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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. View the full article Читать дальше

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: 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! View the full article Читать дальше

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: 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. View the full article Читать дальше

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". Читать дальше

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! View the full article Читать дальше

Обновление безопасности: 21 Марта 2013 В рамках нашего постоянного аудита безопасности IP.Board, мы обнаружили возможные проблемы в безопасности. Мы выпускаем критическое обновление и настоятельно рекомендуем вам применить прикреплённые ниже патчи. Инструкция Проделайте следующие шаги для применения патча: Определите версию вашего форума Скачайте и разархивируйте патч, соответствующий вашей версии форума Закачайте содержимое папки upload в корень форума Если вы переименовали папку admin, скопируйте файл вручную в соответствующую папку. IP.Board 3.4.x ipb34_mar21.zip IP.Board 3.3.x ipb33_mar21.zip IP.Board 3.2.x ipb32_mar21.zip IP.Board 3.1.x ipb31_mar21.zip Примечание: После применения патча к форуму, в панели администратора по прежнему будет отображаться предупреждающее сообщение. Сообщение исчезнет спустя неделю после релиза патча безопасности. На нулл вашего форума этот патч никак не повлияет.

Invision Power Services, Inc. is pleased to announce the release of the following applications: IP.Board 3.4.3 IP.Blog 2.6.2 IP.Calendar 3.3.3 IP.Chat 1.4.3 IP.Content 2.3.5 IP.Downloads 2.5.3 IP.Gallery 5.0.4 IP.Nexus 1.5.7 IP.Board 3.4.3 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 3.4.3 is a maintenance release and includes bug fixes. IP.Blog 2.6.2 IP.Blog enables users to create and maintain their own individual or group blogs right from within your community, to share ideas & thoughts. The release of IP.Blog 2.6.2 is a maintenance release and includes bug fixes. IP.Calendar 3.3.3 IP.Calendar is an integrated calendar and event management for your IP.Board. The release of IP.Calendar 3.3.3 is a maintenance release and includes bug fixes. IP.Chat 1.4.3 IP.Chat is integrated chat software for your forum. Allow your members to chat to each other in real time. The release of IP.Chat 1.4.3 is a maintenance release and includes bug fixes. IP.Content 2.3.5 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! The release of IP.Content 2.3.5 is a maintenance release and includes bug fixes. IP.Downloads 2.5.3 IP.Downloads is an 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. The release of IP.Downloads 2.5.3 is a maintenance release and includes Bug fixes Multiple featured files now supported Ability for clients to manage renewals for purchased files now supported IP.Gallery 5.0.4 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. The release of IP.Gallery 5.0.4 is a maintenance release and includes Bug fixes Ability to create Gallery IP.Content feeds filtering on "featured" status now supported IP.Nexus 1.5.7 IP.Nexus is our 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. The release of IP.Nexus 1.5.7 is a maintenance release and includes Bug fixes Integration with the bulk mailer supported Ability to leave a customer note when voiding account added 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". You can read more about upgrading in our documentation. Читать дальше

