Davyc

@Jordan Invision sent in a support request and @Marc Stridgen sorted it.  It was all down to the language file being used in the ACP, one quick click and done.  Support, as always, on top form.  Thanks to Marc for getting me there, I'll sleep tonight lol 🙂
 

I also see this a security concern personally. When I log out, I've logged out for a reason and I expect to input my conditionals again and not be automatically logged in. Unless I've ticked 'remained signed in' I expect to be logged out.

You could write up about the lamentable help guides which are anything but helpful to those wanting to learn how things work in the IPS arsenal.  For example, there are very few real-world examples of 'how to' - to further this look at custom fields, there is a brief look but no real examples of how you would put those custom fields to use in templates, in various locations and uses etc.  Anyone wanting to learn would need to understand (or be experts) in PHP, HTML, etc when all they want is to add a custom field in a forum, or pages, or a blog.

You could write up about the lamentable help guides which are anything but helpful to those wanting to learn how things work in the IPS arsenal.  For example, there are very few real-world examples of 'how to' - to further this look at custom fields, there is a brief look but no real examples of how you would put those custom fields to use in templates, in various locations and uses etc.  Anyone wanting to learn would need to understand (or be experts) in PHP, HTML, etc when all they want is to add a custom field in a forum, or pages, or a blog.

You could write up about the lamentable help guides which are anything but helpful to those wanting to learn how things work in the IPS arsenal.  For example, there are very few real-world examples of 'how to' - to further this look at custom fields, there is a brief look but no real examples of how you would put those custom fields to use in templates, in various locations and uses etc.  Anyone wanting to learn would need to understand (or be experts) in PHP, HTML, etc when all they want is to add a custom field in a forum, or pages, or a blog.

Therein lies your problem. 'you think it would enhance your forum' - have you asked your members what they think of this solution towards politeness?  After all, asking on here is one thing and you have had your responses from a few who have taken the time to respond, but what about your members? They are the ones who are going to have to live with this if you are able to implement it.  I believe their feedback would be more valuable to you than any on here.
As for this idea to stop people in their tracks and make them think before they post, it has the potential to stifle their desire to respond; emotions and passion are essential to good debate, these elements are what 'make people think' - this doesn't mean they have to be offensive, that's what your rules are there for, to remind them what is and isn't permissible. If anyone steps over the line, then you and your moderators are there to step in and do the job you're there for.  You have an inbuilt warning system, use that instead of penalising the many for the transgressions of the few.
Personally, if this was implemented in the core and it was not optional, I would go elsewhere for my community software.  I would not impose this on my members, but as I mentioned in an earlier post, it's your site, your forum, you do as you think best, but this is definitely not for the core, ask a developer to make this plugin/app for you, but I really would ask your members first if they believe this to be a good idea.  Do a poll, so they don't even have to say what they think 🙂
 

Really happy for you that your issues have levelled and you're back on track.  I had a gut feeling that you'd weather the storm and come back from out of the shadows. Good to hear that your site is back too.  All the best wishes and luck in the world to you and I hope those dark clouds never venture onto your doorstep again 🙂
 

Glad to hear the idea is warming up to you a little! 
I think it boils down to this for community owners: who do we want as frequent posters in your community. Some people just need friendly reminders to brighten up and that's ok. I think a tool like this could achieve that. 🙂

I don't want to get involved with this issue, but I do want to send a virtual hug to @Morrigan and hope that things in your life begin to improve in the very near future. Life can be a mess at times, many of us are equipped to deal with these things but just as many feels that the pressure can be too much at times and they need to offload some of the stress.
I can empathise with you and I also feel for you - but I also get the sense that you're a strong lady and will weather this storm that's entered your life.  Big hugs to you and good thoughts coming your way.

Remove the requirement to review when someone just wants to rate.  People are more likely to rate if they are not required to review but will not write a review just so they can rate.  This is for the pages app - or anywhere else where rating takes place that requires anything other than just giving a rating.
I managed to negate this, but had to jump through hoops to do it, whereas as simple option in the settings would negate the need to do this.  My members can now rate without having to review.
With thanks

Add this to your custom CSS file:
.cPost .ipsComment_controls { display: none; } That should do what you want 🙂
 

Remove the requirement to review when someone just wants to rate.  People are more likely to rate if they are not required to review but will not write a review just so they can rate.  This is for the pages app - or anywhere else where rating takes place that requires anything other than just giving a rating.
I managed to negate this, but had to jump through hoops to do it, whereas as simple option in the settings would negate the need to do this.  My members can now rate without having to review.
With thanks

It's been a while since I used this plugin so I had forgotten about the settings lol.  I am going to use it again soon, so I'll watch out for that 🙂
 

@Webmaster Scr this will allow you to change the colors to what you want - add it to your custom CSS file just on your dark theme settings otherwise it will override your light theme settings:
.SG_record_right_with_image { background-color: #131210 !important; color: #ffffff !important; } 🙂
 

You should see a list of your promoted items when you click on 'Manage Promoted Items' from your user menu;

 
You should see boxes with a cross and pencil - clicking the cross deletes the promoted item from the list (not the actual item itself) and the pencil allows you to edit.

