Allen Bradford

* I searched for a resolution to this and only found one Topic that was never followed up on or resolved. My apologies if I missed something, 
Since my daughter got an iPhone 15 all the photos she texts me will only upload and post as black on my Board.  (I typically save those photos to my iPhone 7 photo gallery and access them from there.) They upload but appear as black boxes as the thumbnail and when posted. It’s only her iPhone. Photos taken with her iPad and her husbands IPhone 14 upload and post fine.
I had her email me photos from her iPhone to my business email and my gmail account. When saved to my iPhone gallery from business email they still uploaded as black. When saved to gallery from gmail they uploaded and posted fine although at a lower file size.
Anyhow…I’ve attached a photo here from her iPhone that uploads as black on my Board but uploads fine on this community Board. Now I am truly bamboozled. Is there a setting in her iPhone that can be changed or a setting I can set in my Board software to resolve this?


 
 
 
 

Hi,
 
But we still have orange announcement on the top of the forum ))

There it is, that little bugger…I was looking for a “top left box”.
Thanks for prompt response. 

Thank you. I had the exact same question.

This is because the recipient email is not accepting the messages being sent from our server.
This has been in place for a while. See the blog on this from back in April last year
 
You can if the same issue occurs. For example, if their server is then rejecting it. They need to ensure the email address is valid, and that its not being blocked in any way. Adding to whitelist for example, so its not marked as spam.

The project is well underway. Not firm ETA, but it's coming to v4, so you won't need to wait for v5.

How’s this going? I’m suddenly getting hit with spam registrations as well. 

Thank you. I was able to log in to AdminCP and finish the Upgrade. I’ll look around and see if all is well. 

Thank you. I was able to log in to AdminCP and finish the Upgrade. I’ll look around and see if all is well. 

Question: My Board is 20 years old. After the last major IPB Update, the last 15 years of my Boards Topics were automatically Archived, which rendered them Locked and Unsearchable. This left just 5 years worth of live Topics that could be found in a Search. I understand the need to streamline in order to save data and space but this automatic Archive was egregious.
If I was to go into my AdminCP and change that 5 years to say 10 years or even 15 years would the Topics within that time frame that are Archived be Unarchived and then Searchable?

If yes, how long would it take? (I only have..gulp..7mbps speed)
Should I take my Board Offline during this process? I ask because unarchiving a single Topic seems to tax the software and takes time. I don’t want to crash my Board.
Should I do the Unarchiving in small 1 or 2 year batches?

Question: I’ve had occasion in the past to delete Memberships for a variety of reasons. Generally I chose to keep the Members Content with the author to appear as “Guest”. Always worked and the Member showed up as Guest on all past Content. I recently deleted a Membership for let’s call him “Jim Jim”. I chose Options shown below. *But instead of “Guest” on all his past Topics and a Posts it shows “Guest Jim Jim” as author. Is this a glitch? Can I somehow remove the Members name?
What should happen to the member's content after the member is deleted?
Delete
Hide
Leave (I chose this)
Attribution
Continue to attribute to Jim Jim
Anonymize attribution (I chose this)
This will show content attributed to Guest and remove any stored IP addresses. Recommended when local privacy laws such as GDPR apply.
 
 
 

If you are using stock, then auto upgrade will be very stable. There was one issue that has already been patched in the upgrader, and most 3rd party issues have actually been related to updating to PHP 8 after upgrade, rather than anything else in any case. Of course you will want to ensure there is an updated version of your  theme available if needed.

A large part of being able to manage a relatively busy Board is self policing by the Membership. When a Member clicks Report Post on problem Content they can either enter a Message or not. Regardless. I typically like to address their Reporting with a Thank You or a return Message. As is there is no automatic Messaging feature built into the Report Post function for the Member who reposts a Post, but you can click the offending Members name and access a Message function in drop down. As is you need to go to the Reporting Members Profile to Message or go to the Message function, type in their name etc. Being able to quickly Message the Offending Member and the Reporting  Member seems to make sense. 
 
I just noticed this was mentioned recently in another Topic, with the only response being a third party plug in. Some of us prefer to stay native to the IPB software and functionality. Working this into an update doesn’t seem to be a huge hassle. 

A large part of being able to manage a relatively busy Board is self policing by the Membership. When a Member clicks Report Post on problem Content they can either enter a Message or not. Regardless. I typically like to address their Reporting with a Thank You or a return Message. As is there is no automatic Messaging feature built into the Report Post function for the Member who reposts a Post, but you can click the offending Members name and access a Message function in drop down. As is you need to go to the Reporting Members Profile to Message or go to the Message function, type in their name etc. Being able to quickly Message the Offending Member and the Reporting  Member seems to make sense. 
 
