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Awesome news @Stuart Silvester! Apologies for not seeing this in the detail when I read it previously! 😄

I can't see this anywhere after searching keywords as I thought it would've come up before. So, just like Invisions Homepage when visiting it via mobile browser, it offers you the chance to add the Homepage to your mobile phone so it looks just like an app but essentially is just a shortcut/bookmark for your homepage. I would expect this is to be a brilliant edition for most people as many people browsing on a phone, you wouldn't believe do not know how to create a shortcut to the homepage on their phone and the option that is presented at Invision, just like many other websites is very sleek and gives the member a choice. Certainly helps with the push notifications a lot as it shows the notifications on the homepage 'app' icon on your phone. Or am I jumping the gun and this is coming inbuilt with 4.6? Many thanks in advance

We've noticed something that might've helped somewhat in terms of how people use events. When you put up a recurring event, you can RSVP on them, like recurring meetings in MS Outlook, or other applications. However, unlike all other Calendar events or appointment type systems, if you can only make a few of the occurrences, you can't just click the ones you can make and Decline the rest. Its either all or nothing. Also, once the first occurrence has been passed, you then can't make any amendments to it anyway. I currently put up regular weekly events, and sometimes it does help putting them up separately because it pops up as a 'new' event, but ultimately i'd prefer to do it the above way on many occasions and just can't given the way that the functionality works. I'm not sure if this was the expected design as Calendars elsewhere seem to work the opposite way e.g. cancel or decline a single occurrence. I know the Calendar can be an under-utilised application but there is definite legs in it with finer things being tweaked.

@Adriano Faria we're about to do our next mini racing league in 2-3 weeks so I just thought i'd ask if you think the idea of getting this one in is possible when you start looking at this application at all? This one would be doing it very similar to F1's ideas of each race giving a number of points out and we may even do one where it totals the points up after each round per team/constructor.

I've never seen one pop up on my phone lock screen yet. Anyone got a screenshot on how it looks?

Thanks for the reply Jordan, yeah i'm sure someone could build a certain thing to help the display. Whilst we're thinking out loud 😄, I suppose i'm trying to think of clever and creative ways to do it in house. In then helps us all learn a little more about the core product rather than going for a paid option if you see what I mean. I'm thinking another possibility is create a block that has the blank columns as part of it perhaps? Essentially that gives you a sudo-row but within it, 2 or 3 options to stick blocks within it using the easy drag and drop feature?

Good to know this exists as I wasn't aware of it, looks clearly a great solution that meets the needs. Would clearly appreciate an alternative to this in the core to save spending out for additional plugin but definitely a good alternative. I wonder if there is a tactical way of doing this within existing core functions? Looks like a bespoke 'Follow List' could do the trick but can't see a way to maybe add separate 'Follow' lists?

I've not come across a setting as far as i'm aware. When working with Pages especially and you have more than one column, for devices such as mobile, it reads the first column top to bottom, followed by the next column top to bottom with the side bar on the usual right hand side coming last. For Desktop users, the columns very much help break up the page so you're not looking at something really huge across the entire screen. However it then can really impact the idea of how you want the site to be viewed on another device that essentially concatenates the page is a different way to your expectations. I would love for the ability to dictate per page how the view works, and if it can row by row rather than column by column so you have greater flexibility for your viewers looking at everything from different devices. One workaround from what I can see is creating the same block from scratch twice and then toggle the Visibility. However, this can cause some serious overhead times. Potentially some core templates that are set up in the way to help different concatenate would be extremely helpful to all core users?

The latest addition to how Pages work has really transformed how we can now do so much more with our websites imo, especially if you don't deal too much with coding too. I played around a lot about how to create a simplistic homepage to help people find all the cool bits that we have across our home. This was whilst I was waiting for the right plugin to potentially use, so I'm super glad that i've found a solution that doesn't cost me any more money than i'm paying as sticking more and more plugins into the website isn't always the answer. https://forevergaming.co.uk/ I've also really worked to try and find the right balance on how the mobile view of the site works alongside when someone logs in via desktop. Little things like, large a block is viewable can make all difference on mobile. It also helps when you can create a buzz about just basic core functionality, such as Polls, for instance. Its not for everyone, but I think it gets the best of both worlds for accessibility (you wouldn't believe how many people don't use the burger menus these days, on desktop or mobile. Hope this helps @Greek76 😄

I can understand that view. Makes logical sense that if you build in Apple, everything else follows if you looks at previous years Applications in the market. I think we all have subtle different goals and I probably should've phrased it like 'the app we all want to show off everything at our websites, at an affordable price'. We all also probably have different goals as some websites are businesses where others, like ours, is for the enjoyment of a community (non-profit). Apple's prices are a little steep compared to Android - £99 per year for Apple vs £25 one time fee for Android, that's the last time i checked into this anyway. Fees all add up, and i'm conscious when i find the next person to carry the torch can sustain the cost alongside the effort that comes with building communities. I have started to understand a lot more about how people interact these days on their phones in our community and useful tips on here. Its not all solely about the forum application any longer, it is one core application of many that people want so I don't think you need a fully fledged App anymore that saves your website. TapaTalk's inability to show anything more than walls of text in their own way wasn't overly helpful and people miss tons of great things. I genuinely believe just an option to stick it as a homepage on their phones alongside push notifications so stuff is popping up at them whenever they're out and about is ideal, people are fundamentally lazy these days so rather than just accept it, you have to evolve and adapt to your surroundings and their behaviours as best as you can. Many thanks for your input above @Dean_, I think putting money into some solutions if its your hobby is absolutely fine because you do it for love of what your hobby is to you. My above reply to Brady though is trying to say there clearly is a line where it shouldn't be ridiculous money.

This would help no end. A universal option across the applications that create content would be absolutely amazing. Especially when time is a finite resource these days and sometimes you want to put something up at a specific time but you know you won't be around to do it at that moment. I imagine most people that work alongside their community as a hobby or/and second job it would be critical to their efficiency and possibly a huge wellbeing impact for people.

Yes, totally appreciate that. I mean anyone with the iOS/Apple system is essentially a lost battle really then. Can't have your own branded mobile app, no push notifications, or homepage push it sounds like. I've done TapaTalk but even they can't offer an iOS solution and its only for the forum section, which misses out on all the other good applications you've enabled/bought. Btw, this isn't a slight at IC at all, more so at the fact there seems to be a lack of options when it comes to Apple and their products. It seems to be only the gold-plated solutions that are always in a significantly higher price range for most individuals and no tactical/MVP options out there. What would you suggest as some good alternative strategies to the Apple stance Dean? Be really good to know how others combat this. I think we're lucky that most of our existing members and their friends have shifted towards Android more and more over recent years.

I've been trying to do this for a few years and I used TapaTalk own branded App in replace of this (which is a shambles btw) so I am absolutely looking forward to 4.6 and mainly because of this. This should mimic what an App does anyway so I'm expecting communities that have lots of people viewing them via mobile more so to be overjoyed at this update. I would probably expect people to request some support in terms of how to push an option to the user to make their website a Homepage on their phone once we get 4.6. It's certainly what i'll be looking into so you won't need to spend huge amounts of money supporting your own app that would need dedicated experts to build and maintain.

Yes, absolutely widgets because it would be great to share these as part of Pages you can create and also potentially homepages as it would catch the eye of people as the tables are quite cool to look at imo. A quick view of the table in a widget and potentially things like latest games played perhaps? When people check up on things like this in IRL, they would check latest results, latest table standings, maybe even a team to highlight with their latest results perhaps? This makes the community person/people feel valued that their team has some highlighted content too. We've got a league running right now for fun in our community so I can offer some feedback that i've had to work around and has caused potential hiccups along the way? Initial feedback so far that we could all do with to make this application even more usable: Mobile View - If the team name is bigger than 4 or 5 letters it crosses over the Games Played column in a portrait mode. More people check via phones for a quick glance through the day so may need slight tweaking to make it fit Amending results - this is HUGE. I'm taking extreme care to make sure the results are right because if I type in one result incorrectly and choose the wrong outcome there doesn't seem to be a way of changing that result at all. Could mean all of the work created weeks before is wrecked by one slight slip when clicking an option Number of teams in a league (round robin) - its weird enough I have to use the american terms for these formats 😄 as in Europe (and most other places) this is when everyone plays each other. We had 13 people willing to join in this time round, which meant I had to create N/A teams in 3 spots. I also created 'Test Members' for each one as you can't be in more than 2 teams in a tournament (concept sounds right but it doesn't help if you're setting it up and adding teams in to the league/knockout system to get it going). It should allow me to create a League format with 13 teams or whatever the number is - alternatively at least start the tournament when I have had enough entrants at any given moment could be a good shout. Each team in this league is just one person - so creating tournaments that could just be the member themselves would've been ideal. Feedback previously from others suggests they would want this too. So we could do with the fields such as picture, team name, etc as Optional or one large option to say is this a team or an individual? That's it so far but if you wanted to see it live and how its looking let me know @Adriano Faria and I can drop you a link. Outside of these types of tournaments, the only other one we're running but manually is a league format like what Formula 1 do where theres one race per week and you need to capture places and dedicate set points to places. Again all in one type of league. I actually think the logic in this is easier than the above as you aren't working out fixtures but just adding points totals up. Let me know if you want further updates on this too as this could be a superb tool to create and view on this type of software.

Anyone here been able to set up a feed for the tournaments at all? Really want to create a block like most apps have a standard one already created but this one doesn't seem to have it. Any thoughts at all?

Super news that @Adriano Faria seems to be picking this one up! 🤩 I was hoping that some enhancements could be made at some point around existing functionality could be extended. More specifically, when trying to create knockout tournaments and league (classed as round robin) tournaments, usually we don't have a set number for the league or knockout. League wise it feels straightforard to have whatever number you like because we have a league running with 13 but i can't now fit it into it because I can only select 12 or 16 teams and I must fill them. Equally, knockout wise, Iwas hoping that if you don't get the full numbers to get to equal numbers the functionality wants e.g. 7 instead of 8. Couldn't one have a Bye at all? Hopefully this is pretty logical and just by extending existing functionality would allow a greater number of existing and new people to use this fantastic application.

Hi there, I want to create my own leaderboards for specific things that are more linked to my community rather than just total posts, reputation, etc. For instance, using the similar template leaderboard that IPS already has but highlighting the top 1, 2 and 3 like it does today. If the count has to be typed in manually then I can live with that for now - its more about essentially taking a table of results and showing who the leaders are rather than just sticking it into a basic post with no formatting whatsoever. Is this a possible thing on IPS and if so, is it something I would have to create myself or is there an existing plugin that can show this type of functionality? Happy to try and learn where possible but not an expert of code currently! Many thanks in advance.

Hi @TheJackal84, is there a way to get a tournament going where its a league but everyone plays each round against each other? A bit like Formula 1, so you can allocate points to places? Even if it can't record the results, can we fudge the league table to show points and games played? Many thanks in advance.

A specific start and end date duration would be significant enhancement for this feature as per the above comments as you might have reached a goal for something but want it now to be archived rather than always active e.g. if it was for 2020 or a specific activity.

Hi @SoftwareFactory, thanks for a great app as its been working well so far 😄 Quick question if possible - How can we get a Content Type for Polls? If its not possible already, would you consider this as a content type please as its a main core part of IPS posting? Thanks in advance.

I'm finding this is something that is hindering myself also somewhat in terms of how to fully use the donations goals function. I think if there were ways to set things such as time limits and potentially archiving each specific donation goal/challenge this would keep things fresh and allow us to set up a plan of action with upcoming activities. At the moment it looks like I'm going to have to keep a continuous Donate button on the website separate to these Goals because the widget will show all old ones that have since passed over a period of time. Good start to core functionality imo, but with these small tweaks it could become far greater.

Hi @Pete T, do you know when its likely we'll know when this plugin is ready for 4.5 at all please? Many thanks

Hi @The Jimmo, just wondering when do you think this will be compatible for 4.5? Many thanks in advance.

Thanks @aXen | 1s2k, yeah I already have and they're continuing to progress it. I came here after they advised it could be this. Thanks for your help.

@Marc Stridgen not sure where to turn if this is the case Marc?