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Is there was way in htaccess maybe to strip/hide the database numbers of forums? Example: https://invisionpower.com/forums/forum/505-product-guidance/ becomes: https://invisionpower.com/forums/forum/product-guidance/ It does not work in Friendly URLs, it still needs the ID. Figured something in htaccess could strip or hide it. Thanks
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Hello, I would like the order that my subforms are listed to be linked to which forum has the most recent post/topic. Is this currently possible? Just be clear, I'm happy with my main forum structure, but in some of the sections I would like the subforms to be linked to recent post order in the same way that topics are. Thanks. Ben
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Hi! I am unable to find a way to follow an entire forum or subforum category. If I go to https://invisionpower.com/followed/?type=forums_forum&change_section=1 I can see that seems to be possible to follow a forum but how I can do it???
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if new download version can be deleted? --- i've ask more time ago via bug report, reply is to click on release to delete, and click on remove. but this, instead to remove only specific release, remove entire download from database. do exist any way to remove only specific version of one file in download? - atm i've this, cause my mistake: how i can clean just one without remove all? thanks...
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Hi, I have a topic, and a bunch of replies I made in my forum with my admin account. Am I able to change the author of those posts (from 'Admin' to 'Ben') Thanks,
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This is in regards to Pages. Let's assume a website with a homepage, news articles and review articles. The goal is for the home page to show a mix of news and reviews in order of publication, and news to be browsable at http://www.example.com/news and reviews at http://www.example.com/reviews. When I say "mix", I mean that a plain list (or array) of recent articles could contain any number of news (N) articles and review (R) articles, in any order, e.g. "NRRNRNRRNNRNNRRNN". Using a single database called "articles" for both types of articles (not a problem as such, fields are the same) and categories for news and reviews, I get for example http://www.examp…
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Seeing how IPS opted not to have a lightbox (image carrousel) on mobile view with IP.Content and IP.Board, I am wondering if after purchasing and installing IP.Gallery, I will now have the capability to see multiple images within a database article/record and/or forum post displayed as a carrousel while on mobile view. IP.Gallery does display images using lightbox while on mobile view. If this would work with IP.Content and IP.Board as well, then I would go ahead and purchase IP.Gallery.
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Hi, i've used an Advertisement by ad key in template, and i need to make a random image in this, same url. i've try to make another ad with same link and different image, but how i can put randon php code with {advertisement="key"} in template? something like this: {{ rand(0, 1) ? '{advertisement="key1"}' : '{advertisement="key2"}'; }} (untested - just idea...) - i need equivalent in php for ipb: {advertisement="key"}
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Hello ! I used Nexus along with Paypal in order to allow my board's members to pay a small subscription (amount of money) to a non-profit organisation, so that we can pay for my board's server, licences, etc. Once they had paid, the members were automatically placed in a special group and thus were given access to downloads areas where they could download files created only for them (and which helps them in their work). Since I upgraded to IPB version 4 recently, all this is no longer working. I've checked the Commerce application : - In "Products", I still have my subscription. - In "Payment settings", then in "Payment Methods", I edited "Paypal" …
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Hello, We are about to change webhost and for I has some questions regarding license, changes and even content. We got two domains, One assigned to the new website, which I am going to use while I test the transfer, while still keeping the original website alive. Once I know everything works I am going to make the "big" move and move the site altogether.. 1. How do I change license on a site, for example I am going to make a copy and have it run a test license just to check that the moving is working. But if I just copy the site right off the bat and then set it up on another domain, it will interfere with the original site yes? 2. Other than …
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How do I remove "Recent Topics' on the sidebar without changing this line: Board Index - board index template - {parse variable="sidebar_disabled" default="$show_side_blocks"} THis way the donation link is still on the right side
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Can we use one of the Font Awesome icons as our website’s favicon? Or, how to create favicons with Font Awesome? There is such a possibility? It is possible that we can use direct awesome font character as favicon without converting into image?
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Yes, I know this has been asked before - I have searched... - and yet, I cannot get a satisfactory answer. Even this official IPS site displays date/time in the UK format of day month year which is puzzling as it is a USA site... I for the life of me cannot get the formatting to flip over to Month, Day, Year. This is supposed to be done automatically. Server locale is en_US.UTF-8 across the board. Server date is set to Chicago. IPS 4 has English USA as the only language pack. I got nothing in the ACP to work with. Is this something that is supposed to be in conf_global? Totally mystified (equally that the official IPS site is this w…
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Hi! My host is really slow, and i want migrate to another with best support and reviews. This, for database, atm use 10.0.24-MariaDB. Someone can confirm if work fine with latest ipb release? Can i simple import my sql-zip file or is necessary some conversion? Thanks in advance, S.N.
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Hello, I've used IP v 3.x in the past and know that in order to get the SEO friendly URLs to look correct, it was best to install the board into a sub-folder. So I would install the software in /forum and then use IP.Content in the root folder and it would display urls the way I wanted them to be displayed. Coming back to IPv4, I've noticed that if I install the board in the root, it will display the url of a page created as http://example.com/index.php?/pagename/ So I guess my question is, is it better for the friendly URLs scheme, if I install the board into a subfolder like I did using IPv3.x or is there a way to fix this currently with IPv4?…
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How do I change the length of time a member is able to edit their posts. At the moment they only seem to have around a day.
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Hi, How do I make a status update? I have seen references to it in various parts of my forum and also in these support areas but i can't find how to actually post a status?
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As the title says, can you add images to polls? Ive tried using img tags etc but it doesn't work. Is there any other way to add them?
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Is there any way to make a image a spoiler? Like so when you click an image it shows other images?
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A few months ago the Bug Tracker was adjusted to use categories, one of which is for archived reports. Those are defined as having been fixed or closed with no response for 15 days or more. The Bug Tracker still has the little HTML block explaining that it's made within Pages without any custom modifications. Is this archiving subject to those conditions an automated process and, if so, how has it been achieved? Or am I imagining it to be far more glamorous than it is and really manual intervention is required?
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Is it possible when using Menu Manager to have the option to link to Store category ? Trying to link to a category of products in my Store (Commerce) but seems unable to unless use 'External link' and enter full url instead of being able to enter {setting='base_url'}store/category/11-ipb-41x-themes/
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I need my Nexus prices to show as “nice” numbers after tax is added, e.g. “$20.00”, “$25.00”, but that isn’t necessarily the case if the price is calculated with two decimal figures of the net price. The typical way around this in other shopping software is either: to switch everything to gross pricing for setting up the prices or to allow more decimal figures, so “21.008 × 19% tax = 25.00” not “24,99” if I have to use “21.00” Does Nexus offer any option to achieve this? I can’t find anything.
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I have not purchased commerce yet but I'm wondering if it's possible to, after purchase of a member group subscription I could send them to a custom page? (This page would then sync that group with my game server)
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I know it's possible, but I'm not smart enough to figure it out. I'm using [HSC]'s topic template tool, and for one application, I would like users to only use the template, and not have the generic text box. How would I go about doing that?
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How do I exclude only one specific thread from "All Activity"-Stream?
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