Save 25% on EVERYTHING in the IBSkin Shop for 3 days only! ALL Premium IPB Skins, Copyright Removals, Skin Installations, HTML Website Templates, PSD Templates, Graphics, Premium Memberships AND even Premium Membership RENEWALS! ★★★ USE COUPON CODE: SALE25OFF ★★★ Hurry! Sale ends Sunday night, January 26th at 11:59pm central time USA! (Sale does not include any custom design services.) http://www.ibskin.com/hosted/Sale-1.png Premium Skin Price Increase Once this sale has ended, IBSkin will be increasing ALL our skin prices by $5.00 in the IBSkin Shop and in the IPS Marketplace. We will upgrade all skin prices in the skin shop on Monday, January 27th, 2014. Over the past few years, the amount of work and detail involved in creating a skin for Invision Power Board has increased dramatically. During this time, IBSkin never raised our prices. With each IPB upgrade the amount of work involved continues to increase, so we find that it is critical to the success of IBSkin that we increase our prices to insure long term success and complete satisfaction for all our customers. We appreciate all our customers and we thank you all for understanding that this is a necessary step in the growth of our company to secure our future. Premium Membership And Price Increase Premium memberships allow you to download EVERYTHING you see in the IBSkin shop for one low price for the duration of your premium membership. If you wish to use copyright removal on any of your skins with a premium membership, you must purchase a one time "Premium Copyright Removal" that is good for use on all your skins for the duration of your premium membership. The cost of premium memberships and premium membership renewals will increase by $15.00 starting January 27th, 2014. For all customers who purchase a premium membership subscription prior to this date of increase, you will lock in your current renewal price and will NOT be effected by this price increase as long as you maintain your renewal payments for your current running membership without cancellation. In short, purchase your premium membership now to insure you will always have it at the same low price you're paying now without any increase in price in the future for your renewal payments. Premium memberships save you a LOT of money. You get to download EVERYTHING for one low price, plus you NEVER have to pay for upgrades as long as you're a premium member. Custom Skin Design And Price Increase I am now taking orders for custom skin designs. The total cost for a custom skin is $400. You must pay $200 deposit at the time you submit your custom skin request. The final $200 is paid when the custom skin is completed. Custom skins do not include copyright removal. You must purchase custom copyright removal at an additional cost of $50 if you wish to have the IBSkin branding removed from your custom skin. You can purchase a custom skin in our skin shop here: http://www.ibskin.com/forums/store/category/35-custom-design/ and you can submit your full detailed custom skin request form here: http://www.ibskin.com/forums/index.php/forms/2-custom-skin-request/ Once IPB 4.0 is released later this year, the cost of custom skins will increase by $100. You will pay $250 deposit and then the remaining $250 once the skin is completed. The cost of custom copyright removal will remain the same at $50 and will not increase at that time. If you have any questions about the information stated above, please feel free to post your questions on our forums at http://www.ibskin.com/forums/forum/34-pre-sales-questions/ or you can also open a support ticket in your client area here: http://www.ibskin.com/forums/index.php?app=nexus&module=support&section=new Thank you from the IBSkin Staff! www.ibskin.com View the full article at IPS

Skinod proudly present Say goodbye to bad people & bots with Suspect Activities, yeah this mod will let you recognize and block bot malware from tor nodes even you can ban specific counties from your websites, for more details and screenshots please click here View the full article at IPS

(SD) Sales Portal Pro is an application which allows board users to sell like on e.g. ebay.com With this app administrator can get commision from sells on ofers and get fee for add offer. We can define custom fields diferrent for every category. Application allows to create restriction to access to the part of application (adding offer). We can restrict by user join date or member posts. With next version we will improve many new features like: statistics, questions to seller, comments with rate after purchase and many more. Do you use classifields ? No problem. (SD) Sales Portal Pro allows to migrate from classifields to this application. More details and screens you can find on Marketplace View the full article at IPS

