TheLlamaman

+1 for this.

I have recently had some posts on my Invision community with attached .avif images. It would be great if they could be fully supported by Invision community.

On my Invision Community, I use the Events feature extensively. There is an annoying 'bug' on the "Overview" page of the events section.

On this page the events are shown in order that they occur that month.

When you have an event which repeats multiple times that month, the next occurrence of the event is shown in the correct position relative to the current date. However the date label  shows only the first time the event occurs that month.

See my screenshot below for an example. The event which I have highlighted with an arrow repeats on 07 Mar, 14 Mar, 21 Mar, 28 Mar that month. The position of the event is correct, because today is 18 Mar and the next occurrence happens on 21th (so its correctly positioned between the events on 20 Mar and 22 Mar). But the label will always say 07 March, which is only the first time it occurred.

To an end-user, it looks like the event is out-of-order and there's no indication that the event has repeat dates. 
 

A more useful output to the end user would be to either:

1. Make the date label match the position by showing the next date instead of the first one.
2. Make the date label show that the first occurrence of the event was 07 Mar but and repeats.

Hope that makes sense!

In my screenshot below I show two examples. The event on 6th March shows

This happens with my community too.

I am using Amazon SES. Some people, probably out of laziness or lack of awareness, mark their notification emails (event new private message ones) as spam which ends up hurting reputation.

I have a suppression list setup on the SES side to prevent sending of emails in the future to the offending email address, however it does not stop the reputation being damaged in the first place.

A list-unsubscribe in the email would absolutely help here.

Hi,

I recently had a user request to delete their account via the Deletion Requests form. I approved this. However, it has created some background tasks which are erroring and blocking other background tasks from running.

I have attached a screenshot to show this. The blocking tasks are named "Merging <deleted user> posts".

This is the error log from the failing task.

TypeError: IPS\forums\_Forum::setLastComment(): Argument #2 ($updatedItem) must be of type ?IPS\Content\Item, IPS\forums\Topic\ArchivedPost given, called in /var/www/vhosts/<path removed>/httpdocs/system/Content/Comment.php on line 1360 (0)
#0 /var/www/vhosts/<path removed>/httpdocs/system/Content/Comment.php(1360): IPS\forums\_Forum->setLastComment()
#1 /var/www/vhosts/<path removed>/httpdocs/applications/core/extensions/core/Queue/MemberContent.php(137): IPS\Content\_Comment->changeAuthor()
#2 /var/www/vhosts/<path removed>/httpdocs/system/Task/Task.php(54): IPS\core\extensions\core\Queue\_MemberContent->run()
#3 /var/www/vhosts/<path removed>/httpdocs/applications/core/modules/admin/system/background.php(87): IPS\_Task::runQueue()
#4 /var/www/vhosts/<path removed>/httpdocs/system/Helpers/MultipleRedirect/MultipleRedirect.php(93): IPS\core\modules\admin\system\_background->IPS\core\modules\admin\system\{closure}()
#5 /var/www/vhosts/<path removed>/httpdocs/applications/core/modules/admin/system/background.php(138): IPS\Helpers\_MultipleRedirect->__construct()
#6 /var/www/vhosts/<path removed>/httpdocs/system/Dispatcher/Controller.php(107): IPS\core\modules\admin\system\_background->process()
#7 /var/www/vhosts/<path removed>/httpdocs/applications/core/modules/admin/system/background.php(42): IPS\Dispatcher\_Controller->execute()
#8 /var/www/vhosts/<path removed>/httpdocs/system/Dispatcher/Dispatcher.php(153): IPS\core\modules\admin\system\_background->execute()
#9 /var/www/vhosts/<path removed>/httpdocs/admin/index.php(13): IPS\_Dispatcher->run()
#10 {main}

Any ideas how to work around this and unblock my tasks queue?

Thanks.

@Marc StridgenI have figured out how to replicate it. It only happens if one of your fields has the 'Unique Field' setting.

As soon as I removed the 'Unique Field' setting from a text field I had setup in the database, the Copy to Database worked fine again.

In the latest Invision Community release (4.7.13), I have tried to use the 'Copy to Database' feature of the Pages application. I selected the 'Copy Posts?' option and 'Use original author?'. When I submit, I see the following error suggesting there is a syntax error in a DB query:

Note I've removed some paths and sensitive info.

SELECT COUNT(*) FROM `cms_custom_database_4` WHERE field_25='<name removed>' AND primary_id_field != IS NULL
IPS\Db\Exception: You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MariaDB server version for the right syntax to use near 'IS NULL' at line 1 (1064)
#0 <path removed>/system/Db/Select.php(388): IPS\_Db->preparedQuery()
#1 <path removed>/system/Db/Select.php(446): IPS\Db\_Select->runQuery()
#2 <path removed>/system/Db/Select.php(370): IPS\Db\_Select->rewind()
#3 <path removed>/applications/cms/sources/Fields/Fields.php(1069): IPS\Db\_Select->first()
#4 <path removed>/applications/cms/sources/Fields/Fields.php(412): IPS\cms\_Fields::validateUnique()
#5 <path removed>/system/Helpers/Form/FormAbstract.php(382): IPS\cms\_Fields::IPS\cms\{closure}()
#6 <path removed>/system/Helpers/Form/TextArea.php(119): IPS\Helpers\Form\_FormAbstract->validate()
#7 <path removed>/system/Helpers/Form/Text.php(298): IPS\Helpers\Form\_TextArea->validate()
#8 <path removed>/system/Helpers/Form/FormAbstract.php(170): IPS\Helpers\Form\_Text->validate()
#9 <path removed>/system/Helpers/Form/FormAbstract.php(147): IPS\Helpers\Form\_FormAbstract->setValue()
#10 <path removed>/system/Helpers/Form/TextArea.php(66): IPS\Helpers\Form\_FormAbstract->__construct()
#11 <path removed>/system/Helpers/Form/Text.php(125): IPS\Helpers\Form\_TextArea->__construct()
#12 <path removed>/applications/cms/sources/Fields/Fields.php(3163): IPS\Helpers\Form\_Text->__construct()
#13 <path removed>/applications/cms/sources/Fields/Fields.php(433): IPS\cms\_Fields->buildHelper()
#14 <path removed>/applications/cms/sources/Records/Records.php(518): IPS\cms\_Fields::fields()
#15 <path removed>/applications/cms/modules/front/database/topic.php(200): IPS\cms\_Records::formElements()
#16 <path removed>/system/Dispatcher/Controller.php(107): IPS\cms\modules\front\database\_topic->form()
#17 <path removed>/applications/cms/modules/front/database/topic.php(47): IPS\Dispatcher\_Controller->execute()
#18 <path removed>/system/Dispatcher/Dispatcher.php(153): IPS\cms\modules\front\database\_topic->execute()
#19 <path removed>/index.php(13): IPS\_Dispatcher->run()
#20 {main}