While we introduced some of our basic plans for 4.0 many months ago, we wanted to touch base again on some of these plans and expand upon some of our motivations behind decisions we have or will make for our upcoming 4.0 software release. Before we get too far, let me just state now that there is no expected (or even estimated) release date for 4.0 yet. While we always have internal guidelines, timeframes and milestones, we do not communicate these publicly until we are absolutely sure they are as accurate as possible. The 4.0 Suite will be a major overhaul, effectively a rewrite of most areas from the ground up, and there are many factors that can affect delivering within expected due dates. You may also have noticed the title of this blog entry uses a term for the suite you may not have seen used previously. We have decided to name the 4.0 Suite (which we will often refer to as "4.0 Suite" or "Social Suite", informally), officially as the IPS Social Suite. We feel that as we expand our line up and remove community-related dependencies, it is important that our main product release reflect the fact that our software can power more than just traditional communities. Formalities out of the way now, here are a few of our driving motivations behind 4.0... Modernize the interface The skin delivered for 3.0 and again for 3.2 was great, but several years have since passed. It is time we modernize the user interface in our software lineup once again. Features have been added, trends on the web have shifted, and technologies have advanced. Some specific points you may be interested to know: All areas of the suite will support the mobile interface. We are heavily investigating using a "response design" for 4.0. We will be switching to jQuery We will be embracing HTML 5 fully Modernize the underlying codebase While 4.0 will not technically be a "complete rewrite", most of the underlying codebase will be rewritten in some manner, and all of the code will at least be updated to work within the new framework we are developing. There is a lot to go over for those of you who may be interested in the developer side of things, and I'll point you to the right place later in this entry, but as a general outline here are some things you can expect to see: PHP 5.3 will be the minimum supported version of PHP MySQL 5.0.3 will be the minimum supported version of MySQL IP.Board will fully utilize namespaces in PHP The entire directory structure, class naming structure and more will be completely overhauled Applications will truly be self-contained within their own folders (currently javascript, skin and language files, for instance, are scattered throughout miscellaneous directories) The entire code base will be modernized. More use of formal design patterns will be employed, where appropriate. Dumping ground classes (such as IPSLib) will be avoided at all costs. More consistency between how applications implement functionality will be seen. Naming conventions will be more consistent. The way hooks work will be completely rewritten, making things simpler for us and for developers, and making hook usage behind the scenes more reliable (no more loadLibrary calls - everything is handled automatically by the framework instead). Make things more consistent We are also working towards making all of our applications more consistent. The approach to this actually has much more to do with planning and how we approach new functionality than it does any specific technical aspect of software development. In a nutshell, we will have one "suite" release moving forward starting at 4.0. Every application will be on the same versioning system and share the same version number, and every release will include every application (although you will only have access to the applications you have purchased, of course). What we will do as we implement new features is implement new functionality suite-wide from the start. If we were to add a new feature to 4.0, we would not add the functionality to the forums and then roll this change out to other applications as they see updates. Instead, we will be implementing changes suite-wide from the start, which has several benefits: From a user standpoint, the software will be more consistent. You won't have situations where a feature is available in Application X but not in Application Y. From a technological standpoint, we will be forced to implement functionality in an optimal manner where it can be utilized by all areas of the suite. There will be less application-dependencies for features that are intended to be suite-wide. There will be much, much less duplicated code as features will be designed from the start to work in multiple areas. Point #2 above will also benefit modders - APIs will be much more robust, yet more generic and reusable, for features implemented suite-wide rather than features implemented for one application and then shared across others. Beyond changing our approach to functional changes in the software itself, we will also be focusing on consistency while redesigning the interface, and throughout every facet of development of 4.0. Want to hear more specifics? We have recently launched our new development blog where we will routinely be posting about the nitty-gritty of our day to day development duties here at IPS. While this blog is not at all intended to be specific to the development of 4.0, you will find us posting about upcoming changes and decisions made in 4.0 quite regularly. We welcome you to follow The Development Channel blog if you are interested in reading about these changes. If not, don't worry - any major announcements will be blogged about here in our company blog as well in due course. If you aren't sure, just to be clear....development of 4.0 is definitely underway. A lot of planning and discussion took place prior to ever writing a single line of code for 4.0, however we are definitely working on 4.0 now and you will likely see blog entries about upcoming changes before long. Stay tuned! View the full article Читать дальше

We have launched our new blog The Development Channel to allow our development staff to more frequently update our clients on everything that goes on behind the scenes. From the technical aspects, to fun insights, and new feature announcements you can follow The Development Channel to follow our software being made. View the full article Читать дальше

Security Update: 7th February 2013 A cross-site-scripting (XSS) exploit has been discovered in IP.Gallery. We are releasing a security update for versions 4.2.x and 5.0.x today to patch this issue. Instructions: Patching is very easy. Identify the version of IP.Gallery you are running. Download and unzip the appropriate patch file below that matches your version. Upload the contents of the zip to your /public/js directory, overwriting the existing file. IP.Gallery 4.2.x ipg42_feb13.zip 831bytes 971 downloads IP.Gallery 5.0.x ipg5_feb13.zip 2.41K 1777 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. Our thanks to Mohamed Ramadan ( Attack-Secure.com / https://twitter.com/Attack_Secure ) for bringing this to our attention. Читать дальше

Invision Power Services, Inc. is pleased to announce the release of IP.Board 3.4.2 The release of IP.Board 3.4.2 is a maintenance release. What's New in 3.4 Please read these blog entries for a full list and explanation of what's new in this release. IP.SEO Removed (we have removed IP.SEO and merged all its functionality right into IP.Board!) Editor Improvements IPS Connect (please note that with the release of IPS Connect our old Converge product will no longer function) SEO Improvements VigLink Integration Best Answer Feature AdminCP Interface Enhancements Bulk Mail with Mandrill Miscellaneous Enhancements IPS CDN Service Anti-Spam Improvements 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".

