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We store the post content as already generated HTML, which means the same content is served to members and guests. In order to accomplish what is being asked here our options are limited, as such. We could in theory...
Link to a script that serves the image (instead of to the actual image), and let that script serve an error/alternative "no access" image to guests. Main con: you lose the benefit of using a CDN (such as Cloudfront) to serve your images. Use javascript to provide an alternative experience for guests. Main con: simply disabling javascript circumvents the "protection", so it's not really that useful if you truly want to block guests from seeing the images. Store different content for guests and members. Main con: you duplicate the bulk of your database, and all existing content would need to be rebuilt on upgrade. Realistically there's not a great way to handle what you are asking for when you factor in other considerations as above.

No, but you may be able to set a session or global variable first if needed, or store data temporarily elsewhere.
{$_SESSION['tempvar']} {block="blockkey"}  

If you're trying to call a third party REST API, you would just use the built in HTTP libraries we leverage.
When I test connecting to our own built in REST API locally I use a test script like so typically
<?php $apiKey = 'my-api-key'; require 'init.php'; \IPS\Dispatcher\External::i(); $response = \IPS\Http\Url::external( \IPS\Settings::i()->base_url . '/api/core/members/1' ) ->request() ->login( $apiKey, '' ) ->get() ->decodeJson(); var_dump($response); exit;  

you'd probably need to do something like this in your block
$_SESSION['arrayValues'] = ...;// The array data and then look at $_SESSION['arrayValues'] in the rest of the block/template after. I just used $_SESSION as a globally accessible storage container in this case, you could use other similar paradigms.

Yes

That's not what he meant. Jordan explicitly tracks certain things he is raising and getting more feedback on. Just to be clear lol - yes this isn't the first time this has come up.

If you're using it for true mass payment purposes, you should still be within the spirit of the AUP. That policy suggests you would not be in compliance, however, if you are making payments through the system on an individual basis. 
In any event, there doesn't appear to be any technical changes or impact; it's merely a clarification of policy. 
 

*SOLVED*
Yesterday my host upgraded to mySQL 5.7, which included changing to the Barracuda file format (previously Antelope). So now the SQL commands were successfully executed and my "compact" database tables have been converted to "dynamic."
So I'd like to report a happy ending to my adventure. A big Thank You to the forum members for the advice and providing the SQL commands to do it.
- Thomas

The same place:

Yes

You heard it here. @The Old Man wants me to be less helpful.

We migrated support requests from Zendesk to Helpscout when we moved, so your ticket should still exist (complete with attachments).

You heard it here. @The Old Man wants me to be less helpful.

Better late than never, but we'd like to express our gratitude for implementing this feature – it is working perfectly now. Using RSS for generating newsletters and getting an image when aggregating with other news sources with images looks wonderful. Thanks for listening 

I'm not sure if the soft does actually fix the above issue but, the main reason this happens is that people don't allow the camera to change its orientation before taking a picture.

It's something I've had to explain to my members time and time again. Let's say you're in portrait mode and then quickly turn the phone to landscape and take a picture. If you look at the screen you'll notice the words/details on the screen are not at the right orientation. I still get caught out by this on my iPhone 8 and iPhone XS Max at times.
So, if I have taken the picture and I've noticed it's sideways when uploading, I simply go to Photo's, edit the picture and rotate it once, save it and then rotate it again until it's in the correct orientation and then save it. Now when I go to upload it, the photo is facing the correct way. This issue has been around a very long time. It's even worse when the phone is actually upside down (buttons on the bottom of the phone) as you don't realise you've turned it this way and go to take a picture.

I hope this helps others who face this issue as it's not IPS's software that is at fault. ☺️

Yup, it's not ideal but it's the best that could potentially be done from a CSS point of view.
@Apfelstrudel a way to see how the CSS can 'go wrong' would be to disable your Messenger....this will then remove it from the notifications list, and Newsletters will have a different numbered row and then something else will be hidden.
Here's a plugin which will do it the @Daniel F way 😉
 
(NE) Remove 'Newsletters' from notification settings.xml

If you're using the live meta tag editor, it won't support variables.
If you are editing the template or using a plugin, you'll want to look at $member->name or $this->member->name depending upon where you are making your edits.

UPDATE downloads_files_records SET column=REPLACE(column, 'https://xyz.old.com', 'https://xyz.new.com'); Take a backup first, add your SQL table prefix to the table name if applicable, and adjust "column" appropriately. Also, it goes without saying, adjust the old and new URLs appropriately.

I've done it in a custom database before but it was a long time ago so the details escape me. I essentially had to load the AdminCP javascript files that facilitate the live search, and then I think I needed a javascript mixin to adjust a few things. I know this probably isn't super helpful, but just saying - it can be done with a little work.

If any app other than forums is the default app, then all forum URLs will be prefixed with /forums as you are noticing. Unfortunately that's not something that can change without a plugin, or by making Forums the default application.

Behind the scenes we flag if it's a search engine, but we do not expose this in the interface.

As an old person here, you could explain how you choose the most appropriate memes for every situation. Meme images to steer clear of, whether to use the built in giphy integration or fetch memes manually from third party sources, those sorts of things. It would be a fascinating read.

Thanks for reporting your findings - we'll take a look at the suggested change. 🙂 

Yes, when I've seen this come up in the past it has always been due to multiple languages being installed, but the translations for "Records" are not stored in the language pack being used somehow. In any event I'm glad you're all sorted!