kar3n2

Image board owners face a major struggle between forums for images and Gallery. They are disconnected.
For those of us that run image boards IP4.x has some issues I've been thinking over. There is some disconnected logic regarding images. I have boards for posting images but I also want to use gallery. I am going to end up with fragmented content all over the place and no easy way to find content from a specific user.
It's difficult to view IMAGE attachments per user in profile. You can see "posts" or "topics" but not attachments.  If we have boards that are set up for posting images AND Gallery installed there is a logical disconnect.  We end up with some images in the forums and other images in the gallery but no way at all to tie the two together.  (see screen shot, this user has posted MANY images to the forums but under images there isn't anything posted.)  
Recommendation: An option to allow images posted in the forums to automatically be considered part of gallery and be view-able in both places. Forms feeding gallery would avoid any fragmentation or disconnects. Also a place in profile to view "attachments"
 
Note: VB5 actually works by integrating user "image" content in forums or gallery into one single thing. It's one of the few things I really like about VB5. No more fragmentation or struggle between images posted in forums verses gallery

There's actually a disconnect among all the content in all the apps but that's a larger discussion. Each app is a silo of information and is a problem that plagues a multi-app community.
The OP brings up a powerful example of a very unique weakness in the IPS suite.  Admins often have a fractured content base because images in IP.Board have no way of relating to images in IP.Gallery. It's a major, fundamental concern that I share as well.  
The OP shared one solution: to combine image content from forums and gallery into user content.  
I'm more a fan of generating a 'virtual' album in IP.Gallery where the images are linked from the forums.  
In any case, the cross promotion of content is one area that IPS hasn't even started to address but is a very real problem on complex multi app communities.  

@raincat
I will help you in the new support forum linked from the product page in the marketplace. Please post your request there.
http://ipsguru.net/rules/support
Thank you.

You could check the member's email preference from their settings before sending them the email....
Create a condition in the rule that you send the email out. Choose "Custom PHP Code" as the condition type. Enter the following:
return $member->allow_admin_emails; Of course, the $member variable may be different depending on the event you are using to send your email.

Yes. It's always a good idea to stay updated. And I've included a fix for the inline message issue you reported, so it will definitely benefit you.

Yes, I know why. IPS core is designed in such a way that inline messages are lost if you set one and then the page view results in a redirect.
I planned on creating a workaround but never got around to it. 
Version 1.3.0 of rules is in the works. I'll see if I can toss this in.

Its an exported rule from the rules app. You can import it from the rules ACP.

​Rule: Redirect new members to edit profile
Event: Member logged in to system Conditions:Member attribute values (Member has joined within the last 24 hours) Actions:Redirect to another page (Redirect to the members profile edit page)  redirect-new-members-to-edit-profile.xml

​The problem with core IPS pips is that they are not saved anywhere for members individually, and are manifested using on the fly calculations. In order to control them conditionally, a rule would need to be inserted into the calculation every time a pip displays on the page. It's not an ideal application for rules.
But that doesn't mean you can't get the job done with rules. You could use rules to either supplement or even replace the core pips feature entirely with your own. Here's one way to do it:
Create a new integer field attached to members via the rules ACP, and call it "Pips Rank" or something. Create a custom action in rules and call it "Update pips rank", or something to that effect. Create a single argument for the action... a member object. Create a rule set to contain your rules for this particular functionality, call it "Custom Pips System", etc. Add a rule to the "custom pips system" that is triggered when new content is created. Add an action to that rule that triggers your custom action: "Update pips rank". Add another rule to the "custom pips system" that is triggered when reputation is given. Add an action to that rule that triggers your custom action: "Update pips rank". Now add a rule to the "custom pips system" that is evaluated when you trigger your custom action: "Update pips rank". Let's call it "Update member to the appropriate pip rank". At this point, you now have a custom action that is being triggered every time someone either makes a new post, or receives reputation on your system. You have also created a rule that is going to be evaluated when that custom action is triggered. All that's left is to create a rule group that saves the appropriate value to the "Pips Rank" integer field for the member based on your own criteria.
Example sub-rules (for your "Update member to the appropriate pip rank" rule):
Subrule #1
 Subrule #2
Etc, etc.
Conclusion
There you have it. That's a complete replacement system for the IPS member rank system. In the end, it consists of a: custom data field, custom action, two rules, and a rule group to control the pips promotions.
The last piece of the puzzle is how to actually display your "Pips Rank" on the front end. That would require a small theme template edit. You could add the following template code anywhere you wanted to display the pips ( assuming the $member object is available in the template ).
{expression="str_repeat( '<span class=\'ipsPip\'></span>', intval( $member->getRulesData( 'pips_rank' ) ) )"} 
I've taken the liberty to create this system in rules and I've uploaded it to the marketplace. Feel free to download it from there.
Download Member Pip Ranks System

​I've got a Starter Rule Pack available in the marketplace that you can use for examples. Make sure to let me know of any other ideas you have that you'd like to see included in the starter pack and I'll whip them up!