Security Update: 27th December 2012 A security evaluation has revealed a critical security issue and we are releasing a critical security update today to patch 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: Identify the version of IP.Board you are running. Download and unzip the appropriate patch file below that matches your version. Upload the contents of the zip to your IP.Board home directory IP.Board 3.4.x ipb34_dec27.zip 13.4K 2239 downloads IP.Board 3.3.x ipb33_dec27.zip 13.4K 2037 downloads IP.Board 3.2.x ipb32_dec27.zip 13.08K 590 downloads IP.Board 3.1.x ipb31_dec27.zip 12.63K 609 downloads IP.Converge Please be advised that if you use IP.Converge, it has also been updated to resolve a similar security issue, and to ensure compatibility with the patches being released today for IP.Board. IP.Converge is no longer officially supported and is "use at your own risk". To patch your IP.Converge installation, simply download the full package from the following URL, unzip to your computer, and then upload the contents of the "upload" folder to your server, overwriting the existing files present. __community.inv...739-ipconverge/ IP.Converge Login Module Please be advised that if you use IP.Converge, and you upload the updated IP.Converge package referenced above, you will also need to upload the following updated IP.Converge login module. Download the following patch, unzip to your local computer, and then upload the auth.php file to your server at admin/sources/loginauth/ipconverge/, overwriting the existing file. ipconverge_login_module.zip 3.18K 226 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 will be automatically patched. Читать дальше

Invision Power Services, Inc. is pleased to announce the release of IP.Content 2.3.4 and IP.Chat 1.4.2! The release of IP.Content 2.3.4 is a maintenance release which resolves bugs reported since the release of IP.Content 2.3.3. 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". IP.Chat 1.4.2 Released The release of IP.Chat 1.4.2 is a maintenance release which resolves bugs reported since the release of IP.Chat 1.4.1. 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". Читать дальше

Invision Power Services, Inc. is pleased to announce the release of IP.Board 3.4.1 and IP.Nexus 1.5.6! The release of IP.Board 3.4.1 is a maintenance release. What's New in 3.4 Please read these blog entries for a full list and explanation of what's new in this release. IP.SEO Removed (we have removed IP.SEO and merged all its functionality right into IP.Board!) Editor Improvements IPS Connect (please note that with the release of IPS Connect our old Converge product will no longer function) SEO Improvements VigLink Integration Best Answer Feature AdminCP Interface Enhancements Bulk Mail with Mandrill Miscellaneous Enhancements IPS CDN Service Anti-Spam Improvements 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". IP.Nexus 1.5.6 Released The release of IP.Nexus 1.5.6 is a maintenance release. 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".

Last year, we added an auto-install/upgrade tool into our client area. The tool would upload the latest version of the IPS Community Suite to your server automatically.<br />The way it worked was after submitting the request, you were entered into a queue, and a program on our server uploaded the files, and emailed you when it was done so that you could run the upgrader script. It normally took about 30 minutes.<br /> <br /> <br />30 minutes is pretty good. For someone without the technical knowledge to upgrade, it's a great alternative to asking for a support agent to do the upgrade for you (especially just after a release when everyone is doing just that). However, many users still prefer to do the upgrade themselves (after all, if you can download the source files and upload them to your server in the same time, what's the point?).<br /> <br /> <br />We decided we should try and get that time down. We also wanted the process to be much more seamless - so you click "Upgrade", get a loading screen, and then are taken immediately to the upgrade script when it's done, rather than waiting for an email.<br /> <br /> <br /><br />Interested to see how fast we managed to get it? Take a look for yourself:<br /><a href='__screencast.com/t/ghSNOZd4' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow external'>Watch Video</a><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />In addition, the system can now handle communities that have renamed their admin directory seamlessly without issue (it previously reset to /admin), and the system will automatically detect which encoding of IP.Nexus to use for your server, if applicable (previously it would only use Zend).<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />We really hope the Auto-Upgrader will provide a much easier way for you to keep your community up-to-date with the latest features and enhancements.<br /> <br /> <br />If you've not already upgraded to IP.Board 3.4, why not go and try it out now? To access the tool, simply go to the <a href='https://www.invisionpower.com/clients/index.php?app=nexus&module=clients&section=purchases' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow external'>Purchases area of the client area</a>, select the community you want to upgrade and click the big "Upgrade Now" button.<br /><br /><a href='__community.invisionpower.com/blog/1174/entry-8488-auto-upgrader/' class='bbc_url' title=''>View the full article</a> Читать дальше

