Joel R

I'd be curious to see how IPS envisages using an IP.Pages database as a leaders-only discussion over trouble members or topics.  How is that better than just using a moderator forum or the actual ModCP? 
There are some big insights on this article that aren't identified on their own but govern some broad principles to community management:
1. Keep your rules uniform -- I think it's important to keep your rules consistent and uniform for all members.  It makes it easier to moderate, easier to remember, and easier to enforce.  It also doesn't allow members to go crazy in certain topics and then have to switch personalities to participate other topics.
2. New members vs Veteran members -- this is another great point that sometimes we, as admins, may forget about.  A new member is just trying to get accustomed to the site, and their enthusiasm shouldn't be mistaken for policy mistake.  I personally focus more on educating  new members when there's a problem ("did you know about this policy, here's what you could have done instead, etc").  A  veteran member, however, should be more familiar with the rules and I'm more willing to be stricter with veteran members than new members.
3. Steward - Users give us their time, attention, intellectual capital, insight, humor, and clicks.  Collectively, that forms a community and I think its important to remember that even though those actions and items are freely given, they need to be nurtured on behalf of something that's not just of my own making.  As an admin, it's easy to take credit for the success of the community.  But I think a proper admin knows that he's really a steward of everyone's contribution.  
 

I'd be curious to see how IPS envisages using an IP.Pages database as a leaders-only discussion over trouble members or topics.  How is that better than just using a moderator forum or the actual ModCP? 
There are some big insights on this article that aren't identified on their own but govern some broad principles to community management:
1. Keep your rules uniform -- I think it's important to keep your rules consistent and uniform for all members.  It makes it easier to moderate, easier to remember, and easier to enforce.  It also doesn't allow members to go crazy in certain topics and then have to switch personalities to participate other topics.
2. New members vs Veteran members -- this is another great point that sometimes we, as admins, may forget about.  A new member is just trying to get accustomed to the site, and their enthusiasm shouldn't be mistaken for policy mistake.  I personally focus more on educating  new members when there's a problem ("did you know about this policy, here's what you could have done instead, etc").  A  veteran member, however, should be more familiar with the rules and I'm more willing to be stricter with veteran members than new members.
3. Steward - Users give us their time, attention, intellectual capital, insight, humor, and clicks.  Collectively, that forms a community and I think its important to remember that even though those actions and items are freely given, they need to be nurtured on behalf of something that's not just of my own making.  As an admin, it's easy to take credit for the success of the community.  But I think a proper admin knows that he's really a steward of everyone's contribution.  
 

I'd be curious to see how IPS envisages using an IP.Pages database as a leaders-only discussion over trouble members or topics.  How is that better than just using a moderator forum or the actual ModCP? 
There are some big insights on this article that aren't identified on their own but govern some broad principles to community management:
1. Keep your rules uniform -- I think it's important to keep your rules consistent and uniform for all members.  It makes it easier to moderate, easier to remember, and easier to enforce.  It also doesn't allow members to go crazy in certain topics and then have to switch personalities to participate other topics.
2. New members vs Veteran members -- this is another great point that sometimes we, as admins, may forget about.  A new member is just trying to get accustomed to the site, and their enthusiasm shouldn't be mistaken for policy mistake.  I personally focus more on educating  new members when there's a problem ("did you know about this policy, here's what you could have done instead, etc").  A  veteran member, however, should be more familiar with the rules and I'm more willing to be stricter with veteran members than new members.
3. Steward - Users give us their time, attention, intellectual capital, insight, humor, and clicks.  Collectively, that forms a community and I think its important to remember that even though those actions and items are freely given, they need to be nurtured on behalf of something that's not just of my own making.  As an admin, it's easy to take credit for the success of the community.  But I think a proper admin knows that he's really a steward of everyone's contribution.  
 

You might have been using IP. Connect in prior versions.  This is no longer supported in 4.3+ and your users are no longer being dual registered.  
You should immediately send in a Support ticket to determine your login options.  

For the data that leaves the EU please ensure that the hosting company in the US complies with the Privacy Shield Agreement. Please note that the previous "Safe Harbor" Agreement is not deemed enough according to the EU high courts.
There are several due diligence things for your to do:
Check and if your hoster in the US has a VALID certificate: www.privacyshield.gov/list These certificates are to be checked and renewed every 12 months If your hoster is not on the list you theoretically can bind him contractually but I guess that's not gonna happen. Your hoster needs to provide a data processing agreement that is GDPR compliant Personally, I would move the data to servers in the EU. Why host in the US in the first place?

