IPS Nexus

[globex]

What happened to the development of IP Nexus? The official website for it has been removed?

Can I still download the Beta somewhere?

Thanks,
- globex

[Brandon C]

The public beta has not yet been released.

[.Ryan]

Last time I check I submitted a beta tester thing, but I don't think they liked me that much. :homestar: Anyways I hope we get some feedback on it, and the price is reasonable for what its worth. Anyways I forget who's project it was anyways.

[Brandon C]

It was Josh's project.

[globex]

The public beta has not yet been released.

Is there a not-so-public beta out there at all?

- globex

[stobbo]

There is a Private Beta from what I have heard. But only Private Beta Testers can access it :P

As for the forum, it has been hidden until Nexus is publicly released in a public beta.

[globex]

Has there been any recent talk about to indicate when such a beta will be released? A few weeks, a month, several months? Do we know at all?

[Charles]

Yes we talk about it all the time :)

That information is not quite public but we are getting closer. Resources dedicated to getting IP.Board/Blog/Gallery/Downloads/new site/etc. all released last month will soon be refocused so you will start to see a lot more movement on some of the other projects.

[stobbo]

Yes we talk about it all the time :)

That information is not quite public but we are getting closer. Resources dedicated to getting IP.Board/Blog/Gallery/Downloads/new site/etc. all released last month will soon be refocused so you will start to see a lot more movement on some of the other projects.

Can't wait, I probably won't use IP.Dynamic or IP.Nexus but I still am looking forward to there arrival :P

[Cimme]

Yes we talk about it all the time :)

That information is not quite public but we are getting closer. Resources dedicated to getting IP.Board/Blog/Gallery/Downloads/new site/etc. all released last month will soon be refocused so you will start to see a lot more movement on some of the other projects.

Hello Charles,

it might sound hard, but this sort of questions you could stop, just developing a software until public beta and THEN say: "Hey Customers, we've got another Software just for public Beta."

In last year (in germany it's 4:42 in the morning) I heard/read too much: we've got another software in development. I guess you're developing the Community Suite, Dynamic, Nexus and the 'stopped' WebMail.

As I found out, about 5-8 Developers are working on the several projects. Is it possible to have the overview of all projects coming up, released, beta-testing? My worry is, that if all projects are stable and released, that the security wouldn't be as expected (because 6 month developing the Board; release; then 8 month of developing Dynamic; release; 6 month of developing nexus;release. And in this time you have to make security-fixes, bug-fixes for every software) and further version will take extremly long for release. Quite hard I think.

My wish for the next year's: Just keep news like new software as long as possible in your company and do not publish them until they are ready for testing. We'll expect everything, but only parts of that will be in the software you worked on. And this causes customers who would be more polite if they have a working software.

This post does not mean, that I do not want to have IP.Dynamic or IP.Nexus on my Site, but now I wait for a long time to get one license. My WebSite's and Customers can't wait until May or even December to get a new WebSite and Nexus for TTS and FAQ.

Thanks

Cimme

[Mat Barrie]

Cimme, as a side note, they have admitted that they made a mistake announcing their upcoming products too early. That aside, it has been said that IP.Nexus is ready for public beta, but was waiting for IP.Board (at which point, support/documentation/developer resources can be refocused on it). IP.Dynamic is somewhere in the realm of "pretty much complete, but simply too busy to have done any work on it recently" - again, that was IP.Board (remembering that it is their flagship product which already has crudtons of users, so they MUST ensure that it is top quality)

[Cherrymenthol]

I'd agree with the product announcements statement, we were teased about IP.Board 2.2 for over a month in the form of PB's & RC's, all we saw was topics requesting release dates and rumours, it'd be far better if announcements were made "on the spot", make it a surprise, otherwise people just ask the same question time and time again.

[stobbo]

I wouldn't call releasing Betas and RC's teasing us. It is to eliminate bugs.

[Mark]

That would be an awful marketing strategy - if I didn't see IPD on Matt's blog every now and again I would go off and buy a different CMS. Then when Dynamic comes, IPS would've lost a customer.

[Cimme]

I know, that there were announcements, that the news were not posted at the right time.

But remember: Developing another (perhaps usefull) CMS and other (persaps usefull) software will need customers, that can trust a software is at first JUST ANOTHER CMS beside the still existing and perhaps in version 2 or above. The last months were just like: Here dog's a bit of news/movies to eat.
Just feeding a hungry dog with 2 bones with 25 g on each won't be enough to survive a long time.

I'd like to use IP.Board beside IP.Dynamic and IP.Nexus for my website. BUT I decided since nothing's seems to be as close as public beta, that I HAVE to have a website running. And I do not want to make static html-pages just because IP.Dynamic is not finised or in public beta. My boards are running really good and I like the software from IPS.

I think, that IP.Dynamic won't be that ingenious that everybody expects. I hope I'm wrong, but expecting the worst might be better in the fact to be happy about just a litte.

I'll order a license of all I need (cms, forum, nexus), but therefor the software has to be released and sound (and of course be) usefull for my needs :D.

[fisher.digital]

Cimme, as a side note, they have admitted that they made a mistake announcing their upcoming products too early. That aside, it has been said that IP.Nexus is ready for public beta, but was waiting for IP.Board (at which point, support/documentation/developer resources can be refocused on it). IP.Dynamic is somewhere in the realm of "pretty much complete, but simply too busy to have done any work on it recently" - again, that was IP.Board (remembering that it is their flagship product which already has crudtons of users, so they MUST ensure that it is top quality)

Although IPS feel they've announced pipeline products too early, I don't believe it's down to that reason alone that so many customers are asking about release dates. It has been said that Nexus has been in development since early 2005, and Josh and the team have promised us a public beta since late 2005. It just seems there's been mis-communication and lack of development updates between IPS and its customers, and after waiting so long, many of us are so anxious to get our hands on it we feel the need to keep asking.

That would be an awful marketing strategy - if I didn't see IPD on Matt's blog every now and again I would go off and buy a different CMS. Then when Dynamic comes, IPS would've lost a customer.

Ditto. If products such as Nexus and Dynamic weren't announced so early in their development, IPS would be losing a lot of potential customers. I've been awaiting the release of Nexus and following the updates we have received for a long while, and will continue to stick with it until it finally sees the light of day. I just hope it turns out to be such a great product IPS seem to be putting into it.

[Michael P]

Ditto. If products such as Nexus and Dynamic weren't announced so early in their development, IPS would be losing a lot of potential customers. I've been awaiting the release of Nexus and following the updates we have received for a long while, and will continue to stick with it until it finally sees the light of day. I just hope it turns out to be such a great product IPS seem to be putting into it.

Personally I think thats a bad way to go about things. If you have a website that needs a CMS or Billing application, you would use an existing product, not wait for something to be released considering you don't know when it will be released.

[fisher.digital]

Generally, I too would purchase an existing billing solution, but late 2005 when I was first looking for a customer management system, and a public beta of Nexus was on the cards, I thought I'd hold off to see how effective it would be. I liked the idea of using it in connection with Converge too, so new customers would be automatically registered on the forums.

It's taking IPS a while to release this public beta, but as I continue to look forward to what sounds like an excellent product, I might as well wait that little bit longer rather than going with an alternative solution this late in the game.

[mksirel]

I'm gonna dig this thread up and ask - anyone has any clues about Nexus? I can't wait to get my hands on it, if it's ever going to be released. Judging by the screenshots (http://forums.invisionpower.com/index.php?showtopic=200999) it will be the best thing ever to use. As I am currently using WHMAutoPilot 2 to manage my hosting users, I'm right now in the process of deciding, if I should migrate to WHMAP v3 or wait for Nexus. If anyone has a clue, what's happened to Nexus, now's the time to say it loud :P.

[PolakTom101]

I have heard some where around the forums that this is going to be released with IP.Dynamic in their IP.Business Suite.

[maccrazy]

I heard that as well, but over the last year or so I've heard many things about it being just around the corner, so until an official release date is announced it would be wise to work on the assumption it is a long way off. :)

[Lindy]

I'm gonna dig this thread up and ask - anyone has any clues about Nexus? I can't wait to get my hands on it, if it's ever going to be released. Judging by the screenshots (http://forums.invisionpower.com/index.php?showtopic=200999) it will be the best thing ever to use. As I am currently using WHMAutoPilot 2 to manage my hosting users, I'm right now in the process of deciding, if I should migrate to WHMAP v3 or wait for Nexus. If anyone has a clue, what's happened to Nexus, now's the time to say it loud :P.

Thanks for your interest! It's very much alive and in development each and every day. It, along with our business suite on the whole (including IP.Dynamic) has changed course slightly, but we feel the wait will be well worth it. Based on past experiences, we've kept it under wraps and have not released much information as of yet to ensure that it's ready for primetime at time of presentation. A summer (mid) release is expected.

Thanks for your patience and again, although it's been a much longer development cycle that we had anticipated, we feel the changes made to accommodate the latest technologies will be well worth the wait. :)

[Alex]

Thanks for giving us a estimate :) This will truly be a brilliant step for IPS :)

[mksirel]

Thanks Lindy, that was exactly the answer I was looking for :)

[.Ryan]

Gee a summer mid release means probably in September if last minute changes aren't made I am debating whether to use it or go with a free solution or my friends custom developed CMS, but if it integrates with hosting then I should get it... I think information and features should be released so we can give feedback about it, or get a general idea, a possible beta or screenshots would be nice, because if I can't test it then I'm not going to pay for it... and figure out its not something I wanted.

Pricing is another topic :P