Hump Day: Sneak Peek at Achievements

[Jordan Miller]

Happy Hump Day my Invision Community fam! 

 

Invision Community Achievements:

We wanted to kick off this special post with a preview of Achievements. It's Invision Community's take on gamification with our powerful platform. It's something we're really excited to rollout this year (which does not = December 31st lol). 

We don't want to give away too much about it yet, but feel free to weigh in/ask questions 🙂 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fix dump:

Here's what we accomplished in the past week (new changes since last Wednesday's Hump Day post):

- Fixed broken 3rd party ACP permissions on Cloud.
- Added a new Spam Defense option to allow registration but require moderator approval of all new posts.
- Fixed an issue where HTML logic of a page may be stored in the search index.
- Fixed chunk uploading when using Amazon S3 with some S3-compatible providers.
- Renewal invoice warning emails will now show tax included, if applicable.
- Fixed an issue with Member Filters happening when members where filtered by subscriptions and purchases.
- Fixed messenger link still displaying on profiles on mobile devices if the user does not have permission to access the messenger module.
- Fixed an issue converting some types of SMF profile photos.
- Fixed an issue where the width of the layout would stretch, caused by long strings of content.
- Fixed an issue where Member Sync onEmailChange may be called before validation when changing email via validating screen.
- Fixed a typo when flagging a member as a spammer.
- Fixed an issue where the DeleteImageProxyFiles task would never finish or not update its progress appropriately .
- Fixed an issue with the REST API where a GET request to records with a category parameter would result in a DB error.

Important Method Changes:
- Added a `$seperator` parameter to `\IPS\CustomField::displayValues` which can be used to define a custom seperator when displaying multiple values .
- Updated method signature for `\IPS\Node\Model::getLastCommentTime()`.
- Added a `$count` parameter to `\IPS\Content::definiteArticle/_definiteArticle()`. If an integer is passed, a pluralized phrase will be used, if available. You should add pluralized strings for any `__defart_*` strings you've already created. The key should be in the format `__defart_*_plural`.

 

Invision Community Live Streams

We've also been discussing doing some live Q&As and webinars for you all to participate in. It would give you the opportunity to ask questions in a live setting and visibly see us respond. Does that sound like something you'd be interested in? Before we dive too far into that rabbit hole, we wanted to gauge your reaction and see if you'd like that. Please reply and let us know what you think and also what times would be good for you! 🙏 

 

And in case you missed it...

 

[Morrigan]

Oh god I hope this will replace the current reputation ranking system as that looks baller as heck and I don't use the word baller lightly.

[Miss_B]

This looks really neat. I think it will give a huge boost to the activity/participation in the forums. Great job like always guys. 

[Jordan Miller]

One more teaser 😉 

[Claudia999]

39 minutes ago, Jordan Invision said:

We've also been discussing doing some live Q&As and webinars for you all to participate in. It would give you the opportunity to ask questions in a live setting and visibly see us respond. Does that sound like something you'd be interested in? Please let us know what you think and also what times would be good for you!

I'm very interested. A good time would be when the Apple's keynotes usually start - then we can watch it in Europe too (and if we fall asleep in front of the webcam, your ideas weren't so cool or the webinar was too long).

[Jordan Miller]

9 minutes ago, Morrigan said:

Oh god I hope this will replace the current reputation ranking system as that looks baller as heck and I don't use the word baller lightly.

I think you are going to love it 😁

[Jordan Miller]

16 minutes ago, Miss_B said:

This looks really neat. I think it will give a huge boost to the activity/participation in the forums. Great job like always guys. 

Appreciate the kind words. 🥲 It's going to be a game-changer!

[Miss_B]

1 minute ago, Jordan Invision said:

Appreciate the kind words. 🥲 It's going to be a game-changer!

Oh yes, definitely. You guys keep revolutionizing your product and make it more and more awesome. 4.5. is already much more superior than any other forum platform out there imo, but 4.6. will leave the competition so far in the dust, that they won''t be visible in the rear view at all 😄 

All I can say is thank you to all the Team members for their hard work and keep it up. You guys are amazing. :)

[Jordan Miller]

26 minutes ago, Claudia999 said:

I'm very interested. A good time would be when the Apple's keynotes usually start - then we can watch it in Europe too (and if we fall asleep in front of the webcam, your ideas weren't so cool or the webinar was too long).

Sweet! I believe the live stream will be available to watch after-the-fact in case you or anyone misses it. They def won't be snoozible I can assure you that! But make sure to get a full 8-hours the night before we do it 😆 

[Charles]

Jordan wanted to make Achievements cloud-only but I said no.

[Matt]

11 minutes ago, Charles said:

Jordan wanted to make Achievements cloud-only but I said no.

Things that never happened for $100. 😂

[Morrigan]

I love the look of the new hover card too! Super sexy. Good job @Rikki

[CoffeeCake]

I'd like to learn more about these "defart" strings.

[Jordan Miller]

6 minutes ago, CoffeeCake said:

I'd like to learn more about these "defart" strings.

Hahahaha. Just so everyone knows it stands for definite article, but defart is kinda iconic now. 

[jair101]

Any further details how points can be obtained? Is it going to be through regular content creation - i.e. number of posts, articles, images, etc.? Or it will be more flexible, for example based on where the topic is located (post in professional category might be worth more than one in humor section), or based on word count or number of attachments? Even better if we can set the weight of points ourselves 🙂

[Rikki]

13 minutes ago, jair101 said:

Any further details how points can be obtained? Is it going to be through regular content creation - i.e. number of posts, articles, images, etc.? Or it will be more flexible, for example based on where the topic is located (post in professional category might be worth more than one in humor section), or based on word count or number of attachments? Even better if we can set the weight of points ourselves 🙂

There'll be more details soon, but it's very flexible. We have over 15 different rules built-in right now, for common actions across the community. Most can be limited by quantity and/or location.

Here's a look at configuring a "Award points when a user posts 1000 topics" rule:

 

Some rules can award different users too - for example, we have an action that fires when someone votes on a poll, but you can choose to award the voter and/or the poll author. I think this sort of flexibility will open up some really interesting engagement possibilities!

[Matt]

It's worth mentioning that the location filter (Topic) and the milestone filter (1000th post) are optional, so you can reward people N points every single time they post.

It's up to you.

[Jordan Miller]

9 minutes ago, Rikki said:

There'll be more details soon, but it's very flexible. We have over 15 different rules built-in right now, for common actions across the community. Most can be limited by quantity and/or location.

Here's a look at configuring a "Award points when a user posts 1000 topics" rule:

That looks sooo good! I'm excited.

[Davyc]

I can see people fighting for points when this baby goes live.

[jair101]

Looks awesome 🙂 Are we going to be able to award users retroactively or all users will start from 0 once the system is enabled? Ditto for if/when new achievement rules are added later?

[Jordan Miller]

4 minutes ago, jair101 said:

Looks awesome 🙂 Are we going to be able to award users retroactively or all users will start from 0 once the system is enabled? Ditto for if/when new achievement rules are added later?

I'm wondering if it'd be best that everyone starts from 0 🙂

[Real Mythotical]

I'm excited for 4.6 now, you guys are doing great. From the screenshots I take it we can make our own rules but are we limited to specifics in the dropdown or can developers expand on it further? To answer you about the Q&A and webinars, the best time is around 3 PM CST for me. If I have to catch it earlier no biggie.

[AlexWebsites]

Looks great, will there be any rewards ability/integrated?  Specifically with commerce.

• Reach a points achievement, receive some $$, gift card, credit, other monetary value.
• Reach a points achievement, receive a free subscription or product. If already subscribed, receive credit.
• Reach a points achievement, receive a move to a designated user group.

Just some ideas in my head at the moment for self-hosted customers... j/k 🤣

 

[Rikki]

4 minutes ago, Real Mythotical said:

I'm excited for 4.6 now, you guys are doing great.

We aren't sure if this will make it into 4.6 or be a later release, but it shouldn't be too long until it's available in any case 🙂 

[Real Mythotical]

3 minutes ago, Rikki said:

We aren't sure if this will make it into 4.6 or be a later release, but it shouldn't be too long until it's available in any case 🙂 

That's ok, I'm a patient man. Good things always come to those who wait.