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This could come in handy, I'm always forgetting where things are in the ACP.

 

I always used the search when view that admincp of ipb.

 

I use the search as well, bookmarks will be easier for the most frequently used items though.

 

Invision Power Services, Inc. is pleased to announce the release of IP.Gallery 5.0.2.

IP.Gallery 5.0.2

IP.Gallery is a fully-featured photo and multimedia sharing app for the IPS Community Suite. Create albums, upload photos, discuss the hottest shots and much more.


This release resolves issues reported since the release of IP.Gallery 5.0.1.

A list of bugs reported in 5.0.1 and fixed in 5.0.2 can be seen in our tracker.

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Invision Power Services, Inc. is pleased to announce the release of IP.Downloads 2.5.2.


IP.Downloads 2.5.2
Integrated download management for IP.Board allowing you and your members to upload files for sharing in an organized category listing with permissions, version control, and more

This release resolves issues reported since the release of IP.Downloads 2.5.1. A list of bugs reported in 2.5.1 and fixed in 2.5.2 can be seen in our tracker.

In addition to the bug fixes included in this release, 2.5.2 includes the following notable changes:

• New setting: "Members must download to rate". Allows the administrator to restrict ratings to only files that users have downloaded.
  
• New setting: "Allow submitter to view who downloaded". Allows submitters to see who has downloaded their files (but no one else, unless the per-group option is enabled).
  
• The last downloaded date has been added to the "who downloaded" popup
  
• You can now purchase additional licenses for a file (if using the IP.Nexus integration). If you have purchased a file in the past the button would change to "download" with no way to purchase another copy. Now, a "buy another" button is available to purchase additional copies.
  
• On the IP.Downloads portal index, you can now filter top free files, top paid files and top authors by all time, weekly, monthly and yearly.
  
• The scrollable div for the download confirmation has been changed to show the entire download disclaimer on the page.
  
• A new search ordering option is available "Order by relevancy". This uses the MySQL fulltext relevancy options for searching.

Requirements / Notes

IP.Downloads 2.5.2 requires IP.Board version 3.3.x.

Installing / Upgrading

For further assistance on installing these updates please refer to this document and for upgrading please refer to this document

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IP.Board has for a long time allowed administrators to send bulk mails to members, including the ability to filter recipients and use variables to customise the message sent to each member.

This is an important tool for communicating with the members of your community and in 3.4 we've made it even better.



The problem with bulk mail

Sending vast amounts of email through your own server is troublesome.
Firstly, it takes a long time (you can't just send out thousands of emails in one go) and due to the way PHP works, you need to have activity on your community to initiate the sending of each batch of emails (you could set up a cron, but you'd probably only want it running when you actually have a bulk mail sending, and they're fiddly to set up).
Secondly, if you're on shared hosting, other sites on the same server may have given your server a bad reputation and caused it to be placed on blacklists, this causes the emails you send to be more likely to be marked as junk.
Thirdly, sending vast amounts of email through your own server is an expensive task - most communities we see use the same server for sending emails as hosting the community itself, meaning resources are being used for the sending of those emails and not serving your users.

Fortunately, these problems are well-known throughout the internet and a number of companies offer services to send mail for you, through their servers to alleviate these problems.
In addition, these services provide web applications where you can view statistics, and track how many of your emails have been opened, rejected, etc.

We're really pleased to announce that in IP.Board 3.4 we've built in integration with Mandrill, a service of well-known and respected MailChimp.



How it works

Setting up integration with Mandrill is really easy. In the new "Community Enhancements" section of the Admin CP (which we've mentioned in earlier blog entries), there will be an option for Mandrill:


After creating an account on their site, all you do is enter your account details:


IP.Board will from then on send all bulk mails through the Mandrill service.
And it's not just bulk mails. You can even configure IP.Board's normal email settings to send all outgoing emails via Mandrill's SMTP server.


Sending bulk mails

As part of our improvements, we've also:

• Tidied up the interface for sending bulk mails
  
• Improved the unsubscribe link sent in emails to be a one-click link (rather than requiring users sign in and uncheck the box)
  
• Built extension capabilities the filter options available when composing a bulk mail, meaning 3rd party applications can add their own filter options (we'll use this for example, in a future version of IP.Nexus to allow you to send bulk mails to anyone who's purchased a particular item).
  
• Added a tab on the confirmation screen to allow you to view the list of recipients before actually sending the bulk mail.

All these improvements are present even if you choose not to use the new Mandrill integration.






Statistics and Tracking

You can view statistics via the Mandrill web application. Emails sent from IP.Board's bulk mail system automatically enable tracking for opens and clicks.



They even have iPhone and Android apps available.




Pricing

Full pricing details are available from Mandrill - for up to 12,000 emails per month though, the service is completely free.

http://community.invisionpower.com/blog/1174/entry-8323-ipboard-34-dev-update-bulk-mail-with-mandrill/]View the full article[/url]

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As we wrap up principle development of new features for IP.Board 3.4, I wanted to go through some of the other changes we've implemented for the new release.


System Templates

Some "system templates" such as the wrapper used for HTML emails were previously only editable by manually changing the files which contained those templates. This is inconvenient, especially as it means one has to remember not to upload those files when upgrading IP.Board.

In IP.Board 3.4, these templates will be editable from the Admin CP making it much easier to maintain edited versions of these templates.




Mobile Moderation

Our mobile theme is suitable for all mobile devices. Even though we have our mobile application available for the iPhone and iPad, we want to ensure that other devices are able to interact with IP.Board.

A very common request has been to enable basic moderation actions from within the mobile theme. To that end, we've added buttons for common topic moderation into the mobile skin.



Editor Pasting

A lot of the time you find that you just want to paste plain text into the editor so you don't have to then remove formatting such as background and font colors. We've made this an option from within the IP.Board 3.4 editor via the new Options icon (far right on the screen shot). You can still paste as rich text by clicking on the relevant paste button on the top right section of the toolbar.



We hoped that you've enjoyed reading this series of blogs on IP.Board 3.4. We're currently putting the finishing touches to this major new release and can't wait make it available for release!

http://community.invisionpower.com/blog/1174/entry-8144-ipboard-34-dev-update-miscellaneous-enhancements/]View the full article[/url]

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Invision Power Services, Inc. is pleased to announce the release of IP.Nexus 1.5.4.

IP.Nexus 1.5.4

Fully featured commerce system to sell products, membership access, advertising, digital downloads, and more. Includes tools like a support desk to help manage your clients.


This release resolves issues reported since the release of IP.Nexus 1.5.3.

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At IPS, we pride ourselves on providing industry leading products and services, unsurpassed in quality, features and support.

Much like any other company, we indeed have our strengths and weaknesses. One admitted weakness is clearly developing an independent mobile app platform that can meet your and our expectations. We have struggled over the past several years in securing a proficient mobile app development team and ultimately, the platform has not met our expectations. Our mantra has become: if we can't do it right, we simply will not do it. That is where we are at with the mobile app platform.

Unfortunately, this means the Android app will not make its debut as we originally hoped. We do not wish to release something that we cannot provide proper support for. Instead, we would recommend Android users with an immediate need for a mobile app, visit a third party such as Tapatalk.com Please trust that we are just as disappointed as you in our failure to deliver this particular product as promised and I offer my sincerest apologies.

With that, we will do our best to continue polishing the iOS mobile app (which will now be made available for free in the app store) in the short term. For the long-term, we will be incorporating a new mobile integration directly into the product beginning with 4.0.

An integrated web app uses the latest standard web technologies such as CSS, Javascript and HTML combined with mobile extensions which will make the site render and feel like a native mobile application. This will allow far more flexibility and tighter integration across the IPS Community Suite (imagine approving orders, responding to support requests or publishing an article with IP.Content from the comfort of your mobile device) than an independent mobile app while being cross-platform compatible with all mobile operating systems. This is also something we have the existing internal expertise to carry out to our standards, alleviating the need to rely on third parties.

As always, we welcome any constructive feedback and appreciate your continued business and support. Once again, I apologize for any inconvenience and rest assured - we will continue to do what we do best. .

http://community.invisionpower.com/blog/1174/entry-8363-mobile-apps-status/]View the full article[/url]

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Invision Power Services, Inc. is pleased to announce the release of IP.Content 2.3.3!

IP.Content is our community content management platform for IP.Board allowing you to create content for your site ranging from a simple portal to a full website with custom databases and more - the possibilities are endless!

This release resolves issues reported since the release of IP.Content 2.3.2.
This release also incorporates a handful of new features and functionality improvements:

• Significant improvements to item markers in databases
• Ability to allow users to filter by fields, which adds a filter bar on the left side of the screen (as seen in our Tracker)
• Reports you have posted in now show a "star" icon, like topics within a forum
• The page navigation is duplicated to the bottom of the listing screen in a database
• You can now lock/hide/pin database records during submission if you have permission
• Searching now uses MySQL fulltext search methods, and an order by 'relevancy' (which is the new default) method has been introduced
• Ability for moderators to be notified of records submitted to databases that require moderator approval

We welcome feedback on this or any other release in the relevant feedback forum including suggestions for future releases.


Demo

You can try our free demo to see IP.Content in action for yourself.


Purchasing

You can purchase IP.Content in your client area by clicking the 'New Purchase' button in the upper right corner. New clients can purchase IP.Content along with IP.Board. If you are an IPS Community Hosting client, IP.Content comes with all packages!

If you have already purchased IP.Content, you can download this update in your client area.


Requirements / Notes

IP.Content 2.3.3 requires IP.Board version 3.3.x or 3.4.x

Installing / Upgrading

For further assistance on installing IP.Content please refer to this document and for upgrading please refer to this document

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I didn't see that happening, even though I'm using Tapatalk right now, I always liked the general ipb app that was in my iPhone. I didn't know they didn't have an Android version out yet.

 

It has come to our attention that a security issue is present in IP.Board.

We strongly recommend that you follow the instructions below to patch your community.

Instructions
This security update is a simple one file patch. Simply download the relevant zip file for your version. Expand the zip file and upload /admin/sources/classes/base/core.php to your /admin/sources/classes/base directory on your server ensuring that the file is overwritten.

Please contact technical support if you're unsure how to update your community.

The main download zips have been updated at the time of this announcement.

IP.Board 3.3.x
. ipb33_oct12.zip 38.93K 28 downloads

IP.Board 3.2.x
. ipb32_oct12.zip 37.28K 5 downloads

IP.Board 3.1.x
. ipb31_oct12.zip 57.78K 4 downloads

Thank you to Egidio Romano (aka EgiX) for reporting the issue and lending his assistance with the fix.

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I've installed the fixes listed, I guess others should as well.

 

It has come to our attention that a security issue is present in IP.Board.

We strongly recommend that you follow the instructions below to patch your community.

Instructions
This security update is a simple one file patch. Simply download the relevant zip file for your version. Expand the zip file and upload /admin/sources/base/core.php to your /admin/sources/base directory on your server ensuring that the file is overwritten.

Please contact technical support if you're unsure how to update your community.

The main download zips have been updated at the time of this announcement.

IP.Board 3.3.x
. ipb33_oct12.zip 38.93K 4560 downloads

IP.Board 3.2.x
. ipb32_oct12.zip 37.28K 761 downloads

IP.Board 3.1.x
. ipb31_oct12.zip 57.78K 625 downloads

Thank you to Egidio Romano (aka EgiX) for reporting the issue and lending his assistance with the fix.

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Surprised they let you download without being logged in.

 

Security updates they provide to anyone

 

On 25 October 2012 we released a critical security patch for IP.Board to address an issue with PHP serialized data in the software. Today we are releasing an update that further enhances the security of the impacted areas.

IPS Security Procedures

When IPS identifies a security issue we always immediately release a patch to address the issue as we did on 25 October. Our second phase of security procedures involves taking time to audit the impacted area of the software and other areas that use similar functionality. This second phase of security auditing helps to ensure the safety of your community by allowing us to proactively harden the security features before an actual exploit is found.

Security Update: 6 November 2012

While we have not been made aware of a specific exploit, our security audit has determined other areas of the software that can be hardened against intrusion or exploit. To proactively ensure the security of your community: today we are releasing a critical security update.

Instructions

We are providing a patch for IP.Board versions 3.3, 3.2, and 3.1. Version 3.1 is end of life for support but we are still providing the patch for the convenience of clients who have not yet upgraded. If you are running a version less than 3.1 you should upgrade to get this and other security enhancements.

Patching is very easy:

1. Identify the version of IP.Board you are running.
2. Download and unzip the appropriate patch file below that matches your version.
3. Upload the contents of the zip to your IP.Board home directory

IP.Board 3.3.x
. ipb33_nov12.zip 49.69K 21 downloads

IP.Board 3.2.x
. ipb32_nov12.zip 48.84K 5 downloads

IP.Board 3.1.x
. ipb31_nov12.zip 70.43K 4 downloads


Notes:

• This security update replaces the security patch on 25 October 2012. You do not need to apply the 25 October 2012 patch as the release today contains that update and more.
• When you apply the security update the bulletin in your AdminCP will still display. We keep the bulletin in place for at least a week after a security release.
• Our main software packages accessed via the client area have already been updated with this security update.
• If you are running version 3.2.x or 3.1.x and do not have database topic marking enabled then all content will be marked as unread on applying update.
• If you are an IPS Hosting client your community will be automatically patched.

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two security updates in one week!

 

I'm surprised about that as well. Applied both security updates though, better safe than sorry!

 

always