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Hiding/deleting posts is always a tricky issue. It's necessary, but it can create new discussions, because the users who's posts got hidden can get pretty mad.

On Facebook Pages this is solved quite nicely. If you hide a post, no one will see it anymore BUT the author. So provoking posts will not cause any trouble, but the author won't get mad, because he/she will still see the post.

This might be a nice option to have on IP.Board as well.

I think it would actually be helpful to have a description wherever image uploads are possible in the AdminCP, saying something like: "Recommended: 250 px x 100 px or higher."
This might become obsolete though if we are able to upload .svg files in the future...

I think it would actually be helpful to have a description wherever image uploads are possible in the AdminCP, saying something like: "Recommended: 250 px x 100 px or higher."
This might become obsolete though if we are able to upload .svg files in the future...

I would love to see more, by group preferably, permission settings for clubs. I would like to be more in control of which group can do what in clubs.
- Can view content in clubs Y/N
- Upload images in clubs Y/N
and the like.
This I feel is currently missing, given all the other great permission setting I can use elsewhere in the forum software.

Cheers and have a great 2020!
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Rick

This.

As i already said, it should search not only on tags but also on titles, including localized ones (as it was in 3.x).

Regarding AdminCP search, here is a real issue: Search does not take translated content into consideration. You have to search for English settings in order to find anything. So basically, unless you look for English words, the search option is useless.

I also want to advocate for a "To Top Button" (again). I know about the possibility to use plugins, but in my opinion this should be part of the core software.

In Pages this is one of the features I use the most. It would definetly be great to have this in Forums, too.

I think it would be really nice to have the ability to create a post and schedule it to be posted at a later date/time.  This would allow me to do a LOT of work ahead of time on my forum.  

The answer to that is "No". Version 4.4 will use CKEditor 4.11.0 (see this post).

Imho quotes are okay, but they need some improvements, e.g. shortening after a certain amount of words to avoid huge blocks of quoted text (I know there is a plugin for this, but it should be a core feature) or placeholder text for media in quotes such as images or videos (I know there is a plugin for this but... you get it).

I hope that lazy load will be also implemented for YouTube embeds in 4.4.
This topic is a live illustration why this is important.

It would be awesome to load just thumbnail instead of player and to load player only when thumbnail clicked. This significantly improves performance on pages with embedded videos.

We are talking about the default theme, right? Yes, I have to agree on this one (even more so, since there is no go-to-top button by default). I highly doubt though that we will see a major overhaul of the default theme and/or theme functionality in IPS 4.

I think it will be better to have the header bar (menu, notifications) in a sticky header.
Like that we don't have to scroll scroll scroll to the top to go to our notification or menu. Mobile need that more than desktop.

Yes, the Downloads App needs more attention. Regarding uploads I think it should techincally be possible to allow huge uploads and downloads, even on hosted sites with little to no possibility to configure the php.ini file. I have seen a new version of a Download App (for a competing software) that allowes exactly that. A very nice feature!
Two more things that come to my mind right away (because I was struggeling with this lately):
4) Categories should not work like forums. Content in subcategories should also show up in the parent one.
5) It should be possible to add more than one category to a download.

Additionally, this is what I'm missing in the downloads app:
more choices how to display special files selections in the thumbnails preview slider bars
Please let us have additional, new, flexible preview bars) on the downloads index page.
Currently there are only unchangeable "featured files" / "newest files" / "popular files" preview bars, but this doesn't suit my requirements. I require

