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Hello. Since last update we have had 37 log entries of: "TypeError: Cannot assign string to property IPS\Dispatcher\_Front::$currentPage of type ?int (0) #0 /datadrive/forum/system/Dispatcher/Dispatcher.php(110): IPS\Dispatcher\_Front->init() #1 /datadrive/forum/index.php(13): IPS\_Dispatcher::i() #2 {main}"
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Strange this, why do product descriptions for some members have a hashed value added after renewal? The same product renewed for most members don't...
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We are using the "courses" feature a lot for e-learning within our community. And from time to time the contents of the courses needs to be updated. But after some time (maybe like 2 or 3 months) the course instructors are not allowed to edit the course's content anymore. Here is the message the get: In the group's settings under they are allowed to edit without time restriction: But they still get this message. It' works if I give them moderators, but I can't give moderator permissions to every course instructor, who's task is just to maintain a specific course and keep it's contents up to date. How can I give course instru…
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I was wondering what your thoughts are on this, I've read numerous forums are closing in March before this starts, some extremely popular forums. https://www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safety/illegal-and-harmful-content/time-for-tech-firms-to-act-uk-online-safety-regulation-comes-into-force/ https://ofcomlive.my.salesforce-sites.com/formentry/RegulationChecker
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I am having a problem with a users signing up on my board and all they do is fill up the ABOUT ME with a bunch of spam URL links. Some post sometimes spam, but most don't post, just fill in the About Me and abandon the website. For the signature page, you can go into Groups and say it takes 10 posts or setup some rule before a user can use the signature. But I don't see anything like that for the "About Me" page. Or can it be turned off completly? Also I am running the latest version of Invision, when I try to delete my Signature totally, it will not delete. I can change it to anything else, but if I try to clear the whole signature and save it, it will revert b…
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Is there a way to turn of HTML posting for example in this box that I am typing in right now? Or actually what the problem is, alot of people copy and paste something from another place on the web, and instead of just TEXT paste, it copies all the HTML garb with it... I have this SETTING turned off for MEMBERS, however it doesn't seemed to stop the HTML code for getting into the post.
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I'm wondering if there is an API to query the posts or perhaps a way to directly access the SQL data base? I'm looking to bulk migrate some data and using the public URLs is problematic with Cloudflare's anti-bot stuff that's blocking my GET requests. I believe there is some cookie or header voodoo that I'm not quiet doing right to bypass it using outgoing requests from nodejs. Thank you
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I run a forum board and one of the main products in my industry is called B&R. When any one tries to search for "B&R" in the search board of Invision Board, it comes up with nothing. I've tried B and R. I've tried quotes "B&R" etc Is there any settings or anything I can do to make this search query work? I thought it was fixed in a previous version but now since upgrading, the problem came back for me. Any suggestions or help? Pointers I could try?
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Hi all. Could not find topics about how to let the new owner of my webforum take over the licensing here in the forum or in support. Can anyone point me in the right direction?
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So all of a sudden today, as of about 11am mst, absolutely none of my users can log into our custom external app via OAuth.. Every single one of us is getting a 401 exception with some cloudlfare message popping up telling them to contact the admin.... Well I have no idea what the hell is going on so... what's up? This is affecting business and costing us money...
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Hi everyone, I’m looking for a solution to implement a daily activity tracking system for our community. Here’s the idea: Daily Activities: We want to assign 6 activities to our members each day. Participation Options: Members should be able to submit whether they’ve completed all 6 activities or at least one activity. They should be able to mark the activities they’ve completed for tracking purposes. Tracking Requirements: We want to display stats like: X people completed Activity 1. Y people completed all 6 activities. Track participation on a dail…
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Hi, My company operates a Forum to provide a dedicated database exclusively for participants in the training programs we offer. The Forum is a central element of my value proposition, and I am currently looking for ways to improve its efficiency and management. Right now, moderation and regulation take up a significant amount of time for one of my employees. I believe it is possible to implement procedures or automation systems to streamline some tasks. Specifically, I would like to know : Is there a way to automatically ban members who have not posted anything in the past year, without requiring human intervention ? Can I connect my…
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hi, feeding ips with reports of comments/posts over an api, which is allowed for guests. now i see there is no flood control which is a problem. is there an on-board solution for this problem? regards
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When configured, it is cross-posting the entire new article content as a new forum topic. Or is it just displaying the same article content inside topics? Does it not result as "duplicate" content (negatively) for search engines when same content is shown in more than one place? Maybe just post a topic with a link to the original article instead of repeating the entire article body?
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My cloud site has been down for almost 2 hours. I opened a support ticket an hour ago, but support says they cannot help because my site is pointed to IPS via CNAME instead of the root domain being parked at IPS nameservers. This setup was confirmed by @Marc and @Charles as being just fine. It has been fine for more than a year when it was first onboarded last October. Now I’m being told it’s unacceptable while I’m out of the country in the middle of the ocean on a cruise. I’m expected to rearchitect my dns setup with literally zero notice. I have been a huge supporter of IPS historically and have been a customer for literally decades but the way this situatio…
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Can I go into the database and remove all the logs from core_log? because I notice that it seems like it's not deleting itself, it's over 5GB.
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Hi, anyone can share about the best solution to build a announcement section in Clubs? If I use Forum it will let members create topic, and I would like have a place where only club admin and moderators posts contents for the Clubs. The another way I was trying to do is use club Blog as the club announcement section, but there with twos blocks showing the same title(club menu and blog header) , there any way that let me hide or remove the blog header?
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How can I add a club forum on forum listing?
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Is it possible to move posts from a forum category to a club forum category?
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MySQL? or Filesystem And why? I would like the best performance, which would make my community faster in every aspects.
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Is there any way to get a widget into member profiles that shows who I am following, rather than who is following me? Basically, it would be like a list of "Friends" that would make easy access to profiles of members that I interact with regularly? Thanks.
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Using page builder on the forum, is there a way for an image to be only available for that forum section? I have an image for the main forum page but was wanting to show off the artwork of one of my members that he has created for other categories around the forum. This is whilst using the table classic view for forum.
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My forum is open to all members (paying and non-paying), however, there is a private section only for the paying members. One non-member emailed me about something she saw in the "snippet" that appears on the side, while these posts are meant to be private and she does not have access to that section. Is there a way to keep that hidden for the members who should not see that area of the forum? I mean, I set up a private section to stay private and now, it does show part of the private posts, publicly.
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Hi, I know that there was an option before to transfer an Invision Community license from one account to another, but I can not find that link anymore. What would be my best way to proceed here? Thanks.
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