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Happy Hump Day, team! In September, we're launching our refreshed website. You're going to love it! (Hopefully) it will inspire others to start their community building journey with us.
We are working on our new homepage right now, and one thing we're discussing as a team is Invision Community's mission statement. Per Forbes, a great mission statement answers:
What do we do? How do we do it? Whom do we do it for? What value are we bringing? If you visit our current homepage, you will see this:
Successful Communities Start Here
We help businesses and brands of all sizes increase customer loyalty, reduce support costs and drive sales by building a vibrant community.
 

It got me thinking... have you had a chance to think of your own community's mission statement? If so, what is it? How do you tell members or someone visiting for the first time exactly who you are in 1-2 sentences? I'm interested to hear what you all have come up with. If you don't have one, this might be a great idea to make one, share it and get feedback! 
Alright, now time for the juicy updates and fixes our talented dev team have accomplished in the last seven days: 
- Fixed an issue running a conversion on PHP 8.
- Fixed a minor typo when processing an RSS import.
- Fixed an issue where an automatically deleted notice may be shown on a member in AdminCP but the account isn't queued for deletion.
- Fixed an issue where a failed file move could delete the filenames of Reactions.
- Fixed editor becoming unresponsive when inserting attachments into the editor.
- Fixed an issue where the AdminCP member list may be slow to load.
- Fixed an issue where search statistics in the ACP can be slow to generate.
- Fixed social login buttons not working on the register form when using quick registration.
- Fixed an issue where saving changes to an Easy Mode theme might fail due to an error.
- Fixed an issue with the REST API where it may be possible for hidden comments to be seen.
- Fixed an issue where the health dashboard error log chart may not be accurate.
- Fixed an issue where achievement excluded groups still show in the widgets.
- Improved performance of hiding/unhiding/deleting topics.
- Fixed an issue where Achievements notifications loaded via the REST API may be attributed to a guest.
- Fixed an issue where deleting a product filter wouldn't delete all the language strings.
 

Looking forward to hearing from you!
 

Happy Hump Day, team! Dayum, is it just me or are the weeks flying by? It's probably because we're hard at work on a lot of exciting projects, including our website refresh (out sooner than later, stay tuned!), improvements to Spam defense, Achievements refinements and more. 
If you haven't already, follow us on Twitter and shoot us a Tweet.
 

Shout-out to @Jimi Wikman for his post about a tickets system using Pages. Internally, we're brainstorming new ideas for the future of Pages. It's down the road, but we'd like to up our game. The more ideas you all have and share... the better!
 
 
 As always, here's a roundup of the latest updates/fixes/changes we made in the last week. Mad props 👏:
- When building applications on Windows, Javascript/Themes imports will use \n line endings.
- Fixed an issue where weekly recurring events with no end date could display one day off.

- Fixed birthdays not showing on the initial Calendar view when only one calendar is present.
- Fixed an issue where the CVC/Address/ZIP checks were unavailable on Stripe payment intents in the AdminCP.
- Fixed an issue where following a member can send a notification if you choose to follow anonymously.
- Fixed an error when a restricted admin attempted to add moderators.
- Fixed an issue where some admin control panel profile blocks could show if the features were disabled. 
- Fixed an issue where a large file description may not save if it is larger than 64kb.
- Fixed an issue where not all forums could show when creating topic and post feed widgets.
- Fixed an issue editing hooks IN_DEV when using PHP 8.
- Fixed a database error caused by long shipping service names.
 
- Fixed an issue where the CVC/Address/ZIP checks were unavailable on Stripe payment intents in the AdminCP.
- Fixed an issue where videos attachments that are not supported by a browser may not be downloadable.

