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This has already been done in Xenforo by a contributor called Dadparva for 1.x ans 2.x versions and it is incredibly flexible and works in any theme or customisation; you basically decide what to highlight and add your own descriptions; I'm pretty sure that something can be done in a similar way for IPS, it just needs the right developer with some forethought and imagination. 
https://xenforo.com/community/resources/xp-tours-and-hints.7483/
This could be a deal breaker in encouraging signups for those who are entrenched in social media and are not confident enough to use forums.  I did a survey on Twitter and added this to another post, I can't remember which one and the result was this.

Those percentages of confusing and don't like are quite revealing - so a tour guide that holds their hands first time around would be very useful.

We did exactly this for a client😂 I'll see if I can make it general usable and also modernise it with some further enhancements for a MP release once my personal corona stress is over.

This type of helpful welcome feature is utilized in so many different types of products, from when you first turn on a new phone, when you launch Photoshop or any Adobe application for the first time, in video games, and so much more. Sometimes their interactive, and sometimes they just highlight 1 feature at a time, explain what it does, then you click next and it highlights another feature, and you always have the option to "Skip", "Skip Tour". This would be incredible if it was built in to IPS, but if someone could make it a plugin, I'm sure something like this would (or at least should) sell like hotcakes. 

Tagging @Daniel F, he's talked about a 'tour' before.  
The difficulty with these kinds of systems is that every community is different.  You may launch with the forums, but another community may launch with a custom homepage.  I think the best thing you can do within the ecosystem are things like a slider, profile completion, or info boxes that only show to new registrants.  
 

welp, depends how hot it is 😎
I can make visual cues with default and custom cues text and steps you can add based on current app and target element

Instead of going to your AdminCP, go to ModeratorCP, I have Announcements in there I can create and choose where and how they show up. 
 
On Mobile:

Hey team, I had an idea for an application...
I would love for when a member logs in for the first time, or something is launched on your forum, to visually show some cues - literally pointing to important parts of the website.
For example, a member logs in, and most of the screen darkens except for the "Create" button at the top and a message pops up saying "This is how to create a new topic." 
Or "This is where to view your profile" or "This is where to leave a comment," that kind of thing. They can click "Got it" and the mini tutorial disappears. 
It would be useful for current members when rolling out a new feature, too. 
I find that new members are overwhelmed with the amount that can be done. I want to make it very easy and clear for them.
Thoughts?

Is this a likely addition to 4.5?
I agree it is much needed.

Anything that can be done to personalize the Profile page would be an added bonus to the what is already an incredible system with what IPB offers.

We do go to forums to discuss topics, but once I've read a comment I like, especially from a new member, I do want to know more about them. This is where I could get ...
if once I visited their profile page, I could get a better understanding of who they are, what they like, their passions, interests, and more. But most importantly presented to me in style, their style. Each profile page could be unique, as unique as each individual on a forum is.

A Couple Suggestions. 

Integrate the BLOG application in a limited state for the Forum. The new default tab on a profile page instead of being Activity, could be Blog. Members would be able to create content-rich blogs to any length, that would be displayed in condensed, truncated blocks, so they are all the same size, and could include pagination in case they have a lot. Once you click on one of these blog entries, it either opens in a new page, or opens in full right there on their profile page. 

Just as we as admins can Manage Blocks on the forum, pages, etc, make it so members can Manage Blocks designated for them. NO HTML ones of course. Have "Profile Builder Widgets" similar to these:
These could be custom widget blocks made only for Profile pages. This way they set up their profile page and display things they like, how they want, in whichever colors they'd like, etc.

Maybe place a Video Block on the left, they can add a title to it, color the title, change font, size, etc. Have a Image block, where they can place a single image with a header maybe, have the image show in full size with lightbox, if they want, they get some control settings too. Give them the option to link to their Album in the Gallery. Have a slider showing thumbnails of their other photos, when they click one it shows in the main box, in a bigger size. 

Have a text widget block so they can give it a title and say anything they'd like.

