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Interesting..

FA4 was rather amazingly last updated in 2016 and almost 3 years since FA5 was released, but despite multiple requests from clients, IPS didn't/wouldn't support it. Somewhat frustrated, but fortunately not in a sexual way, we chuckled cheekily that FA6 would be out by the time FA5 was integrated, but more seriously it is IMHO still a missed opportunity as there were a lot of really good features like Pro, Duotone and Light icons and of course the super useful themed Icon Packs.
So I personally think, respectfully and sadly, that IPS 'dropped the ball' by not utilising a team member to update the outdated FA4 integration. If IPS had launched an integrated proprietary awards and badges feature (er, hello?) for members after adding the automated rule logic of member promotions, it could really have shined by supporting FA5's theme packs and new styles like the multi colour Duo Tone icons.
Some time ago FA launched kits for FA5 with the ability to upgrade to FA5 on the fly, but the FA4 to FA5 shim although super useful, meant accepting a performance hit, especially if you use more than one style of icon. 
So here's hoping that Font Awesome 6 once released later this year will be integrated into IPS a lot sooner.
If you have a Pro licence for FA5, look out for the limited time discounted FA6 Pro upgrade offer.

If you haven't already seen it, enjoy the crazy video (that probably should have been shorter!) 🤔
https://fontawesome.com/6

I've already checked and answered. From my tests it is not a bug but a problem with the configuration of the notifications. If you want a check on your forum send me a PM with access data to your ACP.
If there is interest (more people who need this change) I can try to see if I can find a solution for the next versions of the app.

I have been asking for the same thing ages ago @InvisionHQ if you can't provide these menu entries now. Please note that for the new version. It much better user experience to have links like @ibaker asked. And in the meantime please at least provide how to do this?

In my main menu, I took off all submenu items, so there is only the link to 'Classifieds'. In the profile dropdown, there of course still is the Classifieds section with My Adverts, My Renewals, My Wish List, New Advert options. At least this way, both aren't repeated. 

I agree, totally counter productive to have the user dig around in a submenu within a submenu to access the classified pages. Just have a navigation tab on the MAIN menu with a sub-menu within that that links to these things. PLEASE 🙂

I have been asking for the same thing ages ago @InvisionHQ if you can't provide these menu entries now. Please note that for the new version. It much better user experience to have links like @ibaker asked. And in the meantime please at least provide how to do this?

Of course you will.

The issue here is that Google will still go to those pages crawl and at some point index. This process takes away from indexing more important pages in a timely manner. (They will continue to revisit the page; Otherwise, comments would be ignored.)
This affects people with lots of pages especially if you just migrated to a new system or rebuild your sitemap. You want to help Google as much as you can. It benefits you the most.
(I removed my previous comment that was here as I believe it will just confuse more than help)
The goal is to get Google to index/rank your quality pages faster asap.

This is exactly what we needed! Thank you very much for taking the time to develop this and even better sharing it to the entire community. We have gone ahead and implemented this and so far it works like a charm.
Once again thank you so much

You're welcome!
This piqued my interest, so I gave it a shot:
AdminCP Commerce Display Name.xml
It works as far as I can tell/tested, but this should do it!
In case its of interest, heres what this plugin consists of:
We hooked into \IPS\nexus\Support\Author\Member to change the name on the sidebar:

//<?php /* To prevent PHP errors (extending class does not exist) revealing path */ if ( !\defined( '\IPS\SUITE_UNIQUE_KEY' ) ) { exit; } class hook479 extends _HOOK_CLASS_ { /** * Get name * * @return string */ public function name() { if( !\IPS\Member::loggedIn()->hasAcpRestriction( 'nexus', 'customers', 'customers_view_statistics' ) ) { return $this->customer->name; } else { return $this->customer->cm_name; } return parent::name(); } } and we hooked into \IPS\nexus\Customer to change the name on each reply:

//<?php /* To prevent PHP errors (extending class does not exist) revealing path */ if ( !\defined( '\IPS\SUITE_UNIQUE_KEY' ) ) { exit; } class hook480 extends _HOOK_CLASS_ { /** * Get customer name * * @return string */ public function get_cm_name() { if( !\IPS\Member::loggedIn()->hasAcpRestriction( 'nexus', 'customers', 'customers_view_statistics' ) ) { return $this->name; } else { return ( $this->cm_first_name or $this->cm_last_name ) ? "{$this->cm_first_name} {$this->cm_last_name}" : $this->name; } return parent::get_cm_name(); } } In order to make full names display as their respective Display Name, just make sure the administrator you want to restrict has "Can view customer statistics?" disabled:

I'm no developer, but I'm open to feedback in case you want this plugin to do something else.  
Hope it helps!

There is no built-in switch for this.
Could you provide a screenshot showing the exact areas where you see the first/last name?

My feeling is this would likely be doable via a custom plugin. Possibly a switch that can be added to this group of admin restrictions:

For the front end support module, this plugin would make it so the customer sees their display name instead of their first/last aka their "customer name":
Change Commerce cm_name to name.xml
 

