Member Tools
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IPS5.0.10+
DEMO
Documentation
Using Libraries
Using the Book Manager
Using the Template System
Libraries
Build a richer publishing and knowledge experience for Invision Community with a native system for articles, books, and documents. Libraries is designed for communities that need more than a flat docs area. It gives you structured libraries, nested shelves, multi-format content, reader-friendly navigation, and IPS-native moderation and engagement tools in one app.
What It Does
Libraries lets administrators and approved members organize long-form knowledge content into a clear hierarchy:
Libraries group major knowledge areas, product collections, or publishing sections
Shelves organize topics inside each library, including nested shelf structures
Articles, Books, and Documents give you the right content format for editorial writing, multi-page manuals, and reference material
Instead of forcing every piece of content into the same shape, Libraries supports different reading experiences while still keeping everything inside IPS-native content workflows.
Key Features
Articles for Editorial and Guide Content
Dedicated Article Type: Publish articles as their own content type instead of treating everything like a plain document entry
Single-Page Reading Flow: Ideal for announcements, tutorials, opinion pieces, changelog explainers, release writeups, and in-depth guides
Rich Presentation: Articles support cover images, subtitles, overview text, tags, prefixes, and formatted editor content
Native IPS Engagement: Articles participate in follows, reactions, reporting, comments, reviews, ratings, and read tracking
Software Linking: Articles can be tied directly to Software Marketplace items when you want release or feature documentation attached to a product
Books for Multi-Page Manuals and Structured Reading
True Book Content Type: Create multi-page books instead of splitting manuals into disconnected posts or standalone documents
Book Page Manager: Add, edit, delete, reorder, enable, disable, and organize pages from a dedicated management workspace
Intro Page and Reading Paths: Books can open on a preferred intro page, then continue through a structured chapter flow
Nested Page Structure: Build parent and child page relationships for more advanced manuals, handbooks, and product guides
Reader-Friendly Navigation: Books can expose page outlines, current-page table of contents blocks, and clean page-specific URLs inside the parent book
Draft-First Workflow: New books start in draft so authors can build page structure before publishing
Publishing Safeguards: Books are protected from being published as empty shells without readable pages
Unified Discussions: Comments, reviews, follows, helpfulness, moderation state, and other IPS content behavior stay attached to the parent book item
Revision-Aware Authoring: Book pages and book changes fit into the app revision-oriented publishing workflow for ongoing maintenance
Documents for Straightforward Reference Content
Single-Page Reference Format: Use documents for FAQs, support notes, internal reference material, setup steps, quick answers, or short technical explanations
Cleaner Than Forum Posts: Documents keep knowledge content separate from discussion-first areas while still supporting IPS engagement where needed
Shared Feature Set: Documents also support editor content, overview text, cover images, tags, related software links, comments, reviews, and moderation controls
Structured Libraries and Shelf Navigation
Library and Shelf Hierarchy: Organize content in a way that feels closer to a real documentation center or digital publishing library
Nested Shelves: Use parent and child shelf structures to separate products, departments, categories, chapters, or knowledge domains
Finder-Style Browsing: Members can browse through index, library, shelf, and item views instead of relying on one flat listing
On-Page Navigation Aids: Heading-aware table of contents support helps readers move through long-form content more easily
Related Content Discovery: Surface more items from the same shelf to keep readers moving through connected material
Native IPS Publishing, Community, and Moderation Tools
Comments and Reviews: Let members discuss and review articles, books, and documents directly on the content item
Helpfulness Voting: Readers can mark content as helpful or not helpful for lightweight quality feedback
Private Negative Feedback Threads: Not-helpful responses can include private written feedback, with author or staff replies when needed
Drafts and Approval Workflows: Shelf-level controls can govern draft saving, approval requirements, and moderated publishing behavior
Silent Editing and Revision Tracking: Maintain content cleanly without losing control over edit visibility and history
