Here is the roundup of what's new in Invision Community 4.2!
Highlights
There's a lot of new feature in 4.2 but here are a few of the highlights:
Promoting Content - A new way to promote content in your Community internally, on Facebook, and on Twitter.
Clubs - Clubs are a brand new way of supporting sub-communities within your site. Many people have requested social group functionality in the past and Clubs are our implementation of this concept.
Reactions - Offer more fine-grained sentiments towards content than a simple up/down or 'like'. They are now in common usage on social networks, and so users expect to be able to be more nuanced in their response to something they see.
Complete Your Profile - Encourage or require members to fill out the details on their profile. Also now allows for quick registration to encourage joining.
And a whole lot more..
It goes on... here is the full list!
Leaderboard Enhancements
Richer Embeds
Group Promotion Improvement
Fluid Forum View
Member History
Editor Uploading Improvements
Authy Integration
Commerce Improvements
New REST API Endpoints
Gallery Improvements
Statistic Reporting
Copy Topic to Database
Downloads Index Page
Blog Sidebar
Promoting Content
Clubs
Reactions
Calendar Venues
Social Sign In Streamlining
Calendar Add Similar Event
Gallery Lightbox Navigation
Letter Profile Photos
SEO Improvements
Device Management
Delayed Deletes
Calendar Event Reminders
Content Messages
Recommended Replies
Complete Your Profile
Be sure to visit each entry above for more information and screenshots. We hope you enjoy Invision Community 4.2!
This week's question is inspired by liquidfractals's reply to last weeks question.
What is your favorite music and which bands would you have loved to see live?
We learned many things; mostly that our team have poor taste in music.
Brandon (Senior tech support and development)
I like a lot of different genres. I grew up with rap and pop, but I like R&B, country, electronic and rock too. Krayzie Bone of Bone Thugs n Harmony is probably my favorite rapper (and I've seen the group perform live), with Chamillionaire being a close second (and I've actually met him and talked to him one on one). I'd love to see Pentatonix live, that's on my bucket list I'd say.
Mark H (Tech support)
My tastes in music are quite eclectic.
Given my age, "Rock & Roll" is at the top of the list, but after that it's "anything except Rap and Country".
Who I'd like to see? Well.... I did have an invite from an older friend to attend Woodstock with him and his even older brother. Problem being, I was still very much a minor. Dad put the kibosh on that idea. I do wish I had gone.
Marc S (Tech Support)
I have lots of different genres of music that I listen to. Pretty much everything from Classical to hard trance, Whitney Houston to Marilyn Manson. I think if I was forced to pick just one, then it would likely be Progressive, or uplifting Trance. I could listen to this all day and night, and have produced some tracks, alongside one of my friends in the past.
Rhett (Cloud Support)
That's a hard one for me, I have kids, and a wife, we listen to all sorts of music, I'm not often in control of the station ?
Matt (Senior Developer)
Music is a huge part of my life. I listen to music all day while I work and I always have a pair of headphones in my pocket. My tastes change considerably depending on my mood but Sigur Ros, Radiohead, The National and Metallica are often on repeat. I quite like Apple Music as it often suggests bands that I've not heard of. I used to be a guitarist in a Metallica cover band in school. Thankfully it was before the internet existed so no shameful footage exists of those days.
Mark W (Senior Developer)
<looks over to now playing... "Miley Cyrus"> Maybe I won't take part this week...
Jennifer (Designer)
I listen to a lot of different genres and artists. Honestly my music tastes depend on my mood and what I'm focusing on. Thank god for Spotify. I listen to nearly everything except for Death Metal and Country (although I'm sure there are exceptions to the rule for both of them). I tend to lean to female voices over male voices most of the time. I have a special love for Five Nights At Freddys Fan songs, Portal Music and Pink Fluffy Unicorns (dancing on rainbows).
I'd say some of my top artist loves would be: Amanda Palmer, Janelle Monae, Lily Allen, Nicki Minaj, The Pretty Reckless, Muse, Black Veil Brides, Fall Out Boy, Maroon 5 and Skillet
Daniel (Senior tech support and development)
All kind of electronic music (DnB, Electro, Frenchcore... literally everything)
Stuart (Senior tech support and development)
I listen mostly to classical music (being married to an Opera singer does that to you). I do also enjoy listening to rock and metal. One band I would have loved to see live is Queen, but unfortunately that was a little (not much) before my time.
Drop us a line and let us know what your favorite music is. If you have any questions for the team that you'd like to be featured, let us know and we'll queue them up!