# manually preselected files (editor's choice)
# top paid files, top free files
# special offers
# sponsored downloads
  in the files details page, currently there is only the "screenshots bar" with the thumbnails images, but I think it should be more of a sensational shop with a BIG PRIMARY IMAGE or a banner. nowadays, users want to see EYE-CATCHING COVER IMAGES. For IPS, marketplace files functionality (text) might be the most requested information, but for other products (f.e. music or video downloads) users decide about purchases also by looking at images or video! Therefore, the layout looks pretty lost, lame, unspectacular.
  members (file authors) want their own / personal members downloads shops. Have a look at the classifieds app and the "user store concept". This should be realized for downloads, too, and connected to the user profiles pages. My file authors wish to have big profile banners for their downloads (with their commercial logos), introduction texts to their own shops and more
  an integrated reviews rating bar like in "downloads plus"
# the downloads plus app looks great, but for my requirements (I have special code for missing EU tax features and this restricts me to install third party apps, so a native solution is required)
  an option where to store files per file.
I want to transfer small files to Amazon S3, but bigger files (f.e. 1GB video files) should be stored locally to avoid high cloud transfer costs. I experience that my users download their files multiple times again and again and this becomes more and more expensive
# maybe insert a restriction how often a single file can be downloaded
  make files versioning a choice per file or per default settings
# if an author only changes any images or only adjusts spelling errors in his downloads, all followers are notified about file changes, BUT THERE IS NO FILE CHANGE!
# stop notifying members if the files (in the proper sense -> the downloads, not the download descriptions) aren't changed
  more visual elements and effects onmouseover
# this could also be a plugin, but a modern look should have a minimal stylish default behavior
  the categories box in the sidebar on the downloads main index page is a total waste of space (below the details info)
# please make it at least concealable by default or by user choice or let us reposition it
  downloads require a downloads shopping cart for purchasing multiple file downloads at once
# if members want to buy a lot of files, it's very annoying to checkout for every single file
  in the european union, you have to inform your customer that there is no refund for downloads possible. We may NOT have this information in our terms and conditions. It MUST BE DISPLAYED directly above the "buy now" button. Therefore we urgently require special and flexible check and text boxes. If there isn't such an information box, every purchaser can directly refund their purchased downloads and PayPal will refund without any further discussion. More info HERE.
  have colored marketing badges for the preview thumbnails
# new, hot, recommended, reduced price, limited offer...
  free, but password-protected downloads
# let us add a secondary security level, like password protected forums
  add commission levels per member group
# one commission setting for all members isn't very good, I require to award members by status and hence adjust commission values individually
  a files wishlist
# that reminds me of interesting files I might purchase one day...
  integration of a points system (preferred "members shop", @TheJackal84 ), where users can/must pay for file downloads with points (even free downloads, option enabled per file by download author).
# below the real currency price, there should be shown a points price (virtual currency).
as an alternative I could also imagine:
# earn downloads credits with quality contents in the forums to be able to download "free files". this way members have to engage better to get free premium files.
# or handle free downloads as "granted if you have a good reputation quota aso"
  the "download now" or "buy now" button requires more attention
# some of my users just don't see it directly Dear IPS Team, you publish blog articles about monetizing our communities, so please help us to really make powerselling use of the downloads app. I think the current status is still very basic. The downloads app is really missing a lot love and isn't optimized for powerselling at all. Thank you.

Yes, the Downloads App needs more attention. Regarding uploads I think it should techincally be possible to allow huge uploads and downloads, even on hosted sites with little to no possibility to configure the php.ini file. I have seen a new version of a Download App (for a competing software) that allowes exactly that. A very nice feature!
Two more things that come to my mind right away (because I was struggeling with this lately):
4) Categories should not work like forums. Content in subcategories should also show up in the parent one.
5) It should be possible to add more than one category to a download.

Yes, the Downloads App needs more attention. Regarding uploads I think it should techincally be possible to allow huge uploads and downloads, even on hosted sites with little to no possibility to configure the php.ini file. I have seen a new version of a Download App (for a competing software) that allowes exactly that. A very nice feature!
Two more things that come to my mind right away (because I was struggeling with this lately):
4) Categories should not work like forums. Content in subcategories should also show up in the parent one.
5) It should be possible to add more than one category to a download.

I also want to advocate for a "To Top Button" (again). I know about the possibility to use plugins, but in my opinion this should be part of the core software.

I also want to advocate for a "To Top Button" (again). I know about the possibility to use plugins, but in my opinion this should be part of the core software.

Could this be added to make IPS more user friendly on phones?
The scrolling that needs to be done on phone devices is mammoth and there's no easy way up to get back to the top.
Anyone else struggle with this?
The only addon in Marketplace I could find is from 2015 and no longer compatible.

I second this!

I completely agree with this.
A good handful of different default templates out of the box would help wonders for new admins to see and understand the power of Pages, and what it can do. As well as save time creating their own pages from scratch, they can cut ideas out of one and paste it into another. Without some hand-holding, it's quite an intimidating application knowing it can do everything but not knowing where to begin.