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Thanks Marc. Wouldn't they be verified via my Marketplace> Purchases? I pay for them there and the Status shows as being active. Would an author know who I was and whether or not I purchased an item through the marketplace and pay via IPS? Additionally, I don't know where else I would have got these mods if not through the Marketplace.

Thanks again Nathan, much appreciated. I can't be completely sure but I am pretty sure I did purchase all of them through the Marketplace. I do have one from you and another that was commissioned separately that are also marked as custom that are currently disabled which I will enable at some point here after I get this matter straightened out. Just checked my downloaded apps folder here and I have those two previously mentioned items but none of the others. Which then lends me to believe that indeed my memory is correct, that they were purchased through the Marketplace via the ACP. 🤷‍♂️ Hopefully IPS will be able to assist and link the installed resource to it's correct listing. Thanks again!

Hey Nathan, thanks for responding. It does show that they are custom. I believe I did purchase them through the Marketplace section of the ACP. I know I have upgraded at least one of them previously through the ACP. Not sure why it's different now but I do seem to recall other threads regarding this issue. Don't quote me on it but, if memory serves correctly, it was a bug in whatever version of the software. I do have another app that I was able to update through the ACP Marketplace. However, that app is not marked as 'custom'. Not sure why that one would be marked differently than the others.

I did. As stated, I just wanted to round out my discussion here.

So... My one site is at a lull and I chose this period to bite the bullet, hope for the best and upgrade. I watched my app support threads and was/am confident that they were all upgraded to be compatible with 4.7.3. Thankfully the site is mostly operational. Yet the Marketplace section of the ACP will not let me update a couple installed apps. Hopefully I will get that resolved early this morning when IPS staff arrives. Just wanted to round out my discussion and concerns within this thread with my experience.

I am unable to download updates to existing apps. they are paid up to date and the licenses show as active in my "Client" account Purchases, yet the ACP "Marketplace" only shows an "Install" button and not an "Update" button. Clicking the "Install" button tells me that, "An application is already installed that uses the same Application Key, this application cannot be installed unless the other is removed" Please help.

Add a forward to the aliases.

I utilize the "superblocks_'x'feed" as the template for blocks that I employ in various different ways around one of my websites. I would like to be able to 'lazyload' images that populate the blocks that draw an image. Is this possible? Is this something I can accomplish via a template edit? If so, where and what code? TYIA

Apologies @Ryan Ashbrook I read this not long after you posted, didn't have the time to respond and forgot to get back to it. It is somewhat complicated. My settings have changed since I had a 'Locked task queue'. This is due to the fact that once it was resolved, I noticed that the functionality was markedly different. I chalked it up to the bug that was originally causing the canonical meta data acting the way it did (marking both the record and the forum thread as the record having canonical prominance). The marked functionality difference noticed at that point was as you say, dependent upon which item you were viewing as to what meta data was ultimately in the canonical tag. I'm not sure why the the current design is to mark both creations as canonical. The whole purpose of a canonical meta tag is to tell search engines which of duplicate content is the 'master'. Having duplicate content both marked as 'master' is going to be very detrimental to SEO. It is with this in mind that I created a '[feature suggestion] Database Records Canonical Meta Tag' thread that would allow for the selection of which duplicate content you would like Google to rank. After all, isn't this what you want for CMS, to rank the record instead of the thread?

@Matt Thank you for the care and concern. You guys and the support from IPS is amongst the best, if not the, best. I can't tell you how much it means. Having suffered through many years with support that didn't come close. While I may not agree with all direction taken (it's not my show), the effort and energy IPS continually displays with regard to it's customer base shows. I have asked a few, seen where others have asked for a file to be updated (hence, no need for me to add redundancy), and saw where others have said they have submitted updates that have been approved yet subsequent comments indicate that errors are still being thrown. This last was the impetus for my comment here: Not to single anyone out here, and she does work that is amazing but I see where @HeadStand (and I do apologize here for the example, Esther) submitted an update that was apparently approved. I say apparently because if you venture to the file in question it says that it is compatible with 4.7 and a bit further down the page, under, 'What's New in Version 2.4.6', it states that it was, 'Updated for 4.7.2 compatibility.' Now, if you read down from my linked content, 'submitted,' you will see that even though the file was approved for 4.7.2, customers are complaining that they are receiving errors and that the PHP8 Compatibility Scanner is flagging the file, even though it was approved as a compatible file. To her credit, Esther checked the file even after it was approved by IPS, to be sure it was what it was supposed to be. After which she stated that it was correct. Subsequently, other customers indicated they too were getting flagged. All of which reiterates my contention, how does one know if it works when there is so much confusion. I don't want my site to break, I want to upgrade to remain current. I want to upgrade before I am forced to, but only want to do so when I am certain that the probability that things will break is next to zero. IPS could help with these concerns but I think sometimes that the minutiae some customers express gets lost in the hustle and bustle that (in this particular instance) PHP 8.x is causing. I expressed my concerns in a way I thought to be clear but, as I stated, sometimes, for whatever reason, things get lost in the shuffle.

