There is a lot to be excited about with PHP7 - the performance gains are significant and we are eagerly awaiting mainstream adoption. With that said, IPS4 utilizes several third party libraries to provide functionality across the suite -- one of these libraries is HTMLPurifier. The developers of that library are not yet supporting PHP7 and are specifically recommending PHP5. While we have resolved…
We are releasing a patch for IP.Board 3.4.x and IP.Gallery 5.x to address a potential cross-site scripting (XSS) issue. It has been brought to our attention that specifically crafted posted content followed by specific user actions can cause a scenario where untrusted javascript can execute. A patch is being released to address this potential issue. This download also includes a patch for a…
The adoption rate of IPS4 has far surpassed our initial expectations. In response to this as well as client feedback, we are refocusing more internal resources on supporting and solidifying the IPS4 platform. As such, we are revising our product cycle dates for IP.Board (3.4.x) as follows:
March 1, 2016 - End of advanced technical support and development. Basic / limited technical support wi…
IPS is pleased to offer a 15% discount from now through December 4, 2015 (11:59PM Eastern.) This offer extends to all self-hosted software licenses as well Community in the Cloud packages. Whether you've been wanting to add a new component to your current IPS Community Suite license, have been waiting for the right opportunity to renew your license or are considering IPS for the first time, simply…
IPS is seeking knowledgeable and industrious individuals to join its support team as product specialists.
Successful applicants will be responsible for answering general support tickets, including providing customers with information, troubleshooting problems and performing maintenance. You would be expected, where appropriate, to interact with other technicians and developers to resolve issue…
Version 4.1 of IPS Community Suite is nearly ready for its supported release. We have fixed hundreds of issues leftover from the 4.0 versions, introduced dozens of new features, and made the system run much faster.
Check out the release notes and preview blogs for more information.
When you upgrade from version 4.0 to 4.1 there are a few things to know and we will touch on the big points…
We have had IPS Community Suite 4.1 running on our own community site for several weeks now and are very happy with how it's taking shape. All the feedback has been very helpful and we have made many refinements to the new features and are looking forward to seeing what everyone does with them.
The first two public betas have gone very well with no major bugs - just the normal sort of issues …
We are thrilled with the response to the latest generation of our community platform, IPS4 and hope you have been following the exciting progress and enhancements with IPS4.1.
I’d like to take this opportunity to highlight IPS’ Community in the Cloud service. IPS provides hosted/cloud service to thousands of communities and because we built the software and we limit our service exclusiv…
We have made a huge upgrade to our editor in IPS Community Suite 4.1 with a focus on speed an usability. I made a video overview of the new editor to point out some of the key changes. Before viewing, here are the release notes about the editor for your reference:
Uses div-mode which is much faster and more reliable. Clicking into the editor is now pretty much instant.
Auto-linking an…
The two largest changes in IPS Community Suite 4.1 are the new Menu Manager and Activity Streams. I will do a quick overview of what we were thinking with designing each one and show a nice video to summarize.
I made a video to quickly go over the new Activity Streams and also a bit on the new Menu Manager. I hope you will see just how powerful and flexible they are. You can do everything you…
The next major release for IPS Community Suite 4 is now in the final stages of development. We have added dozens of new features, enhancements to existing features, fixed the majority of 4.0 bugs (bug tracker will be updated soon), and made large performance gains. You can see the full list of items changed in our Release Notes section. Here we will review some of the larger changes and why we did…
Much like last month, August has been all about performance and stability. We are happy to report that most clients are telling us things are running well and we are getting caught up on our support volume. It's nice to be back to much better response times to your questions! So nothing too exciting to report for August but really necessary work being done. That's August... but then there's Septem…
08-07-2015 We are releasing a patch for IP.Board 3.3.x and 3.4.x to address a potential cross-site scripting (XSS) issue, and we are releasing a patch for IP.Nexus 1.5.9 to address an issue where license keys may be exposed to unauthorized users. The IP.Nexus patch also includes an updated SagePay payment gateway, required for all users that use Sagepay integration as of July 31, 2015, as well as …
Everyone at IPS has been working hard to continue development on our new IPS Community Suite 4 platform. We have been getting great feedback from clients and are looking forward to implementing your ideas as we keep moving forward.
Most of July was spent with a focus on stability of version 4.0. As with any new platform there is a lot to learn and address once it gets out into real world use. Sta…
This is the first in a series of monthly blogs IPS will be posting to keep you up to date on what is happening. Just in case you missed it!
New Web Site
We launched our new web site featuring IPS Community Suite 4! Featuring our newest technology has been great for new and old clients alike. Our demo system is now using IPS Community Suite 4 as well so feel free to sign up and give it a try.
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You can now purchase IPS Community Suite 4 or, if you are an existing license holder of IP.Board, you can download the upgrade as part of your license! Be sure to read this important information if you are upgrading from IP.Board 3.
IPS Community in the Cloud clients can simply submit a support request when you are ready to upgrade and we will take care of it for you.
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IP.Board 3.4.8 is now available in the client area
This is a maintenance release to consolidate security updates released since 3.4.7, release additional security updates, and fix some minor bugs impacting many clients. We recommend you upgrade to ensure you have all security updates in place.
You can download in the client area and upgrade as normal.
Support Notes
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04-30-2015 We are releasing a patch for IP.Board 3.3.x and 3.4.x to address three cross-site scripting (XSS) issues. It has been brought to our attention that specifically crafted URLs may allow an attacker to adjust another user's ignored user preferences and private message options. To apply the patch Simply download the attached zip for your IP.Board version and upload the files to your foru…
03-20-2015 We are releasing a patch for IP.Board 3.3.x and 3.4.x to address an SQL injection issue. It has been brought to our attention that specifically crafted URLs may allow an attacker to trigger an SQL error with specific configurations. To apply the patch Simply download the attached zip for your IP.Board version and upload the files to your forum server. IP.Board 3.4.x: patch312201…
We are releasing a patch for IP.Board 3.3.x and 3.4.x to address two CSRF issues and one XSS issue. It has been brought to our attention that a cross site request forgery issue exists with gravatar images that can allow a potential attacker to cause a user to store a gravatar profile photo that was not desired. Further, during internal reviews of the issue we discovered another CSRF issue that c…
Release Candidate of IPS Community Suite 4.0.0 now Available This means we have left the beta stage where things are unsupported and known to be broken and enter the period between that and final. The Release Candidate phase allows us to partially support the Suite without committing our full resources to it. This step also means that there will still be some bugs in the system but they should not…
We are happy to release the sixth beta of IPS Community Suite 4.0! IPS welcomes any clients who enjoy testing beta software to participate and post bugs in our bug tracker. These beta releases help us to provide a more stable final release and the more people who participate in testing the better it is for all. This release makes available: Forums Blog Gallery Downloads Calendar Commerce Pages…
We are happy to release the fifth beta of IPS Community Suite 4.0! IPS welcomes any clients who enjoy testing beta software to participate and post bugs in our bug tracker. These beta releases help us to provide a more stable final release and the more people who participate in testing the better it is for all. This release makes available: Forums Blog Gallery Downloads Calendar Commerce Pages…
We are releasing patches for IP.Board 3.3.x and IP.Board 3.4.x to address a security issue recently reported to us. It has been brought to our attention that a cross-site scripting issue exists within the messenger in IP.Board. We are releasing a patch today that addresses this issue. 3.4.7: patch12_5_2014.zip 3.3.4: patch12_5_2014 - 3.3.x.zip We would like to thank Matthias Ungethüm (…
