Elshara Silverheart

I could see that you could create a stream to respect ignored items being a good idea.

Please, go ahead with that plan. I think that'd be interesting. If you do one thing, take your time with this and every app you make. As a developer, there's nothing more rewarding then when you pay attention to detail in a dedicated, and if necessary, or needs be, a slow and purposeful manner. that way, you remember what you already have made changes to, and can still make new features happen as they come up without losing sight of what you've already built as this can run away on you which is where bugs happen.
I'll tell you this. You're an excellent web author and I'm excited to see what's already happening here. Ultimately it's up to you what you wish to build for the app. So please, take my feature suggestions and every body elses at face value, for if you don't see a reason to keep it, you have my permission to disregard my own in that circumstance. But I do think it helps, which is why I look forward to everything made here, as I know it's done with love, care and attention to the best chat app I've ever used.

Jesus Christ.  I check in here occasionally to see your progress and there's been so much improvement since May.  

 
I might have to bite the bullet soon and finally replace our mediocre arrowchat.

Invision Community remains under active development, support and extensive interest in (year_name) currently 2019.
IPS4 is my starting point to build a lasting community of engagement and dedication. Where features end, communities on Invision begins.

Updated to 1.0.8
New Features
Added the ability for moderators to post announcements These announcements can be sent to multiple rooms at the same time with a option to send to all Added the ability to use a global popup chatroom what is stuck to the bottom of the users screens instead of using widgets Admins will set a default room for the global chatroom Members can change their default room and choose from a mixture of chatrooms to use as their global room Normal Chatrooms ( Members can select to use any ACP created chatroom they have permission to view ) Member Rooms ( Members can select to use their own or another members chatroom ) Club Chatrooms ( Members can select to use one of their clubs chatrooms ) Added the ability for members to make their profile chatrooms private with and the ability for them to choose certain members what will be able to view and chat in their rooms ( This will also work with the global room if a user tries to add it as their global one )

my fault, Re-download it and update 😀 I am human after all he he he

Hello,
I haven't purchased this app yet, so please know that I am keeping a close eye on developments because:
1. I'm unhappy with IPS store. I don't like how difficult it is to integrate payment methods through it. I bought points economy to fix this, but Kevin made it so that Rules app is required. It's blacklisted in the marketplace. The lite version doesn't really do it justice. I hate that where developers give a free version but they make you have to buy it off site. Anyways, there's no way to manage points with it. But from what I'm reading, IPS store has very minimal integration with Members shop. And I don't want to have two store apps on my site.
2. Is it possible to add a custom payment gateway system to members shop? There's no harm in having multiple points systems, if I can set conversion integration rules to go with each ones strengths and core values. Here's what I'm thinking. Members shop, allows someone to add credit into it. that credit through points can be transferred as a payment method directly to pay for items in the IPS store. Another option is to have it transfer to points economy and have a rule setup to both apps to increase compatibility with points, credits and available payment methods for purchases. for example, if I donate points to a member, I want them to be able to purchase or access items with it. But I also want them to be able to exchange cash flow between multiple members. An account credit integration with commerce would allow this to happen through balance links. I want to award members by posting with points that can be converted to cash, and cash that can be converted to points.
3. I need the ability to make shop items movable between the IPS store and members shop, with the option to purchase the same product from both places. Especially if it is a file download, or access to a particular site page. Members shop has a ton of add ons to enhance the functionality, but I need the two linked together to have say, goals be compatible with donations, and or account credit be compatible with points sent as gifts.
 I want to create a referrals system through an invitations app, that allows actual members to be considered as products to interact with. So integrate referrals with coupon or voucher codes. then get rewards based on the quality of posts your referrals bring in. this way quantity could control what permissions referrals get assigned to if trusted member groups is where someone with a "quality reaction, review or rating" can truly master. So for example, I'm selling an application form potential musicians to be approved into my new band. But, the musicians I want may not all be on the site. So I want all members of the band, to be rewarded for best work made by other artists. The best way to do that, would be to get awarded initially for bringing another artist referral on to the community site. Then the more posts they make with their files they created, and were approved independently by that band organizer, the band member would get a reputation that would increase over time. eventually, they'd be accepted into the band, with the end result being, referrals turn into awards. Awards turn into cash flow. If I wanted to collaborate with other members on a project, I'd want there to be ways in which such a collaboration could be recognized. I could do that with reactions, but only if I were able to browse all reactions a particular member received or had been given respectively. You can't do that yet with IPS. Nor can you do that with trophies and medals because they're only displayed publicly, but not in relation or context to why they existed. Which is what I want to promote, a stream that is more than a bookmark, tied in with the complementary system of points, referrals, awards and shop items. That in itself would be the affiliation all done in house, without a need for products that have no life, like a pizza or a statue from generating renewable income independently.
If this can all be done, you got me as a client for life. As such, this ats as my improvement list. I hope to be able to buy this as the achievements turn into reality. Manually managing items like this should also be an option for quick admin approval overrides.