This feature used to work fine up until recently, but it is now broken.

Is this a new bug?

For the Geolocation settings, is there a way of filtering all countries EXCEPT the specified one (i.e., a whitelist instead of a blacklist)? My forum's users are all based in one country, so it would make sense for me to validate all users outside of this country.

Also, does the work for users who register via SSO (e.g. Google Login)?

@Michael.J

I've been using this for the last few weeks. The firewall works well when accounts are created via standard registration form, but NOT if someone creates an account via single sign-on such as Google. It appears that SSO accounts completely evade the geolocation firewall.

I am using this to block spammers located in certain countries, but people in these countries can evade this by simply using Google login. I can't disable Google login because many legitimate accounts on my forum already use this method.

Is there any way this could be fixed / worked around?

I've taken the latest optional patch and it's still happening unfortunately.

I can't find any other possibilities in the admin cp

Database problems are now solved.

Just verified that this didn't solve the error with the tasks mentioned.

11 minutes ago, Jim M said:

We would need to look further into this for you, however the access details on file appear to be incorrect or missing. Could you please update these details by visiting your client area, selecting the relevant purchase, then clicking "Review/Update Access Information" under the "Stored Access Information" section. 

We look forward to further assisting you. 

 

Access details have now been updated. Thanks.

Ever since I installed the Commerce application to my Invision community, I have been seeing a popup in my AdminCP saying there are errors with system tasks. Upon inspection of the tasks list, these are the two which are failing:

• Commerce monitorEvery
• Commerce expectedOutputMonitoring

If I run these tasks manually then the same error is returned. They have never successfully ran.

I have v4.7.9 of Invasion Community with PHP 8.0 installed and have tried the following:

• Clearing system cache via Get Support page in AdminCP
• Disabling all customizations

This is the error in the system logs (note - removed the directory path)

EX0 Something went wrong. Please try again.

RuntimeException:  (0)
#0 (host path)/system/Patterns/ActiveRecord.php(148): IPS\_Task::constructFromData()
#1 (host path)/applications/core/modules/admin/settings/advanced.php(828): IPS\Patterns\_ActiveRecord::load()
#2 (host path)/system/Dispatcher/Controller.php(107): IPS\core\modules\admin\settings\_advanced->taskLogs()
#3 (host path)/applications/core/modules/admin/settings/advanced.php(38): IPS\Dispatcher\_Controller->execute()
#4 (host path)/system/Dispatcher/Dispatcher.php(153): IPS\core\modules\admin\settings\_advanced->execute()
#5 (host path)/admin/index.php(13): IPS\_Dispatcher->run()
#6 {main}

The same error also happens on my test installation which runs PHP 8.1, so I don't know what could be causing this.

Could anyone suggest any other steps I could do to diagnose this problem? What would be the impact of these two tasks not running?

Thanks.

Hi,

I have recently converted my forum to Invision Community and I'm making good use of the Events feature. 

I am using the 'Overview' view by default, which gives you a nice list of the events broken down per month with images.

One annoyance I have is the fact that old events seem to remain on the 'Overview' view once they've finsihed. If you have large numbers of events, the page becomes annoying to use later in the month. You have to scroll right down to the bottom to find events which have not happened yet. Its gives even worse UX on mobile.

Is there some configuration, or even template edit, which could automatically hide the finished events from the 'Overview' view without having to manually hide them each day? 

I've recently migrated my forum to using Invision Community (self hosted)

One issue I've noticed post-migration from checking the nginx web server logs is that there are suspiciously large numbers of different people hitting the /offline page. 
Here is an example log line from nginx (I've removed the IPs and domain)

[11/Apr/2023:08:09:22 +0000] "GET /offline/ HTTP/1.0" 200 4568 "https://www.{website domain}/index.php?app=core&module=system&controller=serviceworker&v={id}&type=front&loggedIn=true" "Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 16_3 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) CriOS/112.0.5615.46 Mobile/15E148 Safari/604.1"

This is taking them to an Invision page saying "You appear to be Offline". I would somehow doubt this considering they are able to hit this page.

I've also had a few forum members contact me about this. Upon doing investigations of nginx logs, I can confirm they have been hitting this offline page.

Can anyone suggest why this would be happening? What would cause people to end up at this /offline page? 

Thanks.

By any chance would someone have the XML plugin file for this? Or a have a link to the source / github repo etc, as the author has said its open source? I cannot download it from the Marketplace due to it being incompatible with IPS 4.7, even though based on the above comments it would appear it only needs a small minor edit to make it compatible. 

Unfortunately the author hasn't been online for a while (hope they are ok!).