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Very impressive for your 1st IPB4 theme, nice work! 

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What's New in Version 5.0.3:
Fixes:
Compatibility version to IPS 4.1.14 Setting "Links per page" has no effect New Features:
Added ability to set/unset a link as affiliate directly on link view Added ability to refresh the link thumbnail directly on link view Added a badge (trophy) to the affiliate links on category and link views Added new setting to allow guests to increment link hits Added new setting to display categories block on sidebar on index Added new setting to display subcategories block on sidebar on category view "Submit New Link" button now won't display the categories popup if you're currently browsing a category Now shows the subcategories when you're browsing a category; before showed an empty category Change link author: new author will automatically follow the link if the "Automatically follow new content I post" setting is enabled In addition to the Map, address will be displayed below the map (city, state and country) Links Feed widget now shows a Carousel (on horizontal) mode to display more than 4 links  

I thought when I added the activity stream my members wouldn't like it at all and complain about it. Like you, I have had no questions, complaints or problems with it what so ever.

I thought when I added the activity stream my members wouldn't like it at all and complain about it. Like you, I have had no questions, complaints or problems with it what so ever.

Thanks, noted for next version.
Support for 3 columns is my goal but when I get there is uncertain. This was one of the first if not the first IP.Board 4 application to be upgraded and I've updated it continuously to ensure stability. But right now my focus is still on bug fixing on all my mods before I look to new major features.

Works perfect just what I needed, thank you. 

Yes

I am OK with the activity streams. However, I would like to see pagination added. The only thing I don't care for is when I click on load more activity and click on a topic then go back and have to start all over. I know there are ways to fix this, but I would like to have pagination as the answer. 

We have some cool ideas for the AS that we think should solve most of your concerns, including those mentioned here. On the fly filtering may be one thing. We're not going to do pagination (as in navigate to page 4) as it just doesn't fit technically into the backend of the content discovery module.... but, we are working on navigation and you will be able to click a topic in the stream, hit back and pick up where you left off. I get the sense that's what most want with "pagination" so we'll start there. 
That's not months out by any means and should be relatively soon. Virtually any example given regarding "it doesn't do what VNC did" has been successfully refuted. It is every bit as powerful as VNC and then some - I think there's just general confusion on how to use it to its full potential and we need to make a few improvements to make it more intuitive. 
Thanks for the tangible, bullet list feedback - it's very helpful.

I am OK with the activity streams. However, I would like to see pagination added. The only thing I don't care for is when I click on load more activity and click on a topic then go back and have to start all over. I know there are ways to fix this, but I would like to have pagination as the answer. 

I have always been a portal type of person. I always had to have a portal. Currently, I am using Mike's portal but have thought about creating my own with Pages because I can do more with it. If there was a portal that could do more and have all the features that ehku suggested with the ability to add up to three columns it would be something I would purchase. But I would want to add these columns anywhere I want. For example, if I could add one column on the top, three columns below that, two below that and so on.   

For websites with forum-based content, which I believe is most of the cases of IPS websites, the idea of having a separate database like IPS Pages does not appear to be a good idea. Besides, I think Pages is beyond the need of most of the websites of this kind (though it still lacks many fundamental or important features, and is not easy to use). On the contrary, the current Portal app is just too simple.
I suggest something in the middle of the two, with the following features: 
Display:
Truncating options to set length, to choose whether to keep the formatting (i.e. rich text). Article thumbnails (generated from images in the post, if no image available then choose a default one). Article management:  To ability to manually modify the displayed articles: remove or re-order/rearrange them (so that old articles can go on top if needed). Currently the list is built from a set of chosen forums, with a predefined order (based either on creation date or on the date of the last post). Category: the ability to define a category for each added article. The ability to remove/add/re-order an article in a category. Permission: which groups are able to manage the list. Moderations action in topics: promote to or de-promote from Portal (can choose category). With these feature, the app does have a database, but it is very simple: just a list of arrays of topic IDs. Each list corresponds to a category, which contains the name of the category and an array of article IDs in this category.    I strongly recommend @Mike John to make a paid app with these features, as a Pro version of Portal. I believe it will be a success. Of course I would be very happy buying it  If somebody else is also interested in this, please let Mike know.   Thanks.