GlenP

The only thing I ask is that this is not enabled by default (i.e. automatically active after the upgrade). Please set it to "off" by default and those who need it can be told how to switch it on.
This should have been done for various editing notifications in the 4.5 upgrade for example. Instead I had to go hunting to find out how to switch off things I never wanted on in the first place (and had set the previous incarnation to "off" before IPS switched them "on" again without permission).
I understand you wanting to demonstrate your coding, but these actions are not useful and sometimes even detrimental.
Thanks!

Hi @Matt  @Andy Millne
Please, pretty please, with donuts on, can you extend stock photos to include Unsplash for 4.5? Would be brilliant to have this choice built in on release rather than write a Marketplace mod.
Many thanks 🙏🏻 
 

Not yet, but we're planning to update our demo system to 4.5 within the next week or so (note, this doesn't mean we're aiming for final next week!)

"to reduce the chance that a confused member will attempt to post a reply via the email! "
Thank you! I'm sure many of our members (older and not very tech literate) will still hit Reply, this should help. Much appreciated.

Unsplash is good too. We might create an API for that if there's enough traction.

Important changes. Have in mind though, that user actions is usually one of the common problem for a security issue.
From my personal experience, we had to implement a way not to let users be able to use extremely easy passwords which had their accounts be compromised. Most important, not let users use their own username as a password and also some easy passwords like  sex, 12345, god, matt etc 🙂
 

What a great site. Thank you for highlighting it. Pixabay looks quite limited for our area of interest but that site is very good for us.

I hate the gif thing, I really do. Call me old with my 36 years, I don't care. I am definitely not enabling this on my community and I do hope the gif fest thats been here for the last few days will eventually be subdued. 

Will this bypass the original anti-spam settings when creating a regular account e.g. Q&A?

I'm glad you didn't say Sony Pictures ?
Great work IPS Team. The 3rd party/privacy policy integration is excellent. I take it the screenshot only shows which apps are integrated e.g. Send Grid won't show if you don't use it?
And I add my support to @TSP's brilliant suggestion.

Thanks. The icing on the cake as no more scrolling through loads of irreevant dd-ons.

@Matt On deletion of members: 
Could there be an option to define the name to attribute to on that page directly? So we could input for example "Member 3312" (where 3312 would be their memberId). This will keep the discussion still somewhat reader friendly, so it would still be possible to differentiate different accounts as having written in the discussion, for readers reading old content. 
Alternatively let the Anonymize attribution do a md5 hash on the (memberId+some community specific value that is unlikely to be changed) and grab the first 8 letters or something. 

Once an account is deleted, the IP address then becomes associated with the Guest account and not user account Fred. As that is an anonymous account the IP is no longer Personally Identifiable Information and is therefore GDPR no longer applies to it.
 

Once an account is deleted, the IP address then becomes associated with the Guest account and not user account Fred. As that is an anonymous account the IP is no longer Personally Identifiable Information and is therefore GDPR no longer applies to it.
 

Glad you enjoyed it. I found it very interesting and enjoyable. Then again, 
 
Matt (and by extension,IPS) have finally admitted to being the answer to life, the universe and everything....

Then just do it.  

Glad you enjoyed it. I found it very interesting and enjoyable. Then again, 
 
Matt (and by extension,IPS) have finally admitted to being the answer to life, the universe and everything....

Glad you enjoyed it. I found it very interesting and enjoyable. Then again, 
 
Matt (and by extension,IPS) have finally admitted to being the answer to life, the universe and everything....

Happy Birthday and Congratulations!
We hit 15 years on IPS last October but been going 3 or 4 years prior to that on, I believe, Ikonboard. According to Matt's recent podcast, we must also have been early adopters of that too. I wasn't on the forum at that time but I hope Matt doesn't think we're stalking him.
Looking forward to another 16 and more years of great products and first class support.
Glen

Congratulations Team IPS! You've had a big influence on my life and that of my various community members since the days of Ikonboard.
Imagine what your software will look like and feature in 16 years time when you will be announcing V8.2.
"When is the release date?"
"When it's ready, youngster. When it's ready."

 

Really appreciate this article and the efforts in general to provide us with the necessary tools to help us with compliance in 4.2.7, and of course the point about trying to be helpful and supportive whilst not suggesting that you are pertaining to be lawyers or providing legal advice is well taken. As I've said before, it's a good potential selling point for software companies too. 
I much prefer this more helpful customer service stance which is much more supportive than when back when the cookie consent thing became a thing.
Whilst hopefully most of us won't ever have to formally demonstrate compliance with GDPR as part of an official review, ICO complaint or audit, it's just having the reassurance that our members know we take our responsibilities seriously, and the reassurance that also comes with knowing we have the tools available when needed to show general compliance or if necessary, for administrators to easily run off a log report detailing, not war and peace, but the basics of when a member's consent was provided, acceptance of terms was agreed (when they registered, accepted an updated privacy policy etc, or in fact removed consent). The data is there in the database, it's just a matter of being able to run a 'member GDPR' report, perhaps one that can be exported as a convenient pdf, txt, csv or .docx file. Perhaps even having a list of these tools and relevant AdminCP pages in a small but handy 'GDPR' section of the AdminCP menu would be helpful?
Great to also see a basic cookie acceptance tool built-in tied into the system and the ability to edit accompanying text as needed without giving admins the potential to get it wrong by pre-checking opt-ins. Not only removes the need to use third party cookie compliance software but also makes the whole experience more natural, streamlined and seemingly less disjointed to the end user/potential new member.
The boundaries of the Internet have never been straightforward! I'm in the UK, but I have multiple IPS licences for both UK and US based websites. When I say US based site, its more a case of having switched my original .UK monickered site to being more international themed .net site many years ago, and although the majority of its forum members are US based, we have a lesser proportion of international members (Finland, France, Germany, UK) and whilst I use a cloud-based VPS from a US based service provider for all of these sites, I know I still have to show regard to GDPR if we want to provide a service to people within European countries.
I bet hardly any UK based hobby admins are actually registered with the ICO if they don't own a full businesses or organisation already registered as a Data Controller, even though they are making the decision to store and process personal information. GDPR seems to remove that convenience loophole.
I recall someone saying that an IP address is not personal information back when the cookie debate was going on, but now GDPR clearly defines it as such.
Like you say, the UK's ICO website has some good info and guidance, although at times it can seem overwhelming.
If in doubt, get some legal advice is the key thing from a potential confused admin's perspective, look for online presentations or perhaps check out the business support section of your local council, business association, college, library to see if they are providing 1 or 2 hour free sessions in the area.

Please don't post such things in News&Updates, create a separate section for that.

Not yet. It has been requested a lot and, to be fair, AFAIK IPS has not ruled out the possibility of it appearing. I'm not a developer but I can imagine the logic behind trying to work out all the scenarios e.g. 2nd Tuesday, 3rd Wednesday or in my case the LAST Wednesday of every month must be horrendous.
The new Add Similar Event is a big help and will be worth checking out when 4.2 arrives.

Not yet. It has been requested a lot and, to be fair, AFAIK IPS has not ruled out the possibility of it appearing. I'm not a developer but I can imagine the logic behind trying to work out all the scenarios e.g. 2nd Tuesday, 3rd Wednesday or in my case the LAST Wednesday of every month must be horrendous.
The new Add Similar Event is a big help and will be worth checking out when 4.2 arrives.

Thanks for the reply. I still think this will be a big improvement and look forward to 4.2.