- Removed few occurrences from the in 4.6 removed notification sounds setting.
- Added a new Published column to track the date for new versions of a file.
- Added grouping to approved content push notifications.
- Fixed an issue where a view update task may attempt to connect to Redis when Redis is not used.
- Fixed an issue where it was not possible to post status updates if the ability to follow a member was disabled.
- Removed few occurrences from the in 4.6 removed notification sounds setting.
- Fixed an issue where the topic sync background task may get stuck in a loop.
- Fixed an issue where rare badges calculated with all members, and not just those permitted to use achievements.
- Fixed an issue where the 'follow member' achievement rule didn't calculate milestones correctly.
- Fixed an issue where WebP may be shown as an accepted extension when not fully supported by the server.
- Fixed a minor typo when processing an RSS import.
- Fixed an issue where an automatically deleted notice may be shown on a member in AdminCP but the account isn't queued for deletion.
- Fixed an issue where a failed file move could delete the filenames of Reactions.
- Fixed editor becoming unresponsive when inserting attachments into the editor.
Thank you all for being a part of Invision Community! If you have any questions, comments, feedback etc., particularly about Pages, please drop us a line in the comments; we'd love to hear from you!

The thing is, unless the image sizes are specified on the page, it doesn't matter which method you use, the page will still jump around as it loads. So, instead of height: auto, as it seems to be at the moment, the height of image thumbnails really should be set to the correct number of pixels. 

@Jordan Invision I think you should give more different names to topics. Or publish all weekly changelogs in one topic. It seems that many users, when they see the words "Hump Day" in the list of topics, think that this is one of the old topics and do not even open it.

FYI:
 

Happy Hump Day, team! 
In case you missed it, we have a bumpin' topic asking for feedback/ideas regarding Achievements - we'd like to implement a few "quick wins" based off of your suggestions, so if you haven't already please check out that topic and submit a reply. It'd be greatly appreciated!
We also have a topic on the way regarding Spam Improvements - ideas you think would benefit the platform. Hold off on sharing those in this topic please - for now just think about it - that topic will drop on Friday so get ready 
Because it's a new month, I wanted to focus this post on goal-setting. I know, I know, it's corny, but setting goals is imperative for community growth. It's hard to know what direction your community is headed in without them. You wouldn't hop in your car without a destination in mind first would you? (Unless you want to drive aimlessly, which is a goal anyway.)
What is one goal you'd like to have your community achieve by the end of the year? Drop it in the comments! It'll hold yourself accountable and will be fun to look back on in a few months. It doesn't need to be crazy - keep it simple! Looking forward to seeing them (don't be shy!). 
 As always, here are this week's roundup of changes/fixes/updates:
- Fixed an issue where anonymous users may be cached in Who's Online blocks.
- Fixed an issue where a reserved keyword is used (specific to MySQL 8.0.17/18)
- Fixed an issue where a large file description may not save if it is larger than 64kb.
- Made a minor change to ensure the registration page is not cached by a web browser.
- Fixed an issue where legacy deleted posts are not removed correctly when upgrading from Invision Community 3.x.
- Fixed an issue where the notifications page could throw an exception while trying to return notification data from plugins or not existing notification extensions.
- Fixed an issue where the Billing Agreements synchronisation task wouldn't check payments via PayPal Subscriptions API.
- Fixed incorrect timezone detection for users in Argentina.
- Removed few occurrences from the in 4.6 removed notification sounds setting.
- Fixed an issue where weekly recurring events with no end date could display one day off
- Removed few occurrences from the in 4.6 removed notification sounds setting.
- Fixed an issue where weekly recurring events with no end date could display one day off (Calendar)
- Fixed an issue with the SQL toolbox pagination when a table prefix was being used.
- Fixed an issue where long group username styles in Xenforo could cause a database error.
- When building applications on Windows, Javascript/Themes imports will use \n line endings.
- Fixed an issue where weekly recurring events with no end date could display one day off.
- Fixed birthdays not showing on the initial Calendar view when only one calendar is present.
- Fixed an issue where the CVC/Address/ZIP checks were unavailable on Stripe payment intents in the AdminCP.
- Fixed an issue where following a member can send a notification if you choose to follow anonymously.
- Fixed an error when a restricted admin attempted to add moderators.
- Fixed an issue where some admin control panel profile blocks could show if the features were disabled. 
- Fixed an issue where a large file description may not save if it is larger than 64kb.
Sending you all good vibes! 
I'll go first btw: I would love for my community to reach 80,000 members. It's at ~76K currently. 

