Miss_B

You can also create an app and add a MemberSync extension and add your stuff in onProfileUpdate method. 

You need to extent the \IPS\Member hook class. And the function that you need is called: public function save()
 

You would visit System>Site Features>Applications and System>Site Features>Plugins
I fully understand and empathise with your situation there. However the reality is, there isn't a huge amount more we can give in terms of advice here, and this would be the correct advice to be giving you. While I understand its not possible at present, it would be irresponsible of me not to provide the correct advice

Although manipulating the database directly isn't something that I would recommend, unless one knows what they are doing, I think this will help you in retrieving your password.
If you have access to phpmyadmin try this. Go to the database that you have used to install your Ipb forum and then run the fowllowing sql query from the SQL tab.
UPDATE `core_members` SET members_pass_hash ='$2y$10$3KMSmbRwex9.wTYdv2/1gukbyCYAvvmob/6G23O9MaA5otd0hzs3u' WHERE member_id = x;
Replace x with your member id and if you are using a prefix for your database tables, add it to the core_members table name in the example query above.
That will reset your password to test. After you log in on the front end, you can change it to something secure.

You would need to ask your hosting company where the directory is for your site. This is not something we are able to answer, as we dont host your site.
You are correct in that you need to be on PHP 8, and that it will take your site down when you move. What you need to do is
Switch off  your site Create a full backup of your site Switch to PHP 8 (yes, your site will be unoperable at that point) Run the requirement checker to ensure things check out Upload a fresh set of files from your client area Run the upgrader from /admin/upgrade This does not take into account any 3rd party items you have, and you should ensure those are going to be compatible with the latest release before you proceed.

You have nothing to aorry about in that regard, really. Ips takes security very seriously and they have their customers best interests at heart. Hence why they check very thoroughly every single third party item submited in the Merketplace.

You have nothing to aorry about in that regard, really. Ips takes security very seriously and they have their customers best interests at heart. Hence why they check very thoroughly every single third party item submited in the Merketplace.

Thank you for the example code and the explanation @Matt. Looking forward to the new dev blocks. 

PHP 8.1 (8.2 compatible) will be the version minimum.
You won't need to re-learn everything, it's not a complete rewrite.
Some things to keep in mind:
We import namespaces so we no longer use fully qualified names. What does this mean?
Old:
namespace IPS\foo class foo { function _construct() { if ( \IPS\Member::i()->isAdmin() ) { $this->bar = \IPS\Request::i()->input; } } } New:
namespace IPS\foo use IPS\Member; use IPS\Request; class foo { function _construct() { if ( Member::i()->isAdmin() ) { $this->bar = Request::i()->input; } } } You *could* use FQN but we no longer do that. The result is a lot neater.
We have also moved most Content interfaces into traits (where it makes sense) and we've introduced a few new dev tools which we'll speak about very soon.
So it's really about cleaning up existing code and moving existing hooks, etc into the new dev tools.
You're not starting from scratch again.
I'll be working on some new dev blogs to go through all the changes in a bit more detail hopefully later this month.

Please bear in mind that while we welcome feedback, this does not necessarily mean it will always be added. While we wish we could be everything to everyone, unfortunately, that's not always going to be the case. Also when it is something we decide to add, it will be within our plans for release cycles. I understand its something you would like and would like right away, again this won't always be the case.
It is worth adding also, you are making some large assumptions there on the release cycle of version 5 🙂 We have an ambitious goal for v5s release that won’t be years into the future and maybe sooner than you expect.

That's correct, v5 won't have a concept of stand-alone plug-ins. But there's two things to keep in mind:
1) v5 will have numerous changes to how applications are developed (significant changes to template hooks and code hooks)
2) v4 will still allow plugins, and will be supported and heavily used for at least a few more years.
So moving plug-ins into applications for v4 is a waste of time unless you have a major update or other compelling reason. Just moving the code from a plug-in into an app because a different version of the software with a different set of development tools won't support plug-ins is not helping you or us.
Moving v4 code based plug-ins into applications for v5 will not help, as the code will not work with v5, so right now it's a waste of time.

Thank you for the suggestion/idea. I really like it. I 've noted it and I will be adding it in the new version. 
A.f.a.i.k. guests and google bots should be treated the same. Doing otherwise can result in a forum being blacklisted from their services.

@Miss_B I liked the concept of this app. A few questions and ideas.
1. A setting to automatically configure banned users to "no one".
2. When guests can't view the profile, did you set the noindex meta tag, so it gives a hint to Google/Bing that they shouldn't be there?
Cheers.

Have you checked the contents of those files?

It's indeed weird. Email addresses should e unique. Meaning an user can't use the same email address for multiple accounts.
For future reference, if you want to limit the number of registrations from the same ip, have a look at my plugin.
 

Thank you, I appreciate your advice and help.
 

Most likely they are not compatible with your php and/or forum version. And yes, they will need to either be recoded or upgraded.

We would not add the facility to downgrade. If you are concerned about there being possible bugs in a release, you could always wait a few days to see the feedback from others on any issues, just as a suggestion.

This app, as mentioned previously will add a unique cookie to users devices when they browse your forum. Its unique string associated with the users device will be saved to a table. So even if the user deletes their cookies, it won't matter.

Anytime that an user will browse your forum from the same device, logged in from another account, i.e. as another user, his/her action(s) the unique key will be logged and it will display all users who logged in and what os system they used when a match is found.

Let us take this scanario, user registers an account at your forum from his work pc and another from his home. Each time he/she does that, a unique string will be generated for each account and logged in the db table that the app adds.

Now, whenever the user loggs in from either account, from both devices, the mod scans the table where the unique strings have been stored, and it will display the matched strings, a.ka.a the duplicate results.
 

I have taken a look at your settings there, and while spam at present is indeed an issue for a lot of people (there is simply a massive amount out there at present), I would suggest the following:
Switch to hCaptcha - Once you have done this, also increase the sensitivity of this on your account on hCaptchas website until it helps reduce this
  Add question and answer challenges. - At present you have none of these on your site

There is a donation app that has a group promotion. Provided you have made it group permission based the access to that gallery folder, it will do what you want imo.
 

☀️ Welcome to this week's Invision Community Insight! ☀️ 
Thank you for checking out this weekly round up post. I hope you have had a lovely week and are looking forward to the weekend! 
During the summer, we slow down a bit on releasing new things and the releases will come a bit later in the months. We use this time to step away and take those much needed breaks. Also, this year, we are working on Invision Community version 5. We look forward to sharing more about version 5 in the coming weeks and months. 🎉
 
This week's updates from the Invision Community team are below. 🙂 
 
Current Happenings
Our June beta is being prepped for release next week. The June release will be available a bit later in the month.
 
New Privacy and PII Data features will be included in our June release. 
 
On Deck
Statistics and Reporting will be included in a release this summer. 
 
Finally, for those that like to see what we are up to line by line, here is the changelog for the week for version 4. Changes are limited for now as we focus attention on version 5. More information will be shared about version 5 at a future date. 
Changelog
 

Probably their IP addresses are banned. Check you Spam Prevention configuration.

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