As work progresses on the new interface for IP.Board 3.2.0, we can now go into some more detail about the new functionality that's already been added.
I must of course stress that the only screen shots I can show are closely cropped to not reveal too much and please keep in mind that IP.Board 3.2.0 is still very much in development so some details may change before the public reveal. Tagging
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The ability to easily share content within your community is important to your members. If your members submit an image to Gallery, it's quite probable they'll want to include that image in a post at some point, and there needs to be an easy way to do this. Likewise, if your members submit a file to the Download Manager, they may want to link to that file when replying to a blog entry. There ar…
While we aren't quite ready to show off IP.Board 3.2.0 in its entirety yet, I wanted to talk a little about what you can expect from our new front-end skin - our thinking behind development, areas we've focused on, etc. Goals
Before development commenced, we created a list of goals that we aimed to meet. These include:
Improving the experience
We've been accused in the past of having a 'clu…
Parts of this entry may only apply to those who create applications for IP.Board. Feel free to skip the sections that may not interest you.
In my last blog entry I mentioned the improvements we have made for the hooks system, in this new entry I'll talk about the changes we have made for applications. Disabling an Application
When an application is disabled from the ACP a check is performed …
Parts of this entry may only apply to those who create hooks for IP.Board. Feel free to skip the sections that may not interest you.
As mentioned in our previous blog entries about IP.Board 3.2 we are focusing not only on adding new features but also on improving some of the current areas as well. In this entry I'll talk about the changes we made for hooks. Global Caches
Several times it mig…
IP.Board allows you to set "ACP Restrictions" which allow you to restrict which administrators have access to which areas of the Admin CP.
The two main pieces of feedback we hear about the ACP Restrictions system are:
- It should be easy to set up and manage ACP Restrictions, without having to check lots of boxes, but still remaining the high level of control of the current system.
- Admini…
One of the areas we identified as requiring significant update in IP.Board 3.2.0 was the member management process. Member management is, for most communities, the most frequently-executed task that happens in the AdminCP, so it is important the process is quick and easy.
In previous 3.x releases, each different type of member (normal, banned, validating etc.) had a separate page from which you …
Of all the features we receive feedback on, view new content receives the most. To many this is their primary browsing page and it's vital that it works accurately. We've had database level topic tracking for many years. It was introduced in 2.0 and has gone through many refinements for efficiency and accuracy.
We rewrote the system in IP.Board 3.0.0 as a global framework that all applications c…
In our last Calendar-specific blog entry for this upcoming IP.Board 3.2 update I wanted to discuss the last big change you should expect to see: support for importing and exporting events to and from your calendar using the universally-supported iCalendar specification.
The iCalendar specification is a universal format that many applications (such as Microsoft Outlook, Google Calendar, and iCal …
In IP.Board 3.0.0 we added a reputation system. This allowed your members to "up-vote" and "down-vote" a post's "reputation". This not only allows you to quickly identify "valued" replies but you can also elect to filter out replies below a certain threshold.
This system has worked very well over the past few years and our own community receives many hundreds of positive votes for good or helpfu…
One of the primary areas we have targeted for improvement in IP.Board 3.2 is a fresh style and usability improvements for the AdminCP. Our AdminCP has long been considered one of the best in the industry, so while we didn't want to tear up that work and start again, we did feel it was time to make substantial improvements. Overview
First, let's take a look at a general overview of the new style…
Hot on the heels of our blog entry detailing how RSVP-style events will work in Calendar as of IP.Board 3.2.0, we would like to take a moment to discuss some interface changes we have made in the next release of Calendar. Some of these changes are relatively minor, but we feel that they should improve usability and make it easier for users to understand how to use Calendar in 3.2.0. It is import…
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