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Dismissing the upgrade notification fixed it.

That's the reason I need access to the files - so I can back up the custom stuff!

11 minutes ago, iacas said:

It still works for me (once I fixed that weird log error).

I hope it's updated.

What Invision Version are you running?

Who knows. He probably got tired of updating the code constantly since Invision restructured everything a couple years ago.

Here is a screenshot.

Displays no files, even after keyword search.

Please fix the issue of marking unread content in Blocks.

Topic Feeds and Post feeds are essential to Forum navigation and content discovery.

16 minutes ago, Jim M said:

I'm afraid, it's a damned if we do and damned if don't scenario by all involved as the bug would require significant rewrites of the block core code to fully resolve so this was the solution to appease all involved.

Indeed.

Only one correction - it's not a solution, but another cache problem, however more cerebral.

I know you guys work hard and I'm not diminishing that. I know that there's a multitude of requests and bug reports and UX evolutions to consider.

But of all things forum - the Topic Feed is...fundamental to what a forum is! In fact I see all the block feeds behave the same.

This can't be happening...

25 minutes ago, Jim M said:

s mentioned, if topic feeds are something you care about, I would create a Feature Suggestion forum for this change you are requesting or hire a third party provider to help you bring this functionality back.

1) I can't image people liking this change. I'm sure Invision is getting a lot of feedback about it and I'm definitely going to add to it.

2) You've been very diplomatic about the situation and I respect that - but I'm afraid you haven't convinced me that by breaking a feature you've made less used alternatives better. That's a wholistic non-sequitur.

3) I can't imagine anyone complaining about a Topic Feed block (what the heck guys, the AS so so much better! The Topic Feed block just takes up space unnecessarily in the Page Editor) LOL I don't think so...

4) I've learned my lesson with custom apps. They work wonderfully until a major software update breaks them. Waste of money and time - most of the time.

tl;dr

There was once a company that got very big and very wealthy, and became a sort of industry standard (Pelco). Until they managed their company according to a very small set of very large clients that they didn't want to lose, and tailored nearly all of their developments around this narrow group of clients. Then they got smashed by competitors, as their features were not very good for most applications, and their vision narrowed and clouded, unable to respond to the needs of the much larger general public.

On 2/1/2022 at 2:31 PM, Jim M said:

The Activity Stream is a means to find content, it is not a means to read content. Just like on the Feed Topic feed block, they would click the topic link to read the full thing. By no means am I suggesting to setup your community like Twitter, I am merely informing you how you can use the software to find content without viewing each and every forum.

The Activity Stream is not as practical as a Topic Feed. With a Topic Feed - you are one click away from engaging in a discussion as soon as you visit the site. With the Activity Stream, unless you are viewing regularly, it takes a lot of totally unnecessary hunting to find current topics of interest.

The AS is great for Mods - it's terrible for people who only visit once a day or so.

The AS easily gets filled up by one or two hot topics, and floods everything else out. That's silly for infrequent visitors to have to deal with.

Following every topic you engage in is a notification nightmare. Following topics needs to be well managed by a user - it doesn't replace a Topic Feed in any practical sense at all.

The Topic Feeds need to be fixed. Virtually all other forum engines have used them for decades. I've managed forums since EZ board in 2000, and this recent change by Invision is really, really bad and is in now way a step 'forward'. It's totally backwards, like 1993 backwards.

Ohhhhh...

So you want it to act more like a social media platform.

You know, not all content fits neatly into a Twitter style UX. And not all users on the internet are under 17.

So yeah, if you can point me into the direction of people who can fix this terrible change and deviation from a bulletin board format to a Twitter format - I'd really appreciate it.

12 minutes ago, Jim M said:

Are you referring here to a Topic Feed block still or the Activity Streams? The latter is not a block so would not have the same caching.

Yes - the Activity Stream.

Different caching - got it.

So let me ask this - can you show a good example of how your 'modernized' forums are set up?

I'm at a serious loss here. How are visiting members supposed to keep up with active content without having to navigate the entire freaking forum?

I have never experienced that problem with the Topic Feed before. I've been using Invision since 2017.

Also, the BOLD shows up on an activity feed for unread content.

Let me ask this - is Invision interested in creating a CMS for people who manage forums or are they going in a different direction? Like eCommerce or something? 

That's because I put off upgrading for so long since it breaks so many custom features and as time goes on, Invision takes a stronger and stronger control over the appearance of the UX.

I don't like the change to the Topic Feed. Makes it kinda useless now.

This engine has become so complicated, and so restricting, it seems they don't want custom content at all. They seem to desire all their forums looking and feeling the same.

The way iAwards worked is essential to my community. It was a format we used way before we used Invision (a badging system to identify the qualifications of the members, for instance).

That said, is iAwards going to continue? It's a hell of a lot of work to keep manually building the awards to all the members after every Invision upgrade that breaks iAwards.

Hello,

The Topic Feed blocks appear to show all topics as 'read' (normal type) even though there is new, unread content (even since the upgrade has completed). If I go to the category, then unread topics show up in bold as they should, and switch to regular type after visiting.

Does uninstalling the application erase the database table?

*poke* @Aethes 😁

You'd think with all this lockdown people would have more time to work on their projects...

Any updates? Been finding more white background areas. It appears v4.5 has a lot of background CSS to cover...uhggg

Any updates? Is the current version safe to use?

Could someone be so kind and post a step-by-step so that our existing awards data and configuration is preserved as much as possible when upgrading to the new version for IPS 4.5?

Yes I know I'm an idiot and totally inferior to the great minds that frequent here.

Also, you hid the Topic Title...

I commented it out and updated the CSS for ipsType_pageTitle to reflect the theme's text color.

Ha! It's the Theme I'm using. Why would the Theme exclude the Topic Title?

WEIRD.

Hello,

I was wondering if missing Topic Titles at the top of the pages was intended or if this is something in the works for modification?

Hello,

Yeah, the auto-save is still working okay. I've run into Themes which break it, so I was just concerned.

Anyway, I founds some more CSS issues to take note of for your next update.

Under the Moderator CP, the 'Previous' and 'Next' links disappear on Mouse Over (probably turn black). 

Member display name in Hovercard is hard to read. Under the member page, it's okay.

Sound Room card display and on main pages titles are hard to read.

Topic hovercards start to display White background when the text extends beyond the boundary of the cell when you scroll down:

Any help would be appreciated!  Thank you!

@InvisionHQ Thanks for all your hard work!