Matt C.

Not a sure active member here, but I am planning on starting a new community when IC5 comes out. The new tagging system really piques my interest and I have a few ideas. I would be honored to be included in the alpha testing.

Not a sure active member here, but I am planning on starting a new community when IC5 comes out. The new tagging system really piques my interest and I have a few ideas. I would be honored to be included in the alpha testing.

Thank you for bringing this issue to our attention! I can confirm this should be further reviewed and I have logged an internal bug report for our development team to investigate and address as necessary, in a future maintenance release.
 

This looks like a huge step up from IC4 widgets. Will you be able to edit the widget titles on predefined widgets, unlike IC4?

1. I'd like to second the comment above, to ensure we have filter / permission options per widget.  
The idea is to build a truly customized community as a user grows in their user journey.  New members might see more introductory and popular topics; returning members might see content that they started or participated in.  
2. Will IPS consider some basic meta options for widgets such as: 
- enable / disable Widget title
- widget title is a link 
- enable / disable border 
As a use case, in my Downloads section, I've built simple widgets for each category to to showcase the latest files per category.  It would make sense that clicking on the widgets title would go to respective file category. 
3. We're still going to have options to hide / display individual widgets on mobile vs tablet vs desktop? 
I can see community owners building more elaborate widget areas for desktop, but more streamlined for mobile.  (In my community, I've studied how my superusers are on desktop, my sales conversions happen the most on desktop, but 60% of my regular traffic is mobile. ) 
4. I'm curious about other clients thought process around spacing between widgets.  Is there a widget area where you would want tightly clustered widgets versus spread out widgets? 
5. Are these widget display options are available for database records? Any changes to default list options or display options of databases? 

This looks like a huge step up from IC4 widgets. Will you be able to edit the widget titles on predefined widgets, unlike IC4?

This looks like a huge step up from IC4 widgets. Will you be able to edit the widget titles on predefined widgets, unlike IC4?

This looks like a huge step up from IC4 widgets. Will you be able to edit the widget titles on predefined widgets, unlike IC4?

Introducing new Page Builder tools in Invision Community 5
Widgets are an incredibly powerful tool for displaying curated content of your choice on any page of your community - and despite the extensive array of settings for customizing their data, they've often been limited in terms of their design options. But this changes thanks to the new Page Builder tools in Invision Community 5!
Widget Designs
Previously in version 4, widgets would often have 2 designs: one for the main content area and a more minimal version for the sidebar. This worked well, but it meant your page was very limited in terms of design as you'd typically need to use the same table-like layout for most widgets. Anything beyond that would typically require a custom block to be coded, often with additional HTML or CSS.
Version 5 offers much more customization by allowing you to change the design of each widget with the click of your mouse - no coding necessary! When dragging a widget onto your page, a new toolbar at the bottom of the page appears, holding all of the widget design options. Lets take a look at some below!
Grid
A familiar a very layout used elsewhere in the suite, the Grid design neatly aligns entries in a grid with a large cover photo sitting up top. A great combination of visual imagery alongside meta data such as entry descriptions.

 
Featured
A spacious list and a great way to feature content, pardon the pun.

 
Wallpaper
Perfect for content which includes uploaded cover photos or thumbnails! The Wallpaper design stretches each image to make it occupy the entire background, overlaid by a minimal amount of content. A subtle gradient sits behind the text to ensure it's easy to read, even on detailed images.

 
Rows (table)
The Rows design is a very familiar one, used very often throughout other areas of the suite. Content is displayed in a neat table, that collapses into a more compact design on small screens.

 
Minimal
Great for displaying a lot of content in a compact area! Minimal only shows primary information and hides meta data such as entry descriptions and stats. Great for sidebars, or areas with limited width.

 
Minimal Grid
The Minimal Grid design removes large meta information and displays content in a nice, compact grid. A nice option for displaying a lot of content while being cautious of vertical space.

 
Carousel
The Carousel option is quite unique because it can be applied in tandem with other widget designs, and is a perfect way to make the existing layouts even more compact. For example, by default, the Wallpaper design is aligned as a grid, but with the Carousel option enabled, the layout is converted into a carousel instead:
Carousel-widget.mp4
Here's another example, using the Featured and Carousel options:
Blog - featured carousel.mp4
 
Fun fact for developers: All of these designs use the exact same HTML structure; the only thing that differs is the class name on the parent element. This makes it incredibly easy to adjust the design of your own widgets without needing to manually code multiple layouts.
 
Widget Areas
Version 4 was often quite limiting when it came to aligning widgets in pages. Widgets could be dragged into a stacked, vertical list but that was typically as far as you could go in terms of design. Version 5 introduces a new concept called Widget Areas, which allow you to align multiple widgets in a variety of ways. Lets take a look!
To create an area, you simply need to drag one widget on top of another.
Blog - areas.mp4
By default, they'll align themselves into a grid, but can be realigned with ease by using the toolbar at the bottom of the page. The toolbar also holds controls for adjusting the width of widgets, and the gap between them:
Blog - alignments.mp4
 
Widget Designs and Widget Areas in Version 5 make it incredibly easy to create a completely custom page in a matter of seconds. We're really excited for you to get your hands on these new tools in Invision Community 5, and are looking forward to seeing all of these new page designs in the wild, in the very near future!

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If you are planning to upgrade to IPB5… there is no longer a concept of a-la-cart modules. All of them will be included. If you are planning to stick with IPB 4, click the contact us link at the bottom of the page and submit a request to the account teams. 

Thank you very much for the information.

Users don’t create courses. Admins (from the ACP) do. Users take the courses based on what permissions they have. 

There is no pre-created courses. You define them yourself and it’s content in the ACP. Take look at: