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  1. In php.ini it is session.gc_maxlifetime.
  2. You can edit the session timeout in PHP.
  3. Returning to the result you left off at after you have loaded activity and clicked to read.
  4. Article (databases), yes. Please add Commerce to this list. You should be able to select any category you want for your product, and also, there should be an option to allow it to show in all categories above it. So Cars >> USA >> Ford: A Ford shows in all 3 unless you turn that setting off. This would be nice for viewing people's attachments. They upload attachments, but in Gallery (if owned) there is an Attachments folder of "virtual" images. It would be nice, if Gallery is not even owned, to view people's attachments from their profile page.
  5. IPS should offer a tutorial, Pages can definitely do it.
  6. I'm not sure why it's not recommended on install. They way it's described is as if it's somthing you don't need. They don't even mention emojis.
  7. That sounds good @Lindy, thanks. One more that is a bit of a hindrance, do you think it will take care of this? I want to do an "and" search not "or". Let's say I want to see all that is planned (tag) with search term "gallery". Then you'd bring up only content tagged "planned" with gallery in the post text/title. Right now, it is an "or" search, which is confusing because it is just a combined search of results, so you get a general gallery search, which has all kinds of tags, and a separate "Planned" tag search, combined. As of now it's better to just use tag search and no term as it's a mess of results. Should I suggest this separately, or will the overhaul take care of, maybe a setting? I could see wanting "or" but "and" is needed and should be default imo. Thanks!
  8. 1. When you search multiple tags there is no way to do an exact search like with the words setting. If I search the tags: BBQ, Chicken, Recipe I get results with 1 of those tags, 2, or 3. Can we please get a setting to do an exact search of tags, for sites that used closed tags this is really important, as members can really pinpoint what they are looking for when you have a lot of tags dealing with the subjects of your site. Important for open tags as well. Perhaps this setting can also work for tags and you can include it in the wording. Would probably need to be a separate setting though since you may add words to your search but want exact tags and not exact words or vice versa. In that example I get results with the tags: pages suite pages, suite And I want: pages, suite 2. Also, when you search on mobile tags are not shown in search results like on full. This is another issue because users may want to click tags from results. This becomes more of an issue when searching multiple tags, as you can't see which is tagged which. If I search 5 tags I want to see what is tagged with each, or if I go a word seach I want to see the tags and be able to click, like on full. Maybe for actual tag search code it so they show only if more than one tag is searched. It can be redundant in a single tag search. That could be cleaner looking and function better for both full and mobile. I realize tags are shown in non-tag searches so maybe that does not need to be different, but showing is important, so simple suggestion is, please show on mobile. 3. Last one and related, if using closed tags, can the tag search field either work as selecting tags, or maybe the tag does not turn blue if it does not exist? This would prevent erroneous searches at least, but selecting would show them the tags your site uses, like when composting a post. Maybe even an auto-complete for closed tags. Would that work? Thanks
  9. I see how it works thanks! Since I really only need it for the first post, it should work for me. For pinning a lower down post, if it pins it, but does not show it below on that same page, that might disrupt the conversation flow on that page. I'd rather it show as normal (in the post order) on that page, and pinned on every other (or all pages unless page 1/first post setting). BUT great mod, and it may do what I need thanks!
  10. Thanks! I think I got it but just to make sure, if I have it auto-pin the first post, that won't show twice (as a pinned post and a regular post) on page 1 right? And if I decide to pin, say, the 5th post on page 16, will it show pinned at the top of page 16 and as the 5th post (so you see it twice on that page), or just as pinned on every other page? Hope that makes sense.
  11. Question, if the pinned post is on the same page as the post does it block it from showing? Example, if you pin post #1, you don't need it to show on page #1 or you see it twice. "Pin first post after create topic" This looks like just the setting I need. This is automatic right? And if we want to pin more by hand in the same topic we can? Looks like a great mod. A feature suggestion would be, added to the setting above, "Only pin first post after "x" pages/posts." This would be a good setting if you only want it to pin automatically in topics that get very long, and we enter the x variable. Thanks!
  12. Because IPS tags use global search so if you click one it shows results from all apps, all forums, etc. I am agreeing with you that this is not ideal, especially for closed system tags where you have the same tags in multiple forums or app categories, and your users expect them to show the content from that area only. This is not a fault of this app but the way tags work. You should post in the Feedback forum. EDIT: Suggestion was posted, for anyone interested:
  13. This is the way IPS tags work which I also dislike, if you use For Sale and Wanted tags in 3 forums, when you click a tag you want the tags in that forum or app category only. It uses the search form so what it would have to do it highlight that area in the search form when clicked, and then if you wanted a global search, one could edit the form and search again. That's the logical way. If this mod could solve that issue that would be just awesome!
  14. I was just trying to find an image a user posted in the forums, and was thinking I could look through their attachments and realized this doesn't exist. Maybe an easier solution for IPS could be, to allow us to view a member's attachments the same way we view our own. We have: My Attachments So suggestion: View Attachments (of others, on their profile.) The same way we view My/Their Activity on a profile. This would solve many of the hurdles... you don't need Gallery for this to work, and this covers ALL apps. If you upload an image to a Gallery comment, or a blog, or status, forums... that's an attachment. They could be viewed in a Gallery style with lightbox, but the main change here is we can view others' attachments. If we do own Gallery, the system could create a dummy album called Attachments that is just a redirect or mirror of the other system. I'm sure permissions could be worked into this more easily as well, if a user posted to a forum or app category you do not have permission to view, you don't see it. But you are literally viewing their attachments so if they ever remove a post or attachment it removes it, there is no syncing with Gallery issue.
