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Indeed we are! We have plans to change how we package up JS to make it smaller and faster.

Unique quality content and quality members, that's about it.

Unique quality content and quality members, that's about it.

If you're talking about the current theme, it is a custom theme done by @Ehren. He has a website with other themes and can-do custom ones as well.
ipsfocus - Amazing IPS Themes for Invision Community

If you're talking about the current theme, it is a custom theme done by @Ehren. He has a website with other themes and can-do custom ones as well.
ipsfocus - Amazing IPS Themes for Invision Community

Don't say it.
 
 
Don't say it.
 
 
 
Don't say it.
 
 
 
Don't say it.
 
 
 
Don't say it.
 

If you're talking about the current theme, it is a custom theme done by @Ehren. He has a website with other themes and can-do custom ones as well.
ipsfocus - Amazing IPS Themes for Invision Community

Sweet it's fixed. Looks great now!

Sweet it's fixed. Looks great now!

Agreed, to big now.

Cloudflare works fine, but I would recommend disabling Rocket loader. 

I have tried it both ways, but I found it messing with something updating on my site. It messed with the JavaScript loading. Same thing when I was on Xenforo. I also ran some speed tests with and without it enabled and it really didn't make that big of a difference. To each his own, I guess.

I have tried it both ways, but I found it messing with something updating on my site. It messed with the JavaScript loading. Same thing when I was on Xenforo. I also ran some speed tests with and without it enabled and it really didn't make that big of a difference. To each his own, I guess.

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.

Sorry @Jim M I didn't see he was on the Cloud. I was just trying to help the guy out with something I ran across. My site is fine. Ya, I agree, it must be something else.

When are we ever going to get an update to Font Awesome, built into the core? Seems like it's overdue now and could easily be added in an update? Is it due to licensing costs or something?

When are we ever going to get an update to Font Awesome, built into the core? Seems like it's overdue now and could easily be added in an update? Is it due to licensing costs or something?

Is the Redis extension enabled for it? I know when I change, I must go in and re-enable the Redis extension.

I am running 8.1 without any problems whatsoever.

Appreciate that! Loving how your community is looking, too. Very easy on the eyes 👌 

Nice looking site @Jordan Miller, I like the bright colors. @Ehren has the best themes for IPB, always has. 
This is mine, which is a modified theme of @Ehren that I have customized myself. I tend to go for a clean look with my site.

Currently taking bets on how many times @Ehren is mentioned in this topic.

Nice looking site @Jordan Miller, I like the bright colors. @Ehren has the best themes for IPB, always has. 
This is mine, which is a modified theme of @Ehren that I have customized myself. I tend to go for a clean look with my site.

It's always great seeing my themes in the wild, including the customizations you've all made.  👏
@Ehren has made all of my themes too! 10/10, would recommend 😂

Nice looking site @Jordan Miller, I like the bright colors. @Ehren has the best themes for IPB, always has. 
This is mine, which is a modified theme of @Ehren that I have customized myself. I tend to go for a clean look with my site.