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Mack_au

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    Mack_au reacted to ASI in Leaving community after 18 years :(   
    It is really starting to become more effort than it is worth. Not to mention costlier still. Useful feature after useful feature that makes a community a community slowly gets taken away eg chat and marketplace. So what is the point? Great for corporations sure.
     
    What are the best modern alternatives to IPS now? Any that support easy conversions?
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    Mack_au reacted to mountaininteractive in Leaving community after 18 years :(   
    Hi Martin, 
    I've really attempted to use IPS for my big gaming community but honestly, at this point, I have to agree. IPS seems to be moving to appeal to corporate websites with things like (courses) instead of focusing on what other forum sites do. It seems that awesome features I loved are being removed like the integrated support system and more. With the marketplace being removed it is removing a good and awesome opportunity for developers to make money. I am going to start to begin to move to another forum site. 
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    Mack_au reacted to ASI in Marketplace Closure   
    Sorry, but this is a sucky move.

    It will be more incentive still to move away from Invision and will likely dissuade new users looking to easily,  cheaply and rapidly implement Invision with some customized functions.
     
    Now you'll need to pay out of ear for custom development and be held in by the very limited devs experienced with this platform.
     
    You'll also need to verify them yourself, somehow and you'll need accounts on countless sites to even try to facilitate those modules, coming from all different devs.
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    Mack_au reacted to Lindy in Marketplace Closure   
    We would like to take this opportunity to inform you of an important decision we've made with regard to the Invision Community Marketplace. After careful evaluation and consideration, we have decided to discontinue the Invision Community Marketplace, effective October 30, 2023.
     
    Over the past several years, we have noticed a decrease in usage of the Marketplace, with a staggering 75% decline in sales. In addition, we have observed a growing trend away from off the shelf customizations towards bespoke tailoring of a community by working more closely with developers. While it has been a platform for many dedicated and talented contributors to share their work, we believe it is time to re-focus our efforts and resources to better serve your present and future needs.
     
    We understand that change can be unsettling, but we are excited to share with you our new direction. We are putting our efforts into enhancing the newly introduced Providers Directory, a platform that will enable you to connect with third-party providers for a wide range of services, including custom development, community management/support, conversion services, and other valuable resources. Additionally, many providers will have independent websites you will be able to visit to explore and obtain existing and new premade resources.
     
    More details are to follow soon, but we would like to highlight a few key points:
         • Marketplace renewals will cease effective immediately
         • New purchases will end September 15, 2023
         • The Marketplace will be removed in the October release and disabled on October 30, 2023
         • You will continue to be able to install and manage existing and new resources via the methods provided by their respective authors
         • You will be able to obtain a key for each of your current Marketplace purchases and provide that key to authors to transfer your purchases directly to the author
    We invite you to visit the Providers Directory and start exploring the opportunities it offers. This will allow you to familiarize yourself with the database and the resources it will provide in greater depth. Many of the current Marketplace contributors have already created their profiles – please check them out!
    Of course, this does not mean the end of aftermarket development with Invision Community. We are currently building new development tools for Invision Community 5 which have easier ways to add new functionality.
     
    We want to express our sincere gratitude for your ongoing support and trust in Invision Community. We believe these changes will enable us to better position ourselves to continue moving forward in meeting the present and future needs of our customer base.
     
    If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to reach out.
     
    Thank you for being a part of the Invision Community family.
     
    Update
    We have posted our next blog covering the next steps for obtaining purchases from 3rd party developers.
     

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    Mack_au got a reaction from Mark H in Sidebar moved from right to bottom out of no where   
    I should clarify that I mean it did happen with google ad code on my site (and not the announcement block like the OP) in case anyone else had the same problem but didn't have an announcement block. I'm not blaming Invision for breaking things that aren't anything to do with Invision's code/updates.
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    Mack_au reacted to Jim M in Sidebar moved from right to bottom out of no where   
    Thanks for the input and clarification!
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    Mack_au got a reaction from Jim M in Sidebar moved from right to bottom out of no where   
    I should clarify that I mean it did happen with google ad code on my site (and not the announcement block like the OP) in case anyone else had the same problem but didn't have an announcement block. I'm not blaming Invision for breaking things that aren't anything to do with Invision's code/updates.
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    Mack_au got a reaction from Alex005 in Sub-forum option to show more than 25 topics.   
    Can we get an option for each sub-forum to show more than 25 topics per page. I have a couple of sub-forums where I'd like to increase it to say 50 per page while keeping it normal on the rest.
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    Mack_au got a reaction from EYM in Sub-forum option to show more than 25 topics.   
    Can we get an option for each sub-forum to show more than 25 topics per page. I have a couple of sub-forums where I'd like to increase it to say 50 per page while keeping it normal on the rest.
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    Mack_au reacted to marklcfc in Sort out the most recent post link   
    I know the reason you've changed it but its all wrong and not user friendly. Since 4.6.8 clicking this link no longer goes to the latest post, but to the start of the topic. That couldn't be any less user friendly, especially for those that use those links to get to the latest post often.

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    Mack_au reacted to Numbered in IPS 4.1 : ADVERTISEMENT inside the first post   
    My pleasure 
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    Mack_au reacted to Adriano Faria in Promote Posts to Articles   
    Not exacly replicate. It creates an article based on a post content. That's all. Please, read the description and the entire topic.
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