Clearly IPS is the hottest cast to never hit the Hollywood Reporter.
Also, I dont think we can take @Matt sertiously ever again while he wears a Krispy Kreme hat (their donuts are delicious though).  
 

I am no expert on UK law but I can tell you from experience that it is not allowed in Germany. It would be absolutely absurd if anyone could just install 8K PTZ Dome cams and zoom in on your girlfriends boobs, now would it?
While this has nothing to do with requirements for web tools I have to add: The new GDPR law trumps all local laws.
Not much of an impact in the UK i guess since they're leaving.... ?

These improvements and tools are excellent and well considered, just what we needed, thank you. 
I'd also urge some general caution and due diligence especially with any non-member requests for bulk personal data export, admins should put some procedures in place and make sure co-admins and staff are aware, to recognise a request and to reasonably check proof of identity before handing over bulk export data  to ex-members, banned or disgruntled ex-members who potentially have a grievance, or ex-members requesting deleting accounts. 
It may be useful for current registered members to have a convenient option in their Account Settings to be able to request an export, so export could be performed automatically and recorded in the member history audit trail.
I'd also urge caution in transmitting that XML data to the requester especially by email, be sure to provide some security such as sending it in a passworded and/or encrypted zip file. Double, triple check you're sending it to the correct person, email address!
 

GDPR should be readily understood and easy to adopt.  The fact you asked your question means the people rolling out this new regulation failed to adequately inform the populace about it in a way that could be easily understood by one and all.  Lawyers themselves may find themselves puzzling over the wording of the regulation and it is quite likely many a law suit will be launched to bring clarity to various aspects of it.  Some if it is likely to be changed or deleted as consequence. You are responsible for adhering to GDPR even if it is flawed and you don't fully understand it.  Ignorance of the law is no defense in the court of law.
Nothing is likely to happen at first.  I imagine the individuals tasked with enforcing this regulation will focus their attentions on websites that inspired the adoption of this regulation in order to make an example of them.  They will probably move on to websites after that who have made no effort whatsoever towards trying to be compliant.
Every website owner will have to make a personal determination if they feel comfortable that they can come to understand the GDPR enough to know what changes (if any) need to be made on their website and have the wherewithal to make those changes or sufficient resources to hire legal and technical expertise to handle it for them.  The GDPR is likely to cause many website owners to decide the effort to become compliant with GDPR and other initiatives around privacy and security is just too much.  You and others members of this forum will have to make that decision in the coming months.

It is not that I don't trust you, believe me for most admins this GDPR thing is mainly a headache. I can also tell the authorities statement similar to yours here and just not create any privacy policy at all :). Not trying to open a can of worms here, really. But it is a fact that you have access to this data and the statement that you won't download/export/use it for whatever purposes I guess needs to be formalized. 
Again, not trying to accuse of dishonesty, not at all, just trying to be compliant as much as possible. In my privacy policy I am disclosing who has access to the data and IPS support is listed there. It would be nice if I can include an official statement that IPS supports never downloads and exports member data. 
 
 

IPS rarely responds to any feedback in the feedback forum.  I like to think of those forums more like an infinite void for retail clients, where I send off my hopes and dreams.  
Check your membergroups  to add albums.  When you're in gallery, you should see a button to Add Images.  

IPS rarely responds to any feedback in the feedback forum.  I like to think of those forums more like an infinite void for retail clients, where I send off my hopes and dreams.  
Check your membergroups  to add albums.  When you're in gallery, you should see a button to Add Images.  

As a reminder to everyone, "InvisionPress" got more powerful in 4.3 with the oAuth 2 integration built directly into IPS which allows your members to login to both sites.  It's a huge leap to combine your Invision community with the worlds most popular CMS platform.  You can share members and content across both platforms now. Make sure you upgrade to 4.3 to take advantage of the new oAuth 2 feature with WP.  
Major bromance of Matt Mecham + Matt Mullenweg going on here.  

As a reminder to everyone, "InvisionPress" got more powerful in 4.3 with the oAuth 2 integration built directly into IPS which allows your members to login to both sites.  It's a huge leap to combine your Invision community with the worlds most popular CMS platform.  You can share members and content across both platforms now. Make sure you upgrade to 4.3 to take advantage of the new oAuth 2 feature with WP.  
Major bromance of Matt Mecham + Matt Mullenweg going on here.  

