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    Noble~ reacted to Adriano Faria in Community Map   
    This file will be supported by me, from now on, on my board: https://www.sosinvision.com.br/index.php?/file/298-community-map/
    You can redeem the marketplace purchase keys provided by IPS to keep getting updates and support for this application.
    Thank you.
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    Noble~ reacted to Joel R in Invision Community 5: The All New Theme Editor   
    Every IPS client at launch of v5 immediately changing all of their color schemes just to play with the theme editor.  
    Nice job with the theme editor controls.  There are so many options to customize the theme.  
    I'm personally most excited about mobile views and header controls to control the placement of logos, menus, and breadcrumbs.  Menus and above the fold placement is especially important for a mobile world, and we need to be judicious with how space is allocated.  
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    Noble~ got a reaction from Ehren in Invision Community 5: The All New Theme Editor   
    Absolutely amazing work.👍
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    Noble~ reacted to Charles in Back to Top button   
    Two years later and people still don't know how to get back to the top of a web page on their devices? The Internet must be a confusing bottom-of-page place.
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    Noble~ got a reaction from Matt in Invision Community 5: The All New Theme Editor   
    Absolutely amazing work.👍
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    Noble~ reacted to Ehren in Invision Community 5: The All New Theme Editor   
    Welcome to the third video of our sneak peak series! Today, we're really excited to introduce you to the new Theme Editor!
    Built entirely from scratch, the new editor provides an instant, live preview of your theme, as soon as you modify a setting. It's a zero-code approach to creating themes, and has been designed to ensure your theme adheres to your color scheme and looks great on every device, with very little effort. Let's take a closer look!
     
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    To the left of the editor, you’ll see a live preview of your community. You can navigate to any page, as if you were browsing your site normally. At the top left of the editor, you’ll find icons which change the theme between the light and dark color schemes. Below that are buttons which change the viewport size, from desktop, to tablet, to mobile. This is a really convenient way to ensure your theme looks great on every device, without needing to manually resize your browser window.
    Lets take a closer look at the Color Palette.
    Editing colors in version 4 was a fairly time consuming process. For example, modifying the color scheme from the default blue to another color meant that 26 theme settings needed to be changed. In contrast, the Version 5 theme is powered by just 3 colors: Primary colors are responsible for styling the main elements on your page, such as the Start new topic button. Secondary colors control minor elements, such as pagination links, while the Base color is responsible for controlling the overall tint on your site.
    Clicking on these colors opens a color picker. Let’s change this blue color to yellow.
     
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    You’ll notice two things have happened here. First, the preview window updated as soon as we modified the color. All elements which were previously blue, now use yellow, such as the Start new topic button. Secondly, the text color in our button has changed from white to black. This is our automatic contrast feature and it ensures our text is easy to read on our new yellow background, since white text may be more difficult to read for some viewers.
    Below the color picker is a text box, with our color displayed in HSL. You can paste your own colors in this box, in any color format and that color will be applied to your elements.
     
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    The Base color controls the tint of your backgrounds and text colors. Let's try a few examples to demonstrate how easy it is to recolor your theme.
     
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    Next up are Logos! Invision Community 5 has three logo types: a text logo, an image logo for desktops and an image logo for mobiles. Let’s edit our text logo.
     
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    After changing the text to “Theme Editor Demo”, we can see that the logo in our preview window updates instantly with our new text. Below that, we have multiple options to help us style the text logo, such as font-family These fonts are a combination of system fonts and web fonts. The web fonts are hosted locally on your site for optimal performance. Additionally, we can also change the font-weight and font-size. We might want a different font-size for mobile logos, so that can be edited too. We can see a live preview by changing our viewport to the mobile option.
    If you’d prefer to use an image logo, you can assign it using the Image Logo options. Image logos are made up of 2 upload fields, one for the light theme and one for the dark theme. Below these upload fields, a slider lets you resize your logo so it fits neatly.
     
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    Layout options let you assign the default layouts in your community. In our first sneak peak video, we showcased the new side panel layout, feed view for forum categories, and compact view for topics. These can all be enabled via the theme editor using a simple select menu.
     
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    Lets explore some Color options! In the Header panel, we can see a list of elements we can customize. Clicking on an element opens the Swatch List, which is a list of 22 colors that are powered by the Base, Primary and Secondary colors from earlier. We have 6 "light" base colors, 6 "dark" base colors as well as various shades of our primary and secondary colors. Clicking on any of these swatches will apply that color to your element.
    But what if none of these colors suit your requirement? That’s where the Color Picker comes in handy. Here, we can easily choose any color, or even paste in our own color like before.
     
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    A major hurdle with themes in version 4 was customising the header. Depending on the complexity, this would typically involve modifications to both the CSS and HTML. That is a thing of the past with version 5! If we flick over to our Settings tab, you’ll see a brand new interface for customising the header. A new drag and drop feature allows you to easily reposition header elements without touching a single line of code.
     
