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    Genestoy reacted to sudo in Marketplace Closure   
    I would have hoped for a 6 month notice period to be honest not 2 1/2 months.
    Considering we cant download addons any more other than through admincp we cant even back up for a wayward plugin dev who is sick or unable to handle the change in 2 months.
    Please at least let us download what we own to self install for now.
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    Genestoy reacted to Luuuk in Templates & CSS missing in ACP   
    Like I said, you don't need to upgrade to get around the issue. Just remember to close the IPS message (every time it is re-appearing) and reload the page. That's all.
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    Genestoy reacted to opentype in New year’s resolution: Make the Marketplace great again   
    I’m not judging in any way, just listing some observations about the developer/Marketplace situation in the recent years. 
    4.5 tightened the rules drastically. Result: several developers left for good. price increases. Developments needs a self-hosted installation and possibly a demo website. It’s now 850 + 300 annually. Someone starting out as developer really needs some killer products to earn that back and then generate profits. Cloud testing of resources would make it even more expensive (+1,788 annually).  Shift/changes to cloud. The lower tiers don’t have the ability to install third-party products. This decreases the reach and makes running independent third-party shops less useful/profitable.  Signatures turned off. No possibility for passive advertisement through community posts.  Limited compatibility field. Sales can only be created for one version, limiting the income.  I have no magical solutions to offer, but are improvements for this something we could put on the table for 2023?
    Currently, I am not very optimistic. We only have a handful of active developers left with continued announcements of departures. If it is still working well for some (?), it’s probably because of a large set of files and existing customers with renewals. But I can’t see how new developers would want to get involved in the current situation, replacing the ones who left or even growing the marketplace. 
    I understand the costs and downsides for IPS. Paying for code reviews, chargeback fees and of course all the support issues with third-party resources. But then again: Looking at the broader field of online software: all the big players strive with and in part because of a flourishing third-party marketplace. So, improvement could easily be a “win-win-win” situation for IPS, developers and IPS customers. 
     
    (I would have some suggestions myself but I don’t want to push the topic in a specific direction, so I am leaving it at the problem statement for now.)
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    Genestoy reacted to Adriano Faria in New year’s resolution: Make the Marketplace great again   
    Couldn’t agree more.
    I'm evaluating whether it's worth keeping development when IPS5 is released. I'm probably one of the top earners due to the insane number of resources available but It's not worth it anymore. So much hassle for so little return. It definitely used to be better. In my specific case, while I have a lot to deal with/support, it's not a lack of support or new stuff. It is just what the marketplace became… and that’s it.
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    Genestoy reacted to Square Wheels in New year’s resolution: Make the Marketplace great again   
    This makes me sad.  I remember visiting the Marketplace to see the new and exciting offerings.  Now those are rare.
    I use several mods to make my site what I want.  Regardless of the "community" direction IPS is taking for its high-paying corporate customers, I still use the software almost exclusively as a forum.
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    Genestoy got a reaction from Adriano Faria in Adriano Classifieds Conversation   
    Works for me 😄
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    Genestoy got a reaction from SJ77 in IOS photos are uploaded upside down   
    After all these years users with iphones uploading pics are still upside down, just happened on my forum again and exif is enabled with PHP 8.0
     

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    Genestoy got a reaction from SJ77 in [Suggestion] Profile Area   
    I also hated the way this looks and changed mine a long time ago, but it does involve changing a template. Many of my members have a profile photo and I wanted it out of the area where the photo goes.
     

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    Genestoy got a reaction from SeNioR- in How to turn reward off?   
    Never mind, found it, silly ACP search brings up only "rules" when you search for "Achievements" if you drop the "s" and search for "Achievement" it brings up the settings to turn it off.
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    Genestoy got a reaction from Marc Stridgen in How to turn reward off?   
    Never mind, found it, silly ACP search brings up only "rules" when you search for "Achievements" if you drop the "s" and search for "Achievement" it brings up the settings to turn it off.
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    Genestoy got a reaction from Matt in How to turn reward off?   
    Never mind, found it, silly ACP search brings up only "rules" when you search for "Achievements" if you drop the "s" and search for "Achievement" it brings up the settings to turn it off.
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    Genestoy got a reaction from DSystem in [Suggestion] Profile Area   
    I also hated the way this looks and changed mine a long time ago, but it does involve changing a template. Many of my members have a profile photo and I wanted it out of the area where the photo goes.
     