@daffyy Can you remove the "Solution" label?

ACP -> General Configuration -> Use relative dates

I didn't like the badges from when I first saw them.  Now that they've been in place for a while, they look even worse.  Plus, I have no idea what their purpose is.
I have not updated my sites yet, probably in a few weeks.
I will definitely not be using the new badge system.

I don't need to hide the button in all posts. I am using this code to hide the quote button in the last post on the page:
article:last-of-type li[data-ipsquote-editor="topic_comment"] { display: none; } This is not a bad solution, but I want to hide the button in the last post of the topic.

There shouldn't be quote button in last post. Quote last post in topic uselessness. But lot of user use that. Why should post be copied twice? If all posts would be quoted, whole database would be almost two times bigger.

The website is looking

Hey team! Apologies for missing last week's Hump Day post; ya boy was off the grid enjoying a little family vacation. After a little R&R, it's time to turn back on the heat. 🔥😎  
While I was away, the Invision Community team was hard at work fixing bugs, providing support and gearing up for 4.6.4 - which is officially out now!
Our community is currently on 4.6.4 and we also upgraded our client area 👏 
Feel free to try it out for yourself (please make a backup beforehand - things should run smoothly but, you know, Internet things).   
Wrap your head around all the updates 🤯:
Core:
Added ability to specify ...&_bypassItemIdCheck=1 inside the request URL parameters to a Content Item controller to override the default behavior of checking if the item exists. Fixed some AdminCP upgrade issues when PHP 8 is used. Fixed an issue where Marketplace onboarding may be blocked when upgrading from 4.4 or older. Fixed a javascript error that meant registration failed on sites using Invisible ReCaptcha. Fixed missing profile field content missing on content submissions. Fixed an issue where next/previous arrows would not show up when viewing multiple Images. Fixed an issue where achievement badges are not always given. Added the option to choose between the recipient and reaction giver when setting the milestone. Fixed MFA/2FA issue where there was no close button for the 2fa modal Fixed an issue preventing Marketplace installs of your own Marketplace resources. Fixed an issue where Content Item Controllers returned 200 by default when they should return 404 or 403 (not found or forbidden). Fixed some language evaluation issues when PHP 8 is used. All buttons in #elUserNav now use the correct text color. Fixed an issue where members were able to delete their own status updates without permission. Fixed an issue where the Authy icon may not show on the login screen. Fixed an issue where it was not possible to promote guest content. Fixed an issue where the oAuth login handler setting "Ask the user to provide a display name" can be ignored. Fixed an issue where it was not possible to add meta data to items authored by guests. Fixed an issue where \IPS\Node\Statistics can fail due to a missing column name prefix. Fixed an issue where Admin log in can fail with a '"2S119/1' error. Fixed a potential timeout when mass deleting guest content. Fixed a PHP8 issue where promoting to Twitter fails Fixed an issue in which the limit argument passed to contentImages() methods of various Content Item controllers wasn't respected Fixed few missing language strings on the ACP - member profile page. Fixed an issue where points for 'SessionStartDaily' achievement extension could be awarded even when a milestone had been hit Fixed an issue where achievement rules for adding a comment would not trigger the milestone correctly when specifying nodes. Fixed an issue where rank information would show with guest posts. Fixed an issue with outgoing emails using native php mail function. Added a Delete query as an upgrade step to remove old 'best_answer' notifications. Fixed an issue where the cleanup task may show an error and fail to run. Fixed a potential memory exhaustion error when generating the sitemap. Forums
Improved how the forums statistics widget calculates number of posts on large communities. Fixed an issue where rich text results may show an error for image only answers. Pages
Fixed an issue where search stops working with a Pages database in specific situations. Commerce
Fixed an issue where transactions show a broken profile photo for a deleted member. Fixed a rare issue where a payment via PayPal may not show the subscription option, or use subscriptions where forced. Fixed an issue where it was possible to change a Subscription when there was an active PayPal Subscription. Fixed an issue where an incomplete account may not prompt for missing data after using login handler via checkout. Fixed an issue approving a PayPal Subscription transaction when it was put on hold by fraud rules. Fixed an issue where the gift voucher navtab or page could result in an error under certain circumstances. Fixed a broken link while managing Shipping Rates. Fixed an issue where it was possible to upgrade incorrectly when renewals were removed, and the new package had upgrade set to pro-rata. Fixed a race condition that can happen when Stripe sends a web hook request very quickly after charging a customer (renewals & device payments). Removed "Print Invoice" option when Guests don't have access to the Billing and Purchases module.
We've got a lot of exciting stuff in the works! I can't reveal much, but the website refresh is coming along nicely (and is looking sliiiiiick). We're excited for you to see it. 
If you have any questions, comments or concerns, drop us a line in the comments and we'll get back to ya. Sending you all good vibes!

