CheersnGears

A new version has been pushed to the Marketplace and is pending approval. Changes include:
Allow Admins to view a list of users who have unsubscribed from the Newsletter (ACP -> Newsletters -> Subscribers -> Unsubscribed Members ) Allow Admins to export a list of users subscribed to a newsletter Multiple improvements to distribution tracking to prevent loops and users receiving multiple instances of the newsletter Moved population of the distribution list to a background task to prevent timeouts on large sites

The members widget contains already settings for todays / this months birthdays.It's not really exactly what you want, but better than nothing.
Just a small hint because I noticed recently that many people weren't aware of this:)

 

I understand about wanting the old format.  I'm just brainstorming to come up with some sort of alternative that might be easier to do programmatically but still fill the need.  Path of least resistance and all...

This was confusing me as well, and yes, it turned out my cron tasks were still under 7.4.  Maybe a line in the e-mail notice to the tune of "If your site admin panel says you are running PHP 8+, check your cron tasks or contact your server provider for assistance."

Thanks. I have a boatload of apps that the scanner was picking up but that have been working fine on PHP8 for a couple months now.

The scanner keeps reporting and disabling @Michael.J’s Collections app.  Next time it runs I’ll see if I can grab a screenshot of what it is complaining about.  That said, I have been on PHP8 for a few months and as far as I know it hasn’t been an issue.   I am not on 8.1 yet because Imagik for CPanel hasn’t been updated last I checked.

The scanner keeps reporting and disabling @Michael.J’s Collections app.  Next time it runs I’ll see if I can grab a screenshot of what it is complaining about.  That said, I have been on PHP8 for a few months and as far as I know it hasn’t been an issue.   I am not on 8.1 yet because Imagik for CPanel hasn’t been updated last I checked.

Thanks. I have a boatload of apps that the scanner was picking up but that have been working fine on PHP8 for a couple months now.

4.7.2 compatibility update has been pushed to the marketplace and is pending approval.

In for the 4.7 compatibility notice

If the IP address is from a non English-speaking country, I generally put that into my CleanTalk firewall ban list.  I no longer rely solely on the SpamDefense to protect my site and CleanTalk is the best $8 a year you can spend.

Thank you for your help, apologies but I forgot to ask one final question on this topic. Once you have permanently banned a member, but then you delete their profile and account, does their name, address and IP address remain in the database to prevent them reregistering in future?

OK OK, a new app should be ready later today:) 

I'm assuming you are owlsonline.com.
If so, the url owlsonline.com/ads.txt returns a text file with txt that looks quite similar to mine but with a different publisher id, which means as long as your publisher ID matches what you see in your adsense console, you should be fine and you're good to go. 
 

Thanks.
I don't update major releases until I get confirmation that all of my apps and plug-ins are marked compatible.

A new version has been uploaded to the Marketplace and is pending approval. This update has been tested under IPS 4.7 and PHP 8.

Just so no one misunderstands this: the slowness comes from initiating the SMTP connection while certain actions like replying to a topic with followers are performed. It is not related to AWS. All external SMTP services will show that problem unless IPS moves those mails to a background task for all situations. 

Hi,

Is this compatible with 4.7?

