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Always vague replies. That doesn't help. I am having the same issues and nobody is helping me. I am even paying for priority support. Not a hint. What's the point of launching Zapier for self-hosted communities if you don't tell us the most common configurations for the most common panels? That' what I would do if I launched a new service.
If a new service is launched, the company that launches it should offer support and know how to handle support requests. Launching all the balls outside and referring them to somewhere else doesn't help at all.

Try https://www.hushmail.com/plans/small-business/
I use them as SMTP. They are cheaper than other solutions. Using them since IPB3 times. They do not care about bounce rate etc. No problems with blacklisting etc. The only contact with them is annual subscription payment 😛

I have an empty license slot which was not pointed to a website.😅 

I don't know about you, but I'm wondering if it's perhaps overdue that IPS got stuck into a huge performance and speed based review and implement it in the next medium sized update! I think a lot has changed in recent years in relation to site performance. Core Vitals in Lighthouse as many admins will be aware are now much more important in terms of SEO ranking, performance isn't just for the obsessed enthusiasts any longer!
Google Search Console tells me that on one of my IPS Communities, my Mobile Pagespeed test result sucks, just 28%-30% at present, so I started checking a few things under the hood. I like to keep my sites high performing, so I was quite surprised it was so low. 
One thing I found out in minutes looking at the optimisation list and then checking my IPS configuration is that if you have the IPS Lazy Loading feature enabled, it doesn't apply to your uploaded images in Advertisements or Post Author Member Group Icons. Both are shown in my topic view so I get scored down on mobile in particular.
I think it's now time that Native Lazy Loading was offered, either as a choice or as the default if enabled.
Also where possible IPS should support Local WebP conversion via the Task Manager.
I know some of us sometimes bash IPS for not delivering more obvious updates like Gallery, Blog, Pages and Commerce improvements for the sake of instead quick things like disabling features but IPS4 is quite a huge behemoth these days, no matter your pricey VPS, CiC, use of Redis pools etc.
More performance improvements I'd like to see considered include...
(Now admittedly I'm basing this list on a similar big audit that another website framework I invested in conducted and implemented last year. These are the options you can now simply toggle off/on as a result in their Dashboard. They can make a huge difference to bloat.)
Dynamic Modular Framework
Enable this to allow the IPS Framework to only load code that are actually used on the page, and process the logic for the features in actual use.
Dynamic CSS
Dynamic CSS could greatly reduce CSS file size by dynamically generating only the styles and assets necessary for the features and modules you actually use. This eliminates most if not all CSS file bloat and greatly improves load times.
Dynamic Icons
Font Awesome is 2 generations behind. The FA4 icon font could be broken up into various subsets. These subsets are loaded only when needed based on the modules and features used on each page. If you need access to the entire icon font on all pages (for example, if you are using lots of FA icons in a custom theme or want to allow members to insert them via the post editor), then you could disable this option and load the entire icon font library on all pages.
Load Dynamic Stylesheet In-line
This option dequeues the IPS style.css file and prints the needed contents in-line. This removes a render blocking request and improves the PageSpeed scores of individual pages. However, it also prevents the style.css file from being cached. Since the stylesheet is often smaller when dynamic or critical, it could be recommended to keep this option enabled. Accepted there are some potential CSP-related security concerns with inline CSS an or JS.
Critical CSS
Critical CSS greatly improves website load times and Google PageSpeed scores by deferring non-critical styles and eliminating render-blocking CSS requests. Critical CSS often covers what most users see when first loading the page, so called 'above the fold' content.
Critical Threshold Height
When Critical CSS is enabled, IPS would determine an "above the fold threshold" and defer all styles for elements below the fold. However, this threshold is just a estimate and can vary on different devices. Increasing threshold height will deffer fewer styles, resulting in slightly slower load times but less of a chance for Cumulative Layout Shifts to occur. If you are experiencing CLS issues you can then increase or lower the threshold 'height' via a drop-down low, medium, high setting.
Dynamic JavaScript Libraries
When enabled, IPS would only load external JavaScript libraries when they are needed by a specific sections or modules on the page. This removes unused JavaScript from the main scripts bundle and improves load times.
Improve Google Fonts Loading
Enable caching of Google Fonts and load them inline. This reduces render-blocking requests and improves page load times. Also presents an opportunity to switch to the Google Fonts API, to offer a dynamic dropdown list to allow admin to choose from all available GFonts. The Task Manager could check for and cache new versions of selected fonts in use weekly.
Limit Google Fonts Support For Legacy Browsers
Enabling this option will lower the size of Google Fonts and improve load times, however it will limit Google Fonts support in some very old browsers. You can turn this off to increase support for losers insisting on their older insecure browsers at a slight cost to performance.
Defer jQuery And jQuery Migrate
When possible, jQuery and jQuery Migrate could be moved to the body to speed up load times. If a third party plugin registers jQuery as a dependency, it would be moved back to the head.
Enqueue jQuery Compatibility Script
Some third party scripts may be incorrectly enqueued without declaring jQuery as dependency. If jQuery is deferred, these scripts could break. If you are experiencing console errors after enabling the "Defer jQuery And jQuery Migrate" option, you can enable this option, which will load an additional compatibility script that will attempt to solve the issue. (You can turn this feature off if everything is working fine without it).
Defer Additional Third Party Scripts
Warning: This can cause JavaScript errors in some cases and should be used with care. When enabled, scripts registered by plugins and themes will be deferred to improve performance and jQuery will always be loaded in the body.