Last year, we added an auto-install/upgrade tool into our client area. The tool would upload the latest version of the IPS Community Suite to your server automatically.<br />The way it worked was after submitting the request, you were entered into a queue, and a program on our server uploaded the files, and emailed you when it was done so that you could run the upgrader script. It normally took about 30 minutes.<br /> <br /> <br />30 minutes is pretty good. For someone without the technical knowledge to upgrade, it's a great alternative to asking for a support agent to do the upgrade for you (especially just after a release when everyone is doing just that). However, many users still prefer to do the upgrade themselves (after all, if you can download the source files and upload them to your server in the same time, what's the point?).<br /> <br /> <br />We decided we should try and get that time down. We also wanted the process to be much more seamless - so you click "Upgrade", get a loading screen, and then are taken immediately to the upgrade script when it's done, rather than waiting for an email.<br /> <br /> <br /><br />Interested to see how fast we managed to get it? Take a look for yourself:<br /><a href='__screencast.com/t/ghSNOZd4' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow external'>Watch Video</a><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />In addition, the system can now handle communities that have renamed their admin directory seamlessly without issue (it previously reset to /admin), and the system will automatically detect which encoding of IP.Nexus to use for your server, if applicable (previously it would only use Zend).<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />We really hope the Auto-Upgrader will provide a much easier way for you to keep your community up-to-date with the latest features and enhancements.<br /> <br /> <br />If you've not already upgraded to IP.Board 3.4, why not go and try it out now? To access the tool, simply go to the <a href='https://www.invisionpower.com/clients/index.php?app=nexus&module=clients&section=purchases' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow external'>Purchases area of the client area</a>, select the community you want to upgrade and click the big "Upgrade Now" button.<br /><br /><a href='__community.invisionpower.com/blog/1174/entry-8488-auto-upgrader/' class='bbc_url' title=''>View the full article</a> [url=%C3%90%C2%A7%C3%90%C2%B8%C3%91%C2%82%C3%90%C2%B0%C3%91%C2%82%C3%91%C2%8C]__community.invisionpower.com/topic/374037-auto-upgrader/]Читать дальше

We are happy to report some really dramatic improvements to the <a href='__www.invisionpower.com/convert/' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow external'>IPS Converters</a>. If you have been considering switching to IPS from another community software now is the time.<br /> <br /><strong class='bbc'>Performance Improvements</strong><br /> <br />One area for improvement we focused on was the overall time it took to do a conversion. Doing a conversion is always going to be a time consuming process as it involves translating all of your data from your old format to IPS format. But we have made two big improvements:<br /> <br />MySQL queries, where possible, now do one 'extended' query rather than thousands of smaller queries. This means your data is fetched in one, large batch and stored rather than many smaller batches.<br /> <br />The member conversion routine has been sped up dramatically. Some test conversions are seeing an 80% speed increase on members alone.<br /> <br />Example statistic: 15 million post community converted 1000 posts a second and about 800 topics a second. Converted completely in 4 hours. The old converter could take more than a day to do the same. That's a huge improvement!<br /> <br /><strong class='bbc'>Software Specific Improvements</strong><ul class='bbc'><li>vBulletin Subscriptions now directly import to IP.Nexus<br /></li><li>Gallery 5 support<br /></li><li>Photopost 8 support<br /></li><li>XenForo 'likes' converted.<br /></li><li>XenForo personal conversations converted.<br /></li><li>vBulletin conversions now use the same forum/topic/post/member IDs on IPS Community Suite. This is great for SEO.</li></ul> <br /><strong class='bbc'>Feedback Appreciated</strong><br /> <br />We are continuing to work on improvements to our converters. If you perform a conversion please submit a ticket and let us know of any issues you might experience so we can assist you.<br /> <br /><strong class='bbc'>Special Switch Promotion</strong><br /> <br />If you are considering switching to the IPS Community Suite we would welcome you as a new IPS client. We are happy to provide 10% discount on new license purchases using the coupon code <em class='bbc'>SWITCH</em> at checkout. This coupon code is valid until 15 December 2012.<br /><br /><a href='__community.invisionpower.com/blog/1174/entry-8476-ips-converter-updated-and-switch-promotion/' class='bbc_url' title=''>View the full article</a> Читать дальше

Invision Power Services, Inc. is pleased to announce the release of IP.Board 3.4.0! This new release contains many refinements and new features to help promote, monetize, and grow your community. What's New Please read these blog entries for a full list and explanation of what's new in this release. IP.SEO Removed (we have removed IP.SEO and merged all its functionality right into IP.Board!) Editor Improvements IPS Connect (please note that with the release of IPS Connect our old Converge product will no longer function) SEO Improvements VigLink Integration Best Answer Feature AdminCP Interface Enhancements Bulk Mail with Mandrill Miscellaneous Enhancements IPS CDN Service Anti-Spam Improvements In addition to the specifics in the blog entries we have fixed many issues and made many smaller improvements. New Backup Service Delayed We had announced a new Backup Service however this service will be not be available at release time. We want to be sure the service works reliably and would rather delay a bit than give you something that may not work properly. Obviously something as important as backups on your community is something we want to feel confident about offering. How to Upgrade You can access IP.Board 3.4.0 in the client area. Please follow these easy instructions for upgrading. IP.Nexus 1.5.5 Released This release contains an important bug fix which addresses an issue which may cause prices to be calculated incorrectly if certain combinations of discount options are used. It is strongly recommended that anyone running IP.Nexus 1.5.x upgrades as soon as possible (older versions are not affected). This release also contains other bug fixes and enhancements, and a small feature addition which allows users to purchase account credit. How to Upgrade You can access IP.Nexus 1.5.5 in the client area. Please follow these easy instructions for upgrading. Special Promotion We are extending our Cyber Monday promotion for one more day! If you have been considering trying IPS Community Suite or are an existing client wantting to get an addition license to start a new community now is the best time. Use coupon code CYBERMONDAY20 to get 20% off your order. This offer expires tomorrow. IP.Board 3.2.x and Applications: End of Life Announcement So that we can focus all of our development, support, and service efforts on the newest version 3.4, we are announcing the end of support (sometimes called end of life or EOL) for the following IPS software versions (and earlier versions): IP.Board 3.2.x IP.Blog 2.5.x IP.Gallery 4.x IP.Downloads 2.4.x IP.Content 2.2.x IP.Chat 1.3.x IP.Nexus 1.4.x Technical support, installations, and services will end for these products on June 1, 2013. On that date all technical or service requests will be advised to simply upgrade to the most recent versions of the products. We will not force upgrades but will also not be able to diagnose issues or answer questions relating to the older software. Also, on that date, IPS will no longer address any new issues or bugs reported in the older software versions. You are of course free to continue using these older versions if you wish but IPS will no longer provide assistance after the EOL date. Security Updates In the event an issue is discovered impacting the security of these older versions of the software, IPS will provide a patch posted in our announcements forum. We will continue to provide security updates for several months after the EOL date based on severity of the issue. Читать дальше

It's an unfortunate fact that when you run a successful site, you attract unwanted users posting spam on your site. IP.Board has always been incredibly pro-active in preventing spam users from signing up by making use of built in tools such as the question and answer challenge, spam monitoring service and CAPTCHA systems. I'd like to take a moment to talk about some enhancements we've made in IP.Board 3.4.0 to help prevent unwanted posts and spam. Spam Monitoring Improvements We've further enhanced the spam monitoring service in IP.Board 3.4.0 by adding a new option: "Do not permit the user to register an account". This reduces the amount of clean up you need to do after a new wave of attempted spam user sign-ups. Furthermore, the "flag a member as a spammer" tool optionally deletes posted content rather than simply hiding them further reducing the amount of work needed to maintain your community. We have also totally reworked our spammer-detection logic behind the scenes to make the spam monitoring service detect spammers more quickly. In addition to internal changes, we are also looking at direct integration with services like Project Honey Pot and others. The great thing about the spam monitoring service is that we can make improvements on our side that are instantly beneficial to your community. keyCAPTCHA Integration IP.Board has made good use of the popular reCAPTCHA service to limit the number of "bots" that sign up to your forum with the intent of posting spam. The idea being that a slightly jumbled selection of letters is easy enough for a human to read but more difficult for a computer program. However, some do find that the CAPTCHA images are becoming increasingly complex to keep up with more intelligently written programs to defeat them. KeyCAPTCHA takes a novel approach to this problem by using images instead of letters and numbers. You simply arrange a few large pieces of a very simple puzzle to complete an image. You don't need to be completely accurate when building the image, either. This is now an option in the IP.Board Admin CP. Should you wish to enable it, you'll need to register an account with keyCAPTCHA. The link for this is contained in the setting form and is very straight forward. As always, we look for new ways to help make running your community a little easier and we look forward to helping you keep those spammers at bay! View the full article Читать дальше

There has been much confusion over the recent exploit reported to us and subsequently patched. I would like to personally apologize for any confusion and inconvenience caused. We have conducted a review and made appropriate changes to our policies to ensure a smoother release and notification schedule for any future incidents. With that said, it is very important to note that while an IP.Board vulnerability did exist, its impact would have been minimal, if not non-existent on servers that have their PHP installations properly secured. I would like to touch on a couple of basics to minimize the effects of future vulnerabilities not only in IP.Board, but any other PHP application you may be using on your website. open_basedir It's very important that you (if you manage your own web hosting server) or your web host enable open_basedir. In a shared hosting environment without open_basedir, an attacker has the ability to exploit a vulnerability, perhaps on another customer's account, then use that vulnerability to scan for other customers on the server. From there, they could gain access to config files containing database details, write malicious files to world-writeable directories and a host of other ill-willed activities. Enabling open_basedir "locks" all internal PHP functions such as readfile() to the specified path, which is generally a temporary directory and your home directory. disable_functions While open_basedir is a very positive step in securing your PHP scripts, there are unfortunately instances in which it can be bypassed and this is how the recent IP.Board vulnerability gained ground so quickly. For example, the exec(), system() and passthru() functions allow a command to be issued directly to the operating system to view key system files, navigate through other users' web root directories, install 'remote shell' scripts into other users' directories, etc. without any regard to other restrictions such as open_basedir. For this reason, disable_functions should be set to disable system level functions. For example, this is a recommended disable_functions: disable_functions = escapeshellarg,escapeshellcmd,exec,ini_alter,parse_ini_file,passthru,pcntl_exec,popen,proc_close,proc_get_status,proc_nice,proc_open,proc_terminate,show_source,shell_exec,symlink,system You or your host may need to tweak to suit, but at a minimum, execution commands should be disabled. Following the above, you will not necessarily create a fool-proof environment, but you will have additional reassurances that you or your host have taken appropriate measures to better secure your PHP applications. For those that run a cPanel/WHM server you may enable open_basedir by visiting WHM and clicking the "PHP open_basedir Tweak" link under "Security Center" then clicking enable. You may modify the disable_functions line by visiting WHM and clicking "PHP Configuration Editor" under "Service Configuration" then clicking "advanced" and searching for "disable_functions" If you are unsure or do not have the necessary permissions to carry out these tasks, please do contact your host. You are free to link them to this blog entry as well. I hope this helps better explain the recent security concern and what you can do to help protect yourself and your users in the future. As always, please feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns you might have. Thank you for your cooperation and understanding. View the full article Читать дальше

