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Is it possible to search multiple databases (Not all) at once in pages? And if yes: How. I have multiple databases for different kinds of articles and I wish to enable my users to use one single search option to search for all of them.
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Show uploaded media files (MP3 MP4) as embedded players, instead of download links. How?
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I wasn't sure where exactly to post this because I'm already a client with multiple licenses. I am however, thinking of using IPS to manage some clients on a server after seeing some of the commerce functions built in on one of my sites. I don;t see many topics on this and the IPS Guide is empty https://invisionpower.com/4guides/suite-applications/commerce/selling-managing-hosting/ Where can I find some documentation on what the features are? I see domain purchasing, monitoring, cpanel integration, etc. Is anyone using IPS to manage client hosting and websites? Any info and examples of sites that are using it would be appreciated, You can PM if you don't want to pos…
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Hi guys, I am unable to set a size selection for clothing in my shop though having checked all my steps 100 times. Can someone point me in the right direction please like shown in the image below?
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Hello! I have a javascript file that I would like to load in all pages belonging to a template. Instead of going through each of the 40 pages and selecting the javascript in Page Includes, is there a way that I can have the template load the javascript? If so, can this be done with CSS as well? Thanks! Bret
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Can anyone tell me where to adjust how long hidden content is kept, or remove hidden content permanently ?
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I reluctantly created a politics sub-forum on my site, and the rules state that people can be banned from this section of the forum if they repeatedly violate the rules. Problem is, I don't know how to do that, or if it's even possible to block a member from a single section of the forum. I can think of a workaround, but a lot of work.
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Is it possible? Or the "Licensing Keys" can only be randomly generated?
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Couldn't find the setting, but it would be nice if we could limit member titles/custom titles. If there is a way, I'd be most grateful if someone could let me know. As I allow titles to be edited after 500 posts, but some I've come across are a little long and I don't know if they're old ones from the v3.x.x days. Thanks
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I am using cloud services and wish to use the v4.2 but not able to udate it through the admin panel. Help
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How does the Admin reset the profile completion bit so when a user logs in, IPS4 checks with all the Profile Completion steps to see if any of them need updating? That is, the Admin has added new Profile Completion steps (or modified existing ones that might cause them to be incomplete), and some users will have their Profile Status changed to less than 100% again. Is this a theme setting to clear the bit that says to check the Profile Status on next activity by the user?
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Hello guys, I've started using a great plugin for mass private messages, as it's much better for our members, and less bothersome than bulk email. However, the problem is, when you send out a mass private message, that means you're sending thousands, due to the number of members we have. The problem with that is that it takes up space (typically 5mb per 500 messages). This racks up quickly, and as we only have 5GB of usable space for storage, I was wondering if there were functions for the following to do across the entire site?: Is there a way to wipe private messages that are a certain "age"? Is there a way to set an expiration date for messages to be re…
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After upgrade my dfp code isn´t working anymore. Have anyone managed to show dfp ads with 4.2?
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I am looking for a way, I possibly overlooked it, to ID members that have not posted, have not logged in, or have not been active on the forum in X amount of time. I am not finding this in Admin CP. Am I over looking or is this just something that has to be done on the mysql side?
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Hello, How do I alter the author of a post on my forum?
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I hope someone can tell me how to change the number of images listed in the main Gallery page under Recently Added? I noticed on my site that's it's too much (3 cols. of 5 images each) and wanted to change it, but for the life of me I can't remember how I configured it in the first place (if I did?). It's not a block so I can't manage it, but it also doesn't show up in the adminCP's Gallery Settings page.
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Hey guys, I recently upgraded my Cloud package from the smallest $20/mo package to the slightly larger package that provides more online user capability and the Commerce App. However, the Commerce app isn't appearing. Anyone have any ideas? I'm not sure if there's something I have to do on my end, as I'm somewhat new to using the Cloud hosting. Normally, I would think I could just download the commerce app on the portal. I contacted support yesterday, but it looks like they're away or, at least, very delayed for the holiday weekend. Any help would be much appreciated!
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I'm using Commerce with Stripe as my payment system. I want to set up a paid subscription which automatically bills the customer's credit card every year. I understand Commerce can send an e-mail warning, a certain number of days in advance, to let the customer know their credit card will be billed and give them a chance to cancel if they want. My questions are: 1. Is there a setting, for the number of days in advance of the automatic billing, the warning e-mail is sent? 2. My customers will mainly speak Turkish. How would I go about editing/translating the text of this warning e-mail?
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Reason : Creating static urls that will be referenced throughout IPB whose underlying links may periodically change. Question : Is the best way to do this using => " Advanced Configuration -> Friendly URLs " ?
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Hi, here: https://invisionpower.com/features/customization I see a right sidebar that allows to easily customize theme live. I don't get this on my installation.... I just have the editor inside the admin dashboard. How to get the same thing as on the link from above ?
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Seems clubs can't have "Q&A" style topics? I've never used Q&A but i was planning on doing that for third party sponsored club as they would be authoritative to best answer the topics. But this seems missing in clubs?
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Hello, We are currently looking to recreate the IPB Help guides for our website to display our documentation. I am aware that Databases are required to be used but is this style default (doesn't seem to be) or is it publicly available? can we get the custom HTML/CSS? or does this require a paid plugin? This is what we wish to recreate. Thanks Rob
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For some reason since moving to ips I seem to be logging back into my forum much more than I did when on xenforo. I select remember me but sometime I have to login several times a day. What's going on?
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Hello everyone, Before I go running to the support desk, hopefully you guys can help me here. I'm trying to make it so that I can have a group based prefix show up in front of members usernames, and have it used everywhere. Currently, I used the basic prefix-groupname-suffix setting under each indivudal group to set a prefix, but that only puts the prefix in front of their username in things like the chatbox and "Who's online" tab. Is there a DIY way to accomplish this so that it shows up everywhere, including in front of their names on latest threads, and so on? If not, is there a purchasable/free plugin that accomplishes this? Any help would be much app…
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Hi all, as usual, sorry for all my grammatical errors and for the stupidity of my questions I'm trying to modify my template to make in sort to be able to display the icon of all groups. Actually I'm stop here: <li class='ipsResponsive_hidePhone'><img src='{file="$comment->author()->group['g_icon']" extension="core_Theme"}' alt='' class='cAuthorGroupIcon'></li> I'm able to take out of author() the secondary groups id and split them but, here, I'm just frozen and, I admit, I didn't fully understand the red construction. The question is: how can I say: take the g_icon of the group…
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