Runar

I guess there’s no such thing as too much time, as long as we’re having fun!
Most of my scripts are made especially for my infrastructure and community, and would not work well for others, but I’ll see what I can do. In the meantime I advice you to read about and play with Terraform and Ansible. I use Terraform to setup my infrastructure, and Ansible to install, configure, and maintain everything.

We’ve currently got around 500,000 posts and 50 GB of uploaded files, so not that big compared to others and probably not big enough to justify all the hours I’ve spent on everything.
But I can setup and move to a new server by running one script, and have a working community with all data intact (at most one hour old) within a few minutes. By now, tweaking the servers is just as much a hobby as actually running the community.

I can write something more detailed later, but basically I’ve created a bucket on Amazon S3 with two subdirectories: content, for everything uploaded by my members, and static, for static files such as icons, theme files and similar. My reason for splitting in two directories is to be able to use different cache rules for different types of content, though I don’t do this anymore.
I do hourly backups of my database and files, just because I can and it was fun to configure, and daily backups of my server. I don’t backup the content on S3, but I’m looking into different solutions.

I backup everything excluding uploads and attachments, as they are stored on Amazon S3. If you want to be able to quickly restore from a backup, then you too should include everything.
And remember to verify that your backups work!

Hmm, maybe you need to be logged in to see the button?
You can also purchase the application from the Client Area, after clicking on Manage Your Community.

Yes, you need to purchase and install the Downloads application: https://invisioncommunity.com/features/downloads/

I think it would be helpful if you could post more details about this PHP error.

@dutchsnowden Honestly, all your complications are just a bunch of clicks to solve but I will file a ticket and let ips refund you today or tomorrow 
no worries you get your money back ^^
 
 

You can always try! The worst thing that could happen is that some tasks stop running and you’ll see a huge warning in the ACP. You can easily switch back if cron doesn’t work for you.

That comparison doesn’t work at all. A license isn’t a warranty. Software isn’t a physical product, nor is extending a license (with defined digital services) similar to buying a completely new product. 
From a purely practical perspective, what you are asking for is bad idea. Third-party products are built on top of the IPS platform. You need to keep them synced or things will break sooner or later. I just pushed an update last week for one my plugins after IPS made a change in IPS 4.6.9. My update reacts to this change and resolves the created conflict. But if your license is expired and you stay on an older version, it would in fact be the plugin update that would break the product. Long story short: Either keep everything updated or pause all the updates for some time. It’s one of the two. You can’t expect to stay on older versions indefinitely and still keep getting updates for it. The Marketplace is way too small to accommodate the necessary “branched development”. 

Thank you for the report! I’ve identified the issue and a new version containing a fix will be submitted shortly. I apologize for the inconvenience and hope you haven’t lost faith in the plugin.
Edit: I’ve set the price to $1,000 to prevent anyone from installing it until the fix is released.

As I wrote in the other topic, I’ve identified the issue and will submit a new version shortly. In the meantime, please disable the plugin. You might have to manually edit some posts, so hopefully not too many posts were made.

This is perfect and very helpful, thank you!

@Runar See below several examples of what could be cleaned out.
Amazon
https://www.amazon.com.br/Placa-Vídeo-AFOX-Radeon-RX560D/dp/B099X6JXVS/ref=asc_df_B099X6JXVS/?tag=googleshopp00-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=379726213405&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=2077078744594458364&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9101337&hvtargid=pla-1395670392199&psc=1
https://www.amazon.com.br/Cooler-Gamer-Intel-LGA1156-Deepcool/dp/B00X9LBO6Q/ref=pd_sbs_2/141-4175838-4920651?pd_rd_w=lDoas&pf_rd_p=fd372a8b-e6ae-4397-bd2a-6918070dc11e&pf_rd_r=PS7R5TZY09KW1MRS05EH&pd_rd_r=0c4ee111-ec81-45de-bac5-348c313c96ae&pd_rd_wg=MoG8I&pd_rd_i=B00X9LBO6Q&psc=1
These two examples are from amazon.com.br, but amazon.com, amazon.co.uk etc use the same format. Everything after the ASIN code can be removed. The stripped-down version of the same links would be:
https://www.amazon.com.br/Placa-Vídeo-AFOX-Radeon-RX560D/dp/B099X6JXVS/
https://www.amazon.com.br/Cooler-Gamer-Intel-LGA1156-Deepcool/dp/B00X9LBO6Q/
Aliexpress
https://pt.aliexpress.com/item/1005003127978969.html?spm=a2g0o.9042311.0.0.39dcb90a8ouyUv
https://pt.aliexpress.com/item/1005002307427655.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.0.0.271e38b0Dwvegf&algo_pvid=83fd4b4b-0dad-40e2-9bd6-7e174d90e786&algo_exp_id=83fd4b4b-0dad-40e2-9bd6-7e174d90e786-1&pdp_ext_f={"sku_id"%3A"12000020010865917"}&pdp_pi=-1%3B600.06%3B-1%3B-1%40salePrice%3BBRL%3Bsearch-mainSearch
The first example was stripped-down correctly by the plugin, but not the second one. Everything after the .html can be removed.
Also note that here the example if for the Portuguese version of Aliexpress, but it applies to any version of this website.
Submarino
https://www.submarino.com.br/produto/3151895868?opn=XMLGOOGLE
https://www.submarino.com.br/produto/2299745436?epar=bp_pl_00_go_pla_pcgamer_geral_gmv&epar=bp_pl_00_go_pla_pcgamer_geral_gmv&opn=XMLGOOGLE&WT.srch=1&utm_medium=buscappc&utm_source=google&utm_campaign=marca%3Asuba%3Bmidia%3Abuscappc%3Bformato%3Apla%3Bsubformato%3A00%3Bidcampanha%3Apla_pcgamer_geral_gmv&gclid=CjwKCAiAksyNBhAPEiwAlDBeLFPNb-9LkMp9jVF_IJjPhYrmvrHrSkYYOCLuGxIh4Pra8eiRYIOfTxoCRV8QAvD_BwE
Everything after the product number can be removed.
Americanas.com
https://www.americanas.com.br/produto/2486010275?epar=bp_pl_00_go_inf-aces_acessorios_geral_gmv&opn=YSMESP&WT.srch=1&gclid=Cj0KCQiA8ICOBhDmARIsAEGI6o0gGYaX7k4U5OrIPQK-UhDSFFFmL8s6YNNS2b3vuo7V5N-T-XQSOlMaAoNMEALw_wcB&voltagem=BIVOLT#info-section
Ditto.
Terabyteshop
https://www.terabyteshop.com.br/produto/10606/memoria-ddr4-corsair-vengeance-rgb-pro-cmw16gx4m2c3200c16-16gb-2x8gb-3200mhz?gclid=CjwKCAiAksyNBhAPEiwAlDBeLM6jxRmKBYgp4D9IAgH1ynX1xfUV98JekBpbZWq0BNWnXmsOJDTs8hoCn_EQAvD_BwE
Ditto.
I hope I have helped and let me know if you want more examples! 🙂
 