Clearly IPS is the hottest cast to never hit the Hollywood Reporter.
Also, I dont think we can take @Matt sertiously ever again while he wears a Krispy Kreme hat (their donuts are delicious though).  
 

Clearly IPS is the hottest cast to never hit the Hollywood Reporter.
Also, I dont think we can take @Matt sertiously ever again while he wears a Krispy Kreme hat (their donuts are delicious though).  
 

Clearly IPS is the hottest cast to never hit the Hollywood Reporter.
Also, I dont think we can take @Matt sertiously ever again while he wears a Krispy Kreme hat (their donuts are delicious though).  
 

Clearly IPS is the hottest cast to never hit the Hollywood Reporter.
Also, I dont think we can take @Matt sertiously ever again while he wears a Krispy Kreme hat (their donuts are delicious though).  
 

Clearly IPS is the hottest cast to never hit the Hollywood Reporter.
Also, I dont think we can take @Matt sertiously ever again while he wears a Krispy Kreme hat (their donuts are delicious though).  
 

Clearly IPS is the hottest cast to never hit the Hollywood Reporter.
Also, I dont think we can take @Matt sertiously ever again while he wears a Krispy Kreme hat (their donuts are delicious though).  
 

Clearly IPS is the hottest cast to never hit the Hollywood Reporter.
Also, I dont think we can take @Matt sertiously ever again while he wears a Krispy Kreme hat (their donuts are delicious though).  
 

I'd like to be able to do that, do you have some live examples?

I originally started out on vBulletin 2! Started making modifications for vBulletin 3 on vB.org. Very disillusioned with vBulletin 4, I was one of the first members on XenForo's bandwagon when that rolled along. Offered my services for vBulletin and XenForo for around 3 years freelance, started building my own forum softwares and also supporting the many free forum software such as PHPBB, MyBB and SMF with modifications.
At some point along the way I saw a tech support job at IPS, and had to go for it. Eventually I moved on to maintaining the free Converters, writing Single Sign On's and Managed Services dealing with some amazing clients here. The guys are great and it is still one of the favourite jobs I've had, and I still have fond memories of this place so I thought I had to share my own story. (PS, Lindy my mum still mentions your facebook chats )
I'm still building forum software and all sorts of other bespoke stuff as the lead developer with my own team of 6 very talented guys in a local digital agency, but I really did get my first "real" start here.

A good read! I originally used to hang out/post on some old car forums back in 2000/2001 and eventually got involved helping out as mod/admin. Back then it was Ikonboard 2.x and then the jump to 3.x. I then remember the excitement of IPB starting up and the first build of the forum back in early feb 02 I guess? I used to love the pre beta 1.0 skin. At the time I was working as an electronic engineer but good friends with the boss of a local IT/Software company who hosted the football forums for both clubs in the area. I eventually convinced him to take the leap from an old text file threaded board to IPB in 2003 as there were MSSQL drivers available back then  (big up the Wilzor!) - by 2004 I was working for the software company and have done ever since. So that's the job of the last 14 years thanks in part to IPB and then also I met my now wife through that very forum around the same time and we'll have our second child in July.  I probably owe @Matt a meal at Frankie & Benny s sometime.. its' been a while! 

I got involved with forums soon after I got married (in 2003). My husband had a job with extremely late hours, we had no kids yet, and I was home from my own job by 6:00 and very, VERY bored. My husband is an avid fan of the New York Yankees, and really wanted me to join him at the games, so I started to learn a little more about baseball. I wanted to sound halfway intelligent, so I began spending time on the YES Network forums to see what other fans were saying. (Solid choice, Esther, hang around with crazy trolls. Excellent decision-making skills.)
After a couple of months there, one of the more active members decided he was fed up with the sheer number of trolls and total lack of moderation - there was 1 moderator for nearly 1 million members. This guy was asking around to see if anyone could help him get the site up and running. As I mentioned, I was VERY bored, so I figured I'd do it.
The site was running IPB 2.2, and I started poking around and learning how to customize things. Taught myself PHP by implementing the modifications, then started making my own. 
Our site ran for nearly 5 years (and was really popular) before we had to shut it down simply because we had no time to run it. By then I was distributing my own minor modifications and doing really small custom pieces. 
In 2010, I quit my job to go out on my own and do this full time. I love this job. I love that my customers never ever want the same things twice, I love that nearly anything is possible with IPS. I'm really enjoying watching the framework "grow up", so to speak.