I just upgraded yesterday from 4.4.10 to 4.6.2. I really liked the new version 🤩 Good job 👍

I just upgraded yesterday from 4.4.10 to 4.6.2. I really liked the new version 🤩 Good job 👍

Hey team, we just released a new update: 4.6.3 is officially live!
Our Community is currently on it 👏 
Per @Matt, we made a few key and immediate updates to...
Anonymous posting Reaction achievement extension Milestones in achievements If you are experiencing any troubles upgrading, drop us a line. 
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We also have a lengthly list of additional updates made since last week's Hump Day post 🤯 
- Fixed an issue where the member's "solved count" would not show in QA forums.
- Fixed an issue where it wasn't possible to add products to the registration form. (Commerce)
- Fixed a PHP8 issue where an error may occur if you have a Date based profile field where a member doesn't have it filled in.
- Fixed an issue where member-type profile fields would be missing their label while editing profiles.
- Fixed an issue where it isn't possible to upgrade if you are not using utf8mb4.
- Added deleted member ID to administrator logs.
- Fixed a PHP8 issue where an error may occur if you have a Date based profile field where a member doesn't have it filled in.
- Fixed an error sending bulk mails when filtering by member type.
- Added logging to Member History when adding or removing a member from a club.
- Fixed a PHP8 related issue, where some pages which show tags could return an error.
- Added support for anonymous items/comments to REST API for all IPS apps.
- Fixed a PHP8 error that can occur during install.
- Fixed an issue where known issues may be shown in the support section that do not apply.
- Fixed an issue where it may not be possible to save a product with "Show on registration form" enabled.
- Fixed a PHP8 error when attempting to use various features that produces or reads XML, such as downloading member information.
- Fixed issues that prevented "Add to homescreen" banner from showing on communities installed in a subdirectory.
- Fixed an issue where WebP images may not retain their .webp extension after upload.
- Fixed an issue where splitting a topic may cause a database error. (Forums)
- Fixed an issue where guests were unable to sign-in during the checkout process.
- Fixed an issue where Searchable Content with ReadMarkers and no container would break the search.
- Fixed an issue where IP Address Tools would show Posts before registration is complete.
- Fixed an issue where notifications for followed calendars could show the event on the wrong date
- Fixed an issue where points are still awarded for a rule even if a member had previously reached the set milestone. (Achievements) 
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By the way... we just want to say a huge THANK YOU to everyone who watched / participated in our first-ever live event on Zoom. We're looking forward to doing more of them! 
Missed it? Watch here.
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And to those of you who've ventured into this topic and made it to the bottom of this post, you are rewarded with a 🔥  photo of @Mark H from 1974.
 

 
Questions? Comments? Hit us up in the comments - we're looking forward to chatting with you! 