Hello,
I haven't purchased this app yet, so please know that I am keeping a close eye on developments because:
1. I'm unhappy with IPS store. I don't like how difficult it is to integrate payment methods through it. I bought points economy to fix this, but Kevin made it so that Rules app is required. It's blacklisted in the marketplace. The lite version doesn't really do it justice. I hate that where developers give a free version but they make you have to buy it off site. Anyways, there's no way to manage points with it. But from what I'm reading, IPS store has very minimal integration with Members shop. And I don't want to have two store apps on my site.
2. Is it possible to add a custom payment gateway system to members shop? There's no harm in having multiple points systems, if I can set conversion integration rules to go with each ones strengths and core values. Here's what I'm thinking. Members shop, allows someone to add credit into it. that credit through points can be transferred as a payment method directly to pay for items in the IPS store. Another option is to have it transfer to points economy and have a rule setup to both apps to increase compatibility with points, credits and available payment methods for purchases. for example, if I donate points to a member, I want them to be able to purchase or access items with it. But I also want them to be able to exchange cash flow between multiple members. An account credit integration with commerce would allow this to happen through balance links. I want to award members by posting with points that can be converted to cash, and cash that can be converted to points.
3. I need the ability to make shop items movable between the IPS store and members shop, with the option to purchase the same product from both places. Especially if it is a file download, or access to a particular site page. Members shop has a ton of add ons to enhance the functionality, but I need the two linked together to have say, goals be compatible with donations, and or account credit be compatible with points sent as gifts.
 I want to create a referrals system through an invitations app, that allows actual members to be considered as products to interact with. So integrate referrals with coupon or voucher codes. then get rewards based on the quality of posts your referrals bring in. this way quantity could control what permissions referrals get assigned to if trusted member groups is where someone with a "quality reaction, review or rating" can truly master. So for example, I'm selling an application form potential musicians to be approved into my new band. But, the musicians I want may not all be on the site. So I want all members of the band, to be rewarded for best work made by other artists. The best way to do that, would be to get awarded initially for bringing another artist referral on to the community site. Then the more posts they make with their files they created, and were approved independently by that band organizer, the band member would get a reputation that would increase over time. eventually, they'd be accepted into the band, with the end result being, referrals turn into awards. Awards turn into cash flow. If I wanted to collaborate with other members on a project, I'd want there to be ways in which such a collaboration could be recognized. I could do that with reactions, but only if I were able to browse all reactions a particular member received or had been given respectively. You can't do that yet with IPS. Nor can you do that with trophies and medals because they're only displayed publicly, but not in relation or context to why they existed. Which is what I want to promote, a stream that is more than a bookmark, tied in with the complementary system of points, referrals, awards and shop items. That in itself would be the affiliation all done in house, without a need for products that have no life, like a pizza or a statue from generating renewable income independently.
If this can all be done, you got me as a client for life. As such, this ats as my improvement list. I hope to be able to buy this as the achievements turn into reality. Manually managing items like this should also be an option for quick admin approval overrides.

@TheJackal84 got a free copy of Trophies and Medals to provide further integration between these 2 apps:)

Cheers lol,
Looking at the screenshots it look's like maybe the Guru points can be used but not the Concept cash as it uses decimals, But it will all depend how that apps made and where it stores the points, I can send Kevin a message and see

You're welcome. You strike me as someone who enjoys a challenge and likes to beat it. Glad to help!

Thank you for tagging me in the topic. I should've come here earlier, but I'm new to IPS so am not quite sure how it all works yet as far as the community goes. But I really love what I see here.
I love how observational and attentive you are. Your consideration of my ideas here means I'm already hooked but also appreciate your talent and ability to engage in people, as you treat us like we matter as not just consumers, but admins and community relations managers with people, members, and valued users of the forums.
Here's some more features to consider if you think of it.
1. Import from chatbox. Settings, posts and existing content if available.
2. Add integration with blogs, articles and other databases.
3. Add the ability for admins to be able to customize what chat sound appears.
4. Add the ability for users to be able to invite other users to a specific chat room.
5. Add seen, read, unread notifications.
6. Add the ability to bookmark posts so if users or admins are reading lengthy conversations, you can bookmark your place or just highlight archived messages you wish to view later on.
7. Be able to quote users, as well as mention them in chat. And have this work on a multi-chat room basis.
8. Integrate chat with notifications system, so members get chat notifications when ever they are mentioned or receive a private message or an invitation.
9. Integrate notifications idea with email that is optional.
10. Integrate paid chat with nexus integration. This would be very useful for customer support and product feedback channels.
11. Create a live chat alternative, where staff can talk to users one on one so make users have a one way communication with staff. then integrate that system with nexus support tickets.
12. Add a multiple users documentation system. Where members can communicate in a room in real time, and then merdge each post into an article and submit it. Would also work for topics, where a representing user or groups of users are able to create custom posts by optionally not including members name or date sent in the article. Would work with my convert chat room to article or topic idea.
13. Enable custom fields display for profile fields or other field types. So for instance, a custom chat field type would be location. Where rooms of users could automatically be set if people share a similar location. And or drop down value.
14. Allow users to block themselves from being included or mentioned in a chat room. This works separately from the ban system, in that they aren't banned, they just ignore it.
15. Create a statistics area for chat messages. Number of users online in which rooms, and rooms users may have in common with other users.
16. Add chat as a stream option to activity, following and search for custom notification settings.
17. Add total number of online users in all chat rooms with member photos as an option.
18. Have chat create custom actions. For example, sending 15 messages to a specific user would open a bot based pop up asking the chatting member if they wish to follow that user.
19. Merge profile activity comments with chat. that way replying directly to a comment (new feature idea) could show up on someone's profile page as an activity comment or in their chat box if the user chooses to display conversation history.
20. Allow members to post in multiple chat rooms at once. this is useful, for when you wish to forward messages, or simply wish to make an announcement to save time.
21. Optionally place an online indicator at the top of the chatroom, rather than at the bottom. Or let admins decide what information is included per chat display order.
22. Allow the chat post message area to be at the top or bottom of the chat room. Or let it scroll with you in case you wish to hover over a post to reply to it.
23. Allow members to choose their own chat display order. this way they see messages in an order they prefer.
24. Allow chat to have custom pagination. this way, posts appear live as they are created, but when viewing history, there could be a tab to have chat be in read only mode.
25. Allow rooms to have their own custom buttons on the text editor. this includes deciding how the enter key works. It also includes optionally displaying the button to send a message, or automatically send it.
26. Have custom emoticons support. Where each chat room could in effect, have its own theme.
27. Allow members to choose a background image for chat rooms they create. this way, they can personalize their chat experience.
28. Allow members to leave chat rooms they're already in. This way, they can come and go at will like groups.
29. Allow chat rooms to be able to message members whether they're online or not. This way, messages members could receive as such, could appear in rooms they previously joined, but were not there to view at the time. This is similar to member mentions feature, but the difference here is, the notifications could be forwarded to members each time they are quoted, mentioned or linked.
30. Chat subscribers. Allow members to optionally subscribe to a chat room, and receive chat logs.
31. Allow member created rooms to include custom moderators.
32. Allow the ability to merge or split rooms based on number of people, messages or other areas.
33. Allow silent mode, where members will only see room activity if they're mentioned in any room without having to be online in it.
34. Allow members to type in different colors.
35. Allow members to invite their friends to chat from social media.
36. Integrate rocket chat with chat rooms so that chat integration provided by other chats just extend rooms from a custom API.
37. Allow chat to have times of the day when it is closed to messages.
38. Allow chat to be dependent on checking to see if any guest is viewing the chat page. Don't auto load messages if nobody is currently viewing a room.
39. Allow members to customize chat in their language using google Translate.
40. Allow chat to be renamed to something else, like conversations or interactions.
41. Make it so that clicking on a user's profile takes you straight to a model window where you can choose if you want to view their profile, moderate their chat experience if available or start private chat. this eliminates the need to have a form where you need to enter a members name to chat with.
42. Allow chat to be limited to friends or followers of a given member if any.
43. Have a chat widget that loads from admin and moderator control panels.
44. Integrate chat with the reactions system.
45. Integrate chat with the rating system.
46. Allow chat to have custom polls assigned. that way, voting is done live with users who are interested.
47. Make chat viewable to only people who are of a certain age, location or have made so many posts, or joined within so many days of the community. Some of this can be done already using user groups, but make this independent of the promotion system so that chat appears as an option for user group creation and editing.
48. Keep being awesome. Pat yourself on the back for a job well doing.

