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Welcome, I'm looking for information if I can change download button in Downloads to link. I would like to build resource directory on my forum and I'm looking for possible options. I checked Links directory plugin but I can't show pretty affiliate links there and it's not exactly what I'm looking for. So i'm looking for something different. Do you know if it's possible in Downloads to change default action under main download button?
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I created a block and put a banner in it. This blocks is shown on different locations inside my forum. No I received a second request for an advertisment at this block. Is it possbile to show two different banner with this block, and each banner will be shown with a fifty percent probability?
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Hello! We've created a database in IPS for Articles. As you can see, it currently have 4 categories and 27 records. I believe that it uses the standard templates for displaying the database information. Here's a screenshot of those settings in the database: As it stands, the Categories are displayed as... Clicking on one of the categories shows the corresponding articles: We'd like to have the categories and articles displayed like a table-of-contents, and all on one page. For example: Getting Started Introduction - Overview and Architecture - Accessing Monster For the First Time - Setting…
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Hello! I'm wondering if there's a way to set individual members, within the Moderators group, to be the moderators of a specific forum in IPB 4.1.x For example, I have forums X, Y, and Z, and I have Mod A and Mod B. I want to make Mod A the moderator of both forums X and Y, and Mod B have control of forums Y and Z. Is there any way to do that so that Mod A doesn't have control over forum Z, and Mod B over forum X? I'm sorry if this has already been posted somewhere, I might have missed it when I was trying to search for the answers. Thank you!
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There are no settings for it in ACP > Community, search for Fluid View gets zip in ACP or in Help Guides, couldn't find any topics discussing this.
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Hello! I know, this may be strange, but let me explain I'm owner of big community. I want to give permission for adding users to specific groups to my staff team. For example: Staff Team can add user only to "players" group and delete users from "players" group (nothing more, nothing less). Tech Support can add user only to "high command" group (delete as well). //Only examples to imagine you what I want. Is it possible to do this? Or, is there any add-on what allows me to do such thing?
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Hi everyone, We have a private, password-protected thread, and people are not getting notifications when they post, despite their notifications being set correctly (they get notifications OK when they post on other public threads). Can anyone advise whether notifications are possible, and what they/we should do to activate them? Thanks in advance.
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Asking for a client on my site. I don't know the answer, can anyone help?
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I am looking for some copy to use in the Anti-Fraud rules for commerce. Anybody have recommendations? For us, they would need to be U.S. based rules but I think others from other countries would find resources helpful as well. If you are willing, share the rules you have setup.
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Hello! I am messing with my newly installed IPS board, and found out that i need to allow users (and myself) to specify timezones to the events, and to display this timezone in the event itself. Preferably, also translate the timezone to the timezone of the user who is viewing the event. Is there a built in feature for this, of an easy way around it?
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Hi, I'm after a way to have a drop down menu with options to choose from, in the title before you post. For example, in a classifieds section on the forum, instead of having two separate forums for wanted/for sale, you have one and you choose which, either for sale/ wanted from a menu in the title and it shows up in post. if you get me, I've seen this done on other platforms but never achieved it on IPB. any ideas?!
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Can I assign an invoice (paid) to a Member? Ex. The member donated to the Forum as Guest (but I know who he is) so the invoice isn't assigned to this member. Can I somewhere add the invoice to this member? Thanks in advance
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Can someone please point me to a place where i can learn more about databases, what they are, how to use them and how to create my own? Thanks in advance
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The default page has Category titles set to "Opaque" We need them set to bold so members know they are there. Can we change the names in the red boxes to bold? Even if its only as bold as the sub-category in the green box. Thanks.
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I know this topic has been raised a lot of times but can you tell me how to change avatar size in post content in IPS 4.2.3?
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I've dropped a custom html and/or php block on a page, I want to pull all the first post, of all the topics in a specific sub-forum, and display them on a page like a news feed. I want to parse them so they display just like they do in the forums. So I assumed I could just access a set of php or blade(whatever IPS calls it) functions and pull the info I wanted from the database. I can not find good documentation for what I'm trying to do. Am I just overlooking it? Alternatively, direct me to what files I can examine for the forums, so I can learn off those.
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I want birthdays in the calendar available to my members, but I don't want guests being able to see them How do I change this?
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Hi, I have a couple questions, I've gone through I'm sure every setting to no avail! 1) Newest post first - where can I find this setting? Instead of going to the page, I want to go to the post, I want to change this globally across the forum. 2) Avatars - anyway to change them back to square?? I'm running the latest version. many thanks Matt
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Can someone help me to create a way to change all my users settings to "allow others to follow me"? I want it turned on for all. Also I would like a way to make sure new users who sign up have it turned on by default. Can anyone help?
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Sorry if I'm repeating something already dealt with, but I'm preparing to upgrade to 4.2 and I have a clear idea of what I want to do with clubs, but since I can't test clubs I was wondering if you could help with one specific question 1. ¿ Can you create a club so that anybody registered (obviously not the guest user) can read the information and reply or post without joining the club ? Ok, what I mean is that I want to have all the clubs to work like subforums. Or let me ask in a different way ..... is enrollment to the group always mandatory in order to post/reply create a topic ? 2. IF 1st question is "No", let me ask a 2nd question. Can you allow b…
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Hi there, It's nice that IPS supports desktop notifications. But they seem to only work when you have at least one IPS browser tab open in the browser. Is it possible to make them work even when you're not browsing your IPS forum, to help entice visitors to come back more quickly?
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I corrupted the default theme, and need a download for it. I tried to just make another installation on my local machine and grab it from that, but apparently IPS counts 127.0.0.1 as an installation and now I'm stuck with it. Thanks for any help.
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I noticed there is a renewal date, and as far as I understand that's to continue getting updates and such. How do I disable the renewal? We are not interested in on-going fees.
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Hey guys, If I am going to be making changes and want to keep my IPB code under source control, what files should I put in my gitignore?
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Hi everyone, I'm wondering if there is an easy way to remove the "Message" below from some users in the Staff Directory? For certain people on the list I'm not wanting to show the message list. Thanks for any advise Chris
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