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Thanks for the clarification @Adriano Faria. Yeah, it should definitely display (I'm using 4.5 and preparing to upgrade, but I find that some apps for 4.4 still work and the developers either haven't updated version numbers or are just lazy). I still think a search by author function would be useful though.

I'm having some serious problems finding certain apps in the Marketplace (they exist and are active, but I cannot browse to them in the Marketplace to update or install them). This led me to wonder: could we possibly add an option where we could enter an author name and/or click the author name in an app's tile for a list of apps by that author? It wouldn't rectify the above issue (which mystifies me, since I can download and install them manually), but it would be nice.

Any particular reason why this app can't be browsed to/updated through the Marketplace? Can't find it through search (had this problem with Linkfavicon as well).

Just wondering if there's any particular reason why this app can't be searched on the Marketplace? I'm clearly able to download it locally, but it doesn't appear through the Marketplace tab in the adminCP.

This is an historical issue; many people are dissatisfied with the native search function (and I'm being somewhat polite). Many people are also dissatisfied with the "solution," which was to port it out to third-party software which is not an option for everyone.

Just a small thing I've noticed: when reviewing installed applications under SITE FEATURES > Applications, the search field in the top-right corner of the listing doesn't work. I can enter a search term which includes the name (or partial name) of an application I know I have, and nothing comes up. Strangely, this option does work for plugins.

I was just wondering if the fine Invision folks could tell me/us if you plan to introduce the ability to create Donation projects which accept more than one currency? Great idea, but if you're appealing to the good wishes of people across the globe, they tend to want to pay in their own currency and not be slapped with extra conversion fees, so it would be cool if people could choose their currency.

Dude, I'd almost buy this just because you used Black Sabbath Vol. 4 and Moving Pictures as examples! 😎 Seriously though, one question - is Landing Page meant to give functionality to people who don't have the Pages module installed? Are there things LP does that you can't do in Pages?

Let me just say that I had given up on this app until just now, when I saw that Adriano had taken it over. Yay! I can install and use it with confidence now. 🙂

Hey @Adriano Faria, I'm using the most recent version of Member Notes (2.2.3) on IPB v4.5.4.2. I've just noticed that I am unable to create Member Notes using the Member Notes tab in the adminCP's Member view. Here, whenever I click the Add Note button I get a Page Not Found error. I can still add Notes to a Member site-side while viewing their Profile without any problems.

Thanks Morrigan...I believe I did email Sales as well but never received a response, hence my message here after trying other avenues. Either way, I hope one of the channels will get my message through!

Hey Morrigan...it's about a business proposal. I sent snail-mail to the address on the Invision site some time ago, but of course given the current situation it's difficult to tell when it will arrive. I emailed @Charles about a week ago (only because his signature says it's ok to email him!). I have no way of knowing if it's been read yet (but I realise everyone there is busy so I'm not whinging or table thumping! lol), but was wondering if there's a more direct line of communication or contact person as a rule. Thanks!

I'd like to know the most reliable method for contacting Invision regarding things unrelated to sales or support, and if there's a specific person I should contact for such matters. Thanks!

Thanks @opentype!

Hello, I'm changing over my site's favicon, and for some irritating reason browsers don't seem to like checking for updated favicons (at least Firefox doesn't). So I've read that the only way to force a refresh is to insert <link> code into your HTML to point to the new favicon file(s). Could someone provide some tips as to where I would insert this code in the template(s)? I presume the <link> code only needs to be loaded on splashdown? Thanks!

And this is especially true because there have been developers here who have simply abandoned customers and in doing so have done their part to erode trust. I can't speak for everyone, but I know I'm consciously scaling back third-party app investments until they prove themselves...learned by experience. This is why simply saying that "at the end of the day it's the dev's choice" to do what they want, while true, sidelines the very important issue of customer confidence.

OK, but nobody's debating or criticising your life choices (I'm certainly not) - but they are your choices. If you choose to have all this stuff going on in your life, fine - but that doesn't mean paying customers don't have the right to wonder what's going on when we hear nothing for a month (which could be simply a "hold on, it's on its way" email). I think the issue here is the radio silence - not your choice to update renewal apps first or your choice not to wait until IPS approves apps before moving on (both of which are perfectly reasonable choices to me).