I've seen several people comment that all of the new features added recently are only available for the cloud platform or that IPS is only focusing on the cloud platform.  Out of curiosity, I actually went back and looked at all of the features released in the 4.6 and 4.7 versions.  There were over 45 new features or major enhancements made across those two major versions.  Of those 45 features, 7 were cloud-only features.  That means 85% of the features added in that time were available to both platforms.  
Ver Feature S C 4.7.7 Gallery - UI Redesign X X 4.7.7 Gallery - Better Video Support X X 4.7.7 Gallery - Video Transcoding   X 4.7.7 Gallery - Searchable Videos   X 4.7.7 Gallery - NSFW Tagging X X 4.7.7 Gallery - Performance & Usability X X 4.7.7 GraphQL X X 4.7.7 Converters - Improved Performance X X 4.7.4 Personal Alerts X X 4.7.4 Moderator Approval Queue Improvement X X 4.7.4 Events - Support for Streaming Platforms X X 4.7.3 Events - Revamp of Calendar to Events X X 4.7.3 OpenSearch 2.1 Support X X 4.7.2.1 Improved Mark Post as Solution X X 4.7.1 Search Bar Enhancement X X 4.7.1 Topics - Future Publishing Added X X 4.7.0 Alerts Feature X X 4.7.0 Fluid Mode Revamp X X 4.7.0 hCaptcha Support X X 4.7.0 Solved/Unsolved in Activity Streams X X 4.7.0 ElasticSearch Enhancements X X 4.7.0 Zapier Enhancements X X 4.7.0 Realtime - Who's Typing   X 4.7.0 Realtime - Who's Viewing   X 4.7.0 Image AI - Moderation and Search   X 4.7.0 Sentament Analysis   X 4.7.0 Trending Content   X 4.6.11 Block Submission X X 4.6.10 IndexNow Support X X 4.6.10 Webhooks Improved (New Triggers) X X 4.6.8 SEO Improvements X X 4.6.8 Achievements for Commerce/Downloads X X 4.6.8 In-Browser Audio File Support X X 4.6.8 New ACP Reports X X 4.6.7 Stream Subscriptions X X 4.6.7 Stock Replies X X 4.6.0 Zapier Support X X 4.6.0 Achievements System Release X X 4.6.0 Web App and Push Notifications X X 4.6.0 Anonymous Posting X X 4.6.0 Solved Content X X 4.6.0 Show When Team Replied X X 4.6.0 Health Dashboards X X 4.6.0 Spam Improvements X X *Note: Zapier when initially added was cloud-only.  It was changed to support both in a later release.  
I did not include Live Topics in this list above as it's not available in any version yet.  When it does, it will be the 8th. 
In looking at the list above, I don't understand how it could be said that IPS is only caring about the cloud platform and that self-hosted customers are not getting enhancements/features.  

I am reading and seeing a lot of clients unhappy that features are becoming cloud exclusive.
It's a cool concept and idea. If I was a cloud customer I'd be quite excited about it. Maybe have a think about keeping both sides of the fence happy? I get this would be hard to incorporate in a self-hosted environment. I would accept that, but I bet there's no self-hosted exclusive features. 🤣
IPS still rocks, just need to see some initiatives for the general scope.

finally you are updating topic bump mod 😄 great to see you back!

I'm (slowly, very conservatively) looking to transition an existing Wordpress site install into a migrated Invision Community CMS/Pages setup so that it is integrated nicely with my existing forum. One of the reasons for my conservatism is potential SEO issues - I know how well my Wordpress news stories can reach within Google's search results ranking, but I am not sure whether the same would be true for Invision Community's platform (at least, on the Pages CMS side).
A couple days ago, our team and community made the following pieces of content:
A LEGO news story, on my existing Wordpress installation, A topic on my Invision Community forum, about the same subject (which was renamed several times), and a second news story, identical to the Wordpress one, created on Invision Community CMS/Pages app, using 'Copy to Database' and pulling from the above topic. All of these content pieces have been live and kicking for about three days. I did a quick vanity search to test the ranking/viability of all three content pieces.