Hey team, just wanted to swoop in and offer a friendly reminder that our 4.6 Live Event on Zoom is tomorrow (Thursday, June 24th) at 12 pm ET. It's going to be a good time! 
Check out the different time zones here: https://dateful.com/eventlink/2656540285
You'll be able to submit questions that we'll work on answering live on Zoom.
Expect for a little roundtable talk between myself, @Charles and @Matt. We'll touch on all things 4.6 and dive into a few of them in greater detail.
We also have a little announcement we'll reveal during the event 😏🤫 
Keep this handy: 
ZOOM LINK
Now get ready for your mind to be blown regarding all of the hard work our devs accomplished in the last week 🤯 
- Fixed an issue where the system would import achievement rules for not installed applications.
- Fixed an issue where Admins were unable to view Club content when rules are required to be accepted.
- Fixed an issue with outgoing SendGrid emails.
- Fixed an issue where sending a request with the `If-Modified-Since` header set to an invalid timestamp causes an uncaught error
- Fixed an issue where a member would see a 404 error when loading a comment that they didn't have access to
- Fixed an issue for instances allowing guests to upload images. (Gallery)
- Fixed an issue where webhook requests would be fired twice under certain circumstances.
- Fixed an issue where refunding/cancelling an invoice with a referral commission would not revoke the commission.
- Fixed an issue where the AdminCP invoice view may not show all of the commissions on the invoice.
- Fixed an issue with a mis-spelling of "achievement" in the achievement rebuild area in the AdminCP.
- Fixed issues encountered when upgrading from a legacy version of IP.Board.
- Fixed an error occurring when checking out as a guest after following a referral link.
- Fixed broken ACP Permission checks for the badges page.  
- Fixed an issue with a mis-spelling of "achievement" in the achievement rebuild area in the AdmnCP.
- Fixed an issue that caused legacy upgrades to error-out under certain circumstances when using PHP 8.
- Fixed an issue where the active users widget may show the wrong information.
- Fixed Third Party plugins not being included in the list of third party hooks in the Support Dashboard.
- Fixed an issue where some communities may see an old test bulletin when upgrading.
- Added logging to Member History when adding or removing a member from a club.  
- Fixed theme conflicting checking potentially throwing an error before upgrading on PHP 8.
- Removed the ability to set poll vote counts directly
- Fixed an issue where the member's "solved count" would not show in QA forums.
- Fixed an issue where it wasn't possible to buy zero value products.
- Fixed a PHP8 issue where an error may occur if you have a Date based profile field where a member doesn't have it filled in.
- Fixed an issue where it wasn't possible to delete a club node.
- Fixed a PHP8 issue where an error may occur if you have a Date based profile field where a member doesn't have it filled in.
- Fixed an issue where it wasn't possible to delete a club node.
- Fixed an issue involving a missing language string in the AdminCP under the rank settings.
- Fixed an issue where the ACP search revealed a missing string for a deprecated setting. 
- Fixed an issue where Admins were unable to view Club content when rules are required to be accepted. 
- Fixed an issue where the ACP search revealed a missing string for a deprecated setting.
- Fixed an issue where Manage Followed Content showed incorrect content count for Forums.
- Fixed an issue where the member's "solved count" would not show in QA forums. (Forums)
- Fixed an issue where it wasn't possible to add products to the registration form. (Commerce)
- Fixed a PHP8 issue where an error may occur if you have a Date based profile field where a member doesn't have it filled in.
- Fixed an issue where member-type profile fields would be missing their label while editing profiles.
- Fixed an issue where it isn't possible to upgrade if you are not using utf8mb4.
See y'all sooooooon! 

May I ask why you care so much about these tests?
Are you trying to grab an extra position or two or do you just want to have things in the green?
Not trying to mock you or anything, just wondering what the end goal is for you to increase completion of these tests because I am always curious to learn what drives these type of completion chases.

For me, it is not important which editor to use, but how exactly it will be customized by IPS.

The main thing I hope for is that IPS won't carry over all the same bugs that they added to the current editor and haven't been fixing for years. Such as the complete inability to delete mentions in mobile Chrome, for example:

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As well as get rid of additional overcomplications, such as replacing existing editor functions. For example, fast and easy URL embedding on clumsy and slow:

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CKEditor 4 is reaching the end of life (source). Instead of jumping onto the CKEditor 5 bandwagon, I propose Invision consider an alternative editor. There are many well-established modern editors such as, for example, TinyMCE, Froala, Quill, and Redactor, to name a few. Any of these would make satisfactory alternatives.
 
