Here is the roundup of what's new in Invision Community 4.2!
Highlights
There's a lot of new feature in 4.2 but here are a few of the highlights:
Promoting Content - A new way to promote content in your Community internally, on Facebook, and on Twitter.
Clubs - Clubs are a brand new way of supporting sub-communities within your site. Many people have requested social group functionality in the past and Clubs are our implementation of this concept.
Reactions - Offer more fine-grained sentiments towards content than a simple up/down or 'like'. They are now in common usage on social networks, and so users expect to be able to be more nuanced in their response to something they see.
Complete Your Profile - Encourage or require members to fill out the details on their profile. Also now allows for quick registration to encourage joining.
And a whole lot more..
It goes on... here is the full list!
Leaderboard Enhancements
Richer Embeds
Group Promotion Improvement
Fluid Forum View
Member History
Editor Uploading Improvements
Authy Integration
Commerce Improvements
New REST API Endpoints
Gallery Improvements
Statistic Reporting
Copy Topic to Database
Downloads Index Page
Blog Sidebar
Promoting Content
Clubs
Reactions
Calendar Venues
Social Sign In Streamlining
Calendar Add Similar Event
Gallery Lightbox Navigation
Letter Profile Photos
SEO Improvements
Device Management
Delayed Deletes
Calendar Event Reminders
Content Messages
Recommended Replies
Complete Your Profile
Be sure to visit each entry above for more information and screenshots. We hope you enjoy Invision Community 4.2!
Tags are a powerful feature in IPS Community Suite 4 and we have seen clients using them in many ways to enhance content discovery on their site. Adding tags to an item is quite easy but modifying them after the fact requires you to edit the root content item. Not only is this tedious but it also then shows an edited-by line for that item even if all you did was change a tag.
To make this process more user friendly we now have the ability to quickly edit tags when viewing any content item. When you view an item that has tags enabled and you have permission to edit then you will see a link to edit tags.
Tag Quick Edit
That brings up an input box where you can manage your item tags without leaving the page to a full edit screen.
Tag Quick Edit Input
We have been testing the feature for a few weeks internally and it has already saved us time as we tag our discussions. But beyond that, and I think more important, is the fact that we find we are using tags more often. More use means more organization and filter possibilities of your content which is a great thing for busy, data-drive communities.
So we hope that not only will controlling your tags be faster an easier but you too find you use the tagging feature more often with this small but useful change.
This change will be in version 4.1.17 which is scheduled to be released in early December 2016.