Yep....getting a bit impatient on this one. @TheJackal84, it has been almost a month since my last query and not a word re: updates (and others are wondering too)? Sorry dude, but quite frankly I expected better.

@Jordan Invision @Joel R I agree with everything Joel says about gamification, and please forgive me if I speak naively as I'm not in-the-know with this stuff the way others are here, but here goes: I don't at all mean to diss gamification and the development of an online community, but my initial focus was on a Points system which is more overtly "business-focused" instead of focused on community development (if that distinction makes sense). To wit: geared toward clients who come to a website in search of a particular service they are set to pay for, and not necessarily or primarily bound together by common interests which would be more amenable to things like trophies, leaderboards, new user activation, profile completion and the like. Hence my personal preference for being able, say, to simply buy blocks of hours in the Store and have those hours immediately credited to a defined "Bank" connected with all the other goodies like email drips, notifications, possible transferability, etc. I'll be selfish for just a moment longer and say that this would be a HUGE selling point for me (and I'll bet some others here). If I'm creating a distinction where none exists and the gamification we're talking about includes what I've mentioned, I'll just shut up 😄 .

Good idea, although I don't know how this open document would be structured on this website. Or do you mean a discussion thread/poll?

Thanks @Jordan Invision. I realise this would be a major addition to the suite and would take some time to develop, but it would be well worth the effort. Not to eat anyone's lunch or anything, but If I can help schematise this let me know. 🙂 And btw, congrats on the position and welcome!

If by this you mean my original reference to a points economy system, you lost me - I don't see how this already exists apart from the mentioned 3rd-party app, which I think is limited in its applicability for reasons I've mentioned. I also think that perhaps this is comparing apples and oranges - I'm not saying mobile UX isn't important, but a points economy could not only fundamentally change the structure of one's community, but also expand one's business model. Put differently, I don't see it as a zero-sum game where one necessarily has to occur at the expense of the other.

Well said. It's important to keep in mind that capital isn't the only currency that matters (in an online community or in culture in general), which is in essence the whole point behind this thread. So yeah, this gets my full support and I'd offer myself as a tester in any capacity. Oh, and let me do the fight pit part. Pleeeeease let me do the fight pit part... That's great news. I think one could also argue that this could transform the potential of the IP platform as much as Clubs in some ways. I mean, are there any other CMS which have points economies as baked-in features? Is this new ground Invision would be breaking in doing this?

Some interesting responses here! @Jordan Invision, thanks for the link to thejackal's point system - that's the one I was thinking of before, and aside from my reservations about trusting something like this to a third-party developer, the deal-breakers for me, upon reviewing the product page, are you don't seem to be able to create several different banks. Personally, I need to be able to create "hours" (for consultation and tuition), but also (somewhat less importantly) I need another economy such as "reputation points" or something, which could ideally be exchanged for X amount of hours (in short, the ability to purchase/trade between economies). key deal-breaker for me: clients need to be able to purchase blocks of points/hours directly from the Store. To use an admittedly facile distinction, thejackal's app seems more "community" based and not so much "business" based for these reasons. I know there's a "Members' Shop," and you can probably set up a system where you can give clients X points and then they go into the Shop and buy packages for tuition and whatnot, but for my specific situation those are unnecessary steps when you should be making it as easy as possible for people to purchase your products (or, in my case, services). It also comes across as unprofessional in my specific situation (not bashing the app; I'm sure it works great for other user cases). I'd also hope that a native app would allow a more direct and intuitive way of email-dripping based on point amounts (as per my OP).

I have used Kevin Carwile's Points Economy app, which was working fine until Kevin decided to abandon all of his IPB apps a little while back without notice. I believe there might be another one in circulation, but to be honest I haven't checked into it since restructuring my site around the sudden disappearance of KC's app. If I remember correctly, it didn't support the creation of different "currencies" and was fairly limited, but I could be misremembering.