Read Markers, Reporting, Embeds, and Follows: The app uses familiar IPS content behaviors instead of reinventing them in a parallel system
Marketplace and Commerce Integration
Software Marketplace Bridge: Link content directly to Marketplace software items and surface it in the software item Documentation tab
Related Software Panels: Show readers which Marketplace item a piece of content belongs to, with pricing and product context where relevant
Paid Content Support: Documents, articles, and books can participate in paid-access workflows when Commerce integration is enabled
Purchase Terms and Renewals: Support monetized documentation workflows with terms acceptance, renewals, and entitlement-aware access control
Template System and Visual Families
Multiple Shipped Design Families: The app includes distinct visual family foundations inspired by Basic, Apple Finder, GNOME Files, and Windows Explorer
Full Template Set Architecture: The front end is split into managed runtime targets for the frame, index, library, shelf, document, My Items, book manager, terms manager, submit flow, and Marketplace tab body
ACP Template System: Administrators can manage template sets directly from the AdminCP instead of editing one hard-coded front-end layout
Fork, Clone, Import, and Export: Start from a shipped family, create blank sets, clone existing sets, or move full template sets between installs as JSON packages
Per-Set CSS and JavaScript: Each template set can carry its own custom CSS and JavaScript for deeper visual and interaction customization
Baselines and Revisions: Save set-wide baselines for restore points and keep template-level revisions for safer iterative design work
Global Theme Switching for the App: Activate a template set to change the Documentation and Libraries experience across the app from a single managed system
Use Cases
Libraries is especially well suited for:
software product documentation
release notes and feature explainers
premium article publishing
multi-page manuals and handbooks
customer knowledge bases
internal team documentation
developer guides and API references
training materials and onboarding content
AdminCP Areas
The app includes dedicated AdminCP management areas for:
Libraries
Shelves
Documents and content items
Helpfulness Ratings
Statistics
Settings
Why It Stands Out
Most IPS knowledgebase-style solutions focus on a single document format. Libraries goes further by giving you a broader publishing model: articles for polished single-page reading, books for structured multi-page content, and documents for quick reference material, all inside one organized library and shelf system.
Developed by InvisionMarketplace.com - Professional Invision Community Applications
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IPS5.0.0+
Stop scrolling endlessly through 60-page topics. Filter, sort, and zero in on what matters - in one click, with zero page reloads.
Topic Navigator is a per-topic toolbar for Invision Community Suite v5 that drops a fast, AJAX-powered sort/filter/search bar onto every topic page. Find the OP's posts, jump to your own contributions, pull only posts with images, hunt a username, or grep a keyword across the whole thread without ever leaving the page. Built on native IPS framework patterns - it looks like it shipped with the suite.
Live demo on Administrata
Topic Navigation, Reinvented
A compact toolbar sits beneath every topic header with four controls that work together and persist per-topic:
Sort - Newest first, oldest first, or default
Filter - Starter only, my posts, with links, with images, with quotes (admin-selectable defaults)
Member lookup - Native IPS autocomplete pill; type a username, see only their posts in this thread
Search this topic - Live-debounced keyword search with highlighted hits in the rendered post bodies
Every interaction swaps the post feed in place via AJAX - no full page reload, no scroll loss, no flicker.
Your members get a search engine for the topic they're already reading.
Smart Image Filter
The "with images" filter catches uploaded attachments, embedded media, and inline thumbnails using the same patterns IPS uses internally. Embed cards and link previews are correctly excluded so the filter actually returns what users expect.
Per-Topic Pause (Moderator Control)
Some topics don't want a navigator on top of them - announcements, polls, pinned welcome threads. Moderators get a one-click toggle to disable the toolbar on a per-topic basis.
You decide which topics get the power tools.
Search Term Highlighting
When the search filter is active, matching terms in the rendered post bodies are wrapped in themed <mark> tags using the primary colour at 35% opacity. Users see exactly why each post matched.
Admin Control Panel
Full IPS-native ACP experience:
Master enable/disable toggle
Enabled sort modes - check which sort options appear in the dropdown
Enabled filters - choose which filter chips members see (starter, me, with_links, with_images, with_quotes)
Per-feature toggles - independently enable/disable sort, filter, member lookup, and search
Default selections - set the filters that are pre-selected on first load for new visitors
Built for Active Communities
Threads with 50+ pages where finding the OP's latest update is a chore
Support topics where you need to filter to "with images" to find the screenshot
Long-running discussions where members want to re-read only one user's contributions
Megathreads where keyword search is faster than Ctrl+F (which only sees the current page)
Sticky FAQ topics where members need to jump straight to posts with links
Photo-share topics where you want to skip past the chatter and just see the uploads
Perfect For
High-volume support forums
Long-running discussion threads
Megathreads, AMAs, and Q&A topics
Build logs, project diaries, and ongoing show-and-tell threads
Tech support communities with image-heavy troubleshooting
Any community whose topics regularly cross 10+ pages
Stop making your members scroll. Give them the toolbar topics have always needed.
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IPS5.0.0+
Country Consent
Give your Invision Community a privacy-first way to handle member country display. Country Consent detects a member's country privately, keeps it hidden by default, and only shows a public country flag after the member explicitly chooses what to do. It is built for communities that want country visibility without forcing automatic public disclosure.
🔒 What It Does
Country Consent introduces an approval-based country workflow for member accounts. Instead of auto-publishing a detected country or flag, the app prompts the member to confirm the detected country, choose a different one, or hide their country entirely. Nothing is displayed publicly until that decision is made.
✨ Key Features
Privacy-First Country Display
Private Detection: Detect a member's country without immediately exposing it on their profile or across the community
Consent Before Display: Require an explicit member decision before any public flag is shown
Default Hidden State: New and existing members remain non-public until they make a choice
Member-Controlled Visibility: Let members hide their country entirely if they do not want it displayed
Clear Member Choice Workflow
Confirm Detected Country: Members can approve the country detected for their account
Choose a Different Country: Members can override detection and pick a country manually
Hide Country: Members can opt out completely and keep their country private
Persistent Prompting: Pending members are reminded until they make a final choice
Public Display with Consent Only
Flag-Only Output: Public display focuses on the member's approved country flag
No Pending Leaks: Detected countries are never shown publicly while a member is still undecided
Approved Members Only: Public flags appear only for members who have explicitly approved visibility
Targeted Front-End Hooks: Display approved flags in selected community areas without relying on broad JS link injection
Directory and Account Controls
Public Country Directory: Browse countries and view only members who approved public visibility
Account Settings Integration: Members can revisit and change their country decision later
Privacy State Tracking: Separate private detection from public approval for cleaner data handling
Minimal ACP Settings: Keep administration simple while preserving the privacy-first model
🚀 Perfect For
Privacy-Conscious Communities: Give members control over whether location-related profile details are public
International Boards: Show country flags only when members actually want them shown
Communities in Sensitive Regions: Avoid exposing country information by default
Modern IPS Sites: Replace older auto-flag behavior with a consent-driven workflow
Administrators Who Want Simplicity: Use a straightforward member-choice flow instead of complex moderation rules
🎯 Technical Specifications
Platform: Invision Community 5
Detection Model: Private detection with separate approved visibility state
Member States: Pending, approved, or hidden
Public Output: Flag-only display for approved members
Member Controls: Confirm detected country, choose manually, or hide entirely
Directory: Public country listing limited to consented visible members
💡 Why Choose Country Consent?
Built Around Consent: Country display is treated as a member decision, not an automatic assumption
Better Privacy Defaults: Nothing is shown publicly until the member says yes
Cleaner Data Separation: Private detection and public approval are stored independently
More Respectful UX: Members are asked how they want their country handled instead of being silently assigned a visible flag
Designed for IPS: Integrates with account settings, profile output, directory views, and selected front-end hook areas
🔧 Easy Setup
Install the Application: Upload and install Country Consent in your Invision Community AdminCP
Enable the Prompt: Turn on the consent prompt and decide whether to enable the public directory
Let Members Choose: Members confirm, change, or hide their country the next time they are prompted
Display Approved Flags: Only approved members appear with public country flags and directory visibility
Adjust Later: Members can revisit their account settings whenever they want to change their choice
With Country Consent, your community gets a safer and more transparent way to handle country display. It preserves the usefulness of member country flags while putting the final decision where it belongs: with the member.
Developed by InvisionMarketplace.com - Professional Invision Community applications with privacy-aware member experience design.