I assume they mean the warning you can give a member when their content is reported:

I assume they mean the warning you can give a member when their content is reported:

This is the support topic for the plugin Remove Link Tracking.

It’s possible to automatically lock or unlock a topic when it’s marked or unmarked, by configuring the options under the “Lock/Unlock Topic” tab. This may restrict normal members from unmarking a topic, if the topic is locked.
That looks good, and I’m very happy to hear you find the application useful! Just a quick note, though I’m sure you’re already aware: for the moment, everyone, including normal members, can see if a topic is marked or not and see the specific marker, even if only some groups have permission to use the markers.
The next update will make it possible to only show the markers to some groups. This will allow you to make markers for internal use only.

Some suggestions:
There's no need for the Uninstall Extension because they're going to be automatically removed as long as they're correctly associated with the app. The part inside marktopic_hook_code_forums_modules_front_topic::manage would probably be better suited inside Topic::_setBreadcrumbAndTitle . Keep in mind that people could have more then one app/plugin with a hook overriding or adjusting the title. I would probably also use a better(unique) name for the _sendNotification method which is added to the existing class via a hook to not have to worry about any other plugin or we at IPS adding a method with the same name;) Same with the _deleteOldNotifications method.

TBH, I would probably even move the 2 methods ( and everything else what's called inside the methods which are called direct via an action like the _checkAndSaveMarker method into the Topic Item class instead of the controller!   

I see I need to make a few changes to the description, thanks for making me aware!

It appears as a new release because I edited the text description in preparation of the new version being approved. Changes to the description are approved instantly and automatically, and any changes, even just one word, makes plugins show up in the What’s New list.
So I’m sorry for giving you false hope! We’ll just have to be patient, and I’m sure the new version will be approved shortly.

How many life size “Daniel F” gingerbread men did we agree on to let me jump to the front of the queue?
Just kidding, keep up the good work and enjoy the rest of the holidays!

Hi again! I hope everything is good.
Your first two points are hopefully fixed in the new version awaiting release. I haven’t been able to reproduce the first one, but I’ve made some changes to code that might be related.
Statistics is on my list but will be a bit more work, but your last point (confirmation before marking) should be easy to implement. I’ll take a look when the new version is out!

Hi all,
I apologize for not being available in a while. I have submitted a new version (2.0.1) with support for Invision Community 4.6 and a few bug fixes, and hopefully the new version will be approved shortly.
I have also decided to make the application completely free. The reason for this is that I want as many people as possible to use it, but also that I need to make other priorities. I will, however, be better at replying and providing support than I have been this year.
While we wait for the new version to be approved, please let me know (especially @James101 and @livegames.co.il) any issues you currently have, or features you would like to see, and I will do my best to fix them and implement them as quickly as possible!

Thank you, and I look forward to having you as a user!
It's already possible to limit (designate) which groups are allowed to mark a topic with a marker (place the marker), and you can even let different groups use different markers in the same forum! 🙂
Regarding limiting who can view the marker, that’s actually not a bad idea and won’t require too much work. I’ll take a look at it after 2.0.1 is released!