Think I am going stupid, cant' find it anywhere - give me a hint please
Can't find it on the individual collabs or in the collabs setting in admin CP

Glad you liked 
If tutorials help people then am happy with that 
 

Knowing what error you got might help someone to come up with solution

Im giving it a go...  (been concentrating on struggling with my site full stop )...      they don't really think about us little persons who need step by step instructions do they?

 
yeah not techie admins like me ha ha... thats why ive got a wordpress bit attached
god knows they call me an advanced member...     I need a great big sign on mine   DON'T FOLLOW ME I'M LOST    

well if you ever need any help i'll do what i can. Im only 6 months into all the stuff that comes with designing a site. Started with mybb that was template/css heavy so i learned fast

Ip.Pages is honestly one of the better purchases you can make with IPS.  If you'd like a full blown website built around your forum community,  Pages is not bad.  It could be better admittedly for non-technical admins but once you start using it you'll recognize its intrinsic power.  

I hated it. Then i started making progress now i see the beauty of it. Soo much customization and its not that hard to do.

Those would be the permissions for the apps in the collaboration. The permissions for the collab category itself (view/create/etc) are the permissions that you fill out after creating the category in the ACP.
To edit category permissions after the category has been created, select the dropdown arrow for the category on the ACP category list and select "permissions".

Hi @Kevin Carwile,
I just downloaded and installed the IPS Rules Lite and actually see the functionality behind IPS Rules.  Some immediate feedback:
1) You have, hands-down, the cleanest and most educational introduction of any mod I've ever seen from the IPS Marketplace.  The fact that you offer "Learn About Rules" directly within the mod makes it so much easier to understand and get started (and you even have a fancy custom background!!).  This is the kind of thoughtful and detailed awesomeness that I like to see from a full-featured mod.        
2) When it comes to your educational introduction, I'd like to suggest you break it into 3 separate tabs or sections.  The first section talks about the basicscomponents of Event / Conditions / Actions.  The second section talks about groups and sets.  The last section talks about advanced topics like custom actions, custom data fields, debugging, and scheduled actions.  Otherwise it's a lot to digest.  (By the way, I still don't understand Rule Sets whatsoever ... it sounds like the movie Inception of dreams within dreams and OMG Leonardo di Caprio needs to save meh!)  
3) When it comes to the the basic ECA, I encourage you to walk through two very simple examples so people can see the coding in action.    
4) I think you should preload 2 or 3 very simple or basic rules so users can immediately mimic or start to see how it works.  

Don't upload the image into the description text box. Instead, when you visit the category page there is a button in the category header to upload a background photo.

Refer to the discussion starting with this post:
https://community.invisionpower.com/topic/407257-group-collaboration/?do=findComment&comment=2540299
 
Did you also give permission to 'see' the category and to 'view' the collabs in the category?
If so and you are still having issues, just PM me to get case specific help.

Just PM me details to access the ACP of your site and I can take care of that for you.

IPS Rules Application - A powerful rules engine for your IPS4 site
Download Rules "LITE" Version  -  Download Rules FULL Version
The Rules application makes it possible for you to create customized workflows, automation routines, manipulate content, send emails, create conversations, post content, manage members, apply filters, redirect pages, and generally perform any standard operation on your site… all in an automated way based on rules that you create for your site.
Notable Features
·         Over 500 built in events, conditions, and actions for stock IPS products and contributed apps. ·         Rule actions can be configured to happen in real time or at a future time. ·         Schedule and unscheduled actions from inside of rules or manually through your ACP. ·         Built in lists of “replacement tokens” for including variable data in text entry fields (like email content) ·         Fully extensible by app and plugin developers to add new tokens, events, conditions, and actions. ·         Look for Rules Expansion Packs in the marketplace which add new events/conditions/actions. ·         Create your own custom actions within the rules app which can be invoked by rules. ·         Create your own custom data fields for any entity on your site to manipulate with rules. ·         Rules can be grouped together into rule groups and rule sets for easy management. ·         Easily import and export rules and sets to share with friends or distribute as your own rule packs. ·         Built-in rule debugging console for full visibility of what your rules are doing on your system. ·         Built in rules error and performance logging console.  

@kar3n2, 
Its officially stable. Have fun!

​No problem! I am confident that there will be many. There's all kinds of cool tricks you can do with rules. One of my favorites is to schedule an email to be sent to a member in 1 month, and for every time they log in, have rules reschedule that action for another month out which will replace the existing scheduled action for that member. Then if they don't log in for a month, they get a friendly email from you reminding them that you missed them on your site!
​Me too. Let me know if you ever have a "When, If, Then" need for your site and I'll whip you up a rule or two.