No problem and thanks.
There is a lot there but there are some good idea's, I will go through them all and see what I can pull up, there is a coupe things it already does like the colour of the text you can set it via the editor and the moderators you can go to the ACP and moderators then create a new one set it to either a user group or certain members and only allow them to moderate xyz chatroom, It's a good list though and nothing I like better then new ideas for my stuff, I got a couple things to do then I will start a new update for this 😀

Once I wirk out the best way, it might have to be overall online as there could be lots of chatrooms
if the user logs in anonymously then they will be anonymous in the online list, Admins can see anonymous users
they are not in the search history but they are shown in their profiles content section
I'll see what I can do with that
 
@Elshara Silverheart easier to reply to you here then we can chat properly
Like this idea to convert topics or rooms to the forums etc, I'll look into that
I could look into some settings etc for users, also it already allows files uploaded

bad words will be included in a update, it will work alongside the IPS bad words filters, Mobile app would be good, I canonly make android apps though 😀 but they will be full site not just the chat app
this is something else I will be looking into for a future release as well, No promises with that but it will be something I will turn my time to

Glad to have impressed you that much lol
I will need to look into how it would work, but I will check it out
It basically has the ability to use the attachments upload like you would if you wanted to upload a image from your phone to this topic, so I will look into sorting that out to be enabled in the app and have extra permissions in the chatrooms for who can add the attachments etc
I could look into that yeah, I was thinking of extra moderators for the rooms where you don't have to give members mod permissions for the site, it could only be that chatroom
If you go to the users profile and see all activity then click the chatroom tab you can read all their sent messages, if the user don't have permission to view the chatroom they can't see them messages although admin can see them regardless
Thats something else on my list
Yeah thats something else I can look into
never seen their messenger but if it's one on one it is easy to do the seen bit, if there is 100's of users it won't be that easy
Something I actually need to check if not I am sure I can make it work with the sites bad words
Cheers and I do normally make basic features in the first few versions of my apps until I get requests and ideas etc then I go from there with them, but nothing I make will ever be finished technically, I will always be looking to improve them all

@TheJackal84: I'm not kidding you when I say this, I became that impressed with your chat application that I went ahead and purchased it. Not only that, however, it made me want to upgrade to IPS 4.4 something hadn't wanted to do until I saw this.
This is a great idea.
I run a fan site for my local football team, the match chat used to be very popular, but CometChat lost their heads and became bloatedware. One thing, however, I liked, was the ability to send voice updates. I would give the thumbs up to this idea, especially if you added settings that would enable only certain members to use the function. I or someone trusted could then give updates on the game as it happens (like commentary). 😍😍
I also like this idea.
The ability to attach/upload images from a smartphone or tablet would be awesome, I often shared pictures throughout games similar to the above voice function. It's useful outside of that as not everyone these days has a desktop computer and otherwise they might not be able to share images.
My suggestions:
A dedicated chat room moderator(s) - (Allow us to choose who mods the chat rooms and pin them to the top of the online list). Chat room logs - (very useful to read through incase anyone does something they shouldn't, otherwise without proof it becomes he said, they said). Report chat messages - (like the above, if members could report comments live it would allow for better moderation and quicker action to be taken). Disable sounds and notification alerts inside the chat room(s) individually. Member statuses (Availible, Away, Busy) - (Useful to know if someone is absent, as it marks them and during a long conversation it allows people to notice easily). Invite members (this would send a notification out asking a member to join x room). Show who has seen each message (much like Facebook Messenger does). -Ignore if it does- Does this block filtered bad words? If not, please support the default feature. I think this application is wonderful, I almost considered buying an option mentioned earlier, however, I couldn't justify the price and I felt it wasn't quite right for what I needed. I can see this working well straight out of the box - yet I am seeing a lot of potential to improve it. Seriously, thank you for releasing and already taking on improving it by adding our suggestions. I hope it replaces the whole that IPS left when they disbanded their chat system as I feel this is perfect.

Will you please introduce a method which prevents session destruction while actively working within the ACP, or give the member notice that the session is about to expire so they can save their work before getting the dreaded login screen on save.
Better still, give the admins the choice to
Close the session when closing the browser logging out, Or a period of (real) inactivity I have lost count at the amount of times I have lost work in the ACP because of the session timeouts.

For me Invision Community is the software I started using way back when the version number was 1.x. It's constantly improved, reliable and easily extendable. You can build what you need without programming knowledge using resources on the Marketplace, advice on on official forums and help from really supportive community. That paired with quick, proffessional and reliable support makes it a solution which is a pleasure to use for both the users and the staff.
(Suffice to say I've tested phpbb and various modifications, smf, vb... stuck with Invision, even when it went commercial I've bit the bullet and bought the license - never regretted it.)

pages should include a hit counter so we know what pages are being viewed the most

Hi all,
I have a request that will only take a few minutes of your time, and will give you something in return.
We're finally getting around to creating books and guides to help new customers get comfortable on the Invision Community platform.
I'm looking for a few positive quotes and 'soundbites' we can use on a few pages around the site, on social media and in these guides.
Hopefully you've got nice things to say. @LaCollision gave us a very nice quote a while back.
So things like:
That sort of thing. If you have a specific use for Invision Community, then we'd love to hear from you.
If you are happy to leave a comment, please also leave your name and URL to your site.
If the site is safe for work, then we'll link back to it when using any quotes on our site and on social media.
We get a fairly health bit of traffic so I'm sure you'll get a good number of click throughs too.
If we get 20 useable quotes, I'll post an exclusive picture of Charles and Lindy holding a hotdog from 2008. I did not seek their permission before making this promise.
Thanks for reading!

The ignore system makes absolutely no sense how it works now. 

same thing

I'm surprised this isn't in there by default.   If I ignore a user, that means I shouldn't see their stuff ever.

My users have been bugging me about this forever. 
Nobody wants to see the activity stream full of ignored user messages.

great idea, invision need this