DracoBlue

So, is the stable version coming on Monday? 😅

Client Area We consider beta releases generally safe to use on a live site, but, as a beta release, there will probably be undiscovered issues. Any issues on your community during the beta stage may not be fixed until a future release. We will usually not specifically address any individual issues on your community. This means you will have to wait (sometimes several days) for a new release to get fixes.

Can the beta update be used in production, or are beta versions generally considered safe? And once the stable version is released, will it be possible to update directly from the beta version to the stable release?

Any information on this?

@Ehren Instagram and Facebook have a really nice flexible footer menu. Maybe it could serve as some inspiration for the 5.1 version?

It kind of defeats the purpose of quick reactions.

I'm glad to see that the JavaScript is being cleaned up systematically. Performance is crucial nowadays, so it's great to see this getting attention. I'm looking forward to the next updates!

My forum use This Like, hearth - thanks, no like

I would replace the caret-down icon with chevron-down or angle-down. @Ehren Or maybe remove it altogether, because it suggests a downward arrow, while after clicking it, the reaction picker appears at the top :D. Wouldn't it be better to replace the smiley icon with this one? On many major social media platforms, the reaction system is presented this way.

The improvements are a huge plus. I'm impressed.

Ok, alternatively, add an option to hide subforums from being displayed on the homepage.

@Matt It would be great if version 5.1 offered more template customization options. For example, here there is a large empty space, and it would be useful to have the ability to fill it with recent topics or have it automatically adjust to the height of the forum section.

It would be great to see more options to customize the template to my liking.

Will there be any design improvements in version 5.1?

I've tested both, and in my experience MariaDB is noticeably faster. Even though Invision Community doesn't specifically optimize for MariaDB, it still performs better than MySQL on my forum.

For me, it went smoothly without any errors.

For example, in the Forum Index Feed, I'm missing an option to set the number of displayed topics.

@Matt Will there be any new template customization features in version 5.1?

I can't wait.

I'm interested

Are you counting users who are only on Classic V5, or also those using V4? Because there are still quite a lot of forums running on V4.

I don’t think that’s true when it comes to the number of users choosing cloud vs self-hosted - unless you’re referring to revenue from cloud compared to self-hosted. Let me clarify - what I mean is that, in my humble opinion, the majority of users still prefer self-hosted solutions over cloud. You can clearly see this reflected in the discussions on the forum.

The latest supported PHP version is 8.3, not 8.4.

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Do you host the forum yourself, or are you using the Invision Community cloud?