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Google Gemini: Topic Replies

Google Gemini: Topic Replies
Transform your Invision Community forum with intelligent AI-powered auto-replies! This advanced application uses Google's cutting-edge Gemini AI models to automatically generate thoughtful, contextual responses to forum topics, keeping conversations flowing and providing instant engagement.
🤖 What It Does
Google Gemini: Topic Replies automatically analyzes new forum topics and generates relevant, helpful AI responses using Google's advanced Gemini AI models. It's perfect for maintaining active discussions, providing quick answers to common questions, and enhancing community engagement without manual intervention.
✨ Key Features
Advanced AI Integration
Multiple Gemini Models: Choose from Gemini 2.5 Flash, 2.0 Flash, and preview models optimized for different use cases
Intelligent Content Analysis: AI understands topic context, user intent, and discussion flow
Customizable AI Personality: Define system prompts to match your community's tone and style
Smart Response Generation: Creates natural, conversational replies that fit seamlessly into discussions
Precise Control & Targeting
Forum Selection: Choose specific forums or enable across all boards
User Group Filtering: Control which member groups can trigger AI responses
Content Length Requirements: Set minimum topic lengths to ensure quality responses
Reply Member Assignment: Designate specific bot accounts for AI-generated posts
Enterprise-Grade Architecture
Asynchronous Processing: Queue-based system prevents forum performance impact
Reliable Delivery: Background task processing ensures responses are posted even during high traffic
Comprehensive Error Handling: Automatic retry logic with configurable failure limits
Detailed Logging: Full audit trail for monitoring AI activity and troubleshooting
Admin Management
Intuitive Control Panel: Easy-to-use settings interface for all configurations
Real-Time Monitoring: Live queue status and processing statistics
Performance Analytics: Response time tracking and usage metrics
Queue Management: View pending, processing, completed, and failed responses
🚀 Perfect For
Support Forums: Instant responses to common questions and issues
Community Discussions: Keep conversations active with thoughtful follow-ups
Educational Platforms: Provide additional insights and explanations
Professional Networks: Maintain engagement in industry discussions
Large Communities: Scale support without increasing moderator workload
🎯 Technical Specifications
AI Provider: Google Gemini (Generative AI API)
Supported Models: Gemini 2.5 Flash series, Gemini 2.0 Flash series
Token Limits: Configurable up to 8192 tokens with smart defaults
Temperature Control: Adjustable creativity (0.0-2.0 range)
Queue System: Asynchronous processing with retry logic
Error Handling: Comprehensive logging and automatic recovery
Security: Proper API key management and permission controls
💡 Why Choose Google Gemini Auto-Replies?
Latest AI Technology: Powered by Google's most advanced Gemini models
Production Ready: Enterprise-grade reliability for high-traffic forums
Flexible Configuration: Adapt to your community's unique needs and style
Cost Effective: Optimize API usage with intelligent token management
Future Proof: Regular updates to support new Gemini capabilities
🔧 Easy Setup
Install the Application: Upload to your Invision Community applications folder
Configure API Key: Add your Google AI API key in the settings
Choose Model: Select your preferred Gemini model (2.5 Flash recommended)
Set Preferences: Configure forums, user groups, and response parameters
Go Live: Start enjoying intelligent auto-replies on your forum!
Elevate your forum's responsiveness and engagement with AI-powered automation that enhances community interaction. Google Gemini: Topic Replies brings the future of conversational AI to your Invision Community forum.
Developed by InvisionMarketplace.com - Professional Invision Community applications with enterprise-grade AI integration.
What's New in Version 1.0.1:
Added:
Added AdminCP “Usage & Cost” page with charts to track Gemini usage locally.
Added AI Pricing tab so communities can enter Gemini model rates (per 1M/1K tokens) and default fallback pricing.
Added AI Reply requests on posts with the choice of public reply or private message.
Added configuration for who can use AI replies (forums, groups, min post length, daily and per‑topic limits).
Added cooldown controls plus a bypass group option for trusted staff.
Added PM reply support with custom subject/signature and optional quoting of the original post.
Added detailed queue history and new actions (rerun failed, view history) in the logs.
Added PM history logging alongside topic reply logs.
Added new AdminCP permissions and improved log filtering/sorting.
Added support for PM Viewer link in Queue Logs.

IPS5.0.0+

January 23Jan 23

Google Gemini: Topic Replies
Transform your Invision Community forum with intelligent AI-powered auto-replies! This advanced application uses Google's cutting-edge Gemini AI models to automatically generate thoughtful, contextual responses to forum topics, keeping conversations flowing and providing instant engagement.
🤖 What It Does
Google Gemini: Topic Replies automatically analyzes new forum topics and generates relevant, helpful AI responses using Google's advanced Gemini AI models. It's perfect for maintaining active discussions, providing quick answers to common questions, and enhancing community engagement without manual intervention.
✨ Key Features
Advanced AI Integration
Multiple Gemini Models: Choose from Gemini 2.5 Flash, 2.0 Flash, and preview models optimized for different use cases
Intelligent Content Analysis: AI understands topic context, user intent, and discussion flow
Customizable AI Personality: Define system prompts to match your community's tone and style
Smart Response Generation: Creates natural, conversational replies that fit seamlessly into discussions
Precise Control & Targeting
Forum Selection: Choose specific forums or enable across all boards
User Group Filtering: Control which member groups can trigger AI responses
Content Length Requirements: Set minimum topic lengths to ensure quality responses
Reply Member Assignment: Designate specific bot accounts for AI-generated posts
Enterprise-Grade Architecture
Asynchronous Processing: Queue-based system prevents forum performance impact
Reliable Delivery: Background task processing ensures responses are posted even during high traffic
Comprehensive Error Handling: Automatic retry logic with configurable failure limits
Detailed Logging: Full audit trail for monitoring AI activity and troubleshooting
Admin Management
Intuitive Control Panel: Easy-to-use settings interface for all configurations
Real-Time Monitoring: Live queue status and processing statistics
Performance Analytics: Response time tracking and usage metrics
Queue Management: View pending, processing, completed, and failed responses
🚀 Perfect For
Support Forums: Instant responses to common questions and issues
Community Discussions: Keep conversations active with thoughtful follow-ups
Educational Platforms: Provide additional insights and explanations
Professional Networks: Maintain engagement in industry discussions
Large Communities: Scale support without increasing moderator workload
🎯 Technical Specifications
AI Provider: Google Gemini (Generative AI API)
Supported Models: Gemini 2.5 Flash series, Gemini 2.0 Flash series
Token Limits: Configurable up to 8192 tokens with smart defaults
Temperature Control: Adjustable creativity (0.0-2.0 range)
Queue System: Asynchronous processing with retry logic
Error Handling: Comprehensive logging and automatic recovery
Security: Proper API key management and permission controls
💡 Why Choose Google Gemini Auto-Replies?
Latest AI Technology: Powered by Google's most advanced Gemini models
Production Ready: Enterprise-grade reliability for high-traffic forums
Flexible Configuration: Adapt to your community's unique needs and style
Cost Effective: Optimize API usage with intelligent token management
Future Proof: Regular updates to support new Gemini capabilities
🔧 Easy Setup
Install the Application: Upload to your Invision Community applications folder
Configure API Key: Add your Google AI API key in the settings
Choose Model: Select your preferred Gemini model (2.5 Flash recommended)
Set Preferences: Configure forums, user groups, and response parameters
Go Live: Start enjoying intelligent auto-replies on your forum!
Elevate your forum's responsiveness and engagement with AI-powered automation that enhances community interaction. Google Gemini: Topic Replies brings the future of conversational AI to your Invision Community forum.
Developed by InvisionMarketplace.com - Professional Invision Community applications with enterprise-grade AI integration.
What's New in Version 1.0.1:
Added:
Added AdminCP “Usage & Cost” page with charts to track Gemini usage locally.
Added AI Pricing tab so communities can enter Gemini model rates (per 1M/1K tokens) and default fallback pricing.
Added AI Reply requests on posts with the choice of public reply or private message.
Added configuration for who can use AI replies (forums, groups, min post length, daily and per‑topic limits).
Added cooldown controls plus a bypass group option for trusted staff.
Added PM reply support with custom subject/signature and optional quoting of the original post.
Added detailed queue history and new actions (rerun failed, view history) in the logs.
Added PM history logging alongside topic reply logs.
Added new AdminCP permissions and improved log filtering/sorting.
Added support for PM Viewer link in Queue Logs.

