See what members are currently most engaged with in real time in your community by using our new Trending Content feature included in our latest release, 4.7.0.
Our new Trending Content feature, available on our Business & Corporate/Enterprise plans, automatically rounds up a list of engaging topics that are most active in the present moment within your community and proudly displays them fo…
In a digital world with no shortage of places to connect, a beautiful theme will help you stand out from the crowd.
We previously touched on the importance of branded communities, and now we’re unveiling new functionality that will help make your theme more functional: easy access to header and footer tabs within our new simple theme editor.
Invision Community already has a powerful an…
Take control of your community messenger inbox.
Topics, replies and reviews are an incredible way to engage with members in a community, but sometimes a conversation needs to be had in private.
Invision Community's built-in messenger is a powerful system that allows members to privately message another member, or a group of members, directly within your community.
However, allowin…
Invision Community’s forthcoming release includes an exciting new feature available for all.
Announcing the Alert System! 🚨™
The Alert System is a new tool for community managers to communicate with their members. There are times when a community manager needs to bring information to the attention of either a single user, or a group of users; when existing systems such as PMs or warning…
As the Invision Community platform continues to evolve, so do the precarious ploys of pesky bots.
Oftentimes spammers, whether they are bots or actual humans, spam your community with links in an effort to boost their website’s SEO.
There are already a number of ways in the Invision Community platform to fight against spam, including…
Our native Spam Defense built into the pl…
To celebrate Invision Community turning 20-years-old (an eternity in Internet years), I interviewed the company's founding fathers.
Ahh the good ol' days. Remember simpler times?
This new video interview touches on Invision Community's past, present and future thanks to the invaluable insight from @Charles, @Matt and @Lindy.
In our chat together, these gentlemen...
T…
Improving SEO with your community is a hot topic with community managers. Many minor tweaks can move the needle in the right direction, but the most significant changes come with increasing crawl efficiency.
I recently wrote about changes we made to Invision Community to improve crawl efficiency. By removing thin content pages and being laser-focused on what you want to be crawled, you presen…
Since the dawn of the Internet, forums have remained a dominant force on the worldwide web.
Invision Community not only survived the social media boom, we thrived. Our community forum platform is an industry leader and continues to serve thousands of businesses year-round.
If community forums are tried and true, then why is the average Internet user bombarded with pleas to follow a bra…
There’s a fine line between freedom of speech and censorship.
Invision Community always aims to empower community leaders with options to encourage an open dialogue within a community, while including barriers for members who choose to ignore the guidelines.
Invision Community’s latest release, 4.6.11, includes a simple but powerful new feature to help you shape your community’s tone. …
So you’re a small/medium sized business who purchased one of our plans and launched a new community. The topics, replies and views will start to rack up any time now, right? Riiight?!
Perhaps you’re a major brand wanting to give your customers a place to connect, ask questions and get more information, but aren't sure how to inspire them to join.
Maybe you haven’t even pulled the trigger…
Twenty years ago today, Invision Community was founded and within months the first version of Invision Community was released. Little did we know, this would be the start of a remarkable journey spanning several decades.
Our first version appeared shortly after we founded the company. It might be hard to imagine a time before social media and YouTube, but when we started out, the web looked v…
The Invision Community platform is capable of integrating with other powerful services, creating a unified system of connections with the click of a button.
One of the greatest benefits of integrating with Invision Community is instant expanded functionality.
This is often done through an API (application programming interface), which allows our platform to seamlessly communicate wit…