Be cautious when NOINDEXing topics in masses. 
If you made a mistake NOINDEXing a topic that has been indexed for years, it may take a while for Google to reindex (1 to several months). What's worse is that you may end up with a lower rank. You are forcing Google to recrawl/reindex the page. Older topics will get hit the hardest.
With that said, there are some pages you can safely NOINDEX. I would start with Profile pages. They suck up your crawl rate. NOINDEX inactive accounts and maybe accounts that have 10 or less posts. You can already do this with IPS.
If you have RSS generated pages, you may want to consider removing them as well. These are just copied content from external sites. Not useful in terms of Organic Search unless they have lots of comments. Manually review any that have lots of comments.
A great way to do this is to review your Analytics > Acquisition > All Traffic > Channels > Organic Search > Landing Page data. Check how much traffic a page has been bringing in the past 7, 30, and 180 days. You may be surprised to find out that some "thin content" pages are actually bringing in traffic. Compare the numbers with other pages on your site.
IMPORTANT: Make sure you are comparing the right numbers. Organic Search is all about USERS not Pageviews.
NOTE: Most sites really don't have an issue with crawl rate.
For sites that migrated to IPS (ie. vbulletin to IPS) the biggest issue occurs with change in URLs. This affects topics, images, and profiles. 
The bigger your site the longer it will take to climb back up.
Many site owners don't realize how much traffic Image Search brings in until it's too late. If I remember correctly, IPS doesn't offer any redirects for attachments/images with migration. They only offer redirects for topics/forums. However, if forum URLs lack forum ids* (which some vbulletin SEO tools offered) than this is something that IPS doesn't offer out of the box. You will need custom code for this.
* domain.com/forum-name/
Before you mass NOINDEXing, I recommend the following...
Check URLs in Analytics that may be affected. DO NOT NOINDEX BLINDLY.
If you NOINDEX 5,000 topics that generated an avg 10 USERS per week. Than you are looking at 50,000 USERS lost for the week.
Let's say your site has an avg 1.5 Pages/Session. That's equivalent to 75,000 pageviews lost for the week.
Have ads on the site? The avg is 3 ad slots per page. That's 225,000 impressions lost for the week. 1 million impressions lost for the month
 

Is there currently a way to see how many topics would be affected with various word count settings? I would almost prefer to see a plugin that shows you topics that are an issue.

Hi
I would like to hightlight a plugin i recently ordered to @DawPi :
This plugin automatically adds a noindex to all topics containing less than XXX words (lets say 100 words for instance) you can update the number anytime and reset the noindex
This is a powerful SEO plugin that helps to avoid Google Panda penalty that might happen on communities with large numbers of thin content topics
I recommend it !
 
 
 

Of course you will.

I'm all for it! Would love to see this sort of thing made.

I agree, it should be part of IPS.
For those unaware, Google Tag Manager requires code in HEAD and a noscript tag in BODY (immediately after the body tag).
Most big boards use Tag Manager. I've seen a lot of smaller boards using Tag Manager.
(Google Analytics is part of Tag Manager. If you have an Analytics account than you have access to Tag Manager.)
Tag Manager is the BETTER option as it provides admins with more tools without the need to add more code to the site.
 eg. event tracking, conversions, remarketing, facebook pixel, etc
I use Tag Manager for a number of things.
It allows me to modify how a Bounce is counted in Analytics. 
Analytics now counts a bounce if USER leaves the page quickly (less than 1 minute). If more than 1 minute it doesn't count as a bounce.
So instead of seeing bounce rates as high as 70% I see 10-29% bounce rates. This metric is now more useful to me.
Why the change?
Because most Users land on a page from Google or some other channel just to read the content on the page. Once they finish reading - they EXIT. 
It's only a problem if the content doesn't grab their attention. If they spend more than 1 minute on the page I know that they are actually reading (consuming information). This is a good thing. It tells me they are likely to come back.
Now, when I see a high bounce rate I know the contents of the page needs attention, shouldn't be promoted, etc.
eg. I use Bounce Rate to tell me if my homepage layout is working. At 10% Bounce rate with millions of sessions per week, I can say with confidence that it is.

I have similar application

@AlexWright thank you so much for this post! It helped me make the IDENTICAL fURLs I had customized back in the day on 3.4.x to be the same in 4.4!
BTW my default app will be Pages.
What you did not mention that you have to translate is
"topLevel": "forums", to your language. Thus I was able to translate this toplevel fURL and translated the rest in ACP and in the end I got results such as:
http://website.com/forum/f1/forum-category-name/
http://website.com/forum/t46405/topic-name/
Basically you have to do this for every app you want to translate, go to its folder, find furl.json file and edit it.
Today IPS support told me this can't be done, but there it is. 🙂

I'm all for it! Would love to see this sort of thing made.

Hey team, I had an idea for an application...
I would love for when a member logs in for the first time, or something is launched on your forum, to visually show some cues - literally pointing to important parts of the website.
For example, a member logs in, and most of the screen darkens except for the "Create" button at the top and a message pops up saying "This is how to create a new topic." 
Or "This is where to view your profile" or "This is where to leave a comment," that kind of thing. They can click "Got it" and the mini tutorial disappears. 
It would be useful for current members when rolling out a new feature, too. 
I find that new members are overwhelmed with the amount that can be done. I want to make it very easy and clear for them.
Thoughts?

Hi 🙂

Great Plugin, first of all 🙂 I'm using the opt out option. Is it possible to add a city search option? From example, I'm from city "A". I see people near me. I would like to see people near another city ("B" , "C", "D" ) without change my location. "People Near Me" Site:

 
And a second request. To add compatibility with the "Friends" application made by @onlyME. It's about the "People you may know" option. It does not consider "Friends" and shows in the "People you may know" section those Users who are already Friends.

It’s already a feature added in last version: https://invisioncommunity.com/forums/topic/456245-books/?do=findComment&comment=2819792
There’s a Buy This Book button pointing to a Amazon store with the user or site Affiliate ID.
You can see an image here: https://invisioncommunity.com/forums/topic/456245-books/?do=findComment&comment=2819169 linking to a user Affiliate ID.
 

I don't know if its possible but if you add one more field in book description with a link to amazon store where book can be bought with a referral link would be beneficial to the forum owner 🙂