Randy Calvert

Would it be possible to choose to receive on-site notifications as well (aka "the bell")?  This looks really interesting and is going to challenge me to think about how I organize content now.  I can absolutely see potentially consolidating a few forums...  I can also see being able to have a page that has images, files, and topics on a single subject as being a great way to start building documentation, etc.  

Would it be possible to choose to receive on-site notifications as well (aka "the bell")?  This looks really interesting and is going to challenge me to think about how I organize content now.  I can absolutely see potentially consolidating a few forums...  I can also see being able to have a page that has images, files, and topics on a single subject as being a great way to start building documentation, etc.  

Would it be possible to choose to receive on-site notifications as well (aka "the bell")?  This looks really interesting and is going to challenge me to think about how I organize content now.  I can absolutely see potentially consolidating a few forums...  I can also see being able to have a page that has images, files, and topics on a single subject as being a great way to start building documentation, etc.  

To make a final answer, the problem was on the CMP side. 

You would need to find a 3rd party resource developer and ask them.  IPS does not offer this service. 

https://invisioncommunity.com/third-party/providers-directory/

You are looking at the wrong space. The error message tells you where is out of space:
Disk full (/tmp/#sql-temptable-70e-3aef8-cea.MAI); waiting for someone to free some space... (errno: 28 "No space left on device") (1021)
The /tmp/ partition is basically like a separate drive on a Linux server.  It’s used for as you might expect from the name… TEMPORARY files.  Restarting the server might temporarily clear some of those temp files but it does not necessarily solve why it’s filling up. 

This is a servet issue you would need to discuss with your hosting provider. Invision can’t help troubleshoot server/hosting issues. 

To build on this, how would this impact reviews?

Because it was not a “real” fix. Turning the forum offline basically disallows anything from happening. Serving that offline page takes very little resources. It’s like saying you fixed a problem with your car by turning it off. Sure its no longer making the sound… but its not what caused it to happen. 🙂 

Because it was not a “real” fix. Turning the forum offline basically disallows anything from happening. Serving that offline page takes very little resources. It’s like saying you fixed a problem with your car by turning it off. Sure its no longer making the sound… but its not what caused it to happen. 🙂 

If you are using PHP 8.2 or 8.3 you will most likely have problems updating via the automatic updater. You will need to use PHP 8.0 or 8.1.  Otherwise you will have to do manual upgrades and upload the files via FTP and run the updater at domain.com/admin/upgrade. 

The last modified date would only change if there was a code change in that file.  It’s not an IPB issue. Thats just how file systems work. 🙂

Does it also happen while using a default theme?  You might make a new clean one as optional and ask them to test. If it does not… it’s a theme issue. 

While the IPS marketplace is still gone, you can still install third party modifications. Invisioneer.org is where lots of authors are using… some though might be using their own website. So your resource author should be able to help you if they are still around. 

If you have newer IPB files than your database, you can upgrade the database to match the files by going to domain.com/admin/upgrade. It will tell you if you need to update the DB. 

If you can’t login to the ACP, you can use recovery mode to temporarily disable all your third party resources, etc. 
Once you are able to login, you can do any updates needed and then turn them back on. 

While the IPS marketplace is still gone, you can still install third party modifications. Invisioneer.org is where lots of authors are using… some though might be using their own website. So your resource author should be able to help you if they are still around. 

Don’t forget to keep me around!

Don’t forget to keep me around!

Don’t forget to keep me around!

As we find ourselves with our toes over the precipice of June; signalling the half way point of the year, I thought it's a good time for an update.

Apologies southern hemisphere.
Invision Community 5 has been in alpha testing for a while, and a small group have found a good number of bugs, and offered their thoughts and suggestions, some of which we've implemented. During this time we've wrapped up the new editor, a boat load of UI improvements and more.
We are now ready for the next stage, which is to give our alpha testers their own Cloud v5 to test with. This opens up testing for the Admin CP, and all areas without using developer mode. v5 has a lot of changes to how CSS, JS and resources are managed. They are now built when we build the apps, and should never need rebuilding. We also store compiled templates now, so lots of slow eval() calls are no longer needed. In brief testing locally, it has made the entire platform super-fast.
We are choosing to use a Cloud v5 to test with, rather than a traditional download for two reasons. The first is that using our hosting platform means we don't have to chase down issues with PHP, MySQL and unix versions which can be time consuming in the early stages. The second is that we're still writing the new build code, so we can't actually produce a versioned zip just yet. 😂
But fear not, downloadable versions will be coming at some point.
We're aiming to have this alpha demo system ready next week, so if you want to help alpha test, drop a comment below. I want to keep the first round (1-2 weeks) fairly small or it becomes overwhelming sifting through the feedback and bugs but please do register your interest.
In terms of functionality, we're wrapping up the tagging changes; I'd expect a blog on that next week. The final parts of the Pages app are coming together. We even tested an upgrade of this site to v5 to see how the Pages built pages looked, and much to all of our relief, it looks great with just a few CSS classes needing updating.
It's been a long journey - and a little longer than we'd first hoped but we're getting closer to betas when the fun really starts.
We're really proud of v5 and we hope you like what we've created.
 

Are you running mySQL 8 or mySQL 5?  If you are running mySQL 8, see the following post from Matt and see if that plugin makes any difference.  
 

Have you actually viewed the page source to see if the code appears?  If the code is not appearing, I would use the option in the ACP support area to clear your system cache. If the source code appears but the banner does not, it’s a problem you have to address with the code provider. 

Agreed that being able to eventually combine files would be helpful. V5 has SIGNIFICANTLY less JS and CSS overall.  It’s using much more native browser functionality.  So it’s absolutely a step in the right direction  
IPS has said already that the changes for v5.0.0 is not the end of the road.  It’s the start of the journey that lets them start moving in a direction that lets them support the software another 10 years.  Lots more improvements to still come in subsequent releases.