My Favorite TV Show at the Moment

Book I Last Read

Movie I'm Looking Forward To Seeing

Instead of us creating custom Profile fields, let me them basically show/display what they would like to express.

A Recent Posts widget, or basically let them highlight posts, instead of Our Picks, give them a My Picks block. They can either highlight some posts they've created or posts from others they have participated in and want others to know about. 
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@TheJackal84 definitely understands how to give a profile page some unique customization, he is offering some GREAT plugins:

Profile Backgrounds
Profile Songs
Profile Video

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I can go on and on, but basically an integrated Blog style feature for Profile pages with modular blocks they can arrange and manage and completely customize to their liking. It's funny because instead of calling it their Profile page, they could call it *MySpace, which is exactly what it would be. Their own personal space to set up as they wish.

*That name does sound familiar. 😉






 

I am not sure if this has anything to do with your problem, but in a separate instance, not having anything to do with Members Shop, I reached out to IPS support regarding a Group Promotion issue I was dealing with, and I received this response:
Hello,

Sorry for any confusion here. The issue here is a bug in the group promotion rules, in which is resolved in the next upcoming release of the platform. It would be advisable to switch off those rules for now until there is a fix available.
Kind Regards,
Marc Stridgen

that's a bug with it and trophies and medals it should have nothing to do with the donation aspect of it, It has been addressed for the next update though
all good, will know in future then if support is needed you are entitled to it  don't rush with the setup as depending what you have installed can make it a large setup with lot's of settings and features, when 4.5 comes it will get a nice new update too along with all the updates, plus a new redesigned ACP menu for adding items

 

That's because it was added last year in 4.4

Holly smokes....Never in the past 10 years with IPS have I  noticed that.  Thank you, thank you, and Yhank you SC36DC.
 
It's up and running. 
 
Ivan

I searched and found something named Announcement Block.  However, reading through them I'm not sure it's the same thing.  So I'll ask. 
 
I visited two sites so far who coincidentally are using IPS.  Each one of them had an Announcement Banner right at the top of the site.  I love that and was wondering how they did that.  I went into our ACP and could not find anything even in the Advertisement area.  Unless I missed it of course.
 
Anyway, just asking to see if that Announcement Banner is something that is available on IPS.
 
Thanks as always,
 
Ivan

Hi,
I just had a spammer who used private messages sent to a lot of users.
I marked him as spammer but it does not delete the users private messages, and I don't see an option anywhere to do so.
Did I miss something ? I think we should have a way to delete a user's PMs and that marking as spammer should be able to do it automatically.
Thanks.

I mean mine is super basic as I wanted something basic so I just pulled the users information and did some math:
{{$totalleft = 10 - \IPS\Member::loggedIn()->member_posts;}} You have {$totalleft} posts before you get promoted to Initiate. You'd have to do the math for yours differently but totally doable. I do tons of "date based" math on my site.

With 'Allow Reviews' enabled in the Downloads > Categories section.

I added the following bit of CSS to my custom.css file:
.ipsRating { display: none; } .ipsRating + span { margin-left: -10px; }
and it got rid of the Star Rating display, and adjusted the placement of "(0 reviews)". You can still write and leave reviews. 

Was is that simple? Can any CSS masters out there confirm if this is ok? Thank you.

Nope. The stars comes from the Review system on Downloads.
You can probably try a plugin to "hide" the stars or even edit the templates to remove them.

Don’t count on this. My board is for support only. 👍

Links directory is an app from @Adriano Faria
so it should be on his board : https://www.sosinvision.com.br/ips4/
but i agree it would be nice to have a live demo too on his board of links

WOW, incredible response time. 👍

I'll try and find the correct template and remove it. Thank you.

UPDATE:
WOW, that wasn't hard. I found the correct template file thanks to the search feature. I then removed 1 line of code, and now it's gone.

Thank you for recommending for me to do it that way. Easy fix.

Not that good with CSS, sorry. It would be easier to edit the plugin template and remove it. 

4.5 supports adding an image for each forum via the AdminCP