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Please advise how to force youtube videos in forum posts not to be sized maximum available space but to be same predefined one.
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Hey Guys, Quick question. I want to create a block on my Page that shows a (or more) Youtube Channel(s). I would like a horizontal grid of 4 tiles, which will be updated automatically when a new video has been added to the channel. Is there some sort of manual i could use to find out how i can create it? Cheers in advance
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Hello, It's my understanding that Invision plans to discontinue supporting the Chat feature soon (May?). Has anyone come up with a viable alternative yet? We have a very large and active community, with chat playing a major role in how our members communicate. Would love to continue to have exactly the same functionality. Thoughts?
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Could anybody give me a very rough idea of how big a database should be for a site running IPB suite with no addons Just Forum /Gallery/Commerce and Chat with 80,000 members, 320,000 topics and 4.5 million posts thanks in advance
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Previously the guide was on the site. The help button no longer works on the page. So how do you setup the Facebook login handler now?
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Hello, I have recently found out that for subscriptions... users are NOT forced to save their credit card information, meaning the subscription is entirely useless. Is there no way to force users purchasing a subscription to save their credit card information... and if they don't force them to purchase another product? I don't mind if they don't save their recurring billing information... but if they don't, I don't want them being a subscriber to me. Please let me know if it is possible to do this.
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Hello. I hope someone in here can provide me with some help. I would like on my forum, when a member creates a topic or replies to one, the text will be in "normal" colour, BUT when a moderator or administrator creates a topic or replies to one, their text would another colour, maybe the same colour as the group colour. Hope you guys can help,
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I think I'm going nuts here I used the free demo to create a small section of my forum plan to see how I liked it, and I did, but now I guess now I paid for it a lot of the 'options' are not available and I cannot figure out why. When I make a new folder or section within a folder, I no longer have the option to add a small descriptive image in the description. I realise this is perhaps very basic but it is nevertheless defeating me...
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I must be blind, but where I can find the permission setting for who can feature content and who can't? In particular, I want to give permissions to a group to feature images from gallery.
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Hi, I'm using Pages to create a simple blog-style homepage for my community site. How can I add a new poll to the homepage using a new database? I couldn't see it as an option when playing with the database field settings. Thanks!
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Hi, the following video pretty much shows the application's behaviour (switching/filtering forums) I am looking for: https://streamable.com/7lx3f I have seen the same on a different IP Board so I assume it's available on the Marketplace or even a built in feature.
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Hi I'd like to give my members a number that they can use when submitting other data to me so that I can eventually match the data with their profile info. Is it possible to show the member_id (the sequential number that is assigned to each new member) as a read-only field in their profile? I tried using the 'member' field but it doesn't seem to show anything. What am I doing wrong? Thanks!
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Is it possible for me to no-index my forum? I see SEO settings, but not the ability to no-index Thanks much!
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Hi all, I looking to integrate a verification method from an external API when registering and also in the profile fields for current registered users. Basic function is that user will enter their api key in the custom profile field or when registering and it will verify them and put them in a special group.
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New guy here. Like, brand spankin' new. I searched the forum, but didn't see an answer. How do I disable "Submit a file" for everyone except mods and admins? Thanks!
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Hope this is the right forum, and I apologize for the length but I feel like I need to explain the context. My inquiry: I'm wondering if anyone in the community has experience with, recommendations for, or an implementation of a global category system in IPS4+. Our site has millions of forum posts, thousands of articles, blogs, and more dating back to 1999. We're currently on IPS3.4 and are in the process of manually upgrading to IPS4 (our techs didn't do very well to encapsulate the major customizations we made to IPS). As part of that switchover we're evaluating how to better organize the information across the site, but one of the keys with this is to st…
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Hi I am trying to post a file that contains a report that is private to a specific user only. Is there an easy way to do that? Thanks!
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I have a member of my forum querying this as he had the joint top number of likes as someone else yet the other member came 1st. It is not alphabetical as his username starts with a D & the gold medal winner starts with an S.
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I would like the browser notifications feature to either be opt-in or disabled completely. I do not want every user's browser to ask for permission to push notifications when they visit the site. Is there a way to disable or otherwise control this feature? I have not seen any options on it.
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Hello, I need to change the CNAME for www.vapingtechtalk.com The current URL for my IPB community is vapingtechtalk.invisionzone.com Is this what I would also use for the cname redirect? Thanks, Phil
Last reply by Mark H, -
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I need to paste a list of one hundred tags in Category Settings / Preset tags but I can not find an effective format. Have you any suggestions? Thank you.
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I'm fairly sure that patches are included in a .1 update (for example, 4.19.1 is likely to be released soon) but I was wondering if the passive approach to updates I am now able to have as a Cloud customer also applies to patches? Can I assume that a patch is included if I update to 4.1.19 right now or do I need to wait for 4.1.19.1?
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is there any way to disable it from every forum page or at least hide it ? I appreciate the notification but I only need to see it once and there is also a reminder on the dashboard in acp
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Hello everybody! This is a dumb question but I was wondering a few things... How do I install a favicon? How do I give my website a Meta Description I know how in HTML but I don't want to mess anything up.
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Hi folks, I'm about to import about 120 members via CSV, but my question is two parts, 1.) will each member get an email prompting them to login and/or set a password 2.) if so can I customize the verbiage in that outgoing email Thanks much!
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