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    Genestoy got a reaction from SeNioR- in [Suggestion] Profile Area   
    I also hated the way this looks and changed mine a long time ago, but it does involve changing a template. Many of my members have a profile photo and I wanted it out of the area where the photo goes.
     

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    Genestoy got a reaction from SeNioR- in Background shading?   
    When you click on the "Mark site read" here on IPS board the background changes to a blue color. How can I change the color of the default 4.7 color?
    Thanks
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    Genestoy got a reaction from Gary in [Suggestion] Profile Area   
    I also hated the way this looks and changed mine a long time ago, but it does involve changing a template. Many of my members have a profile photo and I wanted it out of the area where the photo goes.
     

  16. Agree
    Genestoy got a reaction from AlexWebsites in IPS Update Banner   
    Please someone tell me how to stop the IPS Update banner that pops up every day. I get it, you want me to update, but not everyone wants to until they are sure everything including all apps have been updated and is VERY ANNOYING every day!!!
    Thanks for help with this
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    Genestoy reacted to Adriano Faria in Change the owner   
    I received dozens of messages (and this is NOT an overkill) related to Classifieds in the latest 2 years!

    I wish at least an auto reply to messages were added to the Core, that would help.
     
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    Genestoy reacted to Giray in Change the owner   
    I realize that one cannot change the 'owner' of a thread in the Forum and yet... it would be very helpful if when a dev sells or cedes his/her app to another dev that there be a change of the owner of the app and the support thread. Not changing this is unfair to the dev and to the clients. Clients waste time chasing after the wrong dev and devs do not feel good about the mistaken identity - both the old dev who keeps getting pestered and the new dev who might not be getting the love they deserve for the upkeep of the app, theme or plugin. Maybe you could write a back end script just for IPS to change just files and support threads? It would make the marketplace look more professional to know that it reflects the now and not the then.
    Thoughts?
    Thx.
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    Genestoy reacted to beats23 in (MIX) Advanced Online Indicator [support topic]   
    No point explaining to him, The plugin price states $10, common sense means you pay the update price when you need it. He says $40 for a green dot is too expensive.. There is no other option for an online indicator, so let him do without one. Some time it's better to ignore people rather than trying to help them. 
     
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    Genestoy got a reaction from Marc Stridgen in Dangerous PHP functions?   
    UPDATE: The htaccess script did not work so my hosting provider had sent me an email to see if I was "satisfied" with the support I got and you can guess what I told them, I also told them I was searching for another host that would be able to accommodate me! Then the next day I get another email from a senior support person and lo and behold he fixed the problem with some script in a special server php that only affects my domain on the server, so it can be done just have to be persistent!
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    Genestoy got a reaction from bosss in htaccess file?   
    Friendly URL's tab> In the middle "download this file"
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    Genestoy got a reaction from SeNioR- in Dangerous PHP Functions Enabled   
    So looking at that "long" phpinfo file if the disabled functions are not showing as one of the bolded headings it means it has been disabled?
    Thnaks
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    Genestoy reacted to All Astronauts in Online Indicator compatibilty   
    Only getting my morning coffee now,  support topic will be up shortly.
    And @Genestoy that other thing will be submitted in a few hours.  Might be the tightest, most efficient, plugin I've done.
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    Genestoy reacted to Randy Calvert in PHP8 will be the minimum version from November 2022   
    When you switch to PHP8, make sure you run the compatibility checking script to make sure you have all of the required PHP modules installed. If you’re not running any plugins and running into issues, in many situations the new version of PHP is missing a required module. 
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    Genestoy got a reaction from NZyan in Classifieds System   
    I just switched IPS 4.7.2.1 to PHP 8.0 and classifieds works fine
    Don't know what happened to InvisionHQ but he has not logged in here for 3 weeks now
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