I just noticed this was mentioned recently in another Topic, with the only response being a third party plug in. Some of us prefer to stay native to the IPB software and functionality. Working this into an update doesn’t seem to be a huge hassle. 

As mentioned in my OP….Some Boards owners/admins/mods prefer and choose to stay within the confines of the native Software functionality, and not use third party plug ins. This seems like something IPB could build into the software without a load of hassle. 
 
I use an iPad for 98% of my Board administrating and moderating. Hovering doesn’t work or doesn’t work well on touch screen tablets or smart phones, in HTML or mobile. 

A large part of being able to manage a relatively busy Board is self policing by the Membership. When a Member clicks Report Post on problem Content they can either enter a Message or not. Regardless. I typically like to address their Reporting with a Thank You or a return Message. As is there is no automatic Messaging feature built into the Report Post function for the Member who reposts a Post, but you can click the offending Members name and access a Message function in drop down. As is you need to go to the Reporting Members Profile to Message or go to the Message function, type in their name etc. Being able to quickly Message the Offending Member and the Reporting  Member seems to make sense. 
 
I just noticed this was mentioned recently in another Topic, with the only response being a third party plug in. Some of us prefer to stay native to the IPB software and functionality. Working this into an update doesn’t seem to be a huge hassle. 

A large part of being able to manage a relatively busy Board is self policing by the Membership. When a Member clicks Report Post on problem Content they can either enter a Message or not. Regardless. I typically like to address their Reporting with a Thank You or a return Message. As is there is no automatic Messaging feature built into the Report Post function for the Member who reposts a Post, but you can click the offending Members name and access a Message function in drop down. As is you need to go to the Reporting Members Profile to Message or go to the Message function, type in their name etc. Being able to quickly Message the Offending Member and the Reporting  Member seems to make sense. 
 
I just noticed this was mentioned recently in another Topic, with the only response being a third party plug in. Some of us prefer to stay native to the IPB software and functionality. Working this into an update doesn’t seem to be a huge hassle. 

A large part of being able to manage a relatively busy Board is self policing by the Membership. When a Member clicks Report Post on problem Content they can either enter a Message or not. Regardless. I typically like to address their Reporting with a Thank You or a return Message. As is there is no automatic Messaging feature built into the Report Post function for the Member who reposts a Post, but you can click the offending Members name and access a Message function in drop down. As is you need to go to the Reporting Members Profile to Message or go to the Message function, type in their name etc. Being able to quickly Message the Offending Member and the Reporting  Member seems to make sense. 
 
I just noticed this was mentioned recently in another Topic, with the only response being a third party plug in. Some of us prefer to stay native to the IPB software and functionality. Working this into an update doesn’t seem to be a huge hassle. 

We make great use of the Reporting system within our community, nurturing a self-moderation approach within the community itself.
One feature that would make moderation more efficient, would be to have a button (perhaps directly under Status) to send a PM directly to the Reporter.
We have to manually click on the member and then click Send Message. I know it's only a couple of clicks, but the easier it is the more often they would be followed up.
Even better would be when you click the proposed "Respond to Reporter" button, it pre-populates the Subject with "Report Response: Thread Title Here".

It is an issue that was resolved in 4.6.12

Thank you for the info. I’ll perform the Updates and then revisit this Topic concerning Deleted Members User Names.

I use an iPad Air with current OS almost exclusively. I’ll fool with my Board on my old iMac desktop and iPhone and see if I can reproduce it. It’s not life threatening or a constant occurrence. It’s just new since the last Upgrade. Thanks for looking into it.

Thank you for the clarification Marc.  

Apologies there. The last response you received was incorrect in having to change on 22nd Jan, because of the plan you are currently on. The other responses however were in response to your questions.
The plans have indeed changed, and you asked what you would need to change to if you changed, and that you were changing the way you run your site. You were answered on that basis, as we do have customers who want to switch to the new packages for their benefit.

Well, not really.
I may have missed an email notice about this, and only found out about the change in Cloud Hosting Plans for 2022 this morning when I saw this Topic.
I have a modest Board that is celebrating its 20th Anniversary in March 2022, and is funded primarily via voluntary Donations. I am currently in the Ultra 100 User Plan at $70/month. After checking with Support on my current Usage/Page Views etc I am told I will need to change to the “Growth Plan” at $142/month. That is over DOUBLE an increase in Cloud Hosting fees with no explanation as to why. 
Lindy as Manager, is there any flexibility for clients that are getting whacked by this change in Cloud Hosting Packages?
Can I speak to you or another Manager over the phone, person to person, or establish an email dialogue? 

I didn’t get an email either. I had no idea about this. Did I read this correctly that the starter plan won’t be affected by the upgrade?