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The Help Guides are not as "helpful" as I would like them to be. It is much easier to follow along with instructions when you can see them, visually, as in a video, as in the Invision Community YouTube Channel. For the love of all things holy, can you please add videos displaying things in your guide, especially the ones that are harder to achieve, such as Social Media Promotion/Login. Setting this up has been difficult. Especially when what I am seeing as screenshots in the Help Guide, does not match what I am actually seeing on Facebook. I understand you may not have someone available to make these videos, why not task someone in the community with the job, give them a year of free renewals for making videos for you. I'm sure someone would be willing to help. Under Search Engine Optimization, the tab 'Meta Tags', I do not understand what this is for, when launching the 'Live Meta Tag Editor' what exactly do I change or edit, a video showing and explaining this would be very helpful. Under 'Statistics / Activity / Keywords .. I am not sure what this is for. When I click 'Manage Keyword Settings', what do I add for Keywords and why? I didn't find anything regarding this in the Help Guides. It would be great if someone could open up the ACP, start from the top, and go over each setting and explain what things do or what they are for? Update the Help Guides, or better yet, create YouTube videos.

Anyone able to answer if the guide is outdated? Does this still work? Thanks.

I didn't know it worked this way, thank you so much for clarifying this.

1 more thing, my first Giveaway has just ended, I had it set to pick a winner, and I don't see anywhere on the front end or back end where it has chosen a winner. I do have the block enabled on the dashboard. Is there something I am missing? What is suppose to happen when it chooses a winner? Thanks. UPDATE: It chose a winner at the next hour. So If it chooses a winner on the hour, should I set the giveaway to end at like 11:59 so it will pick someone at 12:00?

If I "Lock" a Giveaway, does this mean that it will be displayed on the front end, people can see the prize(s), they just won't be able to enter/participate? Also, even if I leave the Giveaway locked the whole time, will it still pick a winner automatically once it ends? I want to state that for every dollar they donate, will earn them 1 ticket. Then I will manually add them with the amount of tickets they earned. This way when payment goes through Paypal, it will be under Donations. Just curious, if I did set it up as a Raffle, and someone bought tickets, because I am using Paypal, do you know what info is displayed on the Paypal side? Does it actually say "Raffle" and mention tickets, etc? Thanks for answering my questions.

Incredible. Thank you so much for taking the time to answer my pre-sale questions. I do appreciate it.

This would be incredible. Interested here also.

Is this guide outdated? Is it still possible to set up Facebook Login, Status Import, and Promotion? I noticed this part on the guide. Important Please note that due to changes on the facebook platform, the below process may not be the entire process required, and you may have to get your application business verified. We are working on a solution to this issue at present.

it sends a standard message you can't add your own to it, although you probably could edit the language string in the ACP of the message Ok that's fine regarding the message. But would the code work this way: Let's say I have a 20% code for purchase for 2000 points. The code is 'FORUM20'. Once they purchase this 20% coupon code, will they get a PM message then showing them the 'FORUM20' coupon code. Can I also change the icons that display in the box like in the image here? Thanks again.

Thank you so much for the quick reply. Example of what I would like to use coupon codes for: I sell t-shirts on my main site. I would like to offer Coupon Codes for use when purchasing shirts on my main site, not for purchase on the forum. Basically I would like to set up Coupon Codes for purchase. Let's say I have a 20% code for purchase for 2000 points. The code is 'FORUM20'. Once they purchase this 20% coupon code, will they get a PM message then showing them the 'FORUM20' coupon code. Also, can we write a message to go along with the coupon code? Any idea when Member Shop Goals will get the update which will include being able to award members for adding avatar/cover photos? Thanks again for your help.

True. We definitely need that mobile app, I do agree. I guess I will be purchasing Members Shop at some point. It looks like Automation Rules is no longer available. I needed that too.

It would be INCREDIBLE if this was a built in feature though. Anything that could be used to entice, encourage and promote members to participate and be active on the forum is a huge plus.