We are releasing security patches for IP.Gallery 4.2.1 and IP.Gallery 5.0.5 to address a potential cross-site scripting issue related to the acceptance of SWF uploads. SWF (Shockwave Flash) is a file format used to embed flash movies in HTML documents, and when media files are accepted in IP.Gallery, SWF uploads are allowed. Because SWF files allow arbitrary script to execute within the context of the site they are hosted on, we are releasing a patch today which disables SWF files from being accepted by IP.Gallery by default. You may still allow SWF files after installing this patch by following the instructions in this knowledge base article, however we strongly recommend that you do not allow SWF submissions unless only trusted users are able to submit movies in your IP.Gallery installation. To apply the patch, please perform the following steps: Identify which version of IP.Gallery you are running.Download the appropriate patch file belowExtract the contents locally on your computerUpload the contents of the "upload" folder to your forum root directory (where conf_global.php is located), overwriting any files when prompted. Please refer to this knowledgebase article if you are unfamiliar with using FTP to transfer files to your server. If you are an IPS Community in the Cloud customer running IP.Gallery 4.2.1 or above, no further action is necessary; we have already automatically patched your account. If you are using a version older than IP.Gallery 4.2.1, you should contact support to upgrade. If you are running IP.Gallery 4.2.1, please use the following zip: http://community.invisionpower.com/filestore/public/style_extra/mime_types/zip.gif gallery_4.2-patch-Jan_3_2013.zip 5.01KB 256 downloads If you are running IP.Gallery 5.0.5, please use the following zip: http://community.invisionpower.com/filestore/public/style_extra/mime_types/zip.gif gallery_5.0-patch-Jan_3_2013.zip 5.6KB 905 downloads As of the time of this post, the full IP.Gallery package in our client center has been updated. If you are running any version of IP.Gallery that is not listed above, we recommend that you upgrade to the latest version to obtain these security fixes, as well as several other security and bug fixes. We would like to thank Vasil A (Bulgaria) for bringing the vulnerability to our attention. View the full article at IPS

A few years ago we revolutionised theme editing in IP.Board with the addition of the "Visual Skin Editor". This tool quickly became a popular way of making broad color changes to new themes to match in with an existing site or existing branding. For the first time, you could instantly view the changes you were making. Goodbye Visual Skin Editor, hello Easy Mode Editor. We have rewritten this tool from the ground up in IPS Suite 4.0 and renamed it the Easy Mode Editor now that it's a fully integrated part of the suite and not just a license add-on. It retains all the features you love and has a much better interface, more control and fully supports gradients. Let's take a look! When you create a new theme, you have the option of creating an "Easy Mode" theme or a "Manual Mode" theme. As you would expect, the manual mode allows full editing of CSS and HTML. Easy mode allows you to edit the theme with an instant preview. Once the new theme has been added you can launch it from the Theme list inside the administrator's control panel by clicking the wand button. You can still edit the HTML templates and custom CSS as normal should you need to. The easy mode editor launches in a new browser tab or window (depending on your browser's settings). The floating palette overlay in IP.Board 3 was a little cumbersome as it took up a fair amount of room and you had to move it out of the way to view your changes. In IPS 4, we've made this a fixed sidebar which means that it doesn't have to reload when you navigate through the suite. I've cropped out most of the public display as we're not quite ready to reveal that yet! You can quickly colorise your new theme with the Colorize option. This chromatically changes the main colors of the suite quickly and easily. A limitation of the Visual Skin Editor in IP.Board 3 was that it couldn't manage gradients so themes had those gradients removed and flat color applied. We now support gradients in IPS 4.0 from the Easy Mode Editor's color editing panel. We previously blogged about the fantastic new theme settings feature in IPS 4.0. Some of these settings are now available to editing in the settings panel. This is a really quick and convenient way to change these settings. Although the new Easy Mode Editor allows you to change most of the colors within the suite, there may be times when you want to write a few lines of custom CSS to