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Hi, I was wondering. Is there a way to possibly filter PM to to different user groups. For example. My site we may get YouTube celebrities, so in this case they go in a special group called Verified, which is a verified group of people who are famous and to reduce server overload I disabled PMs for this group so they don't get hassled by fans. Now my question is, I want my verified group to be able to choose who they can contact including other verified members, but as far as regualar members starting conversations with them it would be impossible. Sort of like Twitter where you can't direct message a celebrity, but those celebrities can talk …
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Newbie question here... I just recently installed the new Gallery app and I think it will work great as a replacement for an old Photopost external application (no longer in business). I have thousands of photos to eventually upload but will get to that over time. When I was setting up the Gallery, however, I inadvertently deleted the "Member Albums" category and now I find that was a big mistake. I would like to recreate that category but don't know which specific permissions it should have. If I can't recreate "Member Albums" perhaps the easiest thing to do would be to start over and do a new fresh install of the Gallery. I only have a few categories and …
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Seems that when people BLOCK PMS from another member they still get the email about the PM Is this supposed to happen?
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I already have ip suite for mt website, but I am creating a new website and am considering IP suite for that too. So, I have an ip demo board to see if it will meet what I'm wanting for this new site. The problem I have found is that when creating an article, there is no option for a "teaser" paragraph/text? Is this still an option in IPB 4.x? I haven't used the article feature in my other site since upgrading from 3.x to 4.x so havent noticed if there is an option there for articles. Is it missing because it's just the invision demo board? Any help greatly appreciated!
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As per topic title Merging two IPB Invision forums we want to merge 2 together is this still possible to do along with 2 nexus merge into one Thanks
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I figured this out once but now can't seem to get it figured out again. Maybe something changed. How do I give the Download listings a image other than a black box? I upload an image in the edit screen but it only appears on the download page itself, not the index lists.
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Hey - I'd like to change the text on an empty forum that reads 'No posts here yet' to show 'You must be logged in to view this' for all users who are Guests. Would it be possible with something like this that I found on StackOverflow: <if test="!$this->member->getProperty('member_id')"> Or is this redundant, seeing as it was posted in 2011? Thanks in advance
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I just updated from 3.4 to 4.2.7 and can't find any moderator/admin options in the front end. I can't edit/delete posts or ban spammer. There are no options available even though I am logged in as admin. Any idea what is going on?
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EU VAT
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Hello, I want to add Commerce in my license but I want to know if it supports EU VAT calculation, something that Nexus didn't supported that's why I never used it. Thank you Chris Edit: Follow up. I registered for a demo mostly to check Commerce and I seen that EU VAT is not supported. Sure you can set a Tax and name it EU VAT and then set tax rate per country but this is not the way that EU VAT works. To make understandable how it works, let's use as example an online store located in UK. 1.- If the client is out of EU no need to pay VAT 2.- If client is located in EU (but not in UK): If he has a valid EU VAT id he does not pays VAT …
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Unfortunately, we have to move our current IPB 3.4.6 on PHP 5.3 to IPB 4.2.7 on PHP7. Obviously I found out that IPB 3.4.6 doesn't run on PHP7. So what are the correct steps to do the big bang? First upgrade 3.4.6 to 4.2.7 on PHP 5.3 and then just upgrade PHP to 7? 4 years ago we were forced to upgrade 2.x.x to 3.4.6 and it was pain in the you know where and the history repeats...
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Hey, I'm new to these forums and I was wondering how I can get a shop onto my site? I know it's possible but not sure how to install it.
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I run an ArmA3 gaming group and have beebn working on a website for some time. I have most of the home page and theme finished, but none of the background work. So members need to sign in via the website and then head to an application forum to get "accepted" into the group or not. When they are accepted in I want their profile picture to change to a certain picture [the rank they are] as well as the tag of the rank they have automatically [Rec]. As they rank up in the group I want to be able to then take that tag off and add another such as PVT or SGT with other profile pictures. If there a way I can do this automatically or is it all manual? If so how? …
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Hi, I'm trying to create a "subscription" product where a new user can have a free 3 month trial before deciding on whether they want to commit to a subscription. Is there a way to 1:) Set this product to only be available one time per member and then lock it once used and 2.) set it to expire 3 months from when they've activated the trial? Thanks all!
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I find the commerce app very complicated so I'm wondering if there was a way to use some other method in this case for paid membership subscriptions? I suppose I could just add a paypal button somewhere but then I'd have to move members into the "upgraded" group manually, which is do-able albeit that's as long as I managed to trace them properly.
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Can anyone give an overview of how the EasyPost integration works? Basic workflow? I created an easypost account and added a payment method in case it was required. I entered my test key in the IPS ACP. I selected easypost as a shipping method for a test product that sells for $0. I get some USPS shipping options/costs showing when I look at the shipping tab for a product or reach checkout. But then what? After sale the Shipping tab for the order looks like every other shipping item. Packing sheet, address label, view invoice. Nothing appears anywhere that I can find on the easypost dashboard. On a daily basis, for an item sold via Commerce, what basic steps …
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How do I change the domain name that is bound now?
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Hi guys I've got a forum where membership is limited to local practitioners. We ask a bunch of questions on our registration page that help us determine if people applying are appropriate - every membership is manually approved. I get a reasonable number of spam requests, and have always wondered what the best combination of ban, flag as spammer, and delete is. In the past I have just deleted the account, but wonder if there is a better way? Should I mark as spam first, then delete? Does it not really matter?
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Hi Is it possible for pinned topics to be visible only in forum categories at the top of the list, not in categories and on the home page with all topics? (fluid ver.)
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HI First, sorry for my english.. Did you know which file needs to be edited to add text to the place marked below (under TOPICS) in fluid version? Or is it possible to add this text only in the appropriate categories, like Pre-Sale Question and Feedback and Ideas ? Thanks for help
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Google Tag Manager I need to add something in <head> (a the top of this) and just after <body> What is the best practice to do that on all the page ?
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Hello, what size should be apply for product picture?
Last reply by opentype, -
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It would be possible? I have a group that I want to migrate and they are more than 12k+ members. Could it cause a problem? Regards, Daniel.
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I have quite a few users on our forums wanting to use the Ignore option on other users, but those who access the forum on a mobile device can't find how to do this, and I've been unable to help them either. I'm running Invision Community v4.2.7 with default themes with no customisation. Can anyone advise? Thanks
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I have a home page that I made with pages app. It uses IPB wrapper and mostly functions as a collection of site updates. I have a more pretty home page that is a totally different page designed for selling sign ups to guests. Is there a way that same link can be different page for logged in vs logged out? Home = page1 (logged in) Home = page2 (logged out) Is this possible? Thank you
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core_sessions table is now almost 1GB in our DB which is quite large Is it ok to Truncate this?
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