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We've released some news on Invision Community Five, but third party developers won't have enough information to get started on updating their apps. We're at the peak of the mountain now and ready to start showing more in the coming weeks.
I am really excited to start showing off the culmination of just under six month's work from our team.

Gabriel, the app to redeem the keys was developed by me and it's available for those who want to use it. You won't find it on all contributors boards. A few are using it and they seem to be happy with it ( @DawPi @Nathan Explosion @onlyME ).

Thank you so much for being a client!
The Invision Community Marketplace is closing on October 30, 2023, so I am moving all of my files over to my personal site www.sosinvision.com.br.
You will find information on my website www.sosinvision.com.br:
You can redeem the marketplace purchase keys provided by IPS in order to keep getting updates and support for the applications/plugins you purchased. You can purchase files directly on my marketplace. You can get support for your purchased applications/plugins directly on their new support topics. You can request a custom application/plugin or service. Bookmark https://www.sosinvision.com.br/ and the new Marketplace Directory www.Invisioneer.org.  

Thank you so much for being a client!
The Invision Community Marketplace is closing on October 30, 2023, so I am moving all of my files over to my personal site www.sosinvision.com.br.
You will find information on my website www.sosinvision.com.br:
You can redeem the marketplace purchase keys provided by IPS in order to keep getting updates and support for the applications/plugins you purchased. You can purchase files directly on my marketplace. You can get support for your purchased applications/plugins directly on their new support topics. You can request a custom application/plugin or service. Bookmark https://www.sosinvision.com.br/ and the new Marketplace Directory www.Invisioneer.org.  

I know you have a lot to do rather than this conversation, and really appreciate you taking the time to answer. I completely agree with what you said. It really makes sense but what about users whose purchases have expired? maybe they also want to update their apps to fix major/security bugs.
 

I assume we would handle this just like we did for v3, v4.0, v4.1, etc. that have reached end of life. We generally give people a LOT of warning and then finally pick a date way in the future that they have to upgrade. We're talking years though. I am afraid I do not have a clear answer to give you on such specifics that are many years away 🙂 
As end of life approaches, you will get a lot more information on how to handle the upgrade. And, of course, by 2025 or 2026, v5 itself will be more mature. We might even be on v6 by then, who knows!

@Nathan Explosion developed a resource for this matter: https://www.ynwa.tv/files/file/34-ne-application-update-checker/
Highly recommended. 👍

I dount it - I don't think there is anything that identifies the user within that area, so it can't be targeted.

That icon is not based on post count. It remains visible for the first 30 days after the member has registered the account:
/** * Has this member joined recently? * * @return boolean */ public function joinedRecently() : bool { if ( $this->member_id AND $this->joined->diff( \IPS\DateTime::ts( time() ) )->days < 30 ) { return TRUE; } return FALSE; }  
There is no setting to change the value, either. If you want to change it, you'll need a custom modification.

ul.cAuthorPane_info > li[data-role="group"]{ display:none; }  

My board is the test install and it is offline... not sure it is related but a friendly error would be welcome.

Sorry for the inconvenience. There are some known issues with communicating with the service at this time. Our team is working to fix the issue.

I have deleted your review, you can submit a new one now.

At the moment it's only for the AdminCP. IC5 will have a darkmode for the frontend too.

To be clear, we are not closing down third party development, in fact we are developing new tools for v5 to make some areas easier to add functionality to. 
 
This announcement is that we are no longer listing items and facilitating sales directly on our site. 

I update mine as well and get 2 months free.
Sure I do not want the extra app's since I been paying for them many years before, but still it a good deal in general.

I update mine as well and get 2 months free.
Sure I do not want the extra app's since I been paying for them many years before, but still it a good deal in general.

I update mine as well and get 2 months free.
Sure I do not want the extra app's since I been paying for them many years before, but still it a good deal in general.

We did an analysis of all our customers to work out the average renewal cost and buying habits. We made sure that the renewal price point was as close to the average as possible (we actually went under).
We discussed the pricing at length and shared it with a handful of customers in a focus group to get thoughts and feedback, and tweaked accordingly.
We have been as fair as we possibly can throughout this process. Undoubtably some may need to pay a bit more to unlock all that new functionality, but most will pay a bit less. We've found a pricing model that ensures the self-hosting version is viable for years to come.
Invision Community v5 is the start of the next evolution for our community platform bringing in many features to help publish content, monetise the community and more. Just selling a forum app is a market in a serious decline.
But you do not have to do anything. You can stick with your v4 license for as long as you wish. This is not a choice you need to make now, or even this year. Wait until v5 is out and then decide what is right for you. If it's not right for you, then be assured that v4 will remain supported for years to come.