Right. And this is why I do not upgrade right away, because there are always inherent failures. I will probably be one of the last to upgrade and pray like hell that everything will work. I don't have much other choice.

I do not know what version of PHP I am on currently, as within the 'Get Support' it is not listed. I would guess though that being 4.7.1, I am PHP 7.4. That aside, if I am understanding you correctly here... If the compatibility checker disables certain plugins, I can reenable them and they will work? Running 4.7.2.1 they will work as presently on 4.7.1?

This isn't much of a starter. In order to utilize the utility, I would have to upgrade to 4.7.2.1. Then, if the utility decides that the plugin isn't compatible, I'm stuck with a broken website. Not something I am willing to do at present. Of course, come a date in November, being a CiC customer, I will certainly have no choice. I'm not blaming IPS at all here. I understand that things are evolving and that PHP 7.x is end of life, so the pain will come at some point. I guess what I am hoping for before that drop dead date arrives, is that there will be some way to gauge whether or not a plugin is compatible without breaking my website by upgrading at which point I would be stuck, regardless.

Utilizing a file share image works well for when no image is selected/uploaded to social media. It would be nice if there was a hook to utilize the file share image within 'Our Picks' block. Currently, if no image is uploaded or selected, the block displays a blank space where an image would be. TYIA for your consideration.

So.. subsequent questions arise. How do I know if a Marketplace file is compatible with PHP 8.0? Example: If I go directly to the file, and it states: Compatibility 4.6,4.7 Yet we see reports in support threads that it is not compatible. How are we supposed to know whether or not it works correctly and is actually compatible? Should it state that it is "compatible with 4.7.2.1" or possibly "compatible with PHP 8.0?" Additionally, we see that the authors of some mods have submitted an update that was accepted but is throwing errors? What is one to think, know and/or do with all the confusion that abounds?

Oye. So... I guess the wording of the OP should probably be changed slightly as, I am a CiC customer and I do have something to worry about. I suspect the upset we have seen to this point is nothing compared to what will be seen when it is forced.

Okay, so I'm slightly confused here. You indicated that as Matt said, I have nothing to worry about. Now, from the wording of your latest reply, it would seem that that is not entirely the case. Again, I will ask... Will CiC customers be forced to PHP 8.x come November and thusly breaking these mods that currently do not work well with PHP 8.x?

Thank you. I know Matt said not to worry but I didn't see the specific query addressed. My concern are mods that don't seem to be working well with PHP8.x and/or the newer 4.7.2.x.

Noobish question here... For those of us on the CiC, does this mean we will automatically be upgraded to PHP8.0? What about the software version, will we be required to upgrade to a minimum of 4.7.2.1?

Publish and Unlock time should act independent from one another. Otherwise, there is no sense to having two different settings. Unfortunately, they do not. Adjust either one and the other is synced.

Thanks Randy, much appreciated. So, if I am understanding what you are saying here is that... even though the advert is only taking a quarter of a second to load (and continually loading it would seem), it stops all (most?) other aspects of the site from loading while this is going on, correct?

Anyone?

Thank you. There are instances where it is desirable to be able to edit the thread post. If you want it synced, you would then merely edit the record.

At what point (software upgrade) was the ability to edit the forum thread of a 'record' eliminated? I used to be able to edit the thread independent of the record (thread edits would not affect the record), but have just discovered that this is no longer possible. Why was this ability removed?