  15. Any idea of when this is coming? How about a "read more" in the stream that opens the full content with reply and like ability so we don't even have to leave the stream? Like FB. You can interact right there. You leave and come back and it's all different but that's why you interact there. On IPS we can't interact in the stream, nor can we return to our last place. It's frustrating. Is there an ETA? It probably needs a better solution than the back button. That's a lot of clicks if you replied to something. How about a "Return to stream" link? Click title, read, reply, click to return. Stream interaction would be great, maybe something for 4.2.
  16. Something to note is, you can go to Gallery, upload an image, return to the forum, compose a post, and select "Insert other media" and select the Gallery image you just uploaded. So the idea of integration is there, it is just awkward and takes way too many steps to accomplish, and I don't know any site users that do that. So basically what we are suggesting is, make this possible in reverse, and cut down on those steps, and make what is already possible in 5 steps possible in 1 step, from the other apps.
  17. Not really. 1. Can create private albums? Private albums are albums that only the creator can view 2. Can create restricted access albums? Restricted access albums are albums that only the creator and designated users can view (This is only by member name, not group or Followers. I'm not sure why Followers isn't an option here.) Neither of those would really work. If an image is in a private album, one might assume it should not show in the content as well. Same with limited. It would have to adhere to forum/app permissions which I think would get messy. Permissions can change for forums, so have the system move images or change album permissions? I think the only way is let the user select if they want it in Gallery, this is a verbal permission at the time. You could have it enabled by default to be in Gallery so most users did this, and deselect to not have it in the Gallery. But there are reasons why one may not want it there, and I think a user selection would work great. And they could remove it later as well.
  18. Yes, good point. Something like: Choose files (upload image) >> "Publish images to this post only or to this post and your Gallery" This is also good to have for one-off memes or funny images you don't need to be in your Gallery. I think permissions would be too messy, I think it would be best to be user selection. Since I suggested they should not be able to be deleted from the Gallery since they are linked to content, what could happen is, they could remove from view if needed, or "delete" from Gallery but it did not remove it from the content. So you could go through your albums and be like "mmm I don't want that image in my album" (click), gone, but still attached to the content unless I actually go there and remove it. Great ideas flowing........
  19. It's about being able to see the "images" in one place, and an attachment is an image, and a Gallery is a viewing app. If a member is always posting food pics in the forum there should be a place to see all those images. If that user had a Food album in Gallery, and when composing his forum post, clicked: Upload images >> Select an album? >> Food, that would be genius. If no selection, it would go to the generic Apps folder in Gallery. Only those with the Gallery app would see the selector, otherwise the images are stored in the backend app folder as discussed above, and enabled if they ever purchase Gallery. Essentially attachments are treated as a different animal, but there is no reason they should not be treated the same as Gallery images. And with social media, users expect to see the app images in the Gallery in some sort of way, even if it is simply an Apps album.
  20. Would be nice to close the gap. Members use attachments for posts and Gallery for images usually not associated with written content. Why not tie them all together? Some of the best images are on the forum in topics, or in status updates, or in... Say... A member uploads images using attachments. If a member has Gallery, these images are stored (or viewed/mirrored) in a special "Apps" album, or even the name of the app it was uploaded to; "Status Updates" album. The image notes where it is attached with a link so the member can check the content out, like "chevy_impala77.jpg is attached to: These are my rides topic." (Notice the cross promotion of apps and content. Possibly even a blurb.) Since these are post attachments they are protected from deletion on the Gallery side, to avoid mistake deletions in posts. When a member goes to Gallery to browse a user's images, now they are all in one place, and they can browse these albums. You could also allow these images to move album to album (or be able to create sub-albums within) as long as they carried the delete protection and attachment info (link), but if you saw a bunch of "Chevy" images in your "Forums" album, you could move them to a Chevy album. Possibly even have a gallery album selector in the editor for attachments so when posting you select where the images go. So to the default app album or one you select. Album creation would not be good here but being able to select an album would be great as well. Similar to Facebook. You upload directly to the timeline with a status and image or with an image to an album, but you don't have to scroll the timeline to see a user's timeline images, you can go directly to the Timeline Photos album in Photos, where all the albums are. In FB you can also move a timeline album image to another album and the post is not disrupted. Exactly what I posted above. Would be nice! If the disconnect is because Gallery is a paid app and not core, the solution for IPS could be, the app albums are simply storage folders created in the backend same as is done now. If a user buys Gallery those folders are simply visible in Gallery as albums, through making them Gallery albums or mapping or however they would do that, but the functionality would be within core. But yes, would love to see integration, there's too much of a disconnect here. Thanks!
  21. @Ryan H. Do you think it would be possible to use closed system but offer 1 open tag instead? Example would be: Ford Chevy Dodge closed tags... Compose your post, you must choose one tag but it is not in the list, so you enter: Ferrari Text could say "You must choose 1 tag, or enter 1 tag of your own" I suppose it might also be good if they could select one and also add, like a combo of the open/closed system, but I would not want them to enter more than 1. Maybe the two fields next to each other. The custom tag could be a certain color. Would anything like that be possible? Thanks!
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