Sonya*

Now, if you move to the root, 21.300 will be re-indexed just once. 43,600 will be re-indexed another time. It's your decision.

Personally, I like clean URL structure. I would move even if it means, I am going to lose traffic (hopefully temporarily). But @opentype is correct that every change to the URL structure will have an impact.

If you follow this structure

3 hours ago, Jamynee said:

• Move the Invision install to the root of my domain name,
• Keep Forums as the default app,
• Add /forum to the FURL of the Forums pages so that the URLs don't change (domainname.com/forum/topic/how-to-cook-eggs remains the same).
• Pages now appear at the root (domainname.com/news).

As the last step add a .htaccess redirection rule, that will redirect all URLs containing /forum/* to /forums/* You will not have any broken links. But I would hire a technical person during moving and rewriting for assistance. 🙂

4 minutes ago, Jamynee said:

Google has re-indexed all the topics with the "/forum" folder for the past month

Google is not so fast to re-index large forums in a month. What was your URL for a topic on phpBB? All your topics URL are redirected now from the old phpBB URLs. This will be "just" another redirection. Try to figure out how many URLs are not reindexed now by searching in Google:

site:https://www.example.com/forum/viewtopic vs. site:https://www.example.com/forum/topic

How many do you have for either search?

I have managed to add embed for new created records by adding iframe in the template manually:

<iframe allowfullscreen="" class="ipsEmbed_finishedLoading" data-controller="core.front.core.autosizeiframe" data-embedauthorid="{$record->member_id}" data-embedcontent="" scrolling="no" src="{$record->url()}?do=embed" style="overflow: hidden; height: 413px; max-width: 502px;"></iframe>

There is still a question of how to edit already created topics assuming we are in the cloud and do not have access to SQL?

On 5/26/2022 at 4:57 PM, opentype said:

Does it work when a new post is made?

Indeed it works if a new record is created and a new topic is generated. The template is only ignored if existing topics are synchronized. I assume because this is a background task that does not consider any custom changes to templates.

On 5/26/2022 at 3:03 PM, Andy Millne said:

You would need to adjust the records manually for already created entries.

I do not have any control over created topics. There is no Edit option, you have removed it in the past.

On 5/18/2022 at 9:43 AM, Sonya* said:

Therefore I would like just to have a default IPS embed to the record.

The template above produces just a text link. There is no iframe embed.

Now, is there a possibility to add a link to the record displayed as the default IPS embed in the first post?

I do not try to change a text, but a template.

5 minutes ago, Matt said:

There are no hints between the lines.

There are hints for me of where we've all moved on and will 😉 Nothing about IPS and its plans. I get a batch of ideas by just reading you 😄 Thanks for this!

@Matt just big thanks for your words. There are so many insights for me, so many hints between the lines. I appreciate it.

If you have replaced images for reactions then check this 

@Dreadknux The feature is already implemented in the last version. I am just testing it with 4.7 Beta that's why no release in Marketplace yet.

You can copy-paste a new code from here https://invisionify.com/uploads/page_objects/toc.js.9dfc64d46d40b781a8c0758cccaf01dd.js?v=b574a07d041653147371 And here is an example for an article that uses it https://invisionify.com/blog/how-to-create-curated-youtube-videos-for-community/

The filter block on the Pages is hard to customize (no custom block based on the default one) and it has some mobile issues. E. g.

• Placed in the right sidebar it is displayed below the record lists instead of above the listing
• Swapping the sidebar to the left does not solve the issue, as then the filter is placed in mobile above the title and description of the record listing instead of below the description and listing
• We also cannot add the block two times on the same page, e. g. one with visibility for desktop only and one for mobile placed in a different area
• The filter with a long checkbox set should be inlined in mobile to avoid scrolling through long filter form and make it compact for small devices

A perfect solution already exists for fluid forums:

• The block is added to the sidebar on the right above all other blocks on desktop
• Switching to mobile the block moves to under the forum title and description (the filter block in Pages should appear here as well)
• The block is automatically collapsed and transformed to the modal window to avoid long-form scrolling for those who do not need or use the filter

It would be user and mobile-friendly if the filter block in Pages would behave like a forum selector in fluid view. 😉 

I wish I could see a user rank instead of a member group in forums and comments. The rank is more descriptive and tells more about user activity and trust than a member group. It has more granularity. But it is quite hidden. I have to hover over the user name to see his rank. When I disable profiles for guests, the guests cannot see ranks at all. And on mobile, I can see a rank only if I open the profile as there is no hover.

Only for the groups that are excluded from the rank system, the member group should be shown.

Every app in IPS has a folder that is appended to the installation URL. Except if the application is set as the default application. This one will omit the folder. 

If you would like to replace WordPress with Pages, do these steps:

• Import your WordPress contents into Pages
• Remove WordPress from the root domain
• Move the entire IPS installation under the root domain
• Set Pages as a default application

This would give you the following structure:

Homepage (with Pages) - https://example.com/
Forums - https://example.com/forums/
Blogs - https://example.com/blogs/

And so on.

9 minutes ago, Jamynee said:

Right now all my Invision apps are installed inside a folder named "/forum/"

Is there any reason for it? Why haven't you installed IPS on the root domain?

9 minutes ago, Jamynee said:

Is it possible to move the apps so that the blogs can be accessed directly from mydomainname.com?

No. Unless you move your whole installation in to the root domain.

9 minutes ago, Jamynee said:

And so that I can use Pages to create for example a home page accessible from mydomainname.com ?

This is also only possible if you have installed IPS in the root domain. 

Is it possible to get rid of View full X link in the topic created from the database record?

The reason is, that it does not make sense for some databases. E. g.

• Links Directory: View full website. (It is ambiguous, as it sounds like someone would open a website, but this is just a record link to the description of the site.)
• Book Directory: View full book. (The same as above.)
• Person Directory: View full person. (This sounds odd.)
• Product Directory: View full product. (The full description of the product is already included in the topic. View full implements there is even more, but there is not.)
• FAQ: View full question. (Normally one would like to read the answer and not just a full question from the FAQ 🙂 

It is difficult to find one suitable description for all databases. Therefore I would like just to have a default IPS embed to the record. Like this one:

I have customized HTML template cms/submit/topic this way:

{{foreach $record->topicFields() as $id => $field}}
{$field|raw}
{{endforeach}}
{$record->url()}

Then I rebuilt synchronized topic content in ACP. The task is completed. Any changes to the Topic field format are considered. The template above is ignored. It still has this View full link. Why? Any chance to change it?

There is an old trick with Pages explained here 

In the meantime, I have banned the member, but he is still shown in the block. It is not a cache, 2 hours later.

So, the question is now how to hide unapproved AND banned members from the block.

I use the Members block to show members with the latest activity.

How can I exclude (spam) registrations where member has not yet responded to registration validation email, from the block? See an example below on the screenshot, where a potential spammer is not approved but shown in the block. 

After the upgrade WYSIWYG editor has disappeared.

An attempt to reset the editor toolbar failed. Clicking on Editor -> Toolbars in AdminCP ends with:

If a Page database uses a Number field, then we see a Whoops unless we edit the field configuration in AdminCP and re-save it.

55 minutes ago, Mark H said:

Does it still happen?

Yes. You can see the block if you log in as an administrator (the login details are valid).

The custom block "Background Test" is placed on the start page at the very bottom and the forum index page at the bottom as well. You can switch to unmodified IPS Default theme to reproduce it.

3 minutes ago, DudeThatsErin said:

So you are saying https://dudethatserin.com does not work? Also, https://techblogger.space does not work?

Only your splash site works and the homepage of techblogger.space. I have not found any working links on techblogger.space, e. g.

• https://techblogger.space/bowflex-treadmill-10-first-impressions-review/ (404 Not found)
• https://techblogger.space/using-microsoft-to-do-with-apple-reminders/ (404 Not found)

No sites under coding help or domain junkie. If it is OK and intended, then forget what I've said. 😉

Just to mention, the page will be included in the sitemap for search engines. 

Question: is it required to let the page online or is it a one-time verification so that the page can be deleted/hidden after verification is done?

On 5/8/2022 at 8:20 PM, DudeThatsErin said:

My WP websites work just fine with their DBs

I do not know what sites you mean, but this can be a hint. None of the sites/projects on your splash site work. Not one. I apologize if these are not the WP websites you mean.

Happens to me too.