Randy Calvert

It’s not the way the IPB software works. It’s always been like that. You can post a request in the feedback forum if you like for it to be considered to be changed.

What he said above. The other possibility is an issue with SSL. If your site previously used SSL and it’s not setup on the new host, it could cause issues.

It is not noted in the release notes, so I would venture a guess to say no. And given that releases take several weeks to prep/lock, and that this issue was only confirmed a week ago… I would highly doubt it.

I would not expect anything new in the 4.x line and it’s not in any of the 5.x alphas so far. As a result, I would not expect “near future”.

How easy this is will depend on your configuration settings. ACP > System > Settings > Posting If it's set to "Immediately" or to a day prior to the 31st, the only way to recover it is to have IPB 100% restore your site to a date prior to the deletion. Meaning you would lose all posts/activity that happened since the restore was done. If your settings are configured not to permanently delete content prior to that point, you can restore it from the ModCP. You can restore it yourself. 🙂 Click the checkbox to the right and choose restore.

I updated my cloud site without issues.

Ahhh... then the IPS team will be along shortly to figure it out for you. 😄

This means the info provided to IPB to connect to the mySQL database is incorrect. (The values are in the conf_global.php file.) You need to work with your host to confirm the username, password, database name, and the server information is correct.

localhost has nothing to do with where files are stored on the physical hard drive of the server. The username is going to be whatever you use to FTP files up to the server, or whatever credential you use to access to cPanel UI. (Not WHM... the user side of things.) So if your username was "bob", it would be /home/bob/public_html/wp-content/uploads/ That's making the assumption your actual uploads are in the location www.domain.com/wp-content/uploads/. Basically www.domain.com is /home/USERNAME/public_html/ on a default/vanilla cPanel server. But we're not your hosting provider... that's something the host should be confirming for you.

Do you have proper CHMOD permissions on the uploads folder to allow IPB to read/write files? Also have you tried with a trailing slash on the various options? (with a "/" at the end in case your PHP is being sensitive to it?)

It should be the full path on the hard disk like /home/username/public_hml/some_folder/attachments

You might need to try smaller batches. Try much smaller until you find the number range that works for you. It might only be 100 in a go. Otherwise, you could work with IPS sales and they might be able to do some sort of mass import for a fee as well. https://invisioncommunity.com/contact-us/

There will be big changes to how apps are developed, but before ANYONE rushes to judgement, wait and see what's done. IPS has already been working with developers to add ways to do MANY things since certain other methods have been removed. Anyone who has said that you can't do basically nothing has not seen the product in action and is just making a judgement call off high level explanations. We'll most likely not see everything be able to be perfectly carried over, but IPS has already said they'll continue to work to improve developer access throughout the 5.x line.

It’s most likely a sales pitch. “Contact me right away to protect your users.” This rings right up there with “Contact us about your car’s extended warranty.” They want you to offer them a reward for scanning and pentesting your site.

Those users would basically get the banned message instead of the site offline message I believe.

That would depend on a lot of circumstances. When using a web interface, the problem is how long it takes in time, not how many records you have. (It will execute for XX seconds before giving up.) So one batch may work at 10k, but another might fail at 5k because there was something that took longer to process in that smaller batch. Personally if you're using something that big, it might be worth using the API to create the accounts. https://invisioncommunity.com/developers/rest-api?endpoint=core/members/POSTindex If you don't want to do that, start small... 1k and see if it works. If it does, increase it and try a bigger batch. Rinse and repeat until you find what works for you.

It's possible to do, but that means you would lose history associated with that account. For example, for banned members we will continue to track device IDs, emails, IP address ranges to see if a banned member simply creates a new account using a different email. If you delete the account, any history you have on it is also lost.

Go to your Client Area (https://invisioncommunity.com/clientarea). Find your purchase and choose the link that says "Manage This Purchase". Below the Active User count is the info about your total space used.

The problem is what said earlier... YOUR posts 31, 51-70, 73, 88 might be different for someone else based on their permissions. With that said, check over on Invisioneer or other 3rd party resource sites... there used to be a mod that would do something like this.

This used to be in MUCH earlier versions of IPB, but was removed. (Think IPB 2/3.) If you search for it, you'll find topics on this that are several pages long. The short answer is that IPS has been pretty clear on saying they won't come back. With that being said, if someone clicks on the 3 dots to the upper right of the post and chooses "Share" it will let them copy a link directly to that comment. That will save you needing to scroll through multiple pages trying to find a specific post ID, etc.

You’re making a mountain out of a molehill here honestly. This is not going to affect Google any way. It does not hurt your SEO. Honestly as a site owner, you’re focusing on something that does not help your site or drive traffic to it. Time is a valuable thing. Don’t waste it. 🙂

Glad you were able to square it away. Some hosting providers simply do not make sense for growing communities that actually are doing what they’re supposed to do!

You’re seeing the site as that member. If that member is banned, that is the correct view. Unban the account from the Admin area temporarily or use a new non-banned account. The code button lets them paste code and IPB will format it with color, etc. That box will not execute code or do anything with it except display it. If you don’t have users that might use it, you can remove it from the text editor in the ACP.

This looks to be a known issue with the beta. You might want to restore from backup.