PrettyPixels

Praise the Lord and hallelujah to sweet baby Jesus, we have a savior in the house! Thank goodness you're taking over this app.  
I would have been sad if this app died.  

There is one setting now:
Moderate new records
But one VERY Important setting is missing:
Moderate records changes
Without this setting the whole system is useless as the user can post cool new posts and after they get approved they are posting porn stuff in it ... and i dont even get informed about post changes AT ALL!!! do i always have to get there and see if there is changed content ... every hour, every minute?
So why dont moderate post changes?
Here is a possible solution:
after the user changes the post inform moderator save a copy of this post: "set this post for moderation" from now on this user sees only this "edit-copy" of this post, all other users see the original post let the user edit this copy so many times he wants to after every submit, the post is sent for submiting (if revisions are enabled only this revision) no need to hide or delete the original post unit changes are confirmed as its different postID if revisions are enabled => use it insead of postID or always use revisions when wiki-editing is enabled after the moderator confirmed the changes ovverride the orginal post with the new version delete the copy or save a revision inform user => post approved This system right now makes absolutely no sense without changes-moderation. So please make some changes or disable it completly.
What you think?

@Koper74 I agree - Clubs should be expanded to include Pages and everything else required to allow clubs to be "sub-sites" from the existing site if required.  Right now, Clubs forums and blogs can;'t even be included in feed widgets, which is pretty lacking IMHO.

Additionally, this is what I'm missing in the downloads app:
more choices how to display special files selections in the thumbnails preview slider bars
Please let us have additional, new, flexible preview bars) on the downloads index page.
Currently there are only unchangeable "featured files" / "newest files" / "popular files" preview bars, but this doesn't suit my requirements. I require

# manually preselected files (editor's choice)
# top paid files, top free files
# special offers
# sponsored downloads
  in the files details page, currently there is only the "screenshots bar" with the thumbnails images, but I think it should be more of a sensational shop with a BIG PRIMARY IMAGE or a banner. nowadays, users want to see EYE-CATCHING COVER IMAGES. For IPS, marketplace files functionality (text) might be the most requested information, but for other products (f.e. music or video downloads) users decide about purchases also by looking at images or video! Therefore, the layout looks pretty lost, lame, unspectacular.
  members (file authors) want their own / personal members downloads shops. Have a look at the classifieds app and the "user store concept". This should be realized for downloads, too, and connected to the user profiles pages. My file authors wish to have big profile banners for their downloads (with their commercial logos), introduction texts to their own shops and more
  an integrated reviews rating bar like in "downloads plus"
# the downloads plus app looks great, but for my requirements (I have special code for missing EU tax features and this restricts me to install third party apps, so a native solution is required)
  an option where to store files per file.
I want to transfer small files to Amazon S3, but bigger files (f.e. 1GB video files) should be stored locally to avoid high cloud transfer costs. I experience that my users download their files multiple times again and again and this becomes more and more expensive
# maybe insert a restriction how often a single file can be downloaded
  make files versioning a choice per file or per default settings
# if an author only changes any images or only adjusts spelling errors in his downloads, all followers are notified about file changes, BUT THERE IS NO FILE CHANGE!
# stop notifying members if the files (in the proper sense -> the downloads, not the download descriptions) aren't changed
  more visual elements and effects onmouseover
# this could also be a plugin, but a modern look should have a minimal stylish default behavior
  the categories box in the sidebar on the downloads main index page is a total waste of space (below the details info)
# please make it at least concealable by default or by user choice or let us reposition it
  downloads require a downloads shopping cart for purchasing multiple file downloads at once
# if members want to buy a lot of files, it's very annoying to checkout for every single file
  in the european union, you have to inform your customer that there is no refund for downloads possible. We may NOT have this information in our terms and conditions. It MUST BE DISPLAYED directly above the "buy now" button. Therefore we urgently require special and flexible check and text boxes. If there isn't such an information box, every purchaser can directly refund their purchased downloads and PayPal will refund without any further discussion. More info HERE.
  have colored marketing badges for the preview thumbnails
# new, hot, recommended, reduced price, limited offer...
  free, but password-protected downloads
# let us add a secondary security level, like password protected forums
  add commission levels per member group
# one commission setting for all members isn't very good, I require to award members by status and hence adjust commission values individually
  a files wishlist
# that reminds me of interesting files I might purchase one day...
  integration of a points system (preferred "members shop", @TheJackal84 ), where users can/must pay for file downloads with points (even free downloads, option enabled per file by download author).
# below the real currency price, there should be shown a points price (virtual currency).
as an alternative I could also imagine:
# earn downloads credits with quality contents in the forums to be able to download "free files". this way members have to engage better to get free premium files.
# or handle free downloads as "granted if you have a good reputation quota aso"
  the "download now" or "buy now" button requires more attention
# some of my users just don't see it directly Dear IPS Team, you publish blog articles about monetizing our communities, so please help us to really make powerselling use of the downloads app. I think the current status is still very basic. The downloads app is really missing a lot love and isn't optimized for powerselling at all. Thank you.

+1 choice is good.
@HeadStand did a fabulous job of restoring Sparkpost API back to where it belongs. Perhaps she could duplicate with AWS SES for you guys if there is enough demand.
 

