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Is there an updated list of content that will auto-embed when a link is pasted? Thanks!
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Earlier when anyone use to share a link in WhatsApp it use to convert to preview after few seconds of thinking Like this: Now since last few days or a week this preview isn't appearing and link stays a link in WhatsApp Like this: I have updated to 4.4.4 last night and still WhatsApp preview isn't working. Please help
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how do i change the url given to me by invision to my new url
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Hi I want a new member group with no ability to send personal messages and I want the member automatically moved once they post X number of times. (let's say 10 times) How do I do this? Thank you in advance. Also how do I choose which group new members go to after they register? I want to change the default members group
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I need to change for all 150+ categories by copying to all, but that does not work
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Hello, Regular members cannot tell when birthdays are set to Staff Only (they do not get the message on their profile that only staff can see it, they have to edit profile to see the green banner explaining it). Is there a way to add this? I know that it does display to staff. Regards, Alex
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Was wondering if it's possible to setup the calendar to have a reoccurring event that I can have people signup to... but it only signs them up to that event and not every single one that happens? Not sure if this is even possible but really hoping it is, using the calendar as a thing that I can have users indicate if they're coming to a weekly event would be great... but is a pain when they sign up for one it signs them up for all.
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What exactly this means? I've bought IP Board from 2008. Is the license time limited?
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We have enabled archiving of posts. What happens if I disable archiving in ACP to the archived posts? Will they be all automatically unarchived?
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Is there a way for a member to disable the "Currently Viewing" area of their profile page, or to set that to admin only? Cheers.
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I remember there being a way to have titles have automatic upload numbering in them...It was something like Name pg. $n or something like this? Does anyone know? I tried searching for this, couldn't find anything about it.
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Is the only way to insert an image into the About Me field is to do so from a URL? To include the url option, yes, but to make it the only option? Is there no way to insert it the traditional upload way, or at the very least from the member's gallery, though that would also be APITA. Thoughts anyone? Thanks!!
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Hi all. I would like to assign a membership number to my members. This would be used offline on cards, etc. It would likely have two letters then six numbers. So two options. I assume I can pull the member ID, somehow, add two letters, and use it in emails and other templates. I don't know how to do this, but I'm sure I can find a dev to do it. Or, does something exist? Did anyone write an app that allows us to manage member IDs, display them on the postbit, etc.? It all exists and I missed it? Thanks all.
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I'm not native English so I don't quite understand this option and what it does. In a usergroup I can enable both the "can post" and "can import" status updates. Now for the import option it says: So to me this means that if you have Facebook integration users can import status from Facebook. Like what kind of statuses? But this will probably be kept disabled anyway. I don't see a description with the "can post status updates". What are status updates, and where are they posted, is there an explanation or an example?
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Hello, is there a plugin which basically locks content. And somebody needs to reply in order to unlock the content?
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Just have two questions. 1.) My users were asking for a preview option. So I told them that with Invision you don't need it because for example smilies were shown at once. Same for when using bold or anything, will be changed instantly so no preview option was needed anymore. Is this correct? Is there no preview option of a message anymore? Our users are used to make use of bbcodes and quote and code bbcode manually and they can't see what they are doing when using them manually (so by typing them). They might have to get used to a different system, but I'm just wondering. 2.) I'm certainly missing the "noparse" bbcode. If we for example want to show some…
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kill it with fire
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Until now I was used (on various other forum softwares) to create small quotes manually. So If I just wanted to quote af few words or only 1 line of a certain user I would mention his name in the quote like this. [ quote=Black Tiger]This is a small quote[ /quote] And then I wrote my reply below it and the user's name was shown in some way so it was clear this was a line which was quoted from a certain user. This is still possible in Invision, but the username automatically disapplears and it only says "quote" and nothing else. I know I can do this by selecting a line and then use the quote option, but can't we do this manually anymore? …
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We are on a vanilla, hosted Invision community; I'd like to make a particular sub-forum's tagging feature available only to admins/moderators, to allow us to manage bug reports. As far as I can see, you can enable/disable tags and tag prefixes when editing a forum's post settings, but not on a per-user-group basis. Am I missing something or is that not possible? Thanks in advance :) Vero
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Hi, I've set my support desk to reply from department, not the staff member and yet, the replies still come from the staff member. I tried by creating a new request for the member and same problem. I get: [staffmember] has created a support request on your behalf. I thought it would have the name of the [department] instead. Thoughts? Thanks running on 4.4
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Wondering if there is a way to find out which pages member have browsed? Like a browsing history for each logged in member. I'm not talking about their activity on which post they reply or created a topic, but just "browsing". This can help a lot in optimizing, which type of member browsing which type of pages. Unlike in Google Analytics overall numbers rather than per member based.
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See i have this problem i dont know if it is bots or humans but tons of account get made with a random display name, weird email address, and a different ip every time. And they post these like medicine selling posts or something Is there some plugin / setting that can detect spam advertising? If you go on my website (pcmasterhelp.com) you can find these posts easily, as there are not many real users on there yet.
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Can anyone please advise what the situation is with setting up recurring subscriptions for members? Have you put your plans on hold or are using alternatives? I've read through the guidance here and seen the comments in the AdminCP, but it leaves me uncertain of how or whether I should proceed at all. It's pretty worrying and it seems like the days where you could simply set it up are long gone. I don't want to be responsible for storing my member's card details, or addresses if I'm honest, that's for the big e-commerce players unless it's a must. PayPal - The help guidance suggests not using this for recurring subscriptions, having read through the caveats…
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Does anyone know of any setting or plugin that picks the first attachment of any upload and sets it as the thumbnail for the thread? Much like how Reddit works, where if a post has an image, the listing for the post has a full view preview of the image. Thanks!
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Am I the only "fool" that thinks of venues not only like physical locations, but also virtual locations or internet meeting points? For example, nowadays users can meet in Fortnight or any other game server to play. They can also meet in youtube live videos to comment and yell to each other, Alas! 🎥 they can also meet on Instagram live ... I need URL links and/or pictures for the venues; not only addresses. I imagine there must be many gaming communities; how do they set up virtual venues using the IPS Calendar? I've been exploring the options but I don't see anything suitable for this. There are 2 plugins that deal with venues on the marketplace, but none deals…
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