HighlanderICT

not keen on the 3 clicks required to reach it now to be honest :(

Is that to say we are now unable to remove certain elements we do not need? For example, I don't need the yellow highlighted area on my front page. My editors don't add articles from front end and with us wanting to put some blocks above the content this pushes the actual content down too far (IMHO). I cant move or remove it from the page editor or theme editor it would seem.

1) Thats how the terms read. 2) If you already have the full suite then it's actually cheaper. Currently I pay $150 every six months, and the new classic 'subscription' is $199 per year so $101 cheaper over the course of a year. I will likely convert 1 of my 2 licenses as it's been an active site for 30 years and has been using IPB/IPS since 2007 and I don't envisage that changing much. The other site is dormant (not paid-up with maintenance) so not switching that one yet. Based on conversations with IPS, I can leave the dormant one as it is for now and can still reinstate it later then convert it to classic if I need to. A bit of the best of both worlds really.

What about those self-hosted sites who have purchased, and have active fully paid-up support on the full suite of apps?

technically correct but a little bit of smoke and mirrors. The old licenses are perpetual with maintenance and if expired can be renewed any time. The yearly cost is $300 (2 x $150). The 'classic' terms ($199 p/yr) are closer to a subscription where you lose your license if not renewed for 24 months which may affect those of us with dormant licenses we want to reinstate later and prevent us from feeling comfortable converting. Will the beta be available to those of us with existing/original and fully paid-up licenses that we can also test? or is this restricted only to those who converted?

Anywhere I can read about this? I cant see anything. I wonder if the option to add timed subscriptions that all expire on the same date will be an option? We run a sponsorship scheme for our local football team, and regardless of when someone joins, the sponsorship end date is the same date each year (eg. May 31st each year). We want to sell subscriptions to the scheme over the space of a few weeks but want all subscriptions to have the same renewal date. Possible in V5?

Any estimate on an open Beta we can play around with on our DEV url? Would like to put it on a test site to plan migration from V4 as obviously a lot of differences so time for a significant redesign to our site.