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@Marc I found "Record Image Settings" in Pages / Editing Database Articles / Options. That setting toggles on and off the thumbnail on the index page AND the large image at the top of the actual article page. I want to remove the large image at the top of the individual article page but I want to retain the thumbnail on the index page. Does this require editing the code for the template? FYI - a search inside ACP for "Record Image Settings" did not return a result. The search inside ACP is often so helpful

Thanks @Marc As always I could be fat fingering a checkbox or misunderstanding an instruction but I do not think so. How do I escalate?

@Jim M I did as you asked & looked at what happens when there is only one banner active but it does not answer the question I am asking. One banner works perfectly. Just to be clear - I have a total of 6 banners that I need to randomly rotate between the topics and posts at regular intervals- in this case every 8. I understand and agree that this behavior is not native in 4.x. If this behavior is also not native in 5.x then that is all I need to know. I will need custom code. Say so and I know who to contact. If this is native behavior with 5.x? Then yes, I may have a conflict, I am have misconfigured my site or there is a bug. I would not be surprised if it is my error but want to make sure before I bang my head in the keyboard any more. The below video from my 4.x site. In this example there are 6 banners rotating randomly / displayed after every 8th topic. 20260522-0013-28.8293371.mp4

I was really just asking if this is a known issue. I'm going to cross my fingers that after I migrate to version 5. I won't have to deal with it.

maybe I misunderstand. On my 4.x site I essentially have an ad position after every 8th topic or 8th post. I can then assign as many different ads as I want to rotate through that position. ( see image in my original post. ) Are you telling me that my 5.x test site should let me do the same thing? I have disabled all banners across the site except for 2 that are configured identically. Of the 2 banners one is in correct position and the second is below the following post. This would be acceptable if I only had a few banners in rotation but I have 6 banners that I need to rotate.

I am working toward upgrading to IPS5 so maybe this does not matter but.... When I enabled and configured Meta Pixel in my IPS4 site I was no longer able to edit forum posts. I could click edit and work in the editor but the save button was dead. As soon as I disabled Meta Pixel the issue was resolved. Weird conflict? I will need Meta Pixel when after I upgrade. Is this a know issue?

I am working in a plain 5.x test instance. I have disabled the 2 custom apps I have installed. All three banners are set the same. Am I misunderstanding?

Since I am not a developer I was hoping to move to IPS5 with zero or as few as possible template code modifications. I would like to only use the front end theme and page editors. I am under the assumption that that the bone stock template is as fast as anything and plays well with Google Core Web Vitals. It is not sex but my site is not very sexy. The one thing I can not figure out is in pages how do I get rid of the cover photo when the whole article is displayed? I want this on my index page But NOT this on the actual aritcle Do I need to get a dev to make this change or can I do it without code?

After looking at this carefully I suspect I had someone write custom code written for my 4.x site to make the banners behave this way. It was over 3 years ago so I forget. So this is not bug but in 5.x but for sure I like the way my 4.x works a lot better. If you look at my live site https://www.ballofspray.com/forums/ you will see how it works

in the test 5.x site - I have 3 banners set up as follows. Does this answer your question?

My live 4.x site is set up so a banner was loaded every 8 rows and then the banners assigned rotate randomly. With the default 5.x banners, If I set 3 banners in rotation & all set to display at the same interval the first banner shows after the correct number of posts and then the second and third banner appear under the next two posts. In the below example the the interval is set to 5. You will see the inline banners are after the 5th, 6th and 7th post. On my 4.x site the banners rotate randomly every 8 posts - This is what I need and I assume this is how the system is designed to work

I get all my data from Looker Studio / Google analyics

@My Sharona I would be very happy to do this without any custom code. @Daniel F Can you confirm that if I move the side banners from the left side to the right side - I can do all all this without code? Two banners at the top of desktop pages (and one at the top and one at the bottom of mobile pages). Multiple Banners along the right edge of all forum pages. Banners between every few comments inside a discussion. Also banners between banners between topics on forum index page See https://www.ballofspray.com/forums/ for how my banners are currently served.

My dev has been unable to make this work. The site is hosted by IPS. I am open to suggestions and am looking for a dev that can make this work. I can not move to IPS5 until this is solved. @Daniel F My dev said "about creating new templates. That's easy, and it's ok. The problem is how to tie the template to the ads... I couldn't find a way to do that, as there are no more custom locations."

@Cedric V Nothing specific yet. I am just poking around and trying to self-serve. All good.

Does it exist yet? I am poking around in a test environment and could use some instructions...

Ok thanks.

@Marc I believe you that it works that way. The "Subscribers" table shows some expire dates a month from the date of first subscription or last payment, and some way in the future. As long as they are billed monthly, I guess I do not care, but it is confusing ( or I am just confused)

I'm trying to set it up so it is a monthly subscription that auto renews

And the expiration dates seem random.

Feeling dumb.... I have set up monthly subscriptions and have no idea why some are set to expire.

I'm getting ready to migrate to IPS5, and I asked my preferred developer how I can continue displaying banners the same way I do with IPS4. He told me it's a problem because "IPS5 doesn't allow changes; there are no hooks anymore." On my IPS4 site, I have three banner categories: Two banners at the top of desktop pages (or one at the top and one at the bottom of mobile pages). Banners along the left edge of all forum pages. Banners between every few comments inside a discussion. This ad space is key to my business. Is it possible to configure an IPS5 site to do this? If you can do this work for me, please message me.

Is there any chance that there will be public sandbox instances? It would be nice to poke around in a sandbox without the whole process of setting up everything. I have not yet wrapped my head around what the migration means for my cloud site. There is not much custom on my site but there is a little. I am unsure if I need to hire a dev to get everything right or if I can wing it.

I am getting ready to do my first pilot Live Topic. Am I correct that when I organize/set up the live topic I need to copy the resulting URL like www.mystite.com/live/topic/2 and that is what I share with my users so they can find / attend the live topic? It is as simple as the URL for the live topic is posted in a forum post or event page and the users follow the link?