I used Sendgrid based on the recommendation of the IPS staff and because support is built into IPS. Unfortunately the price of Sendgrid is 10x that of Amazon's SES simple email service. 
I just switched over to Amazon SES and am stuck using the SMTP route rather than via the API because there isn't native support via IPS like there is for Sendgrid. 
I'd like to ask for or vote for IPS adding support for Amazon SES, just like it supports Sendgrid.

Good news, everyone:
@Kevin Carwile will be taking over Advanced Tags & Prefixes going forward, including ongoing support and maintenance. Don't go too hard on him. I can't speak to what he has planned for the future, but if you've already purchased he should make sure you continue to be taken care of. Purchasing has also been reenabled, so if you've been waiting to buy it you can do that now.
Thanks for all your support over the years.
I'm out.

@The Jimmo - I have a couple of quick questions before purchase. Could you please tell me:
1) Does this handle multiple newsletters (under one MailChimp account) or are you limited to one newsletter? I have an arts site and would like to send out different newsletters for each section (graphic designers, writers, etc.)
2) Is it possible to automatically subscribe a member to a specific MailChimp newsletter based on a checked profile field?

Thanks so much for the fix/update! 🙂

What's New:
Version 5.2.5.1:
Removes Thumbshots from the app: https://invisioncommunity.com/forums/topic/430442-links-directory/?do=findComment&comment=2767412 Note: if you use Thumbshots, switch to another provider and run the tool to rebuild thumbnails.
Version 5.2.5:
New setting to enable Link URL Checker: it will run once per week to hide, soft delete or permanently delete offline links URL. Fix Screenshotmachine API Enhancement: Combined index, category and link view into one single tab in Settings  
I will test and add another paid provider during next week.

In my opinion, to do a PWA well, you need to do more than just take a responsive theme and add a manifest. PWAs are expected to feel like native apps, and so we'd have quite a bit of work to do to meet that standard I think.
We aren't ignoring mobile though, don't worry ? 

This is must-have feature for IPS itself, not 3rd party addon, IMO. Especially considering that IPS apps are already almost ready to work as PWA, only some final preparations should be done.

I read this whole thread but I don’t see any indication that IPS or 3rd party have decided to start working on this despite overwhelming demand. Hopefully that changes soon.

Adjust mobile design:
Then create the progressive web app (PWA) with common requirements:
 
My community is begging for an app, and I already lost ~60% of member traffic to Facebook and WhatsApp. Why? Not because my content isn't good enough anymore, but my members use my contents, and afterwards, go on with live messaging/meetings (which is an elemental part in my industry) via Facebook and WhatsApp and I lose control. I can do nothing against it. My competitors don't have contents, but they have active Facebook and WhatsApp groups. The FB/WA messaging functions are way better, and my users require an app icon to remember my site as well as push notifications to their mobiles. Not having an app is blocking my success factors extremely. I'm already considering buying an app development for my WordPress pages (which seems to be cheaper as many developers already did it for the WP platform...), but that would be the point to lose the power an IPS app would have. I'd prefer an IPS app, but I don't have ages to wait for one. We need to speed up any arrangement.
I'd be willing to pay, too!!!

Yes, it does. You might want to hold off on purchasing for a short while, as I've got a new version on the way soon which adds a chunk of functionality to it.

Same here! I would love to see this, especially if it also works in clubs.

These would be great additions, I don't know if you added support for the tag but I'd be over the moon with per topics to be live.
I know how busy you are Michael.
Just thought I would show support and declare my interest.
 

I sent a private message to Mike about this, but I thought I should leave this here for others to discuss.
I suggested that instead of having this as a global option for all the forums, it would be nice of we could enable the option on a per topic basis, so we can control which topics use this feature.
He's planning to add that on a per forum basis, and then per topic.

Something like that you mentioned... like I did in Classifieds, with packages, etc.

What version of IPS are you running? 
1) if you customize the view template. I do have plans to add permissions to each field, but haven't had a chance to do that yet. 
2) no. 
3) yes. I am updating my apps based on the number of purchases. This app is next in line. 

Apart from several and diverse individual needs to do this people may have, it occurs to me that this shortcoming is also holding Pages from achieving its best potential. I really need this badly for a third app I have on the forums; however, I run IPB for my forums, blogs, etc (still 3.4 and waiting on this precisely so I can upgrade), then I run a directory on Joomla (using SobiPro), and a splash page on Wordpress matching the look of the Joomla one, but giving me a bit more flexibility for SEO purposes. (Maybe a bit overkill when my forums subdomain cannibalize any SEO attempts as it is the most popular one, but never mind that)
My wish is not having to run a website that consists of 3 completely different pieces of software any longer, and I'd be happy happy to do the whole lot with IPS (and maybe move all just to the top domain). However, while I'm sure that you must be able to build a directory using Pages (or maybe Pages and other apps too), you cannot have a directory where users can search by attributes if you cannot search custom fields (yes, you have tags, but I think it's not quite the same). So, I really hope this functionality is back with IPS 4.3.

Not at the moment. I'm not sure there is a way to determine which forum is sending the notifications... but I'll look into it.

Adding my +1 to this as well. We definitely need search for custom fields.

Done.

For anyone who is interested in the future, this is how I did it.
// Initialize IPS4 Framework require_once('./init.php'); // Indicate that we should consider this a front-end session so we can obtain the currently logged in users information. \IPS\Session\Front::i(); // Fetch linked account details $setting = \IPS\Member::loggedIn()->profileFields(); $username = $setting['core_pfieldgroups_2']['core_pfield_2'];