Thank you

It should be done this week 🙂

@Jordan Miller You raise some interesting and valid points in your posts, but you always refer your attention to 'business' and forget that there are thousands of hobbyist clients who tend to get left out.  It may not be your intention to do so, but whenever you post something it always includes the word 'business'.  This may seem like nitpicking and IPS may be more focussed on business clients, but there are others who contribute to the IPS coffers.  It may be prudent to be more inclusive so those who created the foundation for IPS are not left feeling out.
To the point of your post.  As a hobbyist and someone who enjoys the experience of a forum based site (at present I get more of a kick from the creation aspect rather that the using thereafter) the drag of SM is the sore point when it comes to generating interest and contributors.  It's not that what we hobbyists do that may appear uninteresting, it's getting people off the SM wagon into a new environment.  There are probably numerous contributing factors that may lie at the root cause for this lack of interest, but that is the big issue for hobbyists.  Finding a niche that has not been covered already and has sufficient interest from a large number of people to get the ball rolling is really tough, and it doesn't matter what software is employed in a new venture; WordPress, IPS, Xenforo, Simple Machines, MyBB the list goes on.
Using SM to generate interest is a non-starter.  I use Twitter to promote my site and my Tweets drive traffic because what I post is apparently of interest, but it's a one way ticket because the people consume the content and then return to Twitter to comment on it rather than register and comment directly at the source.
I doubt that I'm alone in this parody of high interest on SM but low interest in registering at the source of the interest.  It's a symptom of the way people engage in this day-and-age.  It seems as though it's an effort to go through the short process of registering.  The other factor could also be that they are not interested in spending time learning how to use a system that may appear to be cumbersome to use on their mobile devices.
Sign of the times perhaps.

My pain points are largely in creating/editing articles.  I use Pages largely as a news and reviews page and the forums piggyback off of that.   I have no trouble finding content to create, for my niche it is a veritable firehose to stand in front of, but getting it created in Pages with the right format is tedious.
I'd love:
a better method for placing pictures, setting alt text, setting captions. More options for what a gallery looks like when I place a link to one. See @opentype's SuperReviews as one example of what I'd like to do, but with the Gallery system. Multi-column formatting Some sort of widget or block system where I can place an Ad widget inline with the text. Compatibility with Grammerly - Seriously, it's a pain to write it in Word so the article gets checked with Grammerly and then cut-paste-format into Pages. A lot of my slow-down with generating content.  There is so much of it everyday that I have to pick and choose, but getting it posted is painful.
I'd argue that the forum in IPS software is largely feature complete and any improvements would be just slightly incremental.  Pages, Gallery, Clubs, is where attention is sorely needed.
I said here many years ago that IPS has the potential to be the paid Wordpress beater if Pages was improved. I still see that potential.

My pain points are largely in creating/editing articles.  I use Pages largely as a news and reviews page and the forums piggyback off of that.   I have no trouble finding content to create, for my niche it is a veritable firehose to stand in front of, but getting it created in Pages with the right format is tedious.
I'd love:
a better method for placing pictures, setting alt text, setting captions. More options for what a gallery looks like when I place a link to one. See @opentype's SuperReviews as one example of what I'd like to do, but with the Gallery system. Multi-column formatting Some sort of widget or block system where I can place an Ad widget inline with the text. Compatibility with Grammerly - Seriously, it's a pain to write it in Word so the article gets checked with Grammerly and then cut-paste-format into Pages. A lot of my slow-down with generating content.  There is so much of it everyday that I have to pick and choose, but getting it posted is painful.
I'd argue that the forum in IPS software is largely feature complete and any improvements would be just slightly incremental.  Pages, Gallery, Clubs, is where attention is sorely needed.
I said here many years ago that IPS has the potential to be the paid Wordpress beater if Pages was improved. I still see that potential.

I use the option of Pages creating the Topics for comments to do two things at once.  Even with shorter stuff because there's the Article which I want/need to promote and the forums for the chatter about said article.  I am in several Press guilds and while I'm not published in MotorTrend or Car & Driver, I do rub elbows with them and would like my articles to look professional and not just a post on a forum.
I'll select some articles to share tomorrow.

I use the option of Pages creating the Topics for comments to do two things at once.  Even with shorter stuff because there's the Article which I want/need to promote and the forums for the chatter about said article.  I am in several Press guilds and while I'm not published in MotorTrend or Car & Driver, I do rub elbows with them and would like my articles to look professional and not just a post on a forum.
I'll select some articles to share tomorrow.

I use the option of Pages creating the Topics for comments to do two things at once.  Even with shorter stuff because there's the Article which I want/need to promote and the forums for the chatter about said article.  I am in several Press guilds and while I'm not published in MotorTrend or Car & Driver, I do rub elbows with them and would like my articles to look professional and not just a post on a forum.
I'll select some articles to share tomorrow.