CKEditor may be 'old school,' but it has become bloated, larger in file size and load time.  Most of the issues it encounters often have to do with responsive layouts on a mobile device and excessive load time. As mobile continues to dominate the landscape, I feel it may be prudent to focus on an editor development that has kept up successfully with the times with the least issues.
 
Changing the editor should not be expected in the next release. But a roadmap should be considered for a future transition.  Thank you for your time and consideration. 😀

Happy Hump Day my Invision Community fam! 
 
Invision Community Achievements:
We wanted to kick off this special post with a preview of Achievements. It's Invision Community's take on gamification with our powerful platform. It's something we're really excited to rollout this year (which does not = December 31st lol). 
We don't want to give away too much about it yet, but feel free to weigh in/ask questions 🙂 
 

 
 

 
 
 
 
Fix dump:
Here's what we accomplished in the past week (new changes since last Wednesday's Hump Day post):
- Fixed broken 3rd party ACP permissions on Cloud.
- Added a new Spam Defense option to allow registration but require moderator approval of all new posts.
- Fixed an issue where HTML logic of a page may be stored in the search index.
- Fixed chunk uploading when using Amazon S3 with some S3-compatible providers.
- Renewal invoice warning emails will now show tax included, if applicable.
- Fixed an issue with Member Filters happening when members where filtered by subscriptions and purchases.
- Fixed messenger link still displaying on profiles on mobile devices if the user does not have permission to access the messenger module.
- Fixed an issue converting some types of SMF profile photos.
- Fixed an issue where the width of the layout would stretch, caused by long strings of content.
- Fixed an issue where Member Sync onEmailChange may be called before validation when changing email via validating screen.
- Fixed a typo when flagging a member as a spammer.
- Fixed an issue where the DeleteImageProxyFiles task would never finish or not update its progress appropriately .
- Fixed an issue with the REST API where a GET request to records with a category parameter would result in a DB error.
Important Method Changes:
- Added a `$seperator` parameter to `\IPS\CustomField::displayValues` which can be used to define a custom seperator when displaying multiple values .
- Updated method signature for `\IPS\Node\Model::getLastCommentTime()`.
- Added a `$count` parameter to `\IPS\Content::definiteArticle/_definiteArticle()`. If an integer is passed, a pluralized phrase will be used, if available. You should add pluralized strings for any `__defart_*` strings you've already created. The key should be in the format `__defart_*_plural`.
 
Invision Community Live Streams
We've also been discussing doing some live Q&As and webinars for you all to participate in. It would give you the opportunity to ask questions in a live setting and visibly see us respond. Does that sound like something you'd be interested in? Before we dive too far into that rabbit hole, we wanted to gauge your reaction and see if you'd like that. Please reply and let us know what you think and also what times would be good for you! 🙏 
 
And in case you missed it...
 

I do agree. We could simplify by taking out a few of the page numbers. So instead it would look like 1... 115
This is where I think a nested quotes could be useful, though I know that's complex to implement. 

I agree. But the mobile view needs additional changes.
1. There is no need to display pagination, and buttons "2", "3" and "4" make no sense at all. Seriously, who will click these buttons and why? 🤦🏻‍♂️

2. The words "replies", "view" and "updated" take up a lot of space and don't fit on one line in many localizations. They should be replaced with icons so as not to interfere with viewing and to save space.
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I agree. But the mobile view needs additional changes.
1. There is no need to display pagination, and buttons "2", "3" and "4" make no sense at all. Seriously, who will click these buttons and why? 🤦🏻‍♂️

2. The words "replies", "view" and "updated" take up a lot of space and don't fit on one line in many localizations. They should be replaced with icons so as not to interfere with viewing and to save space.
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After: