Admin & Mod Tools
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IPS5.0.0+
The native IPS tagging system is useful for organising content, but the administrative side of managing those tags can be unnecessarily time-consuming. Once hundreds or thousands of tags have accumulated, determining which ones are still useful and which can safely be removed becomes a manual task.
One of the biggest limitations is that there is no convenient way to see whether a tag is actually in use, how frequently it is being used, or where those uses are coming from.
Tag Manager provides a dedicated ACP interface designed specifically to make reviewing, investigating and cleaning up your community's tags faster, clearer and safer.
Instead of working through tags blindly, administrators can see usage information directly, sort tags by how frequently they are used, identify unused tags and investigate existing assignments before deciding whether anything should be removed.
Key Features
Tag usage counts
See how many times each tag is currently assigned across your community.
Find unused tags
Quickly identify tags with zero current uses instead of manually trying to determine whether they are still needed.
Sort by usage
Sort tags by the number of uses, making unused and rarely used tags much easier to find.
Alphabetical sorting
Sort tags by name when looking for particular tags or groups of similarly named tags.
Tag search
Search the tag database directly from the ACP.
Application usage information
See which IPS applications are responsible for the assignments associated with a tag.
View individual tag usage
Open a dedicated usage view to investigate where a particular tag is being used.
Usage status information
Tag Manager can help distinguish between normal assignments and situations where the associated application or content may no longer be available.
Native tag page links
Where supported, tags can be opened through the corresponding IPS tag page so related community content can be viewed directly.
Configurable pagination
Choose how many tags are displayed at once, making the interface suitable for both small and very large tag databases.
Easier Bulk Tag Management
Tag Manager becomes particularly useful on established communities where years of accumulated tags may include spelling mistakes, one-off tags, abandoned terminology, duplicate ideas or tags that are no longer relevant.
Administrators can select individual tags or multiple tags directly from the listing.
This makes it possible to work through a large database methodically instead of deleting tags individually through a slow manual process.
Before deletion takes place, Tag Manager provides a confirmation stage so that administrators can review what has been selected and how many tag assignments will be affected.
The intention is simple:
Find → Inspect → Select → Confirm → Delete
More Resources from ClawOfWinterfell
If you find Tag Manager useful, take a look at my other Invision Community resources.
I develop practical IPS applications focused on administration, community management, maintenance and features that can make running an Invision Community easier.
Other available resources include:
Topic Post ID Restore
Social Profiles Enhancer
Native Social Embeds
Community Analytics
Task Manager
And more
https://administrata.net/commissions/provider/2-clawofwinterfell/
Tag Manager is completely free.
If it saves you time managing your community, please consider taking a look at my other free and premium resources.
Safer Tag Deletion
Removing tags from an established community should not involve guesswork.
Tag Manager provides additional checks around the deletion process so administrators have an opportunity to inspect their selection before changes are made.
Features include:
Pre-deletion confirmation
Review the tags selected for removal before proceeding.
Assignment information
See how many existing tag assignments may be affected.
Bulk deletion support
Remove multiple unwanted tags in a controlled operation rather than processing them individually.
Selection verification
Tag Manager can verify the state of the selected tags before completing the cleanup.
Controlled cleanup
The application handles the relevant tag relationships as part of the removal process.
Content protection
Removing a tag does not delete the topic, record or other community content that previously used it.
This makes Tag Manager useful not only for finding unwanted tags, but for understanding what you are removing before you remove it.
Diagnostics & Safety Tests
Tag Manager also includes dedicated diagnostics for administrators who want to verify that tag detection and cleanup are operating correctly on their installation.
The diagnostic tools can perform checks against the native IPS tag system and can also use temporary test tags to confirm that the cleanup process behaves as expected.
These tests can include:
Creating a temporary unused tag.
Confirming that Tag Manager can detect it.
Removing it through the normal cleanup process.
Confirming that the temporary tag has been removed successfully.
Testing multiple temporary tags through the bulk cleanup process.
Running the available safety checks together.
Temporary diagnostic tags are created specifically for testing purposes and are not intentionally attached to existing community content.
Administrator Permissions
Tag Manager operates from within the AdminCP and supports administrative permissions.
This allows access to tag management and destructive actions to be controlled appropriately.
An administrator may therefore be permitted to inspect tag information without necessarily being given permission to delete tags.
Normal IPS security protections are also respected during destructive operations.
Why Use Tag Manager?
The native IPS tagging system works well when tags are being added to content.
Managing those tags afterwards is considerably less convenient.
On a long-running community, the tag database can gradually accumulate:
Unused tags
Misspelled tags
Duplicate or very similar tags
One-off tags
Tags belonging to old content
Tags associated with applications that are no longer active
Tags that simply no longer serve a useful purpose
Without usage information, deciding what can safely be removed becomes unnecessarily time-restrictive.
Tag Manager gives administrators the information and tools needed to clean up that database properly.
You can see what is being used, investigate where it is being used, identify what is no longer needed and remove unwanted tags through a much more practical ACP workflow.
Tag Manager is available completely free of charge.
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IPS5.0.0+
Version 1.3.0 Release Notes
Package Manager for Invision Community
Description
Package Manager is a powerful administrative tool for Invision Community that simplifies the process of managing, backing up, and transferring applications between different ICS instances. Designed with administrators and developers in mind, this application provides a comprehensive set of features for application management while maintaining security by preventing modifications to official IPS applications.
Key Features
Application Management
View All Installed Applications: See a complete list of all applications installed on your community with detailed information including version, author, and installation date.
Download Applications: Package and download third-party applications as TAR archives that can be installed on other Invision Community instances.
Security Protection: Built-in safeguards prevent downloading, backing up, or restoring official IPS applications to protect your license and community integrity.
Comprehensive Backup System
Application Backups: Create complete backups of application files, preserving the entire folder structure and all application assets.
Database Backups: Backup application-specific database tables to preserve user data and settings.
Language Backups: Extract and backup language strings for applications, making it easy to transfer translations between instances.
Pre-Restore Safeguards: Automatic creation of pre-restore backups ensures you can always recover if something goes wrong during a restore operation.
Backup Management
Organized Interface: View all backups for each application with details including version, creation date, file size, and backup type.
Multiple Backup Types: Distinguish between application, database, and language backups with color-coded indicators.
Bulk Operations: Delete all backups for an application with a single click when you need to free up space.
Restore Capabilities
Application Restoration: Restore application files from backups with proper validation and error handling.
Database Restoration: Restore application database tables from SQL backups with pre-restore safety measures.
Language Restoration: Restore language backups used for translating languages and share them with other communities.
Uninstall Guidance: Clear instructions for when applications need to be uninstalled before restoration.
Import/Export System
Upload Backups: Upload previously downloaded backups through a simple interface.
Validation: Thorough validation of uploaded files ensures only legitimate backups can be processed.
Format Preservation: Downloaded files maintain the exact format needed for re-uploading, ensuring seamless transfers between instances.
Developer-Friendly Features
Version Tracking: All backups include version information for easy identification.
Timestamp Naming: Automatic timestamping of backup files helps track when backups were created.
Organized Storage: All backups are stored in a dedicated directory for easy access and management.
Technical Details
Storage Location: All backups are stored in the
applications/applications_backups
directory.
File Formats: Application backups (.tar), Database backups (.sql), Language backups (.json).
Security: Built-in protection prevents unauthorized access to official IPS application files.
Error Handling: Comprehensive error handling with clear messages helps troubleshoot any issues.
Use Cases
Application Migration: Easily transfer third-party applications between development, staging, and production environments.
Version Control: Create backups before updating applications to ensure you can roll back if needed.
Disaster Recovery: Maintain regular backups of critical applications to protect against data loss.
Development Support: Simplify the development workflow by making it easy to package and distribute applications.
Important Notes
When downloading or backing up an application, please DO NOT click the button more than once. The process compiles the selected application's folder structure and files into a TAR archive, which can take time for larger applications.
This application WILL NOT allow downloading, backing up, or restoring official IPS applications due to licensing and security restrictions.
Database restoration will overwrite existing data for the application. Always ensure you have a current backup before restoring.
For security reasons, this application should only be accessible to trusted administrators.
Package Manager is the essential tool for Invision Community administrators who need reliable application management, backup, and restoration capabilities in a user-friendly interface.
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IPS5.0.0+
Cloudflare brings day-to-day Cloudflare zone management directly into the Invision Community 5 AdminCP. Instead of bouncing between your site and the Cloudflare dashboard, this app gives administrators a focused control panel for verification, DNS, cache behavior, SSL/TLS, firewall tooling, Zero Trust access, analytics, and related security features from one place.
The app is built for administrators who want practical Cloudflare controls inside IPS, with live zone reads, structured forms, Cloudflare-aware validation, documentation links, permission guidance, and visual summaries that help you understand what is configured before you change it.
What this app can manage
Connection and verification tools
Verify the saved API token, zone, account context, and managed hostname from inside the AdminCP so you can quickly confirm whether the app is talking to the correct Cloudflare resources.
DNS management
View, create, edit, and remove Cloudflare DNS records, review zone-level DNS settings, and handle common record types used by IPS communities and related services.
Cache controls
Manage zone cache settings, purge cache directly from the AdminCP, work with Cache Rules, and optionally trigger targeted Cloudflare content purges from IPS-side content events.
SSL/TLS controls
Manage core SSL/TLS and edge certificate behavior for the zone, including common encryption and visitor-facing TLS settings surfaced by Cloudflare.
Firewall and request protection
Work with IP Access Rules, Managed WAF rulesets, Custom Rules, Rate Limiting Rules, Zone Lockdown, IP Lists, Security.txt, and related security tooling using structured ACP workflows.
Zero Trust / Access Protection
Build and manage Cloudflare Access applications, policies, groups, and organization-level settings for protecting sensitive IPS areas such as the AdminCP.
API Shield and DDoS areas
Surface Cloudflare API Shield and DDoS-related management areas that can be controlled through the available API scopes and the plan features on your zone.
Analytics dashboards
Show Cloudflare traffic, cache, and security analytics directly inside the AdminCP using Cloudflare GraphQL-backed chart extensions and overview blocks where supported by your token, dataset, and plan.
Designed for real IPS administration
ACP-first layout that keeps related Cloudflare controls together.
Tab-based navigation across Cloudflare management areas.
Inline Cloudflare documentation links and permission notes to reduce token setup confusion.
Form helpers and presets for common IPS paths such as /admin, login routes, API endpoints, and cache-rule use cases.
Dialog-based creation and editing flows for major management actions.
Visual summaries and statistics blocks to make current zone state easier to review at a glance.
Important notes
This app manages your existing Cloudflare account and zones. A separate Cloudflare account is required.
Available controls depend on your Cloudflare plan, token permissions, and whether Cloudflare exposes the related settings or datasets for the selected zone.
Some Cloudflare features are read-only, unavailable, or product-specific depending on your plan or account entitlements. The app is designed to reflect those limits rather than masking them.
Analytics visibility can vary by GraphQL dataset availability, token scope, and plan support.
Ideal for
Community owners, IPS administrators, and developers who want a serious Cloudflare control surface inside Invision Community 5 without giving up Cloudflare-native concepts, terminology, or live API-backed management.
Developed by InvisionMarketplace.com - Professional Invision Community Applications
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IPS5.0.0+
Developing IPS5 applications often requires navigating dozens of files to understand how classes, extensions, listeners, templates, language bits, settings, CSS, and database tables are connected. Framework Explorer is a developer productivity tool that provides a unified view of an IPS5 application directly from the AdminCP, making it easier to explore, navigate, and maintain your codebase.
Instead of manually searching through your application's files, you can quickly inspect its architecture, browse framework components, review inheritance, discover available methods, explore templates and stylesheets, inspect language bits and settings, and examine the application's database structure and data—all from a single interface.
Framework Explorer is designed for developers who are already familiar with the IPS framework and want to work more efficiently. Its goal is to simplify navigation and inspection of existing applications, not to teach IPS development or replace the official developer documentation.
- Ideal for:
IPS application developers
Marketplace authors
Maintaining existing applications
Exploring third-party applications
Understanding unfamiliar codebases
Developers already familiar with the IPS5 framework
- Features:
Class Explorer
Browse every PHP class in an application.
View inheritance, implemented interfaces, and used traits.
Inspect properties, constants, and methods.
Display namespaces, file locations, and PHPDoc information.
Optionally open files directly in your IDE.
Settings Explorer
Browse application settings.
View configuration keys, default values, and metadata.
Quickly identify available ACP settings.
Extension Explorer
Browse every IPS extension.
View extension types and implementations.
Inspect inheritance and available methods.
Quickly navigate extension classes.
Listener Explorer
Browse every event listener.
View listener types.
Inspect supported methods.
Identify the framework class associated with each listener.
Language Explorer
Browse every language bit.
Search by language key or translated value.
Quickly locate application translations.
Template Explorer
Browse all application templates.
View template groups and individual templates.
Display template source code.
Explore template relationships.
CSS Explorer
Browse all application CSS files.
View selectors, CSS variables, media queries, and imports.
Display the source code.
Search by filename, selector, or CSS content.
Filter results by application.
Optionally open files directly in your IDE.
Database Explorer
Browse application database tables.
View table structure, indexes, and records.
Filter tables by application.
Inspect column definitions and index information.
Browse table data with pagination.
Read-only database inspection for safe exploration.
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IPS5.0.0+
Nothing malicious slips through your inbox unseen
Conversations Enhanced puts moderation and accountability around the one part of your community nobody can see: private messages.
Hold new messages for review before they reach anyone. Watch for the words that matter to you. Catch the link-stuffed blast sent to twenty members by an account that registered an hour ago.
And when fellow admins genuinely need to read a conversation, make them say why and keep a record of it.
The problem
Every other kind of content on your site has moderation behind it. Posts get reported, topics get locked, and files get approved.
Private messages have none of that.
A scammer who has been quietly working your members for a week looks exactly like a member who has been helping people for a year, right up until the chargebacks start.
Conversations Enhanced closes that gap without turning your community into a surveillance state.
Approval before delivery
When a message is held, it is genuinely held.
The native conversation is never created, the recipients never see it, and no notification goes out. The sender receives a notice written by you explaining that their message is waiting for review.
Reviewers work from a queue in the AdminCP, filtered by waiting, approved, or declined, with quick search across everything.
Approve it and the conversation is created and delivered as normal. Decline it and it never existed.
You choose who can review held messages, and reviewer groups can be emailed the moment something enters the queue.
Hold messages based on how they look
Hold messages based on their shape rather than only their author:
Too many links
Too many recipients at once
An account too new to have earned the benefit of the doubt
Each threshold is independent and remains disabled until you turn it on.
A member writing to one or two people is normal. A first message sent to twenty people is not.
All conditions work together. A held message shows every reason it was held, not just the first one triggered.
The review screen
Opening a held message shows reviewers everything they need to make a decision.
They can see the recipients, submission time, and a badge for each reason the message was held. Matched terms are highlighted directly inside the message body, so reviewers do not have to hunt for the word that triggered the hold.
The screen also provides a short history of the sender:
How long they have been a member
Their post count
How many messages they have had held before
How many of those messages were declined
That context matters.
A first-time hold from a three-year member reads very differently from the fourth hold this week on an account registered on Tuesday.
Oversight, with the receipts
Sometimes staff have a genuine reason to read a conversation: a harassment report, a scam investigation, or a legal request.
Conversations Enhanced makes that possible and makes it accountable.
Every conversation on the site is searchable by title, participants, message count, and activity date, with proper filtering and date ranges.
When a staff member opens a private conversation, they must provide a reason. That access is recorded, creating a clear audit trail of who accessed the conversation and why.
Retention you control
A message still waiting for a decision is never deleted, no matter how old it becomes. An ignored moderation queue cannot quietly drain itself.
Purging members’ real conversations is possible too, but it sits behind a separate setting with its own warning because it deletes real member data and cannot be undone.
Moderation
Reviewers receive a Pending Messages tab in the Moderator Control Panel, along with a count badge in the mobile footer beside the rest of the navigation. It is sized and styled to match the existing interface.
Members with a message under review receive their own page showing its current status.
Notifications and emails run through the native systems, so they respect the preferences members have already configured.
Perfect for
Communities that trade, sell, or handle money
The scam almost always starts with a private message.
Sites with younger members
A quiet reminder that private conversations may be reviewed when necessary can be worth more than a policy page nobody reads.
Communities discussing staff access to private messages
It provides an answer better than: “The database administrator can, technically.”
Staff teams looking for patterns
Catch suspicious behaviour in a moderation queue instead of reading about it in a public topic three weeks later.
In short
Conversations Enhanced gives private messages the same moderation, visibility, and accountability that every other part of your community already has.
It provides approval before delivery, watched words with per-word actions, conditional holds based on links, recipient counts, and account age, audited staff oversight, and retention controls you manage.
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IPS5.0.0+
Custom work for your community, from first request to five-star review
Commissions is a complete provider directory and client work pipeline for Invision Community v5.
Showcase the people who build for your community, allow members and guests to request custom work through a guided intake process, send quotes, collect payment through Commerce or externally, deliver the work, and gather the reviews that help providers win their next job.
Full demo on https://administrata.net/commissions/
How it works
Providers apply and you decide who gets approved.
Approved providers appear in a public directory alongside their services, portfolio, rating, and Software Marketplace listings. Anyone who needs work completed can choose a specific provider or submit a general request.
After completing a short intake form, the client enters a private request thread where the entire job takes place:
Initial discussion
Scope and quotation
Quote acceptance
Payment
Work in progress
Delivery
Client review
Every step remains visible in one place. A progress tracker at the top of each request shows exactly where the job stands, while an activity timeline records every status change, quotation, acceptance, and payment event.
Nobody has to ask, “Where are we with this?”
The provider directory
The directory hub welcomes visitors with live statistics, including:
The number of approved providers
Their average rating
The number of available services
Featured providers receive distinctive cards with a colour rail automatically generated from the services they offer. Every provider card feels different without requiring anyone to design it manually.
Complete provider profiles
Every approved provider receives a dedicated public profile containing:
A sticky identity panel with their avatar, headline, star rating, availability, and services
A rich-text About section using the full Invision editor
An unlimited portfolio with real image uploads
Their Software Marketplace files
Reviews from completed work
A prominent Request work button that starts a job with them in two clicks
Public service pages
Services are created and managed by administrators in the ACP. Each service can have its own colour and description.
Every service also receives a dedicated public landing page containing:
A tinted service hero
Live trust and activity statistics
Providers offering that service
The latest relevant review
Structured data for search engines
Aggregate star-rating data
Nine services means nine search-friendly landing pages that you never have to write or maintain manually.
The request pipeline
Requests are built as native Invision content items.
That means every request conversation includes the functionality your members already understand:
Replies
Editing and edit history
Deletion
Reactions
Reporting
Attachments through the standard editor
A flexible intake form
You control the request intake form.
Create fields in the ACP, decide which ones are required, and choose which field becomes the request title. Clients can upload screenshots, specifications, archives, documents, and other supporting files directly with their request.
Full guest access
Guests are treated as first-class clients.
When a guest submits a request, they receive a private magic link by email. That link becomes their key to the entire request thread.
Without creating an account, guests can:
Read provider replies
Respond to the conversation
Accept or decline quotations
Follow the progress of the job
Leave a review after delivery
Access control is enforced server-side for every action.
My Requests portal
Registered members receive a dedicated My Requests portal where they can follow all their active and completed work.
Each request page includes:
A clickable progress tracker covering New, Reviewing, Quoted, Accepted, In Progress, and Delivered
The complete intake submission and attachments
The client-provider conversation
Visually accented provider replies
An activity timeline of status changes, quotations, and payments
Internal notes visible only to staff and the assigned provider
Quotes and payments
When the scope is clear, the provider can send a formal quotation containing:
The quoted amount
The currency
What is included
Payment instructions
The client can accept or decline the quote directly from the request page, including guest clients using their magic link.
Three payment methods
Administrators control which payment methods are available.
Arranged manually
Suitable for bank transfers, cash payments, existing client arrangements, or any payment handled outside the community.
External payment link
Providers can supply a PayPal, Stripe, payment portal, or invoice URL.
Commerce invoice
Accepting the quotation generates a real Commerce invoice. The client is sent directly to checkout, and the quote is automatically marked as paid when the invoice payment is completed.
Reviews that mean something
Delivering a request triggers a review invitation, both on the request page and by email.
The client can rate the provider out of five stars and describe their experience. Reviews are automatically included in the provider’s public rating and displayed throughout the directory wherever that provider appears.
Legacy reviews
Members can also review work completed before Commissions was installed.
Legacy reviews are held for staff approval before publication, preventing providers from fabricating an established track record.
When a review is hidden or deleted, the provider’s rating is recalculated immediately.
The provider dashboard
Providers manage their work and public presence from a single dashboard.
Business overview
The dashboard includes statistic tiles for:
Requests awaiting a reply
Open jobs
Work currently in progress
The provider’s average rating
Work queue
Requests are ordered by how long the client has been waiting, with clear Awaiting your reply indicators so providers immediately know where their attention is needed.
Profile and portfolio management
Providers can also manage:
Their public profile
Their rich-text About section
Their availability
Their services
Their service ordering
Their portfolio images and entries
Service ordering controls the provider’s card colours and badge order throughout the community without requiring a separate drag-and-drop interface.
Automatic reminders
A daily background task keeps the pipeline moving.
It can:
Remind providers about requests awaiting their reply
Re-invite clients to review delivered work
Automatically close delivered requests after a configurable period
Each reminder and closure window can be configured independently.
Providers across your community
Approved providers remain visible beyond the directory.
They receive:
A teal Provider badge on their member profile, beside See my activity
A Provider chip in forum posts, supported in both classic and slim post layouts
A Provider button on their member hovercard
Every badge and button links directly to the provider’s public profile.
That turns every useful post they make into a quiet advertisement for their services.
Notifications
Commissions uses the notification system with both inline and email delivery, supported by dedicated email templates.
Clients are notified about
New replies
Request status changes
New quotations
Payment updates
Review invitations
Providers are notified about
New requests
Client replies
Quote acceptance or rejection
Completed payments
New reviews
Guests are notified by email
Guest clients receive all relevant updates by email, together with the magic link that gives them secure access to their request.
Admin control panel
Administrators receive complete control over the provider directory and request pipeline.
Provider management
Approve, decline, suspend, feature, and edit providers through a complete management interface covering everything from their profile information to their jobs-completed counter.
Services manager
Create services, assign colours, and write the descriptions used across provider profiles and public service pages.
Request management
View the complete request pipeline with:
Per-status filters
Quick search
Client and provider details
Current quotation and payment status
Intake fields
Create and organise the fields used in the custom-work request form.
Application settings
Control:
Directory visibility
Provider applications
Available payment methods
Reminder windows
Review invitations
Automatic request closure
Perfect for
Commissions is ideal for:
Site owners who sell custom work and want intake, quoting, payment, and delivery in one pipeline
Networks with multiple trusted freelancers who each deserve their own storefront
Communities tired of custom-work requests being scattered across private messages, forum topics, email, and external payment services
Commissions 1.0 brings providers, clients, requests, quotations, payments, delivery, and reviews into one professional workflow. Need a workflow it does not cover yet? Let me know.
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IPS5.0.0+
Using the Template Editor App, Using Themes, Using the Code Editor, Using History, Using Backups, Using Diagnostics
Template Editor
Bring back a serious template editing workflow for Invision Community 5 with a dedicated AdminCP editor for source templates, theme-specific template overrides, source CSS, and theme-specific CSS overrides, plus recovery tooling, revision history, and app-level baseline protection. Template Editor is built for administrators and developers who need a practical way to inspect, edit, compare, recover, and audit IPS theme source changes without falling back to raw database work.
What It Does
Template Editor restores a focused editing experience around IPS 5 theme source assets while adapting to the modern IPS 5 runtime model:
Source Templates are edited through a full editor workspace for both global source maintenance and theme-specific override work, then published back into the IPS 5 source pipeline
Source CSS can be browsed and edited from the same workspace in both global and theme-specific scopes with change tracking and recovery support
Backups, Baselines, History, and Diagnostics give you the safeguards needed before and after making live source changes
Instead of treating template edits as unmanaged one-off modifications, Template Editor layers structured recovery and auditing on top of the IPS 5 template and CSS system.
Key Features
Full Template Editing Workspace
V4-Style Editing Experience: Includes a dedicated left-hand file tree, multi-tab editing area, revision note field, variables dialog, and recovery actions in a purpose-built editor workspace
Multi-Tab Workflow: Open and work on more than one source template or CSS file at a time instead of being limited to a single record view
Global Edit Mode and Theme-Specific Editing: Work in the default global source scope or open the workspace for a specific theme when you need template overrides or theme-specific CSS changes
Live File Navigation: Browse application, location, group, and file structures from the editor pane with active file highlighting and search support
Editor Engine Choice: Switch between Monaco and CodeMirror from the workspace preferences depending on your editing preference
IPS Template Syntax Awareness: The editor is built for IPS template control tags such as {{if}}, {{elseif}}, {{else}}, {{endif}}, {{foreach}}, and {{endforeach}}
Block-Aware Matching: IPS control structures are easier to follow while editing thanks to block-aware matching behavior for nested template logic
Unsaved Change Protection: Warns before closing editor tabs or leaving the page when unsaved work is present
Light and Dark Scheme Support: The editing workspace is styled for both ACP color schemes instead of being hard-coded to one visual mode
Source Template Publishing for IPS 5
Global Source Template Publishing: Edit and publish IPS 5 source templates through the actual live source pipeline used by the suite
Static Recompile Integration: Publishes trigger the appropriate IPS compile steps so front-end output reflects the new source state
Optimistic Lock Protection: Prevents silent overwrites when the live source changed after the editor loaded the file
Drift Detection: Detects when the current runtime row and shipped template source no longer match, helping prevent accidental writes into an inconsistent state
Source CSS Editing and Tracking
Integrated CSS Browser: Browse shipped source CSS from the same editor shell used for templates
Editable Source CSS: Make source CSS updates with revision notes and recovery tracking instead of editing rows manually
Change Visibility: Changed CSS is surfaced in the app’s change tracking and recovery tools so it can be audited like template edits
Shared Recovery Model: CSS participates in the same baseline, revision, backup, and restore architecture used for source templates
Baselines, Revisions, and Recovery Safety
Immutable Initial Baselines: Before the first live source change, the app captures an original baseline so there is always a restore point anchored to the shipped app state
App-Level Recovery Snapshots: Each app can maintain a locked recovery baseline for full app-level restore workflows, not just single-file rollbacks
Revision History: Every authored save can be tracked so you can review, compare, and restore earlier work later
Pre-Recovery Backups: Automatic protective snapshots are created before restore operations so recoveries can be reversed if needed
Stored Revision Notes: Saves and restores can carry explicit notes to make the audit trail readable instead of leaving behind anonymous source mutations
Template-Aware Recovery Architecture
Shipped Source Recovery: The app can restore source templates from the app’s shipped Templates content instead of depending only on live runtime rows
Version-Aware Template Snapshots: Baseline Template snapshots are captured per app version to preserve the original shipped source before edits or later upgrades alter the working files
App-Level Baseline Provenance: Diagnostics can report whether the app baseline was built from a stored XML snapshot, current shipped XML, or a runtime fallback source
Safer Full-App Restore Direction: The architecture is designed around restoring the original shipped source state for an app, not just overwriting isolated rows without context
Operational Visibility and Admin Tooling
Themes Area: Review global source changes plus theme-specific template and CSS override activity from the app's theme-aware management layer
History Area: Review authored and restored revisions with member attribution and saved notes
Backups Area: Manage full recovery snapshots, including locked baselines and restore points created before recovery actions
Diagnostics Area: Inspect template state, shipped-source lookup results, and app recovery readiness from dedicated ACP diagnostics tools
Status Indicators: The editor UI surfaces modified, baseline, inherited, and drift-aware state markers directly in the workspace
Use Cases
Template Editor is especially useful for:
administrators migrating old IPS 4 template editing habits into IPS 5
developers who need a controlled source-template editing workflow inside the ACP
communities that want app-level recovery protection before touching shipped template or CSS sources
staff teams that need revision history and member attribution for live template changes
sites that regularly customize suite output and want stronger rollback and diagnostics tooling
AdminCP Areas
The app includes dedicated AdminCP management areas for:
Templates
Themes
History
Backups
Diagnostics
Why It Stands Out
IPS 5 no longer exposes the same source-template editing workflow many administrators relied on in IPS 4. Template Editor does not just add an edit box back. It rebuilds the workflow around the IPS 5 source model with baseline capture, revision history, template-aware recovery, multi-tab editing, and diagnostics so template work can be done with far more operational safety than direct edits.
Developed by InvisionMarketplace.com - Professional Invision Community Applications
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IPS5.0.0+
Ask your community anything, and actually understand the answers.
Advanced Surveys & Forms is a complete survey, intake, and application system for Invision Community v5. Build unlimited forms with branching logic, collect responses through a guided flow your members will actually finish, and turn the results into clean charts that can be shown publicly, after submission, after closing, or to staff only.
How it works
Create a form, place it in a category, and add questions through the visual builder. Members find it in the hub, complete it step by step, and depending on your settings, either see the results right away or simply move on. Staff can watch responses roll in, chart them in a way that makes sense, and export the raw data whenever needed.
Every form runs in one of two modes. A Survey gathers opinions and presents the results as charts. An Intake form collects structured information without the results-page framing. Enable application review and that same form becomes a full reviewable application, with staff approvals, group changes, and applicant notifications.
The member experience
Long forms get abandoned. This one does not feel long.
Instead of dumping twenty fields onto a single page, Advanced Surveys presents one question at a time, with a progress bar, a clear “Question 4 of 12” counter, and Back and Next controls. Members always know how far they have to go, can answer at their own pace, and are never overwhelmed by a wall of inputs.
The flow includes:
A live progress bar and step counter
Required-question protection, so mandatory answers are not skipped by accident
An estimated completion time and question count up front
An anonymous badge when responses are not tied to a name
Category color theming and fa icons so each form feels connected to its section
Conditional questions appear inline the moment they become relevant, directly after the answer that triggers them.
Question types
Eleven question types cover just about anything you would want to ask:
Single choice
Multiple choice
Dropdown
Rating
Short text
Long text
Number
Date
Email
File upload
Info text and page breaks for structure and instructions
Each question can be marked required, given help text, and reordered in the builder.
Branching and conditional logic
This is where it stops being a plain form.
Any question can be shown only when other answers match. Open the conditional visibility panel, choose whether to match All or Any conditions, and build rules like “show this question when Role is Content Contributor” or “when Country is not United States.” Conditions support “is” and “is not,” multiple rules at once, and any choice-based question as a trigger.
The logic runs live as the member fills in the form, and it is enforced again on the server. A required question that was never shown will not block a valid submission, while a required question that was shown must still be answered.
Results as charts
When a form closes, or the moment a member submits, the results page turns raw responses into something readable.
Every question can be charted independently. Pick the style per question or let the system choose automatically:
Horizontal bars and columns
Doughnut and pie charts
100% stacked bars
Ranked lists and data tables
Big number and NPS score
Review summaries for ratings
Emoji faces and word clouds
Charts are rendered with a bundled charting library, so there are no external calls and nothing extra to configure. Prefer the raw numbers? Export any form’s responses to CSV in one click.
Who sees the results
You decide, per form:
Public, visible to anyone who can see the form
After submit, unlocked once a member responds
After close, held back until the form closes
Staff only, kept private for your team
Category permissions can also grant a dedicated results permission, letting specific groups see outcomes without opening them to everyone.
Turn a survey into an application
Advanced Surveys also doubles as a full application system, perfect for staff recruitment, club membership, event signups, or anything that needs a human decision.
Enable application review on a form and its behavior changes:
Submissions go into a review queue instead of a results chart
A reviewer group you choose can approve, reject, and leave a private message
Administrators can always review applications
On approval, the applicant can be added to a secondary group automatically
The applicant is notified of the decision, inline and by email, along with any message the reviewers left
Applications to review queue in the AdminCP, plus a compact question-and-answer review panel with applicant details and a status badge. Applicants get their own “My applications” view, where they can see exactly what they submitted and whether it is pending, approved, or not accepted.
Categories and permissions
Forms live in categories with nesting, drag ordering, colors, and icons. Every category carries the standard Invision permission matrix, so you control who can view, who can respond, and who can see results section by section.
Guests can be allowed or blocked globally, and any form can require sign-in on its own.
Response controls
Fine-tune how each form behaves:
Require login, or allow guests
One response per member, or allow repeats
Set a cooldown before a member can respond again
Schedule opening and closing dates
Show a custom confirmation message after submission
Notifications
Advanced Surveys uses the notification system, with inline, email, and push support. Members and staff can be notified about:
New responses on a form they own or manage
A survey closing soon
Results becoming available
A new application waiting for review
An application being approved
An application being rejected
A background task handles closing reminders and results notifications automatically.
Built into Invision, not beside it
Global search and activity stream integration
Following, with notifications on new activity
Moderation, hiding, and reporting through the standard tools
A followable, permission-aware hub with a hero and live stats for open forms, total responses, and completed counts
A Recent Surveys widget you can place anywhere blocks are supported, including Pages layouts
Admin control panel
Visual question builder with question type, required toggle, help text, reordering, and conditional visibility
Cross-form application review queue
Category management with permissions, colors, and icons
Per-question chart selection on the results side
CSV export of responses
Settings for guest access, per-page counts, and the member-facing applications link
Granular admin restrictions for forms, categories, and settings, so you can give staff exactly the access they need
Perfect for
Advanced Surveys & Forms is ideal for:
Community feedback and opinion polls that deserve more than a one-line poll
Staff recruitment and volunteer applications, end to end
Club membership and event intake
Onboarding questionnaires with branching that adapts to each member
Teams that want clean, shareable charts instead of another spreadsheet
Communities that need some answers public and others locked to staff
Advanced Surveys & Forms 1.0 is just the start. Need a question type or workflow it does not cover yet? Let me know.
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IPS5.0.7+
This application allows administrators and moderators with the appropriate permission to ban specific users from selected forums directly from the Admin CP or the user's front-end profile.
Restricted members will not be able to:
View the forum's topic list
Access topics inside restricted forums
Create new topics in restricted forums
Banned forums are removed from the Forums index, and content from restricted forums is also hidden from Activity Streams, Search results, and user profiles.
Administrators can view and manage all forum restrictions from a dedicated page in the Admin CP.
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IPS5.0.0+
It allows communities, staff teams, project groups, content teams and support teams to create boards, manage tasks, assign work, track progress, discuss tasks, use labels and tags, organise deadlines and build repeatable workflows without relying on an external platform.
This application has been under development for several months and is the result of working very closely with another client, shaping the app around real workflow needs, practical project management and day-to-day community use.
Feature set
Fully responsive layout for desktop, tablet and mobile users
Front-end task boards for community and team workflows
Multiple board layouts, including Kanban, Compact, Editorial, Triage, Release QA, Focus Workspace, Matrix Workspace and Roadmap Timeline
Board dashboard with search, filters, task groups and key task metrics
Calendar view for due dates and scheduled tasks
Task creation, editing, archiving and deletion
Task assignments, followers and ownership controls
Task claiming, release and takeover options
Task priorities, due dates, reminder dates and completion percentage tracking
Task comments with mentions, reactions and pagination
Checklist support with completion tracking
File attachments with configurable upload size limits
Labels and tags for better task organisation
Custom fields for board-specific task data
Board cover images and visual board themes
Board team management with owners, managers, members and pending invites
Board-specific permissions for viewing, creating, claiming, editing and managing tasks
Group-level Task Manager permissions
Activity logging for task updates, comments, movement, assignments, checklists and attachments
Built-in task search across available boards
Drag-and-drop style task movement between workflow columns
Workflow states and custom columns
Automation rules for actions such as moving cards, changing priority and adding labels
Packaged board templates for quick setup
Ready-made templates for bug tracking, content production, project planning, software release QA, community moderation, event planning, eLearning, student management and personal productivity
Optional sample tasks when creating boards from templates
Suggestions column support for community-driven workflows
Time tracking with manual time logging and task timers
Task notifications for comments, mentions, assignments and claims
Backup and import tools for Task Manager data
ACP tools for boards, columns, workflow states, labels, tags, custom fields, templates, automations, logs and backup
Built to use native Invision Community 5 styling, permissions, editor handling, notifications and front navigation
Front end path
Domain > Task Manager
ACP path
ACP > Community > Task Manager
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IPS5.0.0+
Application features for Birthday Greeter:
Automatic Birthday Greetings
Finds members with birthdays today and sends greetings through enabled channels.
Personal Messages
Sends a birthday PM from a selected sender account.
Email Greetings
Sends a birthday email when the member allows admin emails.
Forum Topics and Replies
Can create individual topics, one daily topic, or post replies into an existing topic.
Topic Settings
Supports forum selection, author selection, title, message body, pinning, and closing topics.
Chatbox Greetings
Posts birthday messages to a supported chat application when available.
Status Updates
Publishes birthday greetings through the status channel when supported.
Today’s Birthdays Widget
Displays members celebrating a birthday today.
Birthday Message Widget
Shows a configurable birthday greeting message on the site.
Activity Filter
Excludes members who have been inactive for a configured number of days.
Content Count Filter
Sends greetings only to members with a minimum amount of content.
Age Range Filter
Limits greetings to members within a configured age range.
Group Exclusions
Excludes selected member groups from receiving greetings.
Duplicate Protection
Tracks sent PM greetings and prevents duplicate birthday messages on the same day.
Recipient Safety Limit
Stops the task if the recipient list is unexpectedly large.
Scheduled Delivery Window
Lets admins configure send time, timezone, and delivery buffer.
Quick Tags
Supports dynamic placeholders in greeting templates.
Optional Logs
Allows delivery, duplicate, error, and safety logs to be enabled or disabled.
Based on the app from devfuse!
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IPS5.0.0+
Ban Members From Topics allows moderators to restrict specific members from accessing selected topics without affecting their access to the rest of the community.
Banned members will no longer be able to view the topic content in any area where the topic appears.
Covered areas:
Topic view
Forum view AJAX preview
Activity streams
Profile activity
Profile content tabs (Topics and Posts)
Topic and post embeds
Moderator permissions:
Can ban members from topics
Can unban members from topics
Can view the list of banned members in a topic
Moderator notifications:
Moderators can be notified when:
Another moderator bans a member from a topic
Another moderator removes a member's ban from a topic
Another moderator removes all banned members from a topic
Member notifications:
Members can be notified when:
A moderator bans them from a topic
A moderator unbans them from a topic
Profile integration:
Adds a profile tab displaying all topics where the profile owner is banned
The tab is only visible to moderators with permission
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IPS5.0.0+
Administrators can assign specific members or groups to moderate selected topics and define exactly which actions they are allowed to perform, such as editing, hiding, approving, pinning, locking, moving, deleting, or viewing hidden content.
The app includes configurable permission tabs, permission copying between moderators, front-end management access, and controls for who can add, edit, or delete topic moderators. It also supports optional moderator badges, including global HTML/image badges or custom badges per moderator.
Feature List
Assign members or groups as moderators for specific topics
Configure detailed moderation permissions per moderator
Allow selected users or groups to manage topic moderators
Copy permissions from an existing moderator
Optionally allow moderators to moderate their own topics in selected forums
Display moderator badges in topic posts
Use global or custom HTML/image badges
Manage moderators from the front end or AdminCP
Choose how topics are selected in the moderator form
Analogue of the NB42 application for IPS4. There is a data converter from the NB42 app to this app.
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IPS5.0.11+
This application allows moderators with the proper permissions to mass change file submitters directly from the Downloads category view. Moderators can select multiple files using the moderation tools and quickly assign a new author via a simple dialog.
All author changes are automatically logged in the Moderator Logs.
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IPS5.0.11+
This app adds a simple line under every forum showing its moderators, including both groups and individual members. It also appears inside the forum view, keeping everything consistent and easy to find.
Clean, lightweight, and fully integrated with IPS5, and integrates seamlessly with your community’s design. It uses the core moderators cache, so it runs efficiently without adding extra database queries.
Display moderators on the Forums index:
Table view
Grid view