Can you set it so you can award points for someone adding a avatar to their profile, adding a cover photo to their profile, each time they make a status update on their profile. Or can this be achieved with the help of the Automation Rules? ---------------------------------------------------------- Custom Codes / Vouchers / Coupons You can create custom codes for members to purchase including game codes / voucher codes and so on Once a user redeems this item they will instantly receive a PM with the code attached Does this mean once they purchase the code with their points, they will receive a PM with the code? CUSTOM ITEMS ( You can add unlimited custom items in the store where the admin fills in the price and the name / description etc ) Each Custom Item has to be manually awarded to the members, it could be for a coupon code, it could be anything ( as long as you can manually award it that is ) This part says the "coupon code" would have to be manually awarded, where above it says they will instantly receive a PM, could you please clarify this, thank you so much. ---------------------------------------------------------- Will this plugin be updated to work with 4.5? Thank you for your help. UPDATE: I just noticed that Automation Rules is not available for purchase. Has this been discontinued, is there an alternate plugin that does the same and works with Members Shop?

A point system would DEFINITELY promote and encourage activity on any forum if there are rewards in place. The Members Shop plugin offers so many incredible features. I have people on my forum that have been members for some time now, but have never taken the time to add a custom profile image or add a cover photo. I would love to be able to set a point value for doing each of these. I would love to awards points for each time they update their status also. On my main site I sell shirts, I have a rewards program where every time someone makes a purchase, they earn points for which can be used to save money on their next purchase. I would love to have Percentage Discounts setup like 10%, 20%, etc. where these can be bought with points they've earned on the forum. They could let's say trade 2000 points to buy a 20% coupon code which could be used on the site. Rewarding members for participating on the forum is definitely the way to go.

Styling Issues: On the VIDEOS page, in the sidebar area. The 'Latest Videos' box, at the bottom where it states, 'View All Videos', this is centered and has a solid line above it. 'Latest Comments' box, at the bottom it says 'View All Comments' this is also centered and has a solid line above it. The 'Categories' box at the bottom it says 'View All Categories', is it possible to style this part the same as the other 2 sections? Also on the VIDEOS page, the Trending, Following, Discover, Featured tabs, is it possible to reorder these? I would like Discover to show 1st, then Trending, then Following, then Featured. Also on the VIDEOS page, the thumbnails for the videos display correctly, but when a video is in the 'Featured Videos' section, the thumbnail shows a black bar at the top and bottom of the image. Anyway to display this in the same way as it does on the page? When you are viewing a Categories page, also the thumbnails for the video display at a different aspect ratio then it does on the main video page, and it cuts off the top and bottom parts of the image. Anyway to get the Categories page to display the same way as it does on the main VIDEOS page? This would be great! Thank you.

Thank you for taking the time to take and share a screenshot. I appreciate that. I am not sure I understand the whole "database" part of PAGES. If I want to set up a Movie Review section, as we discussed before, would that use its own database? Then if I want to set up a Wiki feature, that would require a separate database? I would probably only want a select few to be able to edit JUST the pages in the Wiki section. Thanks again for your help.

Using forms to input data is much easier than using the confusing "wiki" style editing, I agree. The page you linked to does look great.

This part is already capable within PAGES? I don't already have PAGES, but I do plan on buying it soon. I guess I will go with the Wiki Markup for Page plugin, and possibly Infobox Buttons. Also, if you can set it so multiple people can edit a page, can you only give permission to certain people? Thanks for the reply, I do appreciate the help.

Incredible!!! Thank you so much for the quick reply and quick fix. Worked perfectly.

On the page where a video is displayed, is it possible to disable the "Read More" part for the Description section, and just have the Description section show in full? Thanks.

Have you created a Wiki page using Pages with the use of custom fields and wiki editing enabled? I would love to have a look at it, as this is something I definitely would love to add to my forum. Or do you know of someone that has done it this way? I appreciate any help with this. Thank you.

Did you ever manage to figure this out, and if so, is it possible you can explain how? Is it possible you could also list which plugins you used to achieve this? Is there any official word that 4.5 may feature "wiki" style editing"? I would love to set up a Wiki Style setup on my forum as well. Thank you Hunter.

Actually when I made it a square, it appeared cropped on Facebook. Once I made it 500x261, it showed perfectly. Thanks again for the help.

Thank you so much. Yes, I just checked Icons & Logos and the option for 'Default share images' is there. Does this image need to be a square as well? Thanks again for your help!

Is this guide outdated? I would love to add a 'Sharer image' but when I go to the Logos tab, there is only 1 option and that is for Logo, there is no 'Sharer image' option. When post are shared to Facebook now, it shows a cropped image of my main logo, and you can't even tell what it is. Any updates on this?