We're pleased to say that Invision Community 5.0.0 is now available to all customers.

It's been a long journey, but we are now ready to support v5 as our primary release and offer our thanks to all of those who been involved in our beta testing program.

What does this mean?

We are currently in the soft release phase to help us manage the influx of feedback from those choosing to upgrade. We also have some new documentation to finish, and some website changes to make. If you're unsure what new features v5 brings, you can check out our "What's new in v5" page.

Can I still use v4?

Absolutely! And we would encourage you to plan your upgrade carefully. Version 5 is not a normal upgrade, it's a brand new platform with many significant changes including how themes are created, how widgets and blocks are managed and it comes with a brand new editor.

We still be supporting v4 for quite some time with important bug fixes and security updates.

What does the upgrade from v4 look like?

It's important to know that any custom themes, applications and plug-ins will not work on version 5. These items are not deleted, but they are disabled. You will need to recreate any custom themes, and contact the authors of any third-party applications to see if they have updated versions ready to use.

Upgrading for Invision Community Cloud Customers

You will see a new section in your client area. Clicking "Request Upgrade" will show you some very important information which you should ready carefully and review before continuing with the upgrade. Please note that you need to be on the latest version of Invision Community 4 before you can upgrade to v5.

Upgrading for Invision Community Classic Customers

Those who host their Invision Community remotely will see a new button when managing your purchase.

What's next?

Invision Community 5 is the very beginning of our brand new platform and we can't wait to start evolving the new features set to better serve your community needs. Please post your feedback in the feedback forum.

Let us know what you think!

CONGRATULATIONS on the release!!!! 🎉 And thanks for allowing me to be a part of this journey!

 

Is there any benefit to deleting themes before versus after? Or is deleting them via the ACP after not possible (i.e. they are removed from the ACP)?

It is not a problem to delete them after the upgrade.

The problems that make a hasty upgrade pointless, at least for me, are the malfunctioning of database pages - not a single page of mine is visualized in the front end. All articles are visible in ACP, but that's it. Whatever settings I tried - to no avail.

A newly created database page is OK.

Otherwise yes - the 4.7.20 -> 5.0 upgrade went smoothly and without any remarks.

I spent 3 hours today trying to visualize pages - but no and no. For now I gave up and restored a backup to 4.7.20

Apparently I need to build my entire site on the test site like this, with all pages and blocks, before my next upgrade attempt.

I had created blocks in 4.7.20, an exact copy of the ones I am testing with on the test site. After the upgrade I easily created the same home page.

That is. In my opinion, a long preparation is required before an upgrade (otherwise it's a huge headache... and frustration).

 

Congratulations to the Invision Team!

With 5.0 we are going to start evaluating hosting our entire site on 5.0, removing WordPress and a need for any type of bridge - this would be amazing if possible!

I made this move a couple years ago to keep things integrated - some SEO wobbles (which is to be expected) as it took a while for Google to stop looking at my old Wordpress instance in favour of my Invision Pages app but once that was done it was plain sailing. Genuinely haven't looked back since. :)

Is there only ONE view for board index?

Version 4 has 3 different views....

IF there are other views, how do you change the view? (Could not find the buttons or links)

Edited February 11Feb 11 by media

 

I'm sorry for any confusion, however, we haven't performed upgrades on Classic/self-hosted in years... perhaps a decade. It's fairly straightforward -- simply download, upload and run /admin/upgrade. Or, we would be happy to help migrate you to cloud. 😉

@Lindy I am ready to move to the cloud and was told with only a "Beginner" plan (that's all I need) there would be a $250 charge to migrate. Since I've self-hosted and looked after all my needs since the dinosaurs were roaming, I'm happy to give you $588 per year for the beginner plan which is considerably more than the $80 I was paying per year; however, paying a one-time $250 charge to migrate, which is something I could do myself, is bit of a deal breaker.

Thoughts?

 

@Lindy I am ready to move to the cloud and was told with only a "Beginner" plan (that's all I need) there would be a $250 charge to migrate. Since I've self-hosted and looked after all my needs since the dinosaurs were roaming, I'm happy to give you $588 per year for the beginner plan which is considerably more than the $80 I was paying per year; however, paying a one-time $250 charge to migrate, which is something I could do myself, is bit of a deal breaker.

Thoughts?

Relatively speaking, that is a very cost effective price point for a migration. They are providing a service for you where the responsibility of uptime etc will fall on them. $250 is a chunk of change, I get it, but in the long run you will be making a smart investment for yourself and your community. Just my unsolicited two cents :)

Guys, you're all missing the point...

The Switch to Cloud page says the migration is free but then he was asked for a $250 fee: https://invisioncommunity.com/services/switch-to-invision/

Edited Saturday at 07:00 PM5 days by teraßyte

 

Guys, you're all missing the point...

Just out of curiosity, who is missing the point?

Edited Saturday at 07:49 PM5 days by Miss_B