We are nearly ready to release the supported version of IP.Board 3.4 and are very excited to get this great new release out to you. Beta Testing We are currently doing a public beta test of IP.Board 3.4. If you are comfortable testing pre-release software please consider testing and letting us know any bugs you might find. You can find the pre-release on our forums but you will need to login as an active IPS Client to access. The more people who test our beta releases the better for everyone! What's New Please read these blog entries for a full list and explanation of what's new in this release. IP.SEO Removed (we have removed IP.SEO and merged all its functionality right into IP.Board!) Editor Improvements IPS Connect (please note that with the release of Connect our old Converge product will no longer function) SEO Improvements VigLink Integration Best Answer Feature AdminCP Interface Enhancements Bulk Mail with Mandrill Miscellaneous Enhancements IPS CDN Service In addition to the specifics in the blog entries we have fixed many issues and made many smaller improvements. New Backup Service Delayed We had announced a new Backup Service however this service will be not be available at release time. We want to be sure the service works reliably and would rather delay a bit than give you something that may not work properly. Obviously something as important as backups on your community is something we want to feel confident about offering. Depending on how our beta testing goes we hope to release IP.Board 3.4 by the end of November. If you are comfortable testing we encourage you to do so so we can be sure this release is as stable as possible. Thank you! View the full article Читать дальше

Invision Power Services, Inc. is pleased to announce the release of IP.Gallery 5.0.3 and IP.Blog 2.6.1. IP.Gallery 5.0.3 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 5.0.2. A list of bugs reported in 5.0.2 and fixed in 5.0.3 can be seen in our tracker. IP.Blog 2.6.1 IP.Blog enables users to create and maintain their own individual or group blogs right from within your community, to share ideas & thoughts. A list of bugs reported in 2.6.0 and fixed in 2.6.1 can be seen in our tracker. Читать дальше

Оригинальная новость Вчера IPS выпустила новый патч безопасности с пометкой Критический для IP.Board 3.1, 3.2, 3.3. Патч обязателен для установки. Установка Скачать архив для вашей версии IP.Board. Распаковать содержимое в корень форума. Изменения Если у вас лицензионная версия IP.Board вам необходимо скачать патч с официального сайта (ссылка дана выше). Я (_Dark_) внес следующие изменения в файл core.php: Проверка лицензии вырезана. Специально для пользователей IP.Board 3.3.x присутствует код для корректной работы авторизации через Vk. Внимание пользователям IP.Board 3.3.4: Если у вас стоит транслитерация URL (т.е. вы выполняли инструкции описанные в этой статье) или вы хотите ее сделать (даже если раньше у вас ее не было), вам необходимо сделать следующее: Внимание пользователям которым нужна авторизация через Vkontakte Откройте файл /admin/sources/base/core.php, найдите: Замените switch( $method ) { case 'facebook': return self::fbc_enabled(); break; case 'twitter': return self::twitter_enabled(); break; default: return in_array( $method, self:_lims ) ? true : false; break; } на switch( $method ) { case 'vkontakte': return self::vkontakte_enabled(); break; case 'facebook': return self::fbc_enabled(); break; case 'twitter': return self::twitter_enabled(); break; default: return in_array( $method, self:_lims ) ? true : false; break; } И сохраните файл. Замечания Это обновление безопасности включает в себя предыдущее обновление. Сообщение в Админ-Центре будет отображаться минимум 7 дней, вне зависимости от того, установили вы патч или нет. Скачать IP.Board 3.3.x IPBMafia.Ru IP.Board 3.3 Security Update.zip IP.Board 3.2.x IPBMafia.Ru IP.Board 3.2 Security Update.zip IP.Board 3.1.x скачать с официального сайта (мы не поддерживаем IP.Board < 3.2)

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 4520 downloads IP.Board 3.2.x ipb32_oct12.zip 37.28K 749 downloads IP.Board 3.1.x ipb31_oct12.zip 57.78K 609 downloads Thank you to Egidio Romano (aka EgiX) for reporting the issue and lending his assistance with the fix. Читать дальше

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 IP.Board 3.2.x IP.Board 3.1.x Thank you to Egidio Romano (aka EgiX) for reporting the issue and lending his assistance with the fix. Установка 1. Сообщение в АЦ появляется у всех независимо от версии IP.Board и от того, установлен фикс или нет. 2. Если у вас версия IP.Board 3.3.4 (неважно, русифицированная или нет) от меня и вы раньше не выполняли инструкции в статье и не знаете, что это такое, зачем оно надо и т.д., то: просто скачайте файл и закачайте папку admin из архива в корень вашего форума. 3. Если у вас версия IP.Board 3.3.x (русифицированная), то: 1. Скачайте архив. 2. Отредактируйте файл core.php вот так: