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    ahc got a reaction from Square Wheels in Removal of $15 Domain Change   
    It's okay.  I've already noticed developers are spending more effort on their own development websites where the files can be obtained without the restrictions.  Some are happy to transfer your purchase so you only have to pay for renewals on their site.  Just need to ask nicely.  In the end, I'm not going to be the one hurting and those developers won't be losing 10% profit.
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    ahc got a reaction from rodege5389 in Removal of $15 Domain Change   
    I had an inactive license for over a year because there was nothing significant enough to warrant the extra $190 we would have spent.
    I was able to purchase and download files from the marketplace the entire time right up until 4.5 Beta 1 came out. All of a sudden I was locked out of things I had just paid for or renewed. I sent in a ticket and was told that this was always the intended behavior and that if I had access to purchase, renew, and download files before with an inactive license, it was in error.
    So.. which one is the truth?
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    ahc reacted to InvisionHQ in Removal of $15 Domain Change   
    If there's one thing I can't stand is someone using blackmail as a lever to assert one’s rights.
    I needed this service a couple of times and all I had to do was open a ticket.
    It seems quite clear to me that this "fee" was put as a deterrent for those who abuse of the service not for "normal" requests.
     
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    ahc got a reaction from Cyboman in More Link Filtering Options   
    Currently we can “block” links (display as plain text) or have them sent for moderator review.
    I’d like to see an added option where the link is actually blocked/removed entirely from the content being posted, not just posted as plain text.  Alternatively, instead of posting the link as plain text, we can set text to replace the link   
    If there’s currently a plug-in/app that can do this, please let me know as this is desperately needed for us.
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    ahc reacted to whitetigergrowl in Removal of $15 Domain Change   
    Wrong. I've done it before changing the domain url. Running it on a different domain isn't a problem. You just get an error saying the license in use is not valid for that site, at worst usually that only admins see. 

    You should be able to reset it, with some precautions, without having to pay anything extra. There simply is no tangible benefit to paying for a domain change. Period. It puts more money in IPBs pockets, and doesn't protect you from anything any more than if there was no fee. On top of that. if it really helps control piracy and running multiple copies on different domains, then why aren't the other forums doing it. It's not like they don't have a piracy problem too. 

    The irony is I did a quick google search and found pirated copies of the current software and other plug-ins. So clearly someone wanting to change their domain once, twice, or multiple times in 6 months had zero benefit to stopping that from happening.
    Again wrong. Not everyone is you. Everyone has different reasons, purposes, and desires. I can sit down and think of what I want to accomplish and still have it go bust numerous times in less than 6 months. The forum market right now isn't very lucrative and it's hard to compete against social media. So putting up reasons for people to NOT use them, or to price yourself out of the market isn't very smart either. It doesn't matter what their reasons are. What matters is the blatant nickel and dimeing for something that simply put has no reason to cost money. Period. 

    All I have to do is look at the long list of forums people have promoted on this site in the last 6 months that are no longer there. That should tell you everything you need to know. Heck one recently promoted his IPB forum, and when I visited it, it had switched to Xenforo. Literally less than a week or so later. 

    As well, if I wanted to download a nulled version of the current software and various plug-ins, while it's not encouraged, it completely bypasses all fees and costs. Including the domain change fee which is utterly pointless and useless. Again, why is IPB the ONLY one doing it in regards to forums and they aren't even as popular right now as say something like Xenforo? I prefer IPB, but there are times with things like this it's rather hindering and literally pricing me out of their market.

    I could go to Xenforo, which I know has less in the terms of features right now, but pay 1 fee per year for upgrades and access to downloads (rather than twice with IPB) and change my domain name multiple times if I wanted to, with no extra cost. And it protected them and me just as much from piracy as paying for it with IPB has. 

    When was the last time you paid for a domain name change with another forum provider like Xenforo, VB, Vanilla, Burning Board, etc.? Think about it. I've seen literally zero benefit for paying for a domain name change. None. Unless someone can give some examples that have happened to them where paying that $15 domain name change fee benefited them?
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    ahc reacted to whitetigergrowl in Removal of $15 Domain Change   
    I don't understand why there is a $15 domain name change fee and why you can only change it once every 6 months free. It doesn't cost IPB anything for me to change my domain name. To me this is the equivalent of an ATM fee when you withdraw money, except in this case from your own bank.

    For those worrying about fraud or anything else, as long as only one domain is tied to that license it shouldn't change anything. 

    So yeah, this is one thing I don't understand, see it as nothing more than a money grab from IPB, and serves no real benefit to the consumer and serves no benefit to IPB other than financially. IPB is the only forum software that I see that does this. I may be missing one, but most don't charge to change the domain. 

    Charging twice a year if you want to keep downloading things and keep certain features of your forum going is expensive enough. But if you decide to change your domain for any reason, now it costs you an extra $15 for literally no reason other than for the sake of changing it. If some are still worried about potential fraud or hijacking or something, other things could be put into place to prevent it. 

    This I think is probably one reason people go more to Xenforo and others is because of this. Some people change domain names often while they struggle to find something that works for them. With them you don't get charged to change a domain. Period. You can renew today, then in 5 days or a month or 3 months if you choose to change your domain you simply change it. You don't get charged $15 every time you change it. 

    This is a hindrance. It serves no tangible benefit other than to make money. IPB never did it for years with no problems. But in recent years started to. And considering how much people already pay for renewals, I don't think it's too much to ask to remove the $15 fee. Period. 

    It's literally one of the most pointless fees I've seen on here. I love IPB, but that is one thing that absolutely needs to go. No one is handling the domain change other than the consumer. Unless customer service needs to handle it, there should be no fee for it. I'm literally getting charged just to change my domain. Absolutely insanity. 

    And like I said prior, if some think it's a way to prevent fraudulent actions, there are plenty of other ways to do that. As well, after the 6 months your domain would be open to be changed anyways which changes nothing in regards to possible fraud. 

    So yeah, it's really gotta go. It's just a pure money grab and is something no one else does. So what's the logical reason for it here? Costs keep going up, as forum popularity keeps going down. I don't think those 2 will go hand in hand very well. So we need to be mindful of things like that this are really pointless fees and serve to benefit no one other than IPB.
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    ahc got a reaction from flyalaska in Theme/Colours not updating on new 4.5 site   
    yoursite.com/admin > log-in > system > support > choose "Something isn't working correctly" > continue
    Patch should pop up.
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    ahc reacted to DawPi in Adding Secondary Group Based on Age   
    Lets talk on pm about it. 
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    ahc reacted to Askancy in More control of my purchases on Marketplace in AdminCP   
    Since the new IPB 4.5 Marketplace pushes the user to do everything from the admin instead of switching from InvisionCommunity, in my opinion it's really important to have additional screen elements instead of being flooded with plugins/apps and translations.
    It would be really useful to have a button/widget to display “My Purchases” so you have a list of everything one owns, from apps, skins and translations. It would also be useful to a wish list, to be able to monitor any offers and support of the developer and since lately they are increasingly publishing Applications with renewals it would be nice to get notifications about close renewals, plugins to renew etc...
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    ahc reacted to opentype in Commerce: deactivate product copies   
    When I add similar products I use the useful “Copy” function in the ACP. Problem is, that the new product with the name “[product name] copy” instantly becomes available in the shop, even though I haven’t actually configured it yet. 
    I suggest that the copy function creates each copy with the default status “deactivated” instead of taking over the status from the copied product. 
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    ahc got a reaction from AlexWright in Adding Secondary Group Based on Age   
    Since the Automation Rules app is now defunct, I need help on finding a resource that will add a secondary group to a member automatically based on their age determined by the birthday they input on their profile.
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    ahc got a reaction from Schaken in Expand Manual Options for Withdrawals   
    There's currently only one built-in manual option in the Withdrawal settings.  I'd like to see this expanded to at least 3 if possible.  We no longer use the built-in PayPal option and instead created our own manual one for PayPal, but we'd like another manual option to add Stripe for people who live in countries that PayPal is not available.
    Thanks!
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    ahc reacted to All Astronauts in S3 Compatible Downloads   
    For it to show in the Marketplace, an app/plugin has to be re-uploaded and evaluated by IPS staff before they will allow it through and be visible there.
    I can give it a once over and throw it into the Marketplace heap but if it's clear sailing so far you've got no worries I'd guess - this would just be for Marketplace visibility purposes. I'll try to clear this tonight.
    I've only got one (two?) things into the new 4.5 Marketplace so far - there's a sliiiiight backlog (my problem actually).
    I'll even give @TarunD 's thing a look - double encoding the url would explain a lot of errors away (there still may be Amz specific urls hidden within but thats no big deal to get around) If you have those changes and are willing to share feel free to throw them my way Tarun - save me another code crawl.
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    ahc reacted to Adriano Faria in IPS Rules Application   
    You, me or even IPS can’t take ownership of other people's work. IPS is doing the only thing they can do: forbid the download and new purchases to try to minimize the damage for others. 
    If this dev (or any other) wants to share in Github or wherever he wants, he will. But it’s only their call. No one else.
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    ahc reacted to bosss in Broken Site Help   
    Very strange - should wait for support - they can help you (do not manually delete anything).
     
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    ahc got a reaction from bosss in Broken Site Help   
    @bosss I found the constant in a guide and it worked.  Thank you so much!
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    ahc got a reaction from SoftwareFactory in Brilliant Discord Integration   
    Feature Request: When sending notifications to Discord regarding things like gallery images, files/products, etc. can the default image be embedded within the notification?
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    ahc got a reaction from SUBRTX in Ignore Improvements   
    I think the ignore feature needs a few more features to be useful.  Right now it really serves no purpose other than to make members angry/upset when they try to use it and find out it doesn't really serve a purpose.  Most sites give you the ability to actually block someone, preventing them from seeing your content or your account.  My members have been begging me for improvements to this feature or to implement a true blocking system, but it's odd to me that previous people who have requested this are never responded to, or are basically told just use the ignore feature as is and act like an adult about it.
    The internet if filled with millions of people of all ages, and just because someone is an adult doesn't mean they'll act like one.  I don't think it's unreasonable to provide a little more in terms of someone feeling more secure about their privacy.
    User A ignores User B, so all applicable content by User B is now hidden to User A, and User B is unable to send private messages to User A.  However, User B doesn't know they are being ignored by User A and has no restrictions given to them.  The ignore system works basically as if User A is the one being blocked from User B's content which seems backwards.  User B should be aware they are blocked and have the consequence of User A basically not existing to them in any capacity.
    My members are requesting these common blocking features:
    A blocked/ignored user cannot see the content of the blocker. A blocked/ignored user cannot view the account profile of the blocker. A blocked/ignored user cannot tag/mention the blocker in any content. If there is a plugin or app that already implements these improvements, please direct me to it.  If not, I can assure anyone who creates one will receive immediate downloads/sales.
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    ahc got a reaction from sobrenome in Custom fields in gallery   
    I would like this, too.  I run an art site and we'd like custom fields such as
    Program Tools Completion Time Etc
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    ahc reacted to aXenDev in Download Renewals   
    Now you need to have an active license to download and buy products from the marketplace.
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    ahc reacted to 13. in Seperate limits for positive and negative reactions   
    Suggestion.
    I would love to see separate limits for positive and negative reactions in the IPS:


    Thanks.
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    ahc reacted to Morrigan in When installing mobile app it should AUTO ADD your community   
    I want to add in @Rikki the app should assume it was installed from a site (because its unlikely that the person is going to rando install it from the app store) so the first time they download it it should give them a 1-3 page "Hey this is what you need to find the community that you want" little intro that people can skip if they want.
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    ahc got a reaction from Morrigan in When installing mobile app it should AUTO ADD your community   
    I would LOVE this.  This was one of the downsides of Tapatalk; People were confused that they would have to sign up for the app and then have to find our community in a sea of other communities they didn't want/care about and assumed they had downloaded the wrong app initially.
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    ahc reacted to Morrigan in When installing mobile app it should AUTO ADD your community   
    This is just a UX thing. If you're prompted to or you install the app it should automatically add the community that you're adding it from. This could be just because I've installed it from the ACP but that shouldn't change the design here. Having to search for the community after the fact is just a step people won't enjoy taking.
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    ahc reacted to Rikki in When installing mobile app it should AUTO ADD your community   
    I don't think that'd be feasible because the app stores aren't going to pass on referrer info to the app to know which community you tapped from. Maybe some way of quickly adding a community would be a compromise? A 4 digit code or a QR code maybe?
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