Features removed from 3.1.4

[I am Freddy G]

Forum Rules Link Removed: Major Headache for Forum Administrators

The biggest problem I see with IPB is going to prove to be a very major headache for those of us who run active forums. Some of you may have already discovered that IPS has removed the "forum rules' link from the top of the forums. This is a major mistake. I'm going to run into major problems when someone tries to look for the forum rules link but cannot find it because some gumby decided to place the link in the footer section, obscured with small font text and with font colors so light that you will skip right over it.

Done

ACP -> Look & Feel -> Global Template -> globalTemplate

Find:

<ul class='ipsList_inline' id='community_app_menu'>

Add Below:

<li id='nav_rules' class='right'>

 	<if test="siteruleslink:|:$this->settings['gl_show'] and $this->settings['gl_title']">

  	<li class='right ipsType_smaller'>

   	<a href='<if test="ruleslink:|:$this->settings['gl_link']">{$this->settings['gl_link']}<else />{parse url="app=forums&amp;module=extras&amp;section=boardrules" base="public"}</if>'><if test="siterulestitle:|:$this->settings['gl_title']">{$this->settings['gl_title']}<else />{$this->lang->words['board_rules']}</if></a>

  	</li>

 	</if>

</li>

Done You now have rules link on top of page :)

[Dreamlander]

Done

Find:

<ul class='ipsList_inline' id='community_app_menu'>

Add Below:

<li id='nav_rules' class='right'>

	<if test="siteruleslink:|:$this->settings['gl_show'] and $this->settings['gl_title']">

  	<li class='right ipsType_smaller'>

   	<a href='<if test="ruleslink:|:$this->settings['gl_link']">{$this->settings['gl_link']}<else />{parse url="app=forums&amp;module=extras&amp;section=boardrules" base="public"}</if>'><if test="siterulestitle:|:$this->settings['gl_title']">{$this->settings['gl_title']}<else />{$this->lang->words['board_rules']}</if></a>

  	</li>

	</if>

</li>

Done You now have rules link on top of page :smile:

Yes and every time we upgrade or install a skin we have to edit the template,think if you have more than 1 edit in templates , it'll be a pain doing this everytime.

[.Ian]

Another removed feature: It is no longer possible to convert categories into forums.

Create a new forum and move and sub-forums to it. Should not affect people too much if it has been removed.

[Jinkler]

Forum Rules Link Removed: Major Headache for Forum Administrators

The biggest problem I see with IPB is going to prove to be a very major headache for those of us who run active forums. Some of you may have already discovered that IPS has removed the "forum rules' link from the top of the forums. This is a major mistake. I'm going to run into major problems when someone tries to look for the forum rules link but cannot find it because some gumby decided to place the link in the footer section, obscured with small font text and with font colors so light that you will skip right over it.

Do you use the FusionMenu? You can just create rules there.

Or edit the template and place some links at the bottom, take a look at my Talkford.com site to see my footer in action.

[Michael]

If it's a pain to have to re-add in a link manually, create a hook for it, or request one be made. Hooks like that are dead simple to create, and will be unaffected by skin changes in minor version upgrades. Hooks are your friends.

[Mark]

Some features may be useless to some, forgive me if I'm wrong but IPS staff only really have experience of running a large forum here?

I forgive you.

[Jinkler]

If it's a pain to have to re-add in a link manually, create a hook for it, or request one be made. Hooks like that are dead simple to create, and will be unaffected by skin changes in minor version upgrades. Hooks are your friends.

To be fair, it's easier to add a link manually than create a hook IMO. I tried creating a basic hook a while back, I could never figure it out. You need to know about classes, and overrides and all this other mumbo-jumbo, which I'm sure is fine if you're a programmer, but if you're like me, a construction engineer by trade (reinforced concrete and steel structures I know loads about!) then it's pretty much all double dutch :D

[Genestoy]

Another item removed - the icon showing that there is an image/photo that was uploaded into that topic - for us that have large numbers of photos that is a problem!

[Michael]

To be fair, it's easier to add a link manually than create a hook IMO. I tried creating a basic hook a while back, I could never figure it out. You need to know about classes, and overrides and all this other mumbo-jumbo, which I'm sure is fine if you're a programmer, but if you're like me, a construction engineer by trade (reinforced concrete and steel structures I know loads about!) then it's pretty much all double dutch :D

Fair enough, but there are lots of talented folks out there making hooks that could do this for you if you needed it. People complained about the online/offline indicators in posts and so I made a hook for that and put it in the Marketplace for free. The same could be done for this issue too.

[ZakRhyno]

If it's a pain to have to re-add in a link manually, create a hook for it, or request one be made. Hooks like that are dead simple to create, and will be unaffected by skin changes in minor version upgrades. Hooks are your friends.

Could you right this as a hook Michael so that it near at the top near the envelope?

[Nimdock]

Fair enough, but there are lots of talented folks out there making hooks that could do this for you if you needed it. People complained about the online/offline indicators in posts and so I made a hook for that and put it in the Marketplace for free. The same could be done for this issue too.

You know IPB so well you can create hooks in minutes. :P

[Michael]

What exactly should the hook do? Take the link to the rules which now shows up in the page footer and move it to the top, so it only appears up there? Where exactly at the top should it go?

[.Ian]

A link manager for 3.2 was posted yesterday - http://community.invisionpower.com/topic/339544-download-bl-32x-link-manager/ might be suitable, not really examined the hook.

[Aisha]

Michael teach us to make hooks. The ips documentation sucks. y;

[Michael]

Michael teach us to make hooks. The ips documentation sucks. y;

Would it help if I did like a blog entry of how I created that online indicator hook?

[♥ Adam ♠]

Did they remove the option to upload photos in post?

Honestly if they did, their only making it harder on the users / members of Invision communities and alienating themselves from the competition (giving the competition an edge over them)

[ZakRhyno]

?do=embed' frameborder='0' data-embedContent>

?do=embed' frameborder='0' data-embedContent>

nope

[Rikki]

Did they remove the option to upload photos in post?

Honestly if they did, their only making it harder on the users / members of Invision communities and alienating themselves from the competition (giving the competition an edge over them)

How do you mean? Attachments? You can still attach files - it's below the post box as normal.

[Michael]

Did they remove the option to upload photos in post?

Honestly if they did, their only making it harder on the users / members of Invision communities and alienating themselves from the competition (giving the competition an edge over them)

No, they didn't remove that. Here's a photo I've uploaded:

[.Ian]

Would it help if I did like a blog entry of how I created that online indicator hook?

Thanks :)

[♥ Adam ♠]

How do you mean? Attachments? You can still attach files - it's below the post box as normal.

OK, I found it.
Was looking for it in Quick Reply. My mistake.

[ZakRhyno]

How to upload attachments to my media? I saw what I already upload by not really how to upload to a post like this. :o :logik:

[Nimdock]

Would it help if I did like a blog entry of how I created that online indicator hook?

Yes. :)

[.Ian]

How to upload attachments to my media? I saw what I already upload by not really how to upload to a post like this. :o :logik:

You can click on 'My Media' to insert items that you have previously uploaded as attachments, gallery image, files etc.

Attachments are uploaded via the 'More Reply Options' button if the forum allows it

[Aisha]

Would it help if I did like a blog entry of how I created that online indicator hook?

Probably