As @AlexWebsites states check your permissions if you're not seeing anything in your user menu or the list as shown above 🙂
 

This should do the trick - add to your custom CSS file and adjust the colour to suit 🙂
[data-blocktitle="WYSIWYG Editor"] .ipsWidget_inner { background-color: #ffffff; } You may need to add !important after the colour but before the semi-colon if it doesn't work first time.

That was it! Thank you SO much! And it did nit need the !important code, either. Perfect.

Some simple steps to try if you haven't already tried them:
1) Check all permissions for groups
2) Check all permissions for the apps
3) Run the support tool to clear the cache
4) File a ticket with support if all the above do not help
Without more information it becomes difficult to track down 🙂
 

You should see a list of your promoted items when you click on 'Manage Promoted Items' from your user menu;

 
You should see boxes with a cross and pencil - clicking the cross deletes the promoted item from the list (not the actual item itself) and the pencil allows you to edit.

As @AlexWebsites states check your permissions if you're not seeing anything in your user menu or the list as shown above 🙂
 

It's very strange, I added the code to custom css but nothing is changed 😶
Ok, I added !important and now it works 😄 
Thank you guys!

As @Nathan Explosion suggests:
 
.cke_wysiwyg_div { font-size: 50px; } Change the size to suit.  This only affects the editor as text is being typed and not how it will appear posted.

Add this to your custom CSS file:
.cPost .ipsComment_controls { display: none; } That should do what you want 🙂
 

That sounds reasonable - but if you want an actual instance then my own issue is one to view.  Uploaded a theme, works great, then for some reason it starts acting funny and there is no apparent reason for it doing so.  Uninstalling the theme and reinstalling it resolved the issue, however I lost all my customisations in the process and had to redo them, not a major incident but one which could have been resolved with a simple reinstall of the files. I'm not sure if you're aware of this issue, but it basically meant I could not see a database in the pages app and when trying to add, remove or reposition blocks on the front page I got this error:

I understand that these irregularities may not be something that occurs frequently, but just having that little button that says 'Reapply Files' would be a boon and it would potentially cut down tickets and having to contact app authors, many of whom take a long time to respond and many are often in different time zones making any useful dialogue difficult. But thanks for offering an olive branch of hope 🙂
 

We're not talking about forums or any of the IPS apps, it's about third-party apps and you don't always have to start with a clean slate.  I'm not talking about reinstalling database tables, etc, I'm on about the actual files that get installed on the server - this is generally where corruption or other issues can take place.  If the issue is with the database, then you may be stuck unless you know how to analyse and manipulate databases.  There are some situations where a reinstall will not work, but in general I have always found that reuploading the files of an app works.  I run a movies site and if I uninstall the app, I lose everything, if I can reinstall the files without uninstalling, I may have a lucky escape - this is what I am on about and why it was useful to have a hard copy of third-party apps.  
Not everyone knows about backups and where to find files, etc.  I'm lucky in that I can do these things (having done this and learned over the last 20 years), but not everyone can and not everyone will.  Now, if third-party apps had a backup option when they use database tables, which would change the landscape, it would be a bonus, but I can't see them doing that.  The idea I'm pressing for is to make it as simple as possible for users to fix things themselves without raising tickets or contacting authors who may take days or even weeks to respond.
It's like a lot of things in life, you fix an issue and potentially create more issues - which is why there are a lot of topics related to this subject.  The system, in principle, is good but as it stands it lacks a lot in terms of self-support.  Running the support tool will find issues with any IPS system files that may be out of order, but not third-party apps 🙂
 

That sounds reasonable - but if you want an actual instance then my own issue is one to view.  Uploaded a theme, works great, then for some reason it starts acting funny and there is no apparent reason for it doing so.  Uninstalling the theme and reinstalling it resolved the issue, however I lost all my customisations in the process and had to redo them, not a major incident but one which could have been resolved with a simple reinstall of the files. I'm not sure if you're aware of this issue, but it basically meant I could not see a database in the pages app and when trying to add, remove or reposition blocks on the front page I got this error:

I understand that these irregularities may not be something that occurs frequently, but just having that little button that says 'Reapply Files' would be a boon and it would potentially cut down tickets and having to contact app authors, many of whom take a long time to respond and many are often in different time zones making any useful dialogue difficult. But thanks for offering an olive branch of hope 🙂