As a potential buyer for some of the IPS products, I am interested not only in the products themselves, but also in the quality of helpful resources available. When I evaluate a new product, one of the first places I'm going to is the resources area. I want to know how can I modify the product, how can I expand it, what are the options available and how helpful and knowledgeable is the community.

Unfortunately the IPS Resources forums are only available to customers (I can only view the topic list). I have many questions and ideas which are probably already answered and discussed there. I think you're doing yourselves a disservice by keeping those forums closed for potential buyers.

Even if you are not a customer you can view the official documentation and the mods available here: http://community.invisionpower.com/index.php?app=ccs

Official documentation is lacking, especially for IP.Content which I am most interested in. I see lots of things I am interested in being discussed in the IPS Resources forum, which I cannot read.

IP.Content is very new, which is the reason for the lack of documentation. I've been slowly adding articles at the rate of about 1 every other day for the last week or two. Over time it will certainly build as long as I can keep it up. :)

if i had more access (pre-sales) I wouldn't probably have waited over a week sitting on the fence - i could have seen different content and would have helped me make decision - quicker. Now that I am a member I don't see the harm in granting full access even to products that I don't have - as they may be something i want to add in the future so it would help in the long run making a decision fully informed.

my 2¢