$25 USD
$13 USD/pear

Advanced Topic Summaries

Advanced Topic Summaries
📋 Overview
Advanced Topic Summaries is a comprehensive IPS v5 application that automatically generates intelligent summaries of forum topics, combining AI-powered analysis with community-driven content curation. The application helps members quickly understand long discussions, identifies key posts, tracks topic health metrics, and encourages community participation through voting and highlighting systems.
🎯 Core Features
1. Intelligent Summary Generation
Three Summary Types:
AI-Powered Summaries: Natural language summaries generated by AI that analyze the entire discussion
Extracted Summaries: Community-driven summaries based on key posts, statistics, and metrics
Hybrid Summaries: Combines AI-generated text with extracted key posts and statistics
Two AI Provider Options:
Google Gemini: Support for Gemini 2.5 Flash, Gemini Pro, and other Gemini models
OpenAI: Support for GPT-4, GPT-4 Turbo, GPT-4o, GPT-3.5 Turbo, and GPT-5 models
Extended timeout support for GPT-5 reasoning models (up to 10 minutes)
Separate token limits for standard models vs. GPT-5/o1 models
Configurable AI Parameters:
Custom system prompts for tailored summary generation
Temperature control (0.0 = focused, 1.0 = creative)
Max tokens for response length
Maximum posts to analyze (to avoid API limits)
Poll data integration (AI can mention poll trends)
Media metadata integration (AI can reference images/videos/attachments)
Summary Length Options:
Brief: Short summary with key statistics only
Standard: Balanced summary with statistics and highlights
Detailed: Comprehensive summary with all available information (timeline, key posts, contributors, health scores)
Automatic Generation:
Auto-generate summaries when topics reach minimum post count
Auto-regenerate when topics receive X new posts (configurable threshold)
Forum-specific enablement (choose which forums have summaries)
Minimum post requirement (default: 10 posts)
2. Key Posts Identification System
Automatically identifies and highlights the most important posts based on multiple criteria:
Best Answer: Posts marked as the solution to question-style topics
Helpful Posts: Posts manually marked as helpful by moderators/authors
Staff Highlights: Posts manually highlighted by moderators (with optional approval workflow)
Community Votes: Posts voted as important by community members
High Reactions: Posts with the most community reactions
First Post: Always included in AI summaries (guaranteed inclusion)
Key Posts Display:
Configurable number of key posts to display (default: 5)
Two display styles:
List View: Compact list layout with content on left, actions on right
Grid View: column card grid layout
Post excerpts with configurable length (default: 200 characters)
Reason badges showing why each post was selected
Direct links to view full posts in context
3. Community Voting System
Vote Types:
Vote to Include: Members vote for posts they think should be in the summary
Vote to Exclude: Members vote to exclude posts from the summary (requires group permission)
Vote Features:
Vote counts displayed on posts (optional)
Vote weight system (different groups can have different vote weights: 1.0x to 5.0x)
Vote weight badges (show members their vote multiplier)
Daily vote limits per member (configurable, 0 = unlimited)
Per-topic vote limits (configurable, 0 = unlimited)
Members can toggle their votes on/off
Votes automatically excluded from key posts if score is negative
Highlighted posts cannot be voted on (staff curation takes precedence)
First post cannot be voted on (guaranteed inclusion)
Vote Statistics:
Total voters count
Total votes cast
Top voted post with score
Vote history tracking in member profiles
Vote Management:
ACP Management: View, and remove all votes
ModCP Integration: Moderators can manage votes from ModCP
Member Management: Members can view and remove their own votes
4. Staff Highlights System
Highlight Features:
Manual post highlighting by moderators/staff (group permissions)
Optional approval workflow for highlights
Auto-approve for trusted groups (group permissions)
Priority levels (1-10) for highlight importance
Custom reason/notes for each highlight
Highlight badges on posts (optional)
Priority display in badge tooltips (optional)
Daily highlight limits per member (configurable)
Per-topic highlight limits (configurable)
Highlight Management:
ACP Management: View, approve, and remove all highlights
ModCP Integration: Moderators can manage highlights from ModCP
Member Management: Members can view and remove their own highlights (requires group permission)
Notifications: Members receive notifications when their posts are highlighted
5. Topic Health Scores & Analytics
Three Health Metrics:
Overall Health Score: Composite score (0-100%) based on engagement and quality
Engagement Score: Measures activity, participation, and interaction patterns
Quality Score: Evaluates content quality based on reactions, helpful posts, and best answers
Engagement Scoring:
New Topics (< threshold age): Scored based on posts per day (rewards active discussions)
Old Topics (> threshold age): Scored based on total posts (rewards comprehensive guides)
Evergreen Bonus: Topics that continue receiving views long after creation get bonus points
Configurable thresholds:
Old topic threshold (default: 365 days)
Comprehensive posts target (default: 100 posts)
Evergreen age requirement (default: 90 days)
Evergreen views per month (default: 10)
Quality Scoring:
Post length analysis (longer, detailed posts score higher)
Reaction counts (community appreciation)
Best answers and helpful posts
Featured/pinned status
Community voting activity (optional)
Approved highlights count (optional)
Visual Display:
Native IPS progress bars showing each metric
Percentage scores displayed prominently
Color-coded indicators (blue primary color)
Responsive design for all screen sizes
6. Statistics & Analytics
Topic Statistics:
Total posts count
Total views count
Topic age (days since creation)
Posts per day average
Reading time estimates:
Summary reading time
Full topic reading time
Time saved by reading summary
Voting Statistics:
Total voters
Total votes cast
Top voted post with score and link
Activity Timeline:
Visual timeline showing topic activity over time
Posts grouped by time periods
Identify when discussions were most active
Only shown in detailed summary length
7. Top Contributors
Features:
Identifies members who contributed most to the topic
Configurable number of contributors to display (default: 10)
Two display styles:
Inline List: Horizontal list with names and post counts
Small Avatars: Avatar grid with post count badges
Member preference for display style
Clickable member profiles
8. Display Options & Customization
Three Display Locations:
Sidebar: Compact widget in topic sidebar (similar to Clubs app)
Topic Title Header: Summary displayed in topic header
Below Topic Action Buttons/Poll: Summary displayed after topic action buttons/poll
Admin Controls:
Enable/disable each display location
Set default display location
Set default collapsed state for guests and new members
Member Preferences:
Choose preferred display location (from admin-enabled options)
Choose summary length (brief, standard, detailed)
Start summaries collapsed or expanded
Choose contributors display style
Choose key posts display style
Collapsible Summaries:
IPS-style +/- toggle button (matches forum category toggles)
Smooth slide animations
Persistent collapsed state (saved per member)
9. Permissions & Group Settings
Member Group Permissions:
Can highlight posts: Allow group to highlight posts for summaries
Highlights auto-approve: Skip approval workflow for trusted groups
Can remove own highlights: Allow members to remove their highlights
Highlight daily limit: Max highlights per day (0 = unlimited)
Highlight per-topic limit: Max highlights per topic (0 = unlimited)
Can vote on posts: Allow group to vote on posts
Can vote to exclude: Allow voting to exclude posts from summaries
Vote weight: Multiplier for vote value (1.0 to 5.0)
Show vote weight: Display vote weight badge to members
Can remove own votes: Allow toggling votes on/off
Voting daily limit: Max votes per day (0 = unlimited)
Voting per-topic limit: Max votes per topic (0 = unlimited)
Moderator Permissions:
Can approve highlights: Approve pending highlights
Can remove any highlights: Remove any member's highlights
Can manage votes: Manage/remove any member's votes
Can regenerate summaries: Manually regenerate summaries
Can edit summaries: Edit summary content
Can delete summaries: Delete summaries
10. Member Integration
Account Settings Tabs:
Summaries Tab: Configure display preferences, location, length, collapsed state, display styles
Highlights Tab: View and manage own highlights with filtering and sorting
Votes Tab: View and manage own votes with filtering and sorting
Member ACP Profile Blocks:
Summary Preferences: View member's summary display settings
Highlight History: View all highlights created by or received by member
Vote History: View all votes cast by member
Activity Log: Track member's summary-related actions
Member Profile Tab:
Topics Highlighted: Public tab showing topics where member has highlighted posts
Member History Tracking:
Highlights created
Highlights received
Highlights removed
Votes cast (include/exclude)
Votes removed
Summaries regenerated
Full history with dates, actions, and context
11. Notifications System
Notification Types:
Highlight Approved: Notify when your post is highlighted by staff
Highlight Pending: Notify moderators when highlights need approval
Summary Generated: Notify topic author when summary is generated (optional)
Notification Channels:
Inline notifications (in-app)
Email notifications (optional)
Push notifications (optional)
12. Dashboard & Statistics
ACP Dashboard Widgets:
Summaries Overview: Total summaries, AI vs. extracted breakdown, recent activity
Most Highlighted Posts: Topics with the most staff highlights
Most Voted Posts: Topics with the most community votes
Statistics Dashboard:
Summary generation statistics
AI usage and cost tracking
Highlight statistics
Voting statistics
Health score distributions
Topic engagement metrics
13. ModCP Integration
ModCP Tabs:
Highlights: View and manage pending/approved highlights
Votes: View and manage community votes
Moderator Actions:
Approve/reject highlights
Remove highlights
Remove votes
Regenerate summaries
View highlight/vote history
14. Admin Management
ACP Controllers:
Manage Summaries: View, edit, delete, and regenerate summaries
Settings: Comprehensive settings with multiple tabs
Manage Highlights: View, approve, and remove all highlights
Manage Votes: View and manage all votes
Statistics Dashboard: View application-wide statistics
Activity Logs: View all summary-related actions
Settings Tabs:
General Settings:
Enable/disable summaries
Auto-generation settings
Minimum posts requirement
Forum selection
Auto-update threshold
Display location options
Default collapsed state
Enable user preferences
Display Settings:
Show/hide statistics
Show/hide timeline
Show/hide key posts
Key posts count
Max key posts
Show/hide top contributors
Contributors count
Max contributors
Show/hide health scores
Include best answers
Include helpful posts
Excerpt length
Voting Settings:
Enable/disable voting
Show vote counts
Voting groups
Highlights Settings:
Enable/disable highlights
Highlight groups
Show highlight badges
Show priority in badges
AI Settings:
Enable/disable AI
AI provider selection (Gemini or OpenAI)
Gemini API key
OpenAI API key
Model selection (provider-specific)
Temperature control
Max tokens (standard models)
Max completion tokens (GPT-5/o1 models)
Custom system prompt
Max posts to analyze
Include poll data
Include media metadata
Health Score Settings:
Old topic threshold (days)
Comprehensive posts target
Evergreen age requirement (days)
Evergreen views per month
Include voting in quality score
Include highlights in quality score
History Settings:
Enable/disable version history
Number of versions to keep (0 = unlimited)
Performance Settings:
Cache TTL (time-to-live in seconds)
15. Version History
Keep history of summary versions
Track changes over time
Configurable retention (number of versions to keep)
View previous versions
Compare versions
16. Background Processing
Queue System: Summary generation runs in background queues
Batch Processing: Efficient handling of multiple summaries
Timeout Protection: Long-running AI requests handled gracefully
Error Recovery: Automatic fallback to extracted summaries on AI failures
Logging: Comprehensive error logging for debugging
💡 Use Cases
Support Forums: Help members quickly understand support topics and find solutions
Discussion Forums: Summarize long debates and highlight key arguments
Community Engagement: Encourage participation through voting and highlighting
Content Curation: Staff can highlight the best content for new members
Time Savings: Members can quickly scan summaries instead of reading hundreds of posts
Quality Control: Health scores help identify high-quality discussions
Knowledge Base: Evergreen content identification for reference material
Moderation: Moderators can quickly assess topic quality and importance
📋 Requirements
IPS Community Suite: v5.0.0 or higher
AI Provider (choose one):
Google Gemini API key, OR
OpenAI API key
🎉 Why Choose Advanced Topic Summaries?
This application transforms how your community interacts with long topics by:
✅ Saving Time: Members can quickly understand discussions without reading every post
✅ Encouraging Quality: Health scores and voting systems reward high-quality content
✅ Empowering Community: Members participate in content curation through voting
✅ Supporting Moderators: Tools to highlight important content and manage summaries
✅ Leveraging AI: Optional AI integration for natural language summaries
✅ Providing Flexibility: Extensive customization options for admins and members
✅ Maintaining Performance: Background processing and caching for optimal speed
✅ Ensuring Compatibility: Native IPS v5 integration with no core modifications
Transform your forum into an intelligent, community-driven knowledge platform! 🚀

IPS5.0.8

December 19, 2025Dec 19

Advanced Topic Summaries
📋 Overview
Advanced Topic Summaries is a comprehensive IPS v5 application that automatically generates intelligent summaries of forum topics, combining AI-powered analysis with community-driven content curation. The application helps members quickly understand long discussions, identifies key posts, tracks topic health metrics, and encourages community participation through voting and highlighting systems.
🎯 Core Features
1. Intelligent Summary Generation
Three Summary Types:
AI-Powered Summaries: Natural language summaries generated by AI that analyze the entire discussion
Extracted Summaries: Community-driven summaries based on key posts, statistics, and metrics
Hybrid Summaries: Combines AI-generated text with extracted key posts and statistics
Two AI Provider Options:
Google Gemini: Support for Gemini 2.5 Flash, Gemini Pro, and other Gemini models
OpenAI: Support for GPT-4, GPT-4 Turbo, GPT-4o, GPT-3.5 Turbo, and GPT-5 models
Extended timeout support for GPT-5 reasoning models (up to 10 minutes)
Separate token limits for standard models vs. GPT-5/o1 models
Configurable AI Parameters:
Custom system prompts for tailored summary generation
Temperature control (0.0 = focused, 1.0 = creative)
Max tokens for response length
Maximum posts to analyze (to avoid API limits)
Poll data integration (AI can mention poll trends)
Media metadata integration (AI can reference images/videos/attachments)
Summary Length Options:
Brief: Short summary with key statistics only
Standard: Balanced summary with statistics and highlights
Detailed: Comprehensive summary with all available information (timeline, key posts, contributors, health scores)
Automatic Generation:
Auto-generate summaries when topics reach minimum post count
Auto-regenerate when topics receive X new posts (configurable threshold)
Forum-specific enablement (choose which forums have summaries)
Minimum post requirement (default: 10 posts)
2. Key Posts Identification System
Automatically identifies and highlights the most important posts based on multiple criteria:
Best Answer: Posts marked as the solution to question-style topics
Helpful Posts: Posts manually marked as helpful by moderators/authors
Staff Highlights: Posts manually highlighted by moderators (with optional approval workflow)
Community Votes: Posts voted as important by community members
High Reactions: Posts with the most community reactions
First Post: Always included in AI summaries (guaranteed inclusion)
Key Posts Display:
Configurable number of key posts to display (default: 5)
Two display styles:
List View: Compact list layout with content on left, actions on right
Grid View: column card grid layout
Post excerpts with configurable length (default: 200 characters)
Reason badges showing why each post was selected
Direct links to view full posts in context
3. Community Voting System
Vote Types:
Vote to Include: Members vote for posts they think should be in the summary
Vote to Exclude: Members vote to exclude posts from the summary (requires group permission)
Vote Features:
Vote counts displayed on posts (optional)
Vote weight system (different groups can have different vote weights: 1.0x to 5.0x)
Vote weight badges (show members their vote multiplier)
Daily vote limits per member (configurable, 0 = unlimited)
Per-topic vote limits (configurable, 0 = unlimited)
Members can toggle their votes on/off
Votes automatically excluded from key posts if score is negative
Highlighted posts cannot be voted on (staff curation takes precedence)
First post cannot be voted on (guaranteed inclusion)
Vote Statistics:
Total voters count
Total votes cast
Top voted post with score
Vote history tracking in member profiles
Vote Management:
ACP Management: View, and remove all votes
ModCP Integration: Moderators can manage votes from ModCP
Member Management: Members can view and remove their own votes
4. Staff Highlights System
Highlight Features:
Manual post highlighting by moderators/staff (group permissions)
Optional approval workflow for highlights
Auto-approve for trusted groups (group permissions)
Priority levels (1-10) for highlight importance
Custom reason/notes for each highlight
Highlight badges on posts (optional)
Priority display in badge tooltips (optional)
Daily highlight limits per member (configurable)
Per-topic highlight limits (configurable)
Highlight Management:
ACP Management: View, approve, and remove all highlights
ModCP Integration: Moderators can manage highlights from ModCP
Member Management: Members can view and remove their own highlights (requires group permission)
Notifications: Members receive notifications when their posts are highlighted
5. Topic Health Scores & Analytics
Three Health Metrics:
Overall Health Score: Composite score (0-100%) based on engagement and quality
Engagement Score: Measures activity, participation, and interaction patterns
Quality Score: Evaluates content quality based on reactions, helpful posts, and best answers
Engagement Scoring:
New Topics (< threshold age): Scored based on posts per day (rewards active discussions)
Old Topics (> threshold age): Scored based on total posts (rewards comprehensive guides)
Evergreen Bonus: Topics that continue receiving views long after creation get bonus points
Configurable thresholds:
Old topic threshold (default: 365 days)
Comprehensive posts target (default: 100 posts)
Evergreen age requirement (default: 90 days)
Evergreen views per month (default: 10)
Quality Scoring:
Post length analysis (longer, detailed posts score higher)
Reaction counts (community appreciation)
Best answers and helpful posts
Featured/pinned status
Community voting activity (optional)
Approved highlights count (optional)
Visual Display:
Native IPS progress bars showing each metric
Percentage scores displayed prominently
Color-coded indicators (blue primary color)
Responsive design for all screen sizes
6. Statistics & Analytics
Topic Statistics:
Total posts count
Total views count
Topic age (days since creation)
Posts per day average
Reading time estimates:
Summary reading time
Full topic reading time
Time saved by reading summary
Voting Statistics:
Total voters
Total votes cast
Top voted post with score and link
Activity Timeline:
Visual timeline showing topic activity over time
Posts grouped by time periods
Identify when discussions were most active
Only shown in detailed summary length
7. Top Contributors
Features:
Identifies members who contributed most to the topic
Configurable number of contributors to display (default: 10)
Two display styles:
Inline List: Horizontal list with names and post counts
Small Avatars: Avatar grid with post count badges
Member preference for display style
Clickable member profiles
8. Display Options & Customization
Three Display Locations:
Sidebar: Compact widget in topic sidebar (similar to Clubs app)
Topic Title Header: Summary displayed in topic header
Below Topic Action Buttons/Poll: Summary displayed after topic action buttons/poll
Admin Controls:
Enable/disable each display location
Set default display location
Set default collapsed state for guests and new members
Member Preferences:
Choose preferred display location (from admin-enabled options)
Choose summary length (brief, standard, detailed)
Start summaries collapsed or expanded
Choose contributors display style
Choose key posts display style
Collapsible Summaries:
IPS-style +/- toggle button (matches forum category toggles)
Smooth slide animations
Persistent collapsed state (saved per member)
9. Permissions & Group Settings
Member Group Permissions:
Can highlight posts: Allow group to highlight posts for summaries
Highlights auto-approve: Skip approval workflow for trusted groups
Can remove own highlights: Allow members to remove their highlights
Highlight daily limit: Max highlights per day (0 = unlimited)
Highlight per-topic limit: Max highlights per topic (0 = unlimited)
Can vote on posts: Allow group to vote on posts
Can vote to exclude: Allow voting to exclude posts from summaries
Vote weight: Multiplier for vote value (1.0 to 5.0)
Show vote weight: Display vote weight badge to members
Can remove own votes: Allow toggling votes on/off
Voting daily limit: Max votes per day (0 = unlimited)
Voting per-topic limit: Max votes per topic (0 = unlimited)
Moderator Permissions:
Can approve highlights: Approve pending highlights
Can remove any highlights: Remove any member's highlights
Can manage votes: Manage/remove any member's votes
Can regenerate summaries: Manually regenerate summaries
Can edit summaries: Edit summary content
Can delete summaries: Delete summaries
10. Member Integration
Account Settings Tabs:
Summaries Tab: Configure display preferences, location, length, collapsed state, display styles
Highlights Tab: View and manage own highlights with filtering and sorting
Votes Tab: View and manage own votes with filtering and sorting
Member ACP Profile Blocks:
Summary Preferences: View member's summary display settings
Highlight History: View all highlights created by or received by member
Vote History: View all votes cast by member
Activity Log: Track member's summary-related actions
Member Profile Tab:
Topics Highlighted: Public tab showing topics where member has highlighted posts
Member History Tracking:
Highlights created
Highlights received
Highlights removed
Votes cast (include/exclude)
Votes removed
Summaries regenerated
Full history with dates, actions, and context
11. Notifications System
Notification Types:
Highlight Approved: Notify when your post is highlighted by staff
Highlight Pending: Notify moderators when highlights need approval
Summary Generated: Notify topic author when summary is generated (optional)
Notification Channels:
Inline notifications (in-app)
Email notifications (optional)
Push notifications (optional)
12. Dashboard & Statistics
ACP Dashboard Widgets:
Summaries Overview: Total summaries, AI vs. extracted breakdown, recent activity
Most Highlighted Posts: Topics with the most staff highlights
Most Voted Posts: Topics with the most community votes
Statistics Dashboard:
Summary generation statistics
AI usage and cost tracking
Highlight statistics
Voting statistics
Health score distributions
Topic engagement metrics
13. ModCP Integration
ModCP Tabs:
Highlights: View and manage pending/approved highlights
Votes: View and manage community votes
Moderator Actions:
Approve/reject highlights
Remove highlights
Remove votes
Regenerate summaries
View highlight/vote history
14. Admin Management
ACP Controllers:
Manage Summaries: View, edit, delete, and regenerate summaries
Settings: Comprehensive settings with multiple tabs
Manage Highlights: View, approve, and remove all highlights
Manage Votes: View and manage all votes
Statistics Dashboard: View application-wide statistics
Activity Logs: View all summary-related actions
Settings Tabs:
General Settings:
Enable/disable summaries
Auto-generation settings
Minimum posts requirement
Forum selection
Auto-update threshold
Display location options
Default collapsed state
Enable user preferences
Display Settings:
Show/hide statistics
Show/hide timeline
Show/hide key posts
Key posts count
Max key posts
Show/hide top contributors
Contributors count
Max contributors
Show/hide health scores
Include best answers
Include helpful posts
Excerpt length
Voting Settings:
Enable/disable voting
Show vote counts
Voting groups
Highlights Settings:
Enable/disable highlights
Highlight groups
Show highlight badges
Show priority in badges
AI Settings:
Enable/disable AI
AI provider selection (Gemini or OpenAI)
Gemini API key
OpenAI API key
Model selection (provider-specific)
Temperature control
Max tokens (standard models)
Max completion tokens (GPT-5/o1 models)
Custom system prompt
Max posts to analyze
Include poll data
Include media metadata
Health Score Settings:
Old topic threshold (days)
Comprehensive posts target
Evergreen age requirement (days)
Evergreen views per month
Include voting in quality score
Include highlights in quality score
History Settings:
Enable/disable version history
Number of versions to keep (0 = unlimited)
Performance Settings:
Cache TTL (time-to-live in seconds)
15. Version History
Keep history of summary versions
Track changes over time
Configurable retention (number of versions to keep)
View previous versions
Compare versions
16. Background Processing
Queue System: Summary generation runs in background queues
Batch Processing: Efficient handling of multiple summaries
Timeout Protection: Long-running AI requests handled gracefully
Error Recovery: Automatic fallback to extracted summaries on AI failures
Logging: Comprehensive error logging for debugging
💡 Use Cases
Support Forums: Help members quickly understand support topics and find solutions
Discussion Forums: Summarize long debates and highlight key arguments
Community Engagement: Encourage participation through voting and highlighting
Content Curation: Staff can highlight the best content for new members
Time Savings: Members can quickly scan summaries instead of reading hundreds of posts
Quality Control: Health scores help identify high-quality discussions
Knowledge Base: Evergreen content identification for reference material
Moderation: Moderators can quickly assess topic quality and importance
📋 Requirements
IPS Community Suite: v5.0.0 or higher
AI Provider (choose one):
Google Gemini API key, OR
OpenAI API key
🎉 Why Choose Advanced Topic Summaries?
This application transforms how your community interacts with long topics by:
✅ Saving Time: Members can quickly understand discussions without reading every post
✅ Encouraging Quality: Health scores and voting systems reward high-quality content
✅ Empowering Community: Members participate in content curation through voting
✅ Supporting Moderators: Tools to highlight important content and manage summaries
✅ Leveraging AI: Optional AI integration for natural language summaries
✅ Providing Flexibility: Extensive customization options for admins and members
✅ Maintaining Performance: Background processing and caching for optimal speed
✅ Ensuring Compatibility: Native IPS v5 integration with no core modifications
Transform your forum into an intelligent, community-driven knowledge platform! 🚀

$70 USD
$38 USD/year

Community Experts 1.0.4.1

🎓 Community Experts for Invision Community
Recognize and showcase your community's most knowledgeable members with automatic or manual expert designation.
📋 Overview
Community Experts is a powerful application for Invision Community that identifies and highlights expert members within specific forums. The application displays visual badges next to expert posts, tracks expert assignments through comprehensive logging, and provides both manual and automatic expert assignment capabilities based on member reputation and activity.
✨ Key Features
Expert Badge System
Visual Recognition - Display customizable expert badges on posts within designated forums
Custom Icons - Choose from Font Awesome icons or upload custom badge graphics
Follow Integration - Quick-follow buttons on expert badges for non-logged-in members
Forum-Specific - Experts are designated per-forum, allowing members to be experts in their areas of knowledge
Flexible Assignment Methods
Manual Assignment
Admin Control - Administrators can manually assign/remove expert status for any member
Forum Selection - Assign experts to specific forums through an intuitive interface
Reason Tracking - Optional reason field for documenting why expert status was granted/removed
Bulk Management - Manage all experts from a centralized table view
Automatic Assignment
Reputation-Based - Automatically promote members based on reputation points
Post Count Criteria - Set minimum post requirements for automatic expert status
Smart Forum Detection - Multiple strategies for determining which forums to assign:
Active Forums - Assign to forums where member is most active
All Forums - Assign expert status across all forums
Top Forums - Assign to member's top-performing forums by reputation
Scheduled Task - Background task processes automatic assignments periodically
Real-time Sync - Member listener detects reputation changes and triggers automatic updates
Hybrid Mode
Both Manual & Automatic - Combine manual assignments with automatic promotion
Flexible Control - Administrators can override automatic assignments
🎯 Member Features
Opt-In/Opt-Out System
Member Choice - Members can opt-out of expert designation in account settings
Privacy Respect - Automatic assignments respect member preferences
Account Settings Integration - Easy toggle in member account preferences
Expert Status Visibility
Profile Integration - Expert status visible on member profiles
Profile Hovercard - Expert status visible in member hovercard
Post Badges - Badges appear on posts within designated forums
Member History - Expert assignments logged in member history with full details
🛠️ Administrative Tools
Settings & Configuration
Enable/Disable - Global on/off switch for the entire feature
Group Restrictions - Limit expert eligibility to specific member groups
Badge Customization - Configure badge icon and appearance
Assignment Mode - Choose between Manual, Automatic, or Both
Reputation Threshold - Set minimum reputation points for automatic assignment (default: 100)
Post Threshold - Set minimum post count for automatic assignment (default: 30)
Forum Strategy - Configure how automatic assignments determine target forums
Expert Management
Centralized Table - View all current experts in a sortable, searchable table
Quick Actions - Add or remove experts with one click
Member Search - Find and manage experts by member name or ID
Forum Filtering - Filter experts by forum assignment
Batch Operations - Manage multiple expert assignments efficiently
Comprehensive Logging
Action Tracking - Every expert assignment/removal is logged
Assignment Type - Distinguish between manual and automatic assignments
Administrator Attribution - Track which admin made manual changes
Reason Documentation - Store reasons for manual assignments
Forum Details - Log which forums were affected
IP Address Logging - Security tracking for all actions
Date/Time Stamps - Full audit trail with timestamps
Member History Integration - Expert changes appear in member's ACP history
ACP Integration
Dedicated Menu - "Community Experts" section in ACP
Three Controllers:
Settings - Configure all application options
Manage Experts - Add, remove, and view current experts
Logs - View comprehensive audit trail of all expert actions
Permission System - Granular ACP permissions for each controller
📊 Use Cases
Support Communities
Identify members who consistently provide helpful answers
Build trust by highlighting knowledgeable support providers
Encourage quality contributions through recognition
Technical Forums
Showcase subject matter experts in specific technology areas
Help members find reliable information sources
Build credibility for your community
Educational Communities
Recognize educators and experienced practitioners
Guide students to trusted knowledge sources
Foster mentorship relationships
Gaming Communities
Highlight expert players in specific game modes or characters
Build competitive credibility
Encourage knowledge sharing
🎨 Customization Options
Badge Icon - Choose any Font Awesome icon or upload custom graphics
Badge Text - Customize the "Expert" label text
CSS Styling - Full control over badge appearance through custom CSS
Language Strings - All text is translatable for multi-language communities
🔒 Security & Privacy
Member Opt-Out - Respects member privacy preferences
Group Restrictions - Control which member groups can become experts
Permission System - Granular ACP permissions for administrators
Audit Trail - Complete logging of all administrative actions
IP Tracking - Security logging for accountability
📈 Benefits
✅ Increase Engagement - Recognize and reward knowledgeable members
✅ Build Trust - Help members identify reliable information sources
✅ Reduce Moderation - Experts can help answer questions and guide discussions
✅ Encourage Quality - Incentivize members to provide valuable contributions
✅ Improve Retention - Recognition keeps valuable members engaged
✅ Enhance Credibility - Professional appearance builds community reputation

