Hi there.

I've been sticking my head in the sand regarding upgrading to V5 but with the 31st December deadline looming, it's something I know I need to take care of.

We are currently using a custom login handler and apparently that is no longer supported in version 5. We paid someone years ago to build that custom login handler so that we could plug our Invision community into our existing app infrastructure. This is obviously going to break when we upgrade.

I am not techie at all. And our community is even less techy than I am. Any suggestions or ideas on how we can do this without breaking our existing forum functionality and ease of sign-on between the two different platforms? I'm all ears. I have no idea where to start.

Regards,

Brad

Edited September 10Sep 10 by Brad Brown

The honest answer, is you cant without getting it redeveloped. It simply wont work on version 5, as the way of creating applications for version 5 is completely different. So you will need a developer to recreate your login handler there.

That's what I feared, Marc. Thanks for the response though. Are there developer docs available that document how it needs to be done?

Hi @Brad Brown

I am unsure how long Invision has provided Zapier integration (perhaps post-dates development of your app), but just maybe you could replicate your login handler using that. (Though, there are monthly fees associated with using Zapier.)

Maybe check out Zapier and see if provides the login handler integration(s) you need.

https://zapier.com/pricing

I believe we may have written your handler? It would be worth reaching out to sales to see what we can do for you there too.

@Brad Brown I've passed this on to our Sales department, they'll be in-touch via email.

Dec 31st deadline? Does that mean v4 is EOL at that point? No more security updates?

3 minutes ago, My Sharona said:

Dec 31st deadline? Does that mean v4 is EOL at that point? No more security updates?

Yes, exactly. No more support or releases at that point for version 4.

11 hours ago, My Sharona said:

Dec 31st deadline? Does that mean v4 is EOL at that point? No more security updates?

You can read more here if needed, but indeed this was announced back in April

Thank you, gentlemen. It is not really a concern for me as both my sites are running v5, but I do know others who may not know, hence my query.

7 minutes ago, My Sharona said:

Thank you, gentlemen. It is not really a concern for me as both my sites are running v5, but I do know others who may not know, hence my query.

Not a problem. We're here to answer those :)