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Finally going to upgrade from 3.2.3 to 3.4.3.

Updating a big forum always scares me a tad. The only issue is support now takes quite a while to get from IPB.

 

Security Update: 21 March 2013

As part of our ongoing security auditing we have discovered a possible security issue. We are releasing a critical security update today to address this issue.

Instructions

We are providing a patch for IP.Board versions 3.4, 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 extracted "upload" folder to your IP.Board home directory

IP.Board 3.4.x
. ipb34_mar21.zip 2.58K 245 downloads

IP.Board 3.3.x
. ipb33_mar21.zip 2.58K 45 downloads

IP.Board 3.2.x
. ipb32_mar21.zip 2.65K 18 downloads

IP.Board 3.1.x
. ipb31_mar21.zip 2.68K 17 downloads


Notes:

• 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 an IPS Hosting client your community has been automatically patched.

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Already installed

 

At least ipb issues security updates

 

IPS is seeking a knowledgeable and experienced individual to join its support team in an advanced support capacity.

Successful applicants will be responsible for answering general support tickets, including providing customers with information, troubleshooting issues not resolved as part of the general product support process and performing maintenance. You would be expected where appropriate to interact with other technicians and developers to resolve issues.

Requirements:

* Must be familiar with IPS applications.
* Must have advanced knowledge of PHP and MySQL.
* Must be able to effectively work remotely.
* English must be your primary language and you must possess strong verbal and written communication skills.

Preferable, but not required:

* Knowledge of server administration and experience working for a web hosting company.
* Knowledge of additional web technologies such as JavaScript, CSS, XML, etc.
* Experience of working in customer support.
* Experience working with the codebase or creating hooks/apps in the IPS Suite

Working hours are flexible and pay will be based on knowledge and experience. Due to the nature of the position, we require all applicants to be physically located in the United States. No exceptions to United States residency requirements.

Please contact [email protected] for more information on this position. Please include your salary requirements, availability and an overview of your experience.

We look forward to hearing from you!


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To bad I don't care to work on ipb boards or I'd apply.

 

Invision Power Services, Inc. is pleased to announce the release of IP.Board 3.4.4



IP.Board is a fully featured community platform including forums, members profiles, calendar, status system, integration, and much, much more.



The release of IP.Board 3.4.4 is a maintenance release and includes bug fixes.



How to Upgrade

To upgrade simply log into your client area, click on "Purchases" from the menu and select the community you wish to upgrade and click "Upgrade Now".

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IPS is always looking for ways to assist our clients in monetization and promotion of their community traffic. After we saw so many clients successfully using VigLink on their community we decided to bundle it directly in the AdminCP under the Community Enhancements section. Since then many clients have reported success in using their service. Many clients have also since looked into other monetization options and have started to really grow.

Information from VigLink:

VigLink is a content monetization service used by tens of thousands of publishers. While most monetization services focus on the traffic you receive - usually by displaying ads that distract and interrupt - VigLink is focused on the traffic that’s already leaving your community. Here’s how it works: Often your communities will post links to retail sites like eBay or Amazon. With VigLink, clicks on these links are automatically monetized. There’s no change to the user experience. It’s simple: when a user clicks and purchases something, you earn a commission. Through their relationships with over 30,000 merchants, including over 90% of the top 500 affiliating retailers on the web, VigLink automatically monetizes more links than any relevant competitor. Because of their size and success they have negotiated spectacular commissions with some of the top merchants. If you or your community already posts affiliate links or uses any other form of monetization, VigLink will not interfere.

To further increase your revenue, VigLink also offers Link Insertion, a technology that can automatically create links when brands, products, and stores are mentioned. These links are normal, everyday links, except for the fact that they can earn you money. For example, if a user posts about a camera they are thinking of buying, VigLink can detect the product mentioned and link it to a retailer that pays top commissions. Typically, publishers get more than half of their earnings from this technology.

There are others who try to offer similar technologies, however we have selected to integrate with VigLink because of their superior technology, performance, and customer service, especially among discussion-based communities. The largest network of its kind, VigLink processes billions of page views and over three hundred million clicks every month.
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If you want to give it a try simply visit your AdminCP and click Community Enhancements to turn VigLink on and start earning. IPS does benefit from this relationship however we do not take any of your commission of course.

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The IPS Marketplace is the place to go for plugins, skins, language packs, full applications, and other resources provided by the IPS community. Some resources are free and some have a small fee. It's a great way to find ways to personalize your community and expand its functions.


Some updates...

I wanted to share some general statistics on the Marketplace (yes, I'm channeling Apple here). Yesterday we reached a great milestone:

Since its inception, we have paid out over $250,000 to contributors. Yes over a quarter million dollars has been paid out to those that sell resources in the Marketplace!

What's even more exciting is the growth we are seeing. In fact over 40% of that total payout was done just this year! Because I love any excuse to play with Excel here's a chart showing growth trend:

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We also now have over 500 individual contributors that are providing both free and paid resources in the Marketplace.

Improvements coming soon

We are in the process of doing some cleaning up to make resources easier to find. Expect to see new categories based on what things do (moderation tools, promotion, utilities, etc.) rather than what they are (hook, mod, app, etc.) which we think will make finding resources for your community even easier.


A new ability to allow us to feature more than one resource at a time has already been launched.

Take a moment to browse the IPS Marketplace and see if there are any resources that would benefit your community. If you find one don't forget to thank the contributor!

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wow!

 

Not really. Thats 500 bucks per addon developer.

 

Sure. It looks promising and growing which is very good. The IPS marketplace is still young.

 

Just remember, vBulletin doesn't really have this kind of system in place. xenForo didn't have one until they launched RM.

 

TBH IPS did not have such a system in place until they started to chip away vbulletins marketshare. So its all very fresh. Im sure there is plenty of potential.

 

Then we agree!

 

We are pleased to announce an update to our popular converter application and with it support for conversions from vBulletin 5 Connect.

This release has been particularly focused on converter stability and performance improvements. At the time of writing there are 0 open bug reports in the bug tracker.

Performance Improvements

Whilst data integrity will always be our number one priority we do often review and apply performance improvements where appropriate.

In a previous release we introduced a feature that would significantly reduce the time taken when selecting data from the source software but this was only applied to a select few products. We are happy to report this change has now been applied across all converters. For the technically curious, this eliminates the need to use expensive LIMIT clauses with high offsets when converting forums with large amounts of posts.

Additionally we identified a few areas that would benefit from extra indexes particularly in the area of looking up relational content.

Software Specific Improvements

Support for vBulletin5 Connect is now available and the following items are converted - Permissions, Groups, Members, Passwords, Forums, Topics, Posts, Attachments, BBCode, Profile Fields, Emoticons, Moderators, Friends, Ignored Users, Reputation, Ranks, Warn Logs

The Ning converter has been greatly overhauled and now works much more reliably.

Considering switching to IPS?

Now is a great time to switch to IPS. We have a full community suite of products and a great resource community in the Marketplace. For a limited time through May 15 you can use the coupon code SWITCH at checkout to take 10% off your order. Feel free to email [email protected] with questions or post in our pre-sales forum to get feedback from other clients.


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Ha, IPB supports vbulletin 5 before Internet Brands does..

 

They really don't muck around.

 

These guys are not [****][****][****][****]ing around, seriously.

They're hurting Internet Brands at the kneecaps. They are chipping away at the vBulletin marketshare.

In fact, this is a good move.

I'm laughing hard. Internet Brands were so focused on the xF lawsuits that they completely ignored their direct competitor.

I'm calling it now: In 2 years, vBulletin is no more.