From now on I'll handle payments & support only from my site: https://invisionbyte.net/
 
IPS disabled renewals since they're closing the marketplace: https://invisioncommunity.com/news/invision-community/marketplace-closure-r1283/
 
IPS also posted this in the closure news:
We haven't received any info about it yet, because IPS is still working on it.
I'll post an update in all support topics here, and a topic on my site as soon I know more about it. 👍
 

To be clear, as I was one who brought up the security concerns in this topic, I absolutely was not referring to any known instances or developer here, but merely the potential for it to occur and increasingly so when IPS becomes 100% hands off with third party applications.  Apologies if it came across that way.  I've seen enough security exploits in my own career (not anything IPS or IPS third party related) to warrant the concern.  Again not a reflection of any developer here or the quality of their code, I'm simply proactively thinking about the possibility and considerations regarding preventative measures.  If anyone feels such a security concern is  completely unnecessary or overkill, I would appreciate your particular insight as to why.  I certainly don't know the underpinnings of IPS code, so perhaps there is a reason a client doesn't need to have an elevated concern over it.
I'd still like to know what IPS corporate customers do, if it's anything like the corporations I've worked with (unrelated to my IPS projects), there is full fledged InfoSec and AppSec scanning of all application code before any deployment with Production (real user/member) data.  Generally for a hobby site, I'm not very concerned with data loss (with regular backups available to restore as needed), but I am concerned about data breaches involving PII.

I feel you may want to re-read the above. There are no claims anyone has done such as thing that I have read in this topic. Someone has asked about what security precautions they can use on their site when using items that are developed by someone other than Invision.  I'm sure as a developer yourself, you appreciate the importance of someone thinking about the security of their site?

Why everyone speaking about exploits form 3rd party developers still? When someone did something like this? This is a definite exaggeration and I ask you to stop such claims.

Ryan and the team have done a fantastic job with these new tools and I'm really keen to see how they help in the current spam wave we're all experiencing.

Spam has always been an ongoing battle for community owners as spammers find new ways to circumvent existing anti-spam practices.
We have seen an uptick in new ways spammers are breaking through existing defense.
As such, we here at Invision Community continue to look at new ways for community managers to combat against spam. For our September release, we have added several new tools that can prevent spammers from registering in the first place and help combat them even if they register successfully.
Let's take a look at these new tools and settings.
Geolocation based registration filtering
Oftentimes, spam attacks can originate using bots and servers from specific regions. Using our existing Geolocation service, we have now added filters that will allow administrators to hold registrations from specific regions for administrator review, or deny the registration entirely.

Using this, administrators whose communities are under a spam attack from a specific region, can temporarily filter registrations from that region. Multiple regions can be defined at once, and each individual region can either be held for administrator review, or denied completely.
Disposable Email Filtering
We have added an extra option to our spam defense system to filter users registering with throwaway disposable emails, which are often used by spammers to bypass email validation.

During Spam Defense checking, we now also check the domain in use for the registration against a frequently maintained list. If the user passes through the normal spam defense checking, but is found to have a disposable email address, then the administrator can define one of the following actions to be taken.
Allow the registration to proceed Allow the registration, but moderate all posts (which an option to remove moderation after a certain amount) Flag the account for administrator review Register the account but immediately ban it Completely deny the registration For both Geolocation and disposable email filtering, the existing Spam Defense Whitelist is always honored ahead of these filters.
Contact Us Email Verification
A common pain point has been the Contact Us page. While the spam does not go to a user facing location, it does still land in the administrators inbox, or other area defined by the sites Contact Us settings.
To help with this, if a visitor who is not logged in attempts to use the Contact Us page, then in addition to the existing CAPTCHA, the administrator can optionally require the person to verify their email address before the message is ever sent. This applies to all Contact Us behaviors, including any added by third party applications.
Cloud Content Analysis
For our Invision Community Cloud customers, we have also added an additional layer of spam prevention after registration.

After a user registers, or if the account has been dormant, then the first few content submissions will be analyzed using a custom developed algorithm within our platform.
The algorithm takes into factor many different elements of the content, and will rank the post between 1 (not spam) and 5 (definitely spam).
The algorithm can be constantly adjusted and improved based on trends without any intervention from the administrator, and without the need to update to new releases of Invision Community.
The administrator can then decide one of the following actions to take based on the score that was received.
Allow the submission Hold the submission for moderator review Deny the submission completely Of course, specific groups can be made exempt from this and not have their content checked at all, which is useful for sites with subscription based registrations which may not want to have this applied to new subscribers, but do want to have new non-subscribers checked.
Spam can quickly become a headache for most community managers, and these new tools will help further combat it at the source. For our enterprise and Invision Community Cloud customers, being able to check for spam when posting is a new tool which will further filter out more of those annoying topics and posts.
We hope these new features give you additional tools in the fight against spam.
The features and changes presented here are available in the following packages:
Geolocation based registration filtering, Disposable Email Filtering, Contact Us Email Verification: Beginner, Creator, Creator Pro, Team, Business, Enterprise, Invision Community Classic (Self Hosted).
Content Analysis: Beginner, Creator, Creator Pro, Team, Business, Enterprise.

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