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In case it's at all helpful for you, I previously split my members into two groups to help with situations like these. I set up a group called "Active Members", moved all qualified members there, and then established Group Promotions rules to manage it automatically going forward. My purpose was to restrict new members from voting in polls, plus to better control access to downloads. We're an artsy site and sometimes hold contests where voting is important. I like to prevent people from creating fake accounts solely for voting as much as reasonably possible. A similar setup might work for you to allow established/longtime members to have more storage space.

An example of a great countdown counter widget for reference: https://promofeatures.com/ You MUST be able to specify the exact time, including timezone. Even most good WordPress themes include countdown calendars with multiple options, so I wouldn't think this would be a difficult thing to provide for this suite. (Hopefully it's okay to post that link - I did look around but did not see posted rules about that.)

@Lindy I appreciate the thorough explanation. Since HTML will not be coming back, please address the timezone/scheduling issues in my other post. And because we can no longer supplement on our own, we're going to need tools to make business events/sales run smoothly, such as built-in countdown clock widgets that can be automatically displayed on categories or posts.

Admins NEED to be able to access/edit HTML on posts in v.5, just like we could in v.4. Members should not be able to access HTML, of course, but admins do - period. It's much more difficult to troubleshoot now when something's not right or even adjust formatting for copy/pasted posts I'm prepping; in the past, I could simply flip to HTML in most cases and see at a glance what was going on or format things how I want them. More importantly, now I have absolutely no way to use little widgets and embedded content that we really need when we hold events, such as countdown timers. In the past, I could create a customized countdown clock (to show the deadline for a timed event, or to show when an event will start) and embed it into my forum post by flipping to HTML. The reason I need to use countdown timers (other than the fact that participants love them because they make things so easy) is that the way time/timezone conversion is handled in Invision is extremely confusing (see my other post linked below). Obviously, I can no longer embed countdown clocks or other content, and it's going to be a problem. See also:

The system automatically displays the local time system-wide for each member, which is convenient for them day to day, but HIGHLY confusing when holding events or posting time-sensitive info (sales, for example) for the brand/site. This has been an ongoing problem for the 10+ years I've been using Invision Power. You really NEED to be able to set the time zone for the system/website, and make that visible to members somewhere. Admin & staff should be able to work according to store time. For example, Digital Artistry runs on Eastern time, and all sales and events start/stop based on Eastern time. And a related issue, the start & stop times on advertisements are completely insufficient for accurate advertising. Sales and events start and stop at SPECIFIC times based on the company's timezone, not the forum's timezone. Per support, the advertisement scheduler runs on UTC, so it's literally impossible to set an advertisement to start & stop at the correct time since you can set neither the timezone nor time (only the date) This isn't just a preference; it's legally false/deceptive advertising to display inaccurate banners. If I were to schedule banners to run the entire length of our sale using the current system, I must allow them to turn off 4 hours early because the alternative is that we'll be running deceptive ads for 20 hours. The start time is equally problematic. An accurate advertisement scheduler should allow you to set the timezone, date, and time for both start & stop. Example: Start: Oct 6, 2025, 12:00 am Eastern. End: Oct 19, 2025, 11:59 pm Eastern. Even if I wanted to, I can't charge advertisers for banners when you can't schedule them accurately. The "show until" in the UI is unclear. I checked with support, and it stops at 12:00 am on the date selected (not the end of the day selected, as I assumed).

We LOVE the topic scheduler - THANK YOU! I asked for that years ago here in the forum, and it makes things so much easier. We have two improvements to request: We'd also love to be able to pre-schedule gallery posts. We want to manage scheduling privileges by user group, as some others here in the forum have requested as well.