whitetigergrowl Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 Something to think about. Having the profile system like this is a much better enhancement to the current profile system. Look at VB. Look at the current IPB 2.1.7. The standard profile system flat out sucks. Not many people actually visit a persons profile...and many people dont go through the trouble of even doing anything with their profile because it sucks and lets people know the absolute minimum about you. By default there is no reason for anyone to visit your profile. Or any initiative to do so.By doing the profile system this way, it gives people more of an incentive to visit your profile and others profiles and interact with them. For businesses it can add a whole new dimension. As someone stated before, forums are essentially social networking software as it is. This IMO was destined to happen sooner or later. Some people may argue thats what hacks are for. But visit the VB forums. Visit the IPS forums. Whats the one thing people complain about the most? Updates. The frequency of them. Why go through all of the trouble hacking the profile page...then have to do it all over again because an update just came out that was beneficial for security and features. Its tedious. This eliminates that.While I may not be too fond of the new pricing structure, thats a rather small thing. IPB 2.2 rocks. Plain and simple. I support it 100%. It shows the innovation that IPS is known for. Watch which forum software does something similar next. ;) Thumbs up to Matt and everyone else for an awesome product. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooltad Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 The new profile portal is great. You know what would be awsome? Friendly URL! Like the blogs :)What the heck, you may as well integrate the blog, gallery and profile into one. They would still be paid components of course, just that they would be unified. That would be sleek! Something to think about for the future I guess! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith J. Kacin Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 What the heck, you may as well integrate the blog, gallery and profile into one. They would still be paid components of course, just that they would be unified. That would be sleek! Something to think about for the future I guess!They are basically all integrated.If you have Gallery installed, your last 6 Images will show, and if you have Blog installed, your last 5 Entries will show. There is a tab for each one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooltad Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 Yes it's great the way it is now, just wondering what it would be like if it was all integrated so for example www.invisionpower.com/forums/blogs would not exist, simply it would be something like www.forum.com/forums/myProfile with the profile, gallery and blog basically acting as one component, if that makes sense. Not sure if this would be a good idea though as it might make things too cramped! just a a thought though, I don't know how practical it would be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cam drysdale Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 ^ thatd suck so badi use gallery for artwork and stuff, if people ha dto go my profile to view it, itd be a pain in the arsebut man how corporate is IPB 2.2 now, i dont think itd work well with small sites its just too powerful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooltad Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 ^ thatd suck so badi use gallery for artwork and stuff, if people ha dto go my profile to view it, itd be a pain in the arsebut man how corporate is IPB 2.2 now, i dont think itd work well with small sites its just too powerfulIt could be less of a profile page and more of a personal page. Like myspace :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Management Matt Posted September 20, 2006 Management Share Posted September 20, 2006 Too powerful? I like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey_M Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 It is very corporate; it's priced accordingly too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 Too powerful? I like that.Makes 3.0 an easy release! Just remove a few features and say you were doin' it for the little guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Cameron Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 Too powerful? I like that.Too powerful at 2.2? What might it be at 3.0? (w00t) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooltad Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 invisionpowerboard. It's all about the power baby! Keep it comming! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cherrymenthol Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 The only thing that's a bit annoying, is in the profile page, when you set your DOB, once you select an option, the editor closes off; you have to keep going into it which could get annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Cameron Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 Why was it initally named Invision Power Board? Obviously Invision is the company and Board becuase of bulletin board software, but where'd Power come from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 I'd imagine because Invision Services doesn't sound as good. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooltad Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 Why was it initally named Invision Power Board? Obviously Invision is the company and Board becuase of bulletin board software, but where'd Power come from?The company is called Invision Power Services Incorporated, check the bottom of the page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Cameron Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 The company is called Invision Power Services Incorporated, check the bottom of the page.Oh...yeah, that would make sense. Apparently I can't watch a presentation and make senseful posts simultaneously. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kman_ Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 The profile page is cool, but I think you need to add privacy controls.I'd imagine because Invision Services doesn't sound as good.Invision is another company (http://www.invision.com) so they have to use Invision Power to differentiate themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillz Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 I love the way it bring a much more community feel to the forum. In all honesty it has encouraged me to become slightly more active that I previously have been. As long as we don't allow for music and CSS editing, long live IPBspace ;) :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NTGforum Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 Hello a little a question about the new Profil !the block My Blog / My Gallery is components module ? (a new folder components_profil to add our block ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 They're added in components_public/profile/ and yes, you can make your own. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Management Charles Posted September 20, 2006 Management Share Posted September 20, 2006 The only thing that's a bit annoying, is in the profile page, when you set your DOB, once you select an option, the editor closes off; you have to keep going into it which could get annoying.Does your date of birth change that often? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Κeith Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 bahahahahahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NTGforum Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 They're added in components_public/profile/ and yes, you can make your own. :)Good news :)Thanks !(http://forums.invisionpower.com/sources/composant_public/profile/ no work... :devil: ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elj Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 Does your date of birth change that often?:lol:I really like the new profile view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 Good news :)Thanks !(http://forums.invisionpower.com/sources/composant_public/profile/ no work... :devil: )No, but http://forums.invisionpower.com/sources/components_public/profile/ does. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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