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    DawPi got a reaction from I_cant_Swim_ in How to moderate new members for a few days   
    It's per group setting. Go there, open Content tab and find Moderation section:

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    DawPi got a reaction from Richard Arch in Invision Community 5: Badge creation and icon customization   
    Not this topic but the blog entry with the same title. 
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    DawPi got a reaction from Square Wheels in Invision Community 5: Badge creation and icon customization   
    Not this topic but the blog entry with the same title. 
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    DawPi got a reaction from RObiN-HoOD in How to moderate new members for a few days   
    It's per group setting. Go there, open Content tab and find Moderation section:

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    DawPi got a reaction from Marc Stridgen in How to moderate new members for a few days   
    It's per group setting. Go there, open Content tab and find Moderation section:

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    DawPi got a reaction from Andreas Grace in How to moderate new members for a few days   
    It's per group setting. Go there, open Content tab and find Moderation section:

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    DawPi reacted to Ehren in Invision Community 5: Badge creation and icon customization   
    Invision Community offers fantastic ways of customizing the user experience for your members, and today, we’re excited to introduce some new and really simple ways of customizing Invision Community 5 even further using our new icon tools.
     
    Icon Picker
    Lets begin with our brand new icon picker. Containing both Font Awesome icons and emojis, the new picker allows you to easily search and assign icons to specific areas throughout your site. Lets take a look at some examples!
    icon-picker.mp4  
    Navigation icons
    Adding icons to the navigation list has been a highly requested feature, so we're happy to announce that you can now use this new picker to do exactly that, for both the horizontal and vertical navigation panels, without needing to modify your theme.

     
    Forum icons
    Uploading forum icons is a great way to personalize individual areas of your community. In the past, these icons have typically been images, uploaded via the admin panel. In addition to the upload form, the icon picker now makes it a breeze to assign icons to forums - and if a Font Awesome icon is chosen, it'll even inherit the featured forum color.

     
    Forum Feature Color
    We have brought the existing forum feature color to feed view allowing for a flash of color and personalization that helps associate a color with a specific forum. The feature color pairs really well with the card image to lift the forum display.

     
    Icon creator for badges, ranks and reactions
    Creating unique badges, ranks and reactions is a great way to boost activity within your community by encouraging members to share more engaging and frequent content - but designing these icons from scratch using a graphics program often comes with hurdles of its own.
    With our new icon creator, you can now design your own custom icons for badges, ranks and reactions straight from your Admin panel, using a combination of colors, icons and shapes.
    icon-creator.mp4  
     
    We think this new icon creator will make the rank, badges and reactions features even more accessible for everyone, allowing you to create a user experience that is uniquely yours. With Invision Community 5, bringing in customization and personalization moves beyond adding new themes.
    We're excited to see how you can take advantage of these new tools, and we look forward hearing your feedback in the comments below!
     


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    DawPi reacted to opentype in Is there a built in 'welcome message'   
    There is a short registration confirmation email. You can just change the language string “email_reg_complete” in the translation settings and turn it into a welcome message. That’s what I do. 

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    DawPi reacted to Matt in Invision Community 5: Finding community experts   
    You win a cookie!
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    DawPi got a reaction from Ehren in Invision Community 5: Finding community experts   
    That's an amazing feature and will be one of my favorites! For sure!
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    DawPi got a reaction from SeNioR- in Invision Community 5: Finding community experts   
    That's an amazing feature and will be one of my favorites! For sure!
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    DawPi got a reaction from Marc Stridgen in Invision Community 5: Finding community experts   
    That's an amazing feature and will be one of my favorites! For sure!
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    DawPi got a reaction from Matt in Invision Community 5: Finding community experts   
    That's an amazing feature and will be one of my favorites! For sure!
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    DawPi reacted to Matt in Invision Community 5: Finding community experts   
    Long ago, back in the dark ages, forums used the number of posts a member made and how long ago they joined to demonstrate trust and experience.
    Is simply posting a lot and being a member for a long time the best way to know which community members are experts?
    And is there a better way?
    We think so.
     
     
    What makes an expert, and why are they important?
    Community experts are the keystones to any thriving community. You probably recognise a handful in your community. They tend to be active regularly, are often the first to try and help others with their questions and help set a positive example within the community.
    Wouldn't it be great if newer community members could discover who these super users were a little easier? These members trying to find their feet in a new community could follow trustworthy individuals, absorb the positive tone of the community, and even get help a little quicker.
    In the past, forums have shown trust and experience through basic metrics like post count and the years since they joined. However, these metrics only show that the individual has been around a long time and posts a lot. It doesn't show that they are potential role models or helpful and trustworthy.
    Community Experts with Invision Community 5
    Invision Community 5 identifies these experts through metrics such as the number of solutions they have, the volume of 'helpful' votes on their replies, the speed of answers and more.
    Each forum will have its own experts, so if you have a very broad community, someone who is very helpful in a particular area will show as an expert in that area only.
    When a member has been picked as an expert, they'll receive an email thanking them, and they can then opt-in to be shown as an expert along with a regular notification or email with any unanswered questions in forums they are experts in.

    I'm absolutely killing it in the Test Forum
    Every few months, the experts are recalculated to reflect the organic way communities grow and change. After all, there's little point in showing that a non-active member is an expert. It might even encourage new community experts to keep up the great work and remain active longer.

    Community experts have a badge shown with their posts, along with the option to follow them. Encouraging new members to follow trusted community members should be a core part of any community strategy.
    Settings and control
    Of course, not everyone should be labelled as a community expert, and perhaps, in very rare circumstances, an existing community expert could have a bad day and not represent the community well.
    Invision Community 5 gives you the ability to set which groups experts can be picked from and offers you the opportunity to block existing experts, ensuring they won't be selected again in the future.

    Over to you
    All communities have to be purposeful and provide value. That value may be in close friendships, or it may be in getting answers for problems you have. Either way, locating the most helpful members will help develop trust, provide guidance and increase knowledge within your community.
    For transactional communities such as support-based communities, experts are vital in providing timely answers and demonstrating credibility and expertise to others.
    As always, we'd love to hear your thoughts. Please let us know in the comments.
     

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    DawPi reacted to Kirill Gromov in Marketplace Closure   
    We will miss you, marketplace 😢

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    DawPi reacted to teraßyte in Translating langkey's questions?   
    Some language keys are empty on purpose. They're needed because the framework expects them to exist and would throw errors while developing otherwise.
    If you find an empty string just ignore it. 🙂
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    DawPi got a reaction from kmk in Forbidden You don't have permission to access this resource   
    I suggest start digging there. Maybe there are some '.htaccess' glitches which need to be checked again?
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    DawPi reacted to Afrodude in Forgot email address?   
    Despite I've addressed one in my first post, I'll go over the other possibilities.
    Add a phone number as a recovery. Add recovery email address. Add security questions / answers. This is why I said in many situations this method is more involved and requires more time.
    You may be correct, however on the majority of forums these days, IPS prohibits inactive clients from starting new threads or leaving comments.
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    DawPi got a reaction from Chris59 in Auto Welcome Support   
    I can help you. Just PM me.
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    DawPi got a reaction from Maxxius in [CJ] Keyword Tooltips (Support Topic)   
    I can upgrade it for you guys to the latest IPS4. Just PM me.
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    DawPi got a reaction from BankFodder in [CJ] Keyword Tooltips (Support Topic)   
    I can upgrade it for you guys to the latest IPS4. Just PM me.
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    DawPi reacted to sadams101 in Possible bug with quoted post link in archived posts   
    Just FYI...and I can't say for sure that the upgrade mentioned above caused this issue, but the evidence I see points that way. Due to this causing, in my case, thousands of 404 not found links throughout my site (Google recorded 15K and counting, and it was going up daily since 7/21), which is just terrible for SEO and google ranking, I had @DawPi create a plugin that fixes the issue. 
    I hope that IPB can look into this to determine if this might have been caused by the update mentioned. Sorry I could not wait for the ticket process, but others with the same issue may find this thread and offer some more support for this possibility. 
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    DawPi got a reaction from SeNioR- in Possible bug with quoted post link in archived posts   
    It's really easy to understand Jim. 🙂
    URL pointing into forums_Topic item type. It's fine, but as it's archived item then  it should look for \IPS\forums\Topic\ArchivedPost here:
    $commentClass = $class::$commentClass; Instead of \IPS\forums\Post
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    DawPi reacted to Jim M in Possible bug with quoted post link in archived posts   
    Have to remember not everyone is a programmer 😉 .
    I have tagged one for assistance. 
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    DawPi got a reaction from sadams101 in Possible bug with quoted post link in archived posts   
    It's really easy to understand Jim. 🙂
    URL pointing into forums_Topic item type. It's fine, but as it's archived item then  it should look for \IPS\forums\Topic\ArchivedPost here:
    $commentClass = $class::$commentClass; Instead of \IPS\forums\Post
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