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I'm talking about this: (example with @Charles here below) I know where to edit the user profile but haven't found yet how to change what is displayed there.
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I want to try to have members only access the database. Currently when I set it so guests cannot access database files I get the message below. How do I customize this so that it can say "sign up to access" or something. I saw a reference in settings for community but not the database. Thanks! Appreciate any help can give. "Sorry, there is a problem We could not locate the item you are trying to view. Error code: 2T254/"
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Has anyone had any experience of using IBM Watson Analytics with their IPB community? We're currently using Google Analytics, but my boss quite likes the idea of what IBM Watson can offer. Does anybody know whether IPB actually supports the IBM product? Thanks, Samantha
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Guest checkout can't be disabled? If yes, that's pretty bad when someone buys something and authorization last a long time
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I had a topic that was auto hidden because the user was on mod approval Upon deleting the hidden topic the main forum page now shows when I click on the -1 it goes to the next page which says but there clearly are topic in that section if I click the Start the First Topic button it takes me to the post screen any advice on what's happened and how to remove the notification from the main forum page please ?
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It seems that embeds are not resizable like images are How can I move embeds horizontally? I can move this video only down and up Thanks
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Hello, I entered the wrong .htaccess password a few times too many and then got locked out. Now, when using my normal IP, I cannot get my page's domain to load at all. I tested the page on two neighboring networks and I am able to access the page fine. I've also since correctly-guessed my .htaccess password and could get into the ACP, but could not find anything about a blocked IP. It's been over a couple hours and I still cannot get my page to load. I've tried multiple browsers and even accessing it from a virtual machine, but that's blocked too since it just NIC teams to my host's IP. In the event that my IP has been locked out by an anti-bruteforcing me…
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I'm finding adding images to posts a little unintuitive, and so are my members because they are asking me to add such a feature - not realizing it is already there! I saw a discussion here from 3 years ago, but not sure on current status. From what I see to upload an image to a post, the member clicks "Drag files here to attach, or choose files... " and can then upload. Problem is, I cannot see how to then form any text around that image, because it does not appear in the body of the new post editor...? Most user interfaces have an picture icon, you click on it and an image is uploaded to the cursor position - this is what people are used to and works …
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Hi just looking again at version 4, where is gallery and blog as I cannot see it on this forum.
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Hello, Is there a way to pull the data from the custom fields to an excel spread sheet? I have a lot of information being stored through the custom fields and I want to see it listed. I know it is listed in the SQL Database under payments>custom fields. Do I need to make a database on the site and then make a field to pull this data to easily export to an XML and open with excel? If so does anyone know how to setup the field to pull the data from the SQL? Sorry if this is confusing. I am still newer.
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It seems to always default to one of my groups, yet I'd like to start people at a more restricted access group until they purchase something, at which point I can promote them. Any suggestions? Thanks!
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We are just getting our new forum up and running with the latest version of IPS community suite. We are used to facebook events which lets us put a background picture related to the event. This helps our members associate what the event is about. We were looking to do the same thing with the IPS calendar, however we noticed that it only shows the top of a picture. Is there some guidance or suggestions on how best to make use of this feature?
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Hi guys, Couple of questions. Does anyone know if the SMF converter updates the password hashes? We're going to be looking at moving from SMF to IPB (hopefully this weekend). I'm hoping we don't have to send out emails to let people reset their passwords? Right now we have emails disabled as it exposes the server origin in the email headers. Has anyone else had a similar problem in having to hide their server origin, and how did you resolve it? (Asked here instead)
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I confess I'm rather shocked. I'm in my Pages menu and want to delete an entire folder - I don't want to empty it (i.e. move the pages elsewhere), I want to toast the entire thing. There seems to be no way to do this - I can delete individual pages in a folder, but cannot delete a folder. Are you kidding me?? EDIT: Ok, figured it out - Empty actually deletes the folder whilst asking you where you want to move the files to. But this makes little sense - what if I want to empty all the pages in a folder (without clicking delete on each one, which is tedious to say the least if you have many pages) while keeping the folder itself? Shouldn't we have an Empty…
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I just upgraded one of my version 3 sites to 4.1. On that site I was using 4 profile fields to capture user addresses for street, city, state, and zip. In 4.1 there is an address field to use but it looks like it combines it all into one field. Has anyone run into this and combined the data by running a query?
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Is there a way to get tags to show in a latest post block? I don't see an option... Anyone know how to achieve this? Thanks!
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In pages, I am trying to create a simple block to show the latest topics, the forum it's from, and truncated first post content of that topic. I need to add the forum and truncated first post text. I'm using the following to start with. I'm still looking through the templates but if anyone knows off the top of their head, appreciate the help. {{if !empty( $topics ) }} <h3 class='ipsWidget_title ipsType_reset'>{$title}</h3> <div class='ipsPad_half ipsWidget_inner'> <ul class='ipsDataList ipsDataList_reducedSpacing'> {{foreach $topics as $topic}} <li class='ipsDataItem{{if $topic->unread()}} ipsDataItem_unread{{endif}}{{if $…
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Hi All, I have a non-public site, and therefore registration is required. To make the home page more user friendly, I use Pages and some custom blocks. So Pages is accessible by guests. However the forum etc. is only accessible by members, mods, and admin. As expected registrations, and forum activity appear on All Activity However All Activity is on my home page (guests only) and they can see the activity (which they shouldnt) Can anyone recommend how to get rid of the button, or blank the thread? Many Thanks Ian frpilot.com
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What is the difference between a star thumbnail and a dot thumbnail in front of a topic title?
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Hi, How does one just renew Forums, and not Forums + IP Content. I have no use for IP Content? It shows $25 for renewal on your main site https://invisionpower.com/buy/self-hosted yet I'm being prompted for $40 (Likely because it wants to renew IP Content too?) Thanks
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HI, My name is Jeff. I have two sites that I manage. HotAirBalloonist.com and TheSkiSkool.com I am not a developer, I am a commercial pilot by trade. So this stuff is rather hard for me. I am trying to set up a video page using the IP Content thing. it took me six weeks to figure out what an IP Content was. So now I understand some. It is building blocks you can build a page with. But the whole blocks and templates and why there are some categories that dont have templates and some not?? When you make a page where does it go? How do you get the new categories to show in the new pages? and how do you get a left border and right border and and and and .…
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How to replace enter as BR not a P in IPB 4.1.18.2?
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Hi Just started using Commerce. We're setting up purchases of extended access to forums. Creating a product which put people into proper group with correct permissions and are valid for a year. Afterwards they are supposed to go back to previous group if not renewing. Some questions: Is everything concerning renewing handled automatically? Will they receive an email X days before expiry? Both those who said renew automatically and not? Will the system move them back to previous group automatically after grace period if invoice is not paid? If the system set up a recurring payment in Paypal, will Paypal notify the system of the actual renewals?…
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Hi I see that on 4 there is a program that instead of banning a member you can redirect him else where on forum Suppose to be better than a ban because member will get sick of it and leave Well I cant find the one for 4 and wondered if there is something for 3 Pretty sure he uses a vpn Thanks
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I've been wondering about using a caching system (i.e. one of the systems listed in AdminCP->Advanced Configuration->Data Storage - APC, Memcached, Redis etc). My site is pretty small, but I keep reading that using a cache system nevertheless improves performance across the board because the data retrieval is faster on any level. But before I install one of the systems on my VPS I was wondering if about opinions here re: whether it's really necessary/worthwhile for small sites and, if so, which one I should use? Thanks in advance!
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