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    It’s an incredibly fun tool to play with, and we’re really excited to hear what you think!
    Below the drag and drop area, we can customise the header further by using sliders to adjust its height, or we can enable navigation icons with a single click. Body settings let you can customise global elements such as the body background color, text colors, the max-width of your site, the font-family, font-size and more.
    Editing Content boxes has always required code modifications in the past. Using this new editor, we can adjust not only the colors of the boxes, but also the borders and shadows. Theme editing has honestly never been this easy!
     
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    And there you have it! Our brand new theme editor. With a few simple clicks and drags, we've been able to create a customised theme that looks great on desktops and mobiles, with a new color scheme, new logos, a customised header, new page layouts and restyled content boxes - all without touching a single line of code.
    Speaking of code, for those of you who want to apply more advanced customisations, we’ve added a really convenient way to access your custom CSS file, via a new dialog box.
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    And last but not least - the new theme editor is fully responsive, so even if you’re away from the desk, so you’ll be able to change colours and settings, upload new logos, redesign your header and even add your own code!
     
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    Developing this new editor has been a lot of fun, and it’s even more fun to use. Themes have never been easier to edit and we're really excited for you all to get your hands on it so you can have a play for yourself - but for now, let us know what you think the comments, and we’ll see you next time!

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    Noble~ reacted to Adriano Faria in Community Map   
    Nope. Template stuff will, the PHP part, no. We'll have to change a lot of stuff like \IPS\Member::loggedIn() to Member::bla bla bla (declaring it before) and a lot of extensions into listeners... and convert the existing hooks into listeners, where it's possible. Not a FULL rewrite but some will require boring work.
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    Noble~ reacted to Adriano Faria in Community Map   
    I said to Martin I could continue supporting it but got no answer yet. 🙂
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    Noble~ got a reaction from Ehren in Invision Community 5: Dark mode, accessibility, performance and mobiles!   
    Looking forward to this, nice job team.😁
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    Noble~ reacted to Matt in Invision Community 5: Dark mode, accessibility, performance and mobiles!   
    AdminCP theme settings 🤔
    Where we're going, we don't need no ACP theme settings.
    Next week's blog should really help clear up what theming looks like in v5.

    Spoiler: It'll be very different.
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    Noble~ reacted to Matt in Invision Community 5: Dark mode, accessibility, performance and mobiles!   
    Getting some great quotes for the marketing material, thanks!

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    Noble~ reacted to Matt in Introducing a fresh new vision for Invision Community 5   
    A final supported release is unlikely before 2024 just because we are heading into three consecutive months where there are holidays (Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year) so releasing a brand new version would increase workload at a time where we want our team to relax and enjoy those holidays. I've patched releases on Christmas Day before and it's not the best time. 🙂 
    I think we can expect a public preview and some beta releases before then, though.
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    Noble~ reacted to Joel R in Introducing a fresh new vision for Invision Community 5   
    Talking more to myself: 
    So, the Sidebar Menu gives more space.  And more space means more opportunity to share links. And more opportunity to share links means we can customize the menu experience for different journeys of users: the new you, the returning you, the future you.
    For the new you, I can see the first 3 menu links be things like "best of", "top guides," or "must read" types of links.  Essentially, items to help a new user get oriented.
    For the returning you, I can see the first 3 menu links be things like "what's new", "my content" and trending content.  Essentially, items to help the returning user catch up and jump back into the latest conversations. 
    It's hard to do that kind of personalization with the horizontal style, but I can see the Sidebar Menu empower community admins to create "personalized" menus in a way that most admins haven't done (or thought about!) before.  This is some food for thought that I think all IPS admins should consider as a takeaway when we re-envision our communities on 5.  
    This is all assuming IPS keeps group permissions on menu items as is.  
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    Noble~ reacted to Ehren in Introducing a fresh new vision for Invision Community 5   
    Welcome to Invision Community 5!
    Over the coming weeks, we'll be exploring a bunch of new features and improvements coming to our user interface including our brand new theme editor, a new mobile UI, dark mode and performance improvements thanks to a reduction in both JavaScript and CSS. To kick off this series, let’s take a closer look at the new sidebar layout and new view modes for the forum index and topic pages.
    Sidebar Layout
    Traditionally, Invision Community has shipped with a horizontal header and navigation bar at the top of the page, which is still available in version 5. We're introducing a brand new (and optional) sidebar layout, which can be enabled or disabled easily from within your theme settings. The sidebar not only provides convenient access to your applications, activity streams and search bar, but you can now add links to nodes for even easier access to popular or commonly used areas of your community. For example - a category from your forum, an album from the Gallery, or a product group from Commerce.
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    Forum Index: Feed view
    One of our goals for version 5 was to re-imagine new ways for your visitors to consume content, and the sidebar layout is just one of our solutions. Table view has been the typical way of displaying forums, providing visitors with a simple summary of the most recently active topic. Grid mode introduced cover photos to forums and is a great way to make your page more visually engaging, while fluid view allows visitors to filter through a list of topics to easily focus on multiple areas of the community.
    Joining these view modes in version 5 is our new Feed view. Optional cover photos and featured forum colours allow you to personalise each forum, and a list of recently active topics with snippets of the most recent reply allow you to easily see what each forum is focusing on at a glance. The topic list drops below the cover photo and converts to a scrollable list on small devices. It's our fresh take on content display, and we can’t wait to hear your feedback!

     
    Topic pages: Compact view
    In addition, Invision Community 5 also introduces a new, compact layout option for topics. We wanted to create a layout which placed focus on your content while still keeping all of the authors profile information easily accessible within a mini profile. Stats, rank, badges, reputation points and more can be found by tapping the icon at the top of every post. The mini profile strip has also been added to other areas of the software too, such as comments and reviews in applications like Gallery and Blogs, and will appear on the mobile layout when the traditional "table view" is used in topics.
    Switching between the new compact view and the author sidebar view takes just seconds giving you complete control over your community.
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    As part of this view, you also have the choice to feature/pin the original post to the top of every page, making it a breeze for your visitors to easily understand the context of replies without navigating back to page 1. Pinned posts have a slightly larger font-size to distinguish them from replies, and we've thoughtfully truncated them on pages beyond the first to keep scrolling to a minimum.

     
    The new sidebar layout and view modes offer a fresh and innovative approach to navigating and interacting with your community. We’re really keen to hear your thoughts on these new views and whether you’ll be unleashing them on your own sites! We appreciate that no two sites are the same, and those who are a fan of the classic header look will benefit from quick styling tools and a visual way to re-arrange the header elements which we’ll cover in a later blog.
    We’re looking forward to showcasing a whole bunch of new features over the coming weeks - so stay tuned, and we’ll see you then!
     

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    Noble~ reacted to Daniel F in Automated Daily topic?   
    You can indeed create daily topics with our Zapier integration, but unfortunatly you can't close them this way.
    Instead you'll need to utilize the REST API and use the Zapier Webhook integration to send a request to your community to close the topic.
    Here's a quick example which I've just created and tested sucessful:

     
     
    1. I've used the scheduler to create a daily running zap https://zapier.com/apps/schedule/integrations
    2. I've used our Invision Integration to create a topic https://zapier.com/apps/invision-community/integrations
    3. Get the topic id from the yesterday topic from the Zapier Storage https://zapier.com/apps/storage/help
    4. store the todays topic id in the Zapier storage.
    5. Run a request with help of the Zapier Webhooks Integration to your REST endpoint to close the topic https://zapier.com/apps/webhook/integrations
     
    This sounds complicated, but it took me literally 3 minutes to set up the zap and 1 minute to create the REST endpoint on my community
     
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    Noble~ reacted to Charles in September Release Chat   
    I would guess in the next couple weeks. It's almost to the point we can show people things.
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    Noble~ reacted to Charles in Introducing Community Hive   
    We believe in the power of an owned community. However, we also believe the age of "my community as an island" is over and it is imperative that community managers engage with the ocean of the wider internet rather than putting walls around their little islands.
    We made Community Hive as a step in the direction of allowing your community to be part of a larger network. With that same mindset, it is also why we are opening it up to other platforms.
    With the implosion of social media, now is the time to broaden your horizons and avoid putting up more walls.
    Community Hive is only one piece of a broader strategy we have that will take time to implement. IPS does not just view itself as a software company churning out a "ye olde forum script." We see ourselves as a community solutions company and solutions can take many forms.
     
    I posted this same message on Community Hive as it would be best to chat about Community Hive... on Community Hive 😉 
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    Noble~ reacted to Jim M in A (very) brief look at Invision Community 5   
    Version 4 will keep the support desk. It will be removed in version 5.
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    Noble~ reacted to Matt in A (very) brief look at Invision Community 5   
    We do have plans for an opt-in before viewing embeds but it'll likely not be in 5.0. Version 5 is the start of the next chapter and it'll mature quickly over a number of releases.

    Self-hosting license prices have already been released for v5. You can even switch to the pricing now (Client Area > Manage Purchases > "Change your license to new Invision Community Classic terms"
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    Noble~ reacted to Adriano Faria in Videos Support   
    Sent you a file to upload.
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    Noble~ reacted to SC36DC in Videos Support   
    I'm glad you got your issues resolved. Hopefully @Michael.J will be able to update this plugin soon, or at least announce that he will no longer support it.

    @Adriano Faria is easily one of the top developers around. 
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    Noble~ reacted to WP V0RT3X in Pages Guides   
    You mean the documentation? Check this out, it's even for free 😄
    https://invisionfocus.de/pages-tutorials/dokumentation/
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    Noble~ reacted to WP V0RT3X in Community Links by Admins   
    Check this out, updated just this week and all links are active ...
    https://v0rt3x.dev/linkdirectory/invision-community/communities/
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    Noble~ reacted to Stuart Silvester in Marketplace Closure   
    When the Marketplace closes you'll need to obtain any future updates from the author. Many 3rd party authors are (or already have) setting up their own websites to sell their products. With 4.7.13 you'll be able to manually upgrade resources you installed from the Marketplace.
    We will be providing a 'proof of purchase' system in the near future but in the meantime authors may ask you for another proof of purchase if you want to obtain updates directly.
  25. Agree
    Noble~ reacted to Jon Erickson in Introducing Community Hive   
    That is the whole purpose of Community Hive! Every interaction with it intends to drive customer/clients/users BACK to your community. It does not want to be the center of attention!
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