IPS5.0.12+

November 21, 2025Nov 21

🎓 Community Experts for Invision Community
Recognize and showcase your community's most knowledgeable members with automatic or manual expert designation.
📋 Overview
Community Experts is a powerful application for Invision Community that identifies and highlights expert members within specific forums. The application displays visual badges next to expert posts, tracks expert assignments through comprehensive logging, and provides both manual and automatic expert assignment capabilities based on member reputation and activity.
✨ Key Features
Expert Badge System
Visual Recognition - Display customizable expert badges on posts within designated forums
Custom Icons - Choose from Font Awesome icons or upload custom badge graphics
Follow Integration - Quick-follow buttons on expert badges for non-logged-in members
Forum-Specific - Experts are designated per-forum, allowing members to be experts in their areas of knowledge
Flexible Assignment Methods
Manual Assignment
Admin Control - Administrators can manually assign/remove expert status for any member
Forum Selection - Assign experts to specific forums through an intuitive interface
Reason Tracking - Optional reason field for documenting why expert status was granted/removed
Bulk Management - Manage all experts from a centralized table view
Automatic Assignment
Reputation-Based - Automatically promote members based on reputation points
Post Count Criteria - Set minimum post requirements for automatic expert status
Smart Forum Detection - Multiple strategies for determining which forums to assign:
Active Forums - Assign to forums where member is most active
All Forums - Assign expert status across all forums
Top Forums - Assign to member's top-performing forums by reputation
Scheduled Task - Background task processes automatic assignments periodically
Real-time Sync - Member listener detects reputation changes and triggers automatic updates
Hybrid Mode
Both Manual & Automatic - Combine manual assignments with automatic promotion
Flexible Control - Administrators can override automatic assignments
🎯 Member Features
Opt-In/Opt-Out System
Member Choice - Members can opt-out of expert designation in account settings
Privacy Respect - Automatic assignments respect member preferences
Account Settings Integration - Easy toggle in member account preferences
Expert Status Visibility
Profile Integration - Expert status visible on member profiles
Profile Hovercard - Expert status visible in member hovercard
Post Badges - Badges appear on posts within designated forums
Member History - Expert assignments logged in member history with full details
🛠️ Administrative Tools
Settings & Configuration
Enable/Disable - Global on/off switch for the entire feature
Group Restrictions - Limit expert eligibility to specific member groups
Badge Customization - Configure badge icon and appearance
Assignment Mode - Choose between Manual, Automatic, or Both
Reputation Threshold - Set minimum reputation points for automatic assignment (default: 100)
Post Threshold - Set minimum post count for automatic assignment (default: 30)
Forum Strategy - Configure how automatic assignments determine target forums
Expert Management
Centralized Table - View all current experts in a sortable, searchable table
Quick Actions - Add or remove experts with one click
Member Search - Find and manage experts by member name or ID
Forum Filtering - Filter experts by forum assignment
Batch Operations - Manage multiple expert assignments efficiently
Comprehensive Logging
Action Tracking - Every expert assignment/removal is logged
Assignment Type - Distinguish between manual and automatic assignments
Administrator Attribution - Track which admin made manual changes
Reason Documentation - Store reasons for manual assignments
Forum Details - Log which forums were affected
IP Address Logging - Security tracking for all actions
Date/Time Stamps - Full audit trail with timestamps
Member History Integration - Expert changes appear in member's ACP history
ACP Integration
Dedicated Menu - "Community Experts" section in ACP
Three Controllers:
Settings - Configure all application options
Manage Experts - Add, remove, and view current experts
Logs - View comprehensive audit trail of all expert actions
Permission System - Granular ACP permissions for each controller
📊 Use Cases
Support Communities
Identify members who consistently provide helpful answers
Build trust by highlighting knowledgeable support providers
Encourage quality contributions through recognition
Technical Forums
Showcase subject matter experts in specific technology areas
Help members find reliable information sources
Build credibility for your community
Educational Communities
Recognize educators and experienced practitioners
Guide students to trusted knowledge sources
Foster mentorship relationships
Gaming Communities
Highlight expert players in specific game modes or characters
Build competitive credibility
Encourage knowledge sharing
🎨 Customization Options
Badge Icon - Choose any Font Awesome icon or upload custom graphics
Badge Text - Customize the "Expert" label text
CSS Styling - Full control over badge appearance through custom CSS
Language Strings - All text is translatable for multi-language communities
🔒 Security & Privacy
Member Opt-Out - Respects member privacy preferences
Group Restrictions - Control which member groups can become experts
Permission System - Granular ACP permissions for administrators
Audit Trail - Complete logging of all administrative actions
IP Tracking - Security logging for accountability
📈 Benefits
✅ Increase Engagement - Recognize and reward knowledgeable members
✅ Build Trust - Help members identify reliable information sources
✅ Reduce Moderation - Experts can help answer questions and guide discussions
✅ Encourage Quality - Incentivize members to provide valuable contributions
✅ Improve Retention - Recognition keeps valuable members engaged
✅ Enhance Credibility - Professional appearance builds community reputation

$50 USD
$28.00 USD/year

Mark Site As Read for New Members

Automatically marks all content as read for newly registered members, providing them with a clean slate and preventing notification overload. When enabled, new members will start with a fresh experience without being overwhelmed by existing unread content. This feature can be toggled on or off through the ACP settings, and all actions are logged in the member's account history for administrative tracking.

IPS5.0.10+

November 17, 2025Nov 17

Automatically marks all content as read for newly registered members, providing them with a clean slate and preventing notification overload. When enabled, new members will start with a fresh experience without being overwhelmed by existing unread content. This feature can be toggled on or off through the ACP settings, and all actions are logged in the member's account history for administrative tracking.

$15 USD
$8 USD/year

Our Top Topics

This app will add a new page to your forum linked to the navigation which will display the Most Replied Topics, Most Viewed Topics, Most Liked Topics and Most Topic Starters. A chart to display the new topics based on a time period is also available. Each block can be enabled/disabled individually. The topic viewing permissions are respected. Meaning users will not be able to see topics that they aren't supposed to. You can also select a forum or forums to exclude their topics from being displayed. Access to the page is group permission based.

IPS5.0.0

November 3, 2025Nov 3

This app will add a new page to your forum linked to the navigation which will display the Most Replied Topics, Most Viewed Topics, Most Liked Topics and Most Topic Starters. A chart to display the new topics based on a time period is also available. Each block can be enabled/disabled individually. The topic viewing permissions are respected. Meaning users will not be able to see topics that they aren't supposed to. You can also select a forum or forums to exclude their topics from being displayed. Access to the page is group permission based.

$14 USD
$8 USD/year

Front Moderator Logs

This app will display the Moderator Logs on the front side linked to the Navigation. This can come in handy if you want to display it to your Staff without giving them Admin Panel access. The access is group permission based.

IPS5.0.0

November 3, 2025Nov 3

This app will display the Moderator Logs on the front side linked to the Navigation. This can come in handy if you want to display it to your Staff without giving them Admin Panel access. The access is group permission based.

$14 USD
$8 USD/year

Advanced Reputation System

This app will give the members at your forum the possibility to leave reputations feedback to each other. Reputation feedback are positive,neutral and negative. After a member has received a reputation feedback, they will receive a notification letting them know about it. The Reputation notification can be enabled/disabled from members notification settings page. Depending on their permissions members can delete reputations that they have given themselves or all reputations.
Permissions:
You can set the permissions for groups to use it on a group per group basis.
Restrictions:
Banned members can't receive reputation feedback.
The same goes for members that are on someone's ignore list.
Depending on the group permissions members can give the same member either only one specific reputation feedback or unlimited.
Group based daily reputation feedback limit.
Group based negative feedback protection.
Privacy:
From their Account Settings->Reputation Privacy, members can set it so only their followers will be able to give them reputation feedback, everyone or disable it completely so none one will be able to send them reputations. Members with the appropriate permissions will still be able to give them reputation feedback regardless of the privacy setting.
Display:
A new page linked to the navigation manager has been added that will display all the reputation feedback that members have given and received. Reputations can be filtered based on their status and a search option is available for member to search through the reputations.
Three sidebar blocks are available that will list the most positive/negative members as well as a total of all reputations stats.
A new tab has been added on members profiles where they can see all reputations that they have received.
Members reputations stats will be displayed on their postbits.
Logs:
Whenever someone is deleting a reputation feedback, that action will be logged at the Moderators log page.

IPS5.0.0

October 25, 2025Oct 25

This app will give the members at your forum the possibility to leave reputations feedback to each other. Reputation feedback are positive,neutral and negative. After a member has received a reputation feedback, they will receive a notification letting them know about it. The Reputation notification can be enabled/disabled from members notification settings page. Depending on their permissions members can delete reputations that they have given themselves or all reputations.
Permissions:
You can set the permissions for groups to use it on a group per group basis.
Restrictions:
Banned members can't receive reputation feedback.
The same goes for members that are on someone's ignore list.
Depending on the group permissions members can give the same member either only one specific reputation feedback or unlimited.
Group based daily reputation feedback limit.
Group based negative feedback protection.
Privacy:
From their Account Settings->Reputation Privacy, members can set it so only their followers will be able to give them reputation feedback, everyone or disable it completely so none one will be able to send them reputations. Members with the appropriate permissions will still be able to give them reputation feedback regardless of the privacy setting.
Display:
A new page linked to the navigation manager has been added that will display all the reputation feedback that members have given and received. Reputations can be filtered based on their status and a search option is available for member to search through the reputations.
Three sidebar blocks are available that will list the most positive/negative members as well as a total of all reputations stats.
A new tab has been added on members profiles where they can see all reputations that they have received.
Members reputations stats will be displayed on their postbits.
Logs:
Whenever someone is deleting a reputation feedback, that action will be logged at the Moderators log page.

$30 USD
$18 USD/year

Who Read This Topic

This app allows your staff, with the appropriate permissions, to see topic viewers/readers as well as track your members topic viewing/reading behavior.
Topic readers will be displayed on topic view. Only unique views are logged. This means that whenever someone visits a topic, their latest visit will be logged and displayed.
To track members topic reading history, go to their profiles where a new tab has been added called: Recent Viewed Topics.
And as last, but not least, topic view logs can be kept permanently or pruned after a certain amount of time.

IPS5.0.0

October 19, 2025Oct 19

This app allows your staff, with the appropriate permissions, to see topic viewers/readers as well as track your members topic viewing/reading behavior.
Topic readers will be displayed on topic view. Only unique views are logged. This means that whenever someone visits a topic, their latest visit will be logged and displayed.
To track members topic reading history, go to their profiles where a new tab has been added called: Recent Viewed Topics.
And as last, but not least, topic view logs can be kept permanently or pruned after a certain amount of time.

$18 USD
$10 USD/year

Forum Registration Restrictions

This app will limit the number of accounts that users can register from the same device and/or ip address. Devices and/or IP Addresses can be excluded from this restriction at the app's settings page.

IPS5.0.0

October 19, 2025Oct 19

This app will limit the number of accounts that users can register from the same device and/or ip address. Devices and/or IP Addresses can be excluded from this restriction at the app's settings page.

$20.50 USD
$12 USD/year

Manipulate Topic Data

This app will allow the admins and your staff, with the appropriate permissions, to change several topic data such as views, author and start date.
Permissions:
You can set the permissions at the app 's settings page which can be found at your Admin Panel->Community->Manipulate Topic Data.
Members with the permissions to change topic data, will see 3 new links added inside the Moderation Actions drop down list. The are as follow:
1) Change Views:
When clicked upon it will display the current views for that topic with the option to add to them.
2) Change Author:
When clicked upon it will display the topic author with the option to select a new author. After the changes are saved, the topic info will be updated accordingly to reflect the new author. The new changes will be updated in the search and activity page as well.
You have the options to decrease old author 's post count and increase the post count of the new author.
3) Change Start Date:
When clicked upon it will display the topic start date with the option to select a new date. After the changes are saved, the topic info will be updated accordingly to reflect the new start date. The new changes will be updated in the search and activity page as well.
Moderator Log:
All the aforementioned topic changes will be logged in the Moderator Log page in the admin panel.

IPS5.0.0

October 17, 2025Oct 17

This app will allow the admins and your staff, with the appropriate permissions, to change several topic data such as views, author and start date.
Permissions:
You can set the permissions at the app 's settings page which can be found at your Admin Panel->Community->Manipulate Topic Data.
Members with the permissions to change topic data, will see 3 new links added inside the Moderation Actions drop down list. The are as follow:
1) Change Views:
When clicked upon it will display the current views for that topic with the option to add to them.
2) Change Author:
When clicked upon it will display the topic author with the option to select a new author. After the changes are saved, the topic info will be updated accordingly to reflect the new author. The new changes will be updated in the search and activity page as well.
You have the options to decrease old author 's post count and increase the post count of the new author.
3) Change Start Date:
When clicked upon it will display the topic start date with the option to select a new date. After the changes are saved, the topic info will be updated accordingly to reflect the new start date. The new changes will be updated in the search and activity page as well.
Moderator Log:
All the aforementioned topic changes will be logged in the Moderator Log page in the admin panel.

$25 USD
$12 USD/year

Database Integrity Check

This app will list all of your database tables at its settings in your Admin Panel.
Table Structure Details:
You can view the structure of each database table as well as other details, such as how many rows do they have, their collation and engine type. The date when the table was first added to the database and when it was last modified.
Commands:
You can run several commands such as Showing the create structure of tables, Checking tables, Repair and Optimizing.
Details:
A list of your database details such as the total tables, its size and how much free size is left is available as well.
This can be very useful imo especially if you don't have direct access to the server, and no utilities such as phpMyAdmin are installed. Or if you aren't very comfortable with dealing with the database from phpmyadmin for fear of messing things up, you can use this app as there is Zero chance of messing anything.
It can also come in handy if you have installed a lot of third party custom stuff like apps, plugins etc over the years and you want to have a clear overview of your database. You can do that with ease without having to go to your phpmyadmin.

IPS5.0.0

August 30, 20251 yr

This app will list all of your database tables at its settings in your Admin Panel.
Table Structure Details:
You can view the structure of each database table as well as other details, such as how many rows do they have, their collation and engine type. The date when the table was first added to the database and when it was last modified.
Commands:
You can run several commands such as Showing the create structure of tables, Checking tables, Repair and Optimizing.
Details:
A list of your database details such as the total tables, its size and how much free size is left is available as well.
This can be very useful imo especially if you don't have direct access to the server, and no utilities such as phpMyAdmin are installed. Or if you aren't very comfortable with dealing with the database from phpmyadmin for fear of messing things up, you can use this app as there is Zero chance of messing anything.
It can also come in handy if you have installed a lot of third party custom stuff like apps, plugins etc over the years and you want to have a clear overview of your database. You can do that with ease without having to go to your phpmyadmin.

$36 USD
$21 USD/year

Forum Monitoring

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This app will monitor your forum and list all changes done to the files within a time frame set by the admin. It will also scan all folders and files inside your forum folder for any potential malicious code and/or backdoor scripts.

File Change Detection:

If the files that have been listed as modified, haven't been changed by you yourself and/or haven't been updated automatically by the system, it could indicate that your forum most likely has been tampered with. Those files might have been changed to include malicious code.

In addition to an existed file being changed/modified, the upload of new file(s) is detected too.

In that case it would be best to immediately check the file(s) in question and contact your host so they can look into the unauthorized file changes and take the necessary actions to plugin the point of entry.

Potential Backdoor Scanning:

What Is a Backdoor?

A backdoor is malicious code injected to valid file(s) of whatever scripts one is running on their server space, as only one short line of code that looks rather innocent. Or, a backdoor can be a standalone file as well.

They are left behind by hackers once they breach the security of a website to make sure they can get back in even after you secure your website. i.e. it allows them unauthorized and often unrestricted access to a compromised site. Unless you can remove the backdoor(s), there's no stopping them.

