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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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I want to do a Pages database, but where each user has permissions to add only one record. Is this achieavable? Basically my idea is to have something similar to the custom profile fields, but to use more advanced visualization I want the flexibility of pages database. But I have no idea how to limit the amount of records each user has to 1...
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Hey guys, I would like to set member titles as an image that is only for selected groups, this is to show a sponsors title basically, is this possible? Thanks
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I'm trying to format some more or less big tables in the CMS. I didn't find any nice CK-Plugins, just simple plain tables. What I found is http://russellgoldenberg.github.io/responsive-table-generator/ Produces pretty nice responsive tables, but when I paste it in the editor and submit it, it's just a plain non-responsive table again. (Didn't change colors in the sample.) Does anyone have a good solution for content tables? Be it a plugin or an external tool or a solution why my posted table isn't very pretty.
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Fresh install of 4.1.18.2 (yesterday - now crawling with members) Can not get signatures to work right (Testing on myself only as well as standard members) Signatures are enabled both for the group, as well as in profile>profile settings. Have turned off all my plug ins (None of which should affect signatures) Have cleared my cache (post disabling plugins) Only thing not standard running atm is iawards not sure if that would affect signatures? Admins and all levels of moderators can however can access the signature editing portion on profiles of every other member including other mods/admins (so they are suppose to be worki…
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IN ACP there is a setting for choosing an analytics provider, mine is set to "none" yet Ghostery give a tracker warning for Google Analytics in my brower how can this be removed please ?, I have no wish to use googles service and don't appreciate a browser warning telling me google tracker has been blocked it shouldn't have needed to be blocked because it shouldn't be there in the first place
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How can I edit the registration page to hide some things? I want to remove the form and have the sign in with steam button take it's place.
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With IP.commerce and downloads, you can earn money as a file submitter. My question is: is there any official receipt generated when anybody requests a payout and money is transferred? I would need a receipt that is valid for tax authorities: receipt requires a special title (maybe translation via language DB could help) receipt requires a unique, chronologically created receipt number adress of money receiver and sender date some special text about the payment maybe integration of tax numbers
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I once thought there was an option or Modification to send out a PM to all members or groups, is it still there or .. ? Need it. Thanks in advance!
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