tweak the theme a little more to your liking. We've got that covered too. You can leave the theme as an Easy Mode theme for as long as you want. However, you may decide that you want a little more control and need to edit some of the framework CSS that underpins the suite. That's easy to do. Just choose the option to convert it to a Manual Mode theme and you are all set. Never before has theming been so simple! This re-invented tool allows you to quickly edit your theme without fuss and you can instantly see the changes as you make them. We can't wait to see what you do with it! Attached Thumbnails http://community.invisionpower.com/filestore/uploads/monthly_12_2013/blogentry-62-0-40063400-1386677463_thumb.png http://community.invisionpower.com/filestore/uploads/monthly_12_2013/blogentry-62-0-59021600-1386677464_thumb.png http://community.invisionpower.com/filestore/uploads/monthly_12_2013/blogentry-62-0-62531300-1386677465_thumb.png http://community.invisionpower.com/filestore/uploads/monthly_12_2013/blogentry-62-0-65836200-1386677466_thumb.png http://community.invisionpower.com/filestore/uploads/monthly_12_2013/blogentry-62-0-77778500-1386677468_thumb.png http://community.invisionpower.com/filestore/uploads/monthly_12_2013/blogentry-62-0-65735800-1386677469_thumb.png http://community.invisionpower.com/filestore/uploads/monthly_12_2013/blogentry-62-0-61720100-1386683902_thumb.png http://community.invisionpower.com/filestore/uploads/monthly_12_2013/blogentry-62-0-78821000-1386683903_thumb.png View the full article at IPS

A few years ago we revolutionised theme editing in IP.Board with the addition of the "Visual Skin Editor". This tool quickly became a popular way of making broad color changes to new themes to match in with an existing site or existing branding. For the first time, you could instantly view the changes you were making. Goodbye Visual Skin Editor, hello Easy Mode Editor. We have rewritten this tool from the ground up in IPS Suite 4.0 and renamed it the Easy Mode Editor now that it's a fully integrated part of the suite and not just a license add-on. It retains all the features you love and has a much better interface, more control and fully supports gradients. Let's take a look! When you create a new theme, you have the option of creating an "Easy Mode" theme or a "Manual Mode" theme. As you would expect, the manual mode allows full editing of CSS and HTML. Easy mode allows you to edit the theme with an instant preview. Once the new theme has been added you can launch it from the Theme list inside the administrator's control panel by clicking the wand button. You can still edit the HTML templates and custom CSS as normal should you need to. The easy mode editor launches in a new browser tab or window (depending on your browser's settings). The floating palette overlay in IP.Board 3 was a little cumbersome as it took up a fair amount of room and you had to move it out of the way to view your changes. In IPS 4, we've made this a fixed sidebar which means that it doesn't have to reload when you navigate through the suite. I've cropped out most of the public display as we're not quite ready to reveal that yet! You can quickly colorise your new theme with the Colorize option. This chromatically changes the main colors of the suite quickly and easily. A limitation of the Visual Skin Editor in IP.Board 3 was that it couldn't manage gradients so themes had those gradients removed and flat color applied. We now support gradients in IPS 4.0 from the Easy Mode Editor's color editing panel. We previously blogged about the fantastic new theme settings feature in IPS 4.0. Some of these settings are now available to editing in the settings panel. This is a really quick and convenient way to change these settings. Although the new Easy Mode Editor allows you to change most of the colors within the suite, there may be times when you want to write a few lines of custom CSS to tweak the theme a little more to your liking. We've got that covered too. You can leave the theme as an Easy Mode theme for as long as you want. However, you may decide that you want a little more control and need to edit some of the framework CSS that underpins the suite. That's easy to do. Just choose the option to convert it to a Manual Mode theme and you are all set. Never before has theming been so simple! This re-invented tool allows you to quickly edit your theme without fuss and you can instantly see the changes as you make them. We can't wait to see what you do with it! Attached Thumbnails http://community.invisionpower.com/filestore/uploads/monthly_12_2013/blogentry-62-0-40063400-1386677463_thumb.png http://community.invisionpower.com/filestore/uploads/monthly_12_2013/blogentry-62-0-59021600-1386677464_thumb.png http://community.invisionpower.com/filestore/uploads/monthly_12_2013/blogentry-62-0-62531300-1386677465_thumb.png http://community.invisionpower.com/filestore/uploads/monthly_12_2013/blogentry-62-0-65836200-1386677466_thumb.png http://community.invisionpower.com/filestore/uploads/monthly_12_2013/blogentry-62-0-77778500-1386677468_thumb.png http://community.invisionpower.com/filestore/uploads/monthly_12_2013/blogentry-62-0-65735800-1386677469_thumb.png http://community.invisionpower.com/filestore/uploads/monthly_12_2013/blogentry-62-0-61720100-1386683902_thumb.png http://community.invisionpower.com/filestore/uploads/monthly_12_2013/blogentry-62-0-78821000-1386683903_thumb.png View the full article View the full article at IPS

A little history For many years, IP.Board functioned under a relatively normal model of managing a content's status. A topic, for example, was either unapproved or approved. If a moderator did not like the topic, that moderator could delete the topic. This worked well for many years, but improvements in technology and processes necessitated changes. As IPS software evolved we recognized the need to handle all content throughout the entire suite in a uniform manner, so old concepts like the "trash can" forum were no longer relevant when considering how you work with Gallery images or Download Manager files. Additionally, many sites today employ moderators that they do not wish to entrust with the complete ability to irrevocably delete content, yet they still need the moderator to be able to clean up a mess should it occur. A few years ago, we introduced the concept of "soft delete". In practice what this meant was that when a user soft deleted a topic, the topic would be removed from general view for most users, but the topic would not actually be deleted. Administrators could choose who can view soft deleted topics, and who could "un-delete" the soft deleted topic. Some time after this, the way topics were deleted changed as well (which was now referred to as "hard delete" in contrast to "soft delete"). If a topic was truly deleted, it would not actually be immediately removed from the database. Instead, a flag was set and the topic would be deleted from the database at some future point in time by a task. The idea was that you may need to restore something that was deleted by a moderator...but then, the software already supports a soft-delete concept to account for this, right? When clients proved to be confused with all of the terminology (we can't blame you!), "hard delete" was renamed back to "delete", and "soft delete" was renamed to hidden. Nevertheless, behind the scenes we still had all of the various statuses to account for Content is awaiting approval (unapproved) Content is approved and viewable (approved) Content has been hidden or soft deleted (hidden) Content has been deleted but not removed from the database yet by the task (pending deletion) Content has been deleted and is gone permanently (deleted) And how about 4.0? In reviewing the needs of most admins and how the process of managing the content and your moderator roles works in the real world, we decided to simplify and improve this experience. The 4.0 Suite now has just 4 of the above statuses, and they behave in a manner you would expect. If you require moderator approval of new content, when something is submitted it will be in an unapproved status. If you do not require moderator approval of new content, that content will be approved automatically and immediately viewable. If a moderator has permission to hide content, the moderator will be able to hide any content that has been submitted. The moderator may or may not be able to see content that is hidden, and may or may not be able to restore hidden content to viewable status. (All that depends on Admin settings.) If a moderator has permission to delete content, the moderator will be able to delete content that has been submitted. Upon doing so, the content is immediately and permanently deleted. You can configure your moderators such that they are able to hide content, delete content, or both. As with 3.x, moderators who can see hidden content will be able to review all hidden content in the Moderator Control Panel, and those with permission to restore hidden content will be able to do so from here as well. You will not have to worry about the content you are viewing in the Moderator Control Panel is deleted or hidden, as there is only one status now. This is an example of a very minor change that was made after careful consideration of how the software functions and should "flow" when being used in a real-world situation. It is often the case that the smallest changes can make the biggest impact in the eyes of the users. View the full article at IPS