Backdoors are hidden from view, and made to look like legitimate files and therefore it can be extremely difficult to find. And that's where this app comes in.

It will scan all lines of code on every single file inside your forum folder for exploitable PHP Functions, PHP Code Execution, Command Execution and Filesystem Functions.

A few Examples:

The mod scans for a very wide array of php&filesystem functions, code&command executions. Below are few of them along with how they can be exploited by hackers.
Command Execution!
exec - Returns last line of commands output
passthru - Passes commands output directly to the browser
system - Passes commands output directly to the browser and returns last line
shell_exec - Returns commands output
popen - Opens read or write pipe to process of a command
proc_open - Similar to popen() but greater degree of control
pcntl_exec - Executes a program
PHP Code Execution!
Apart from eval there are other ways to execute PHP code: include/require can be used for remote code execution in the form of Local File Include and Remote File Include vulnerabilities.
assert() - identical to eval()
preg_replace('/.*/e',...) - /e does an eval() on the match
create_function()
include()
include_once()
require()
require_once()
Disguised Malicious Code
The use of eval(base64_decode(....)) or eval(gzinflate(base64_decode(..))) which are intended to disguise the nature of the malicious code.

The use of str_rot13 which is heavily used in pair with base64_decode. This too is used to disguise the nature of the malicious code.
False Positives:

All the aforementioned php functions, commands, executions etc are all legit. Ips and all the other php/mysql forum/cms scripts etc make use of them. But unfortunately they are also the most commonly used functions by the bad actors to inject malicious code. Therefore there will be false positives reports.

If you see your forum files mentioned as containing the aforementioned code, you can ignore it. But if any of the forum files is reported as recently modified file(s) by the app and you haven't touched the file(s) in question, then you should check it immediately as the chances are that it's foul play.

IPS5.0.0

August 27, 20251 yr

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This app will monitor your forum and list all changes done to the files within a time frame set by the admin. It will also scan all folders and files inside your forum folder for any potential malicious code and/or backdoor scripts.

File Change Detection:

If the files that have been listed as modified, haven't been changed by you yourself and/or haven't been updated automatically by the system, it could indicate that your forum most likely has been tampered with. Those files might have been changed to include malicious code.

In addition to an existed file being changed/modified, the upload of new file(s) is detected too.

In that case it would be best to immediately check the file(s) in question and contact your host so they can look into the unauthorized file changes and take the necessary actions to plugin the point of entry.

Potential Backdoor Scanning:

What Is a Backdoor?

A backdoor is malicious code injected to valid file(s) of whatever scripts one is running on their server space, as only one short line of code that looks rather innocent. Or, a backdoor can be a standalone file as well.

They are left behind by hackers once they breach the security of a website to make sure they can get back in even after you secure your website. i.e. it allows them unauthorized and often unrestricted access to a compromised site. Unless you can remove the backdoor(s), there's no stopping them.

Backdoors are hidden from view, and made to look like legitimate files and therefore it can be extremely difficult to find. And that's where this app comes in.

It will scan all lines of code on every single file inside your forum folder for exploitable PHP Functions, PHP Code Execution, Command Execution and Filesystem Functions.

A few Examples:

The mod scans for a very wide array of php&filesystem functions, code&command executions. Below are few of them along with how they can be exploited by hackers.
Command Execution!
exec - Returns last line of commands output
passthru - Passes commands output directly to the browser
system - Passes commands output directly to the browser and returns last line
shell_exec - Returns commands output
popen - Opens read or write pipe to process of a command
proc_open - Similar to popen() but greater degree of control
pcntl_exec - Executes a program
PHP Code Execution!
Apart from eval there are other ways to execute PHP code: include/require can be used for remote code execution in the form of Local File Include and Remote File Include vulnerabilities.
assert() - identical to eval()
preg_replace('/.*/e',...) - /e does an eval() on the match
create_function()
include()
include_once()
require()
require_once()
Disguised Malicious Code
The use of eval(base64_decode(....)) or eval(gzinflate(base64_decode(..))) which are intended to disguise the nature of the malicious code.

The use of str_rot13 which is heavily used in pair with base64_decode. This too is used to disguise the nature of the malicious code.
False Positives:

All the aforementioned php functions, commands, executions etc are all legit. Ips and all the other php/mysql forum/cms scripts etc make use of them. But unfortunately they are also the most commonly used functions by the bad actors to inject malicious code. Therefore there will be false positives reports.

If you see your forum files mentioned as containing the aforementioned code, you can ignore it. But if any of the forum files is reported as recently modified file(s) by the app and you haven't touched the file(s) in question, then you should check it immediately as the chances are that it's foul play.

$36 USD
$21 USD/year

Log Guests Visits

This app will log all guests visits at your forum from the moment that it's installed and it will display them in the app's log page. Like that you will have an overview as to what pages hold the interest of your guests. Logs can be then searched based on ip addresses and visit time frame.
Another feature of this app is the use cookies to limit the number of times that your guests can view pages at your forum. The limit will be for a day, after which it will expire and it will be repeated again after the number of page view limit has been reached again. The whole idea behind this concept is to hopefully motivate guests to register.
The search bots will not be impacted by this when it comes to spidering your site, because usually bots do not generally use cookies. However, this is an on/off setting.

IPS5.0.0

August 15, 20251 yr

This app will log all guests visits at your forum from the moment that it's installed and it will display them in the app's log page. Like that you will have an overview as to what pages hold the interest of your guests. Logs can be then searched based on ip addresses and visit time frame.
Another feature of this app is the use cookies to limit the number of times that your guests can view pages at your forum. The limit will be for a day, after which it will expire and it will be repeated again after the number of page view limit has been reached again. The whole idea behind this concept is to hopefully motivate guests to register.
The search bots will not be impacted by this when it comes to spidering your site, because usually bots do not generally use cookies. However, this is an on/off setting.

$25 USD
$13 USD/year

Force Members to Post New Topics

This app will force members to make their first topic in the forum of your choice in order to browse the forums and topics at your forum.
From the app's settings you can enable/disable the app, select the forum where you want your members to post their first topic, enter your custom error message and exclude groups from this restriction.

IPS5.0.0

August 15, 20251 yr

This app will force members to make their first topic in the forum of your choice in order to browse the forums and topics at your forum.
From the app's settings you can enable/disable the app, select the forum where you want your members to post their first topic, enter your custom error message and exclude groups from this restriction.

$20.50 USD
$12 USD/year

Profile Privacy

This app will give your members a new option for their profiles, which is who can view them.
Privacy Settings:
Members can turn their profiles visible for members only, for their followers only or they can turn them private so no one will be able to view them but groups with the appropriate permissions set by the admin. By default it is set to everyone.
Members History Logs:
Admins can view how members set their privacy from members history logs.
Logs:
Admins can view all members privacy settings from the app's log page. There they can edit members privacy settings as well as reset all privacy settings to Everyone.
Filtering:
Admins can filter each privacy setting to see the members who selected them.
Search:
From the log page admins can also search for a member 's privacy settings.
Banned Members:
Admins can make banned members profiles unviewable for everyone, but the staff members.

IPS5.0.0

August 4, 20251 yr

This app will give your members a new option for their profiles, which is who can view them.
Privacy Settings:
Members can turn their profiles visible for members only, for their followers only or they can turn them private so no one will be able to view them but groups with the appropriate permissions set by the admin. By default it is set to everyone.
Members History Logs:
Admins can view how members set their privacy from members history logs.
Logs:
Admins can view all members privacy settings from the app's log page. There they can edit members privacy settings as well as reset all privacy settings to Everyone.
Filtering:
Admins can filter each privacy setting to see the members who selected them.
Search:
From the log page admins can also search for a member 's privacy settings.
Banned Members:
Admins can make banned members profiles unviewable for everyone, but the staff members.

$20.50 USD
$12 USD/year