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  1. A lot of effort from the entire team for sure. They've all worked so hard on this and have poured everything into it. We're all excited to see it released. We've been though some stuff together, that's for sure. Looking forward to seeing your upgraded site!
  2. Matt posted a post in a topic in Feedback
    I really do not agree with this. Invision Community is a forum platform at heart, so we must focus on those tools. Status updates are barely used on most sites. I do accept that is not the case for you, but it does not mean we are 'in the past'. Our platform is great at categorising a large number of growing conversations, its primary focus is not on short form content. You might be able to create a custom app, or even a Pages Database to do this.
  3. It's been so long doing v5 I have no clue what is going on anymore.
  4. Help has arrived and it's Stuart shaped.
  5. You will need to download the v5 files and apply them manually before running the admin/upgrade upgrader. If we used the delta upgrade system, it would pull all the v5 files and then throw an error as the code is very different.
  6. Thank you Gary, your support is very much appreciated.
  7. We're pleased to say that Invision Community 5.0.0 is now available to all customers.It's been a long journey, but we are now ready to support v5 as our primary release and offer our thanks to all of those who been involved in our beta testing program. What does this mean?We are currently in the soft release phase to help us manage the influx of feedback from those choosing to upgrade. We also have some new documentation to finish, and some website changes to make. If you're unsure what new features v5 brings, you can check out our "What's new in v5" page. Can I still use v4?Absolutely! And we would encourage you to plan your upgrade carefully. Version 5 is not a normal upgrade, it's a brand new platform with many significant changes including how themes are created, how widgets and blocks are managed and it comes with a brand new editor. We still be supporting v4 for quite some time with important bug fixes and security updates. What does the upgrade from v4 look like?It's important to know that any custom themes, applications and plug-ins will not work on version 5. These items are not deleted, but they are disabled. You will need to recreate any custom themes, and contact the authors of any third-party applications to see if they have updated versions ready to use. Upgrading for Invision Community Cloud CustomersYou will see a new section in your client area. Clicking "Request Upgrade" will show you some very important information which you should ready carefully and review before continuing with the upgrade. Please note that you need to be on the latest version of Invision Community 4 before you can upgrade to v5. Upgrading for Invision Community Classic CustomersThose who host their Invision Community remotely will see a new button when managing your purchase. What's next?Invision Community 5 is the very beginning of our brand new platform and we can't wait to start evolving the new features set to better serve your community needs. Please post your feedback in the feedback forum. Let us know what you think!
  8. The long awaited day is now here: 5.0.0 is now available! We feel that we're ready to fully support v5 and the time has come to make that first release of 5.0.0. While there are outstanding bugs, we felt it was the right time to move it beyond a perpetual beta and into the limelight as our primary version. We're considering this very much a soft launch in that we've still got new documentation to finish, and some large website changes but we didn't want to hold up the release for those. Thank you all so very much for your months of testing, feedback, help, support and time. You have been invaluable in moving this project forward. We started alpha testing way back in June 204 and this is probably our most tested release, and we have you to thank for this. While today marks the release of 5.0.0, it's really the starting line for us and we can't wait to build on it and see it evolve over the next year. We're not slowing down the pace, and I would expect 5.0.1 to follow pretty soon. We made it! We'll keep this club open for a while, but you can now post your feedback in the main forums. If you have any old Alpha 5 demos, these will expire soon but if you needed a short extension to get data off it please let us know.
  9. Matt commented on Matt's comment in Release Notes v5
    Changed Beta Release to No
  10. Matt commented on Matt's comment in Release Notes v5
    Changed Current Release to No
  11. Matt posted a release in Release Notes v5
    This is the latest version of Invision Community 5.
  12. A little update is on its way into the cloud to fix a few issues: Fixes issues with last post timestamps Fixes an issue when attempting to access security settings Fixes an issue with the Search API Fixes an issue with cloud email Fixes issue where logos were disappearing in the theme editor
  13. Matt commented on Matt's comment in Release Notes v5
    Changed Long ID to 5000048 Changed Release Date to 02/03/2025
  14. Yes, at some stage we'll put that into an upgrade step as an option.
  15. Matt posted a post in a topic in Feedback
    I'll do a patch today for this.
  16. Matt posted a post in a topic in Feedback
    Removing features is never easy and it's something we don't take lightly. I understand the argument that we could just leave everything the way it is, but that won't help us progress. And progress we must. We have finite development resources, this means that we have to focus on toolsets which are needed for the current age. We announced the username log-in deprecation in 2022. It's not something new with v5. All we have done is followed up on the deprecation. Status updates were put into Invision Community during the boom time for social media where we felt we needed to add social tools to remain competitive. However, on most communities these are unloved areas of the community full of throw away comments and unanswered questions. I know that a small number of communities thrive on status updates which is why we've kept the data and our considering migration options. In the mean time, the third-party developers have stepped up with different solutions. Finally, a reminder that v4 will remain a viable platform for quite a while yet so there is no urgent rush to upgrade to v5 if you need more time to plan your upgrade and find solutions to deprecated features.
  17. Our plan is for a fairly soft and quiet 5.0.0 release and then focus on the needs of those moving from v4. We keep all the status data, so it's trivial to convert it into a forum, or whatever if/when we wanted to do that. If the need isn't huge, I might just do a one-off app or something that does it rather than bake it into the product, but we won't know until more people start upgrading.
  18. Yes, it's been reverted while we work out some issues with it. The column can remain, that's fine.
  19. Just released a little update to fix a few things. #3463: Fixes an issue where in some cases forumRow will throw an error #3449: Restore IPS Template Highlighting Outside of Editor #3457: Removed refresh button from Android PWA #3459: Use featured color for indicator
  20. Changed Status to Fixed I'll do a patch today for this.
  21. Changed Status to Not a bug
  22. The old style Ajax polling has been removed in v5. It is not terribly efficient and it's generally better to push when there is new data rather than constantly pull. This is what we do with Invision Community Cloud.
  23. Changed Status to Fixed Thanks, all sorted for the next beta.