As you can see above, it's a little strange.
Of course, the Wordpress story appears at the very top of the search results (which I would expect, as it currently uses the base domain and is the primary location for my website/community's news stories). Nothing weird there.
But the Invision Community Topic appears THREE times in search results, and all three items lead to the exact same topic. I can think of no reason for this happening except, perhaps Invision Community treats a renamed version of the same topic as a separate entry, and that is pushed individually to Google. This can be confusing to see, especially if all three links lead to the same place. Is there scope to fix this in a future revision of Invision Community? If a topic/content is renamed or URL slug changed, it should be considered all one piece of content in terms of SEO, right?
Another issue is that, as you can see, the Invision Community-produced news story linked above does not appear in search results at all. Obviously this is a problem for me if I am seeking to fully migrate my Wordpress over to Invision Community, as it could result in my Google results rankings absolutely tanking. I know the Invision Community news side of things is considered less important than my Wordpress from a search ranking perspective right now... but is it normal for it not to appear at all? The permissions set to my Pages database is all set to public visibility.
Am I doing something wrong? Is there some SEO-specific settings I need to consider? Or is this something that needs some refinement on Invision Community's side for future releases?

very good suggestions indeed!

Hi @Kirill Gromov some small requests to improve this beautiful great app. 
Hide the app whenever you click anywhere else on the site instead on pressing on the minimize button.  Add ability to auto refresh whenever you are receiving a new private message.  Add ability to SORT BY and FILTER BY  Add data-ipsTooltip to the icons in order to be more helpful.

You can DL it here too https://invisionify.com/files/file/29-fx-pages/

There is nothing built into the software to check for bad/old content that is posted by members.
There are broken link checkers that exist on the web that you can search for and use if you like, but it’s outside of the support available here. 

In terms of Google… you’re not penalized for third party links. In fact, by default Google is automatically instructed to not even attempt to follow links to remote sites. 

I'm using Screamingfrog for various checks and for finding of broken links too.

hi, it would be nice to make it so that custom added emoticons show up after lets say animals and nature category instead of being at the very end?
what I'm trying to suggest is to let us order the emoji categories however we like. not only the newly created emoji categories but all of the  categories.

Support Topic for the app Live Messenger
    
Live Messenger for Invision Community. This app is not an alternative to the standard IPS Messenger, but a handy add-on. Live Messenger was created to relieve communication with other users. Loading and sending new messages is happens without reloading the pages. The main advantage of this application is that you can quickly write or read a personal message on any community page.
Features
Quick Buttons: create pm, open messenger and show/hide Live Messenger window. Quick access to recent private messages. Quick access to the private conversation. Messages in a minimal design, without distracting design elements. Select the groups that can use Live Messenger. PM read/unread icon. Quick message sending.

The video made me laugh. How they have to explain the advantage of the traditional system (forums) over what they are actually known for. Just like when ride share companies “innovate” by going back to a bus. 

I believe the answer is 42

...from reading this.


 

Many communities these days are using more than one theme Dark and Light ones. Not all the themes have Dark and Light toggles in the same theme such as @ehren. themes or your own themes, so we do have two different themes for the Light and Dark. 
On Pages app under "PAGE MANAGEMENT" > Pages you can override the theme only with one option. 
 

It would be nice if this option can be changed to multiple options instead of only one in order to override the theme with two themes Dark and Light ones.
 

hi, it would be nice to make it so that custom added emoticons show up after lets say animals and nature category instead of being at the very end?
what I'm trying to suggest is to let us order the emoji categories however we like. not only the newly created emoji categories but all of the  categories.

hi, it would be nice to make it so that custom added emoticons show up after lets say animals and nature category instead of being at the very end?
what I'm trying to suggest is to let us order the emoji categories however we like. not only the newly created emoji categories but all of the  categories.

hi, it would be nice to make it so that custom added emoticons show up after lets say animals and nature category instead of being at the very end?
what I'm trying to suggest is to let us order the emoji categories however we like. not only the newly created emoji categories but all of the  categories.

Just want to leave a recommendation, by now it miss a Return to TOC menu botton. 
When we want to go back to TOC menu again, is difficult having to scrolling up up up 
 

a very interesting suggestion indeed. you got something here. this can even be as a separate mod.