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IPS5.0.0+
Simple FAQ is a fast, lightweight, and easy-to-use application designed to build a beautiful, modern Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) section on your website. With an elegant accordion layout and smart interactive features, it helps your users find answers instantly while keeping your forum interface clean and engaging.
Key Features:
Create different FAQ pages and lists on various subjects (such as Shipping, Payments, or Account Help) to easily organize your questions by topic.
Users can click to smoothly expand or collapse answers with beautiful sliding animations.
Control who can view each FAQ.
Instant Search: Filter questions instantly as users type, complete with:
Keyword Highlighting: Automatically bolds and highlights matched words in both questions and answers so users spot results immediately.
Mobile-Friendly Layout: On mobile phones and narrow sidebars, the search bar shrinks into a small magnifying glass icon to save screen space, smoothly sliding open only when tapped.
Helpfulness Feedback System: Allow users to vote whether each answer was helpful or not to capture valuable community insight.
Interactive Voting: Sleek YES / NO dynamic buttons with instant AJAX feedback, allowing users to smoothly change their mind or retract their vote at any time.
Helpfulness Dashboard: Monitor user feedback statistics in a dedicated admin view to easily identify and improve your FAQ content.
Flexible Widgets System: Drag and drop your FAQ block anywhere on your website with fully customizable settings:
FAQ Selection: Choose which specific FAQ to display.
Default State: Choose whether answers are closed or open by default on page load.
Solo Mode: Choose to allow only one question to be open at a time.
Toggle Search: Easily show or hide the instant search bar depending on your layout.
Simple FAQ is the perfect solution to present your community's help center in a clean, modern, and highly interactive format.
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IPS5.0.11+
Allow members to choose a Font Awesome icon and color displayed before their username across the community. Supports per-app or global display, using a lightweight approach with minimal performance impact.
Note
Works with user links using the default ipsUsername class.
Settings:
Groups allowed to choose an icon
Display custom user icon everywhere (or in specific apps)
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IPS5.0.0+
Turn your community into a powerful data collection tool with fully customizable forms for feedback, applications, bug reports, contact requests, and more.
This application introduces a completely custom-built field system, removing the limitations of the default CustomField model. Each field type is handled independently, allowing greater flexibility, better validation, and more control over how data is collected and displayed.
Types of forms:
You can create two types of forms:
Regular: users can fill them out at any time directly within the app.
Registration: users will fill them out only during account creation.
Types of fields:
Every submission is stored in your database, giving you full control and a complete history inside the ACP.
Take it further with automation:
Instantly create topics in your forums
Send private messages to members
Trigger email notifications to one or multiple recipients
Redirect users or display custom success messages
Built-in protections keep everything under control:
Flood protection to prevent spam
Limit members to a single submission per form
Fast, flexible, and built for IPS5, this system gives you complete control over data collection, validation, and presentation. All without relying on core field limitations.
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IPS5.0.0+
Your members have been posting for years.
Most of that content is invisible to them now.
On This Day brings it back.
Every day, members see a personalized timeline of what they posted on this date in previous years - forum topics, blog entries, gallery images, calendar events, and more.
Old content becomes visible again.
Members reconnect with things they forgot they wrote.
And your community gets a reason to look back, react, and share.
How it works
The app scans each member’s content history and matches it against today’s date across previous years. No tagging, no curation, no setup. If a member posted something on April 19th three years ago, they’ll see it today.
Results are grouped by year, sorted most recent first, and capped per year to keep things clean and relevant.
Queries the full search index - forums, blogs, gallery, downloads, calendar, pages, and more
Built-in leap year handling
Configurable minimum content age (default: 1 year)
Configurable items per year
Optional content type filtering
The On This Day page
A personal timeline at /memories/, designed to feel worth visiting.
Full-width hero banner with a personalized greeting and today’s date
Vertical timeline layout with clear year markers
Animated card entrances as you scroll
Each memory card shows content type, title, a 200-character excerpt, and the original date
“Revisit” links take members straight back to the original content
Content type icons for forums, blogs, gallery, downloads, calendar, and CMS
Friendly empty state for members with no memories yet
Memory Wall
Members can share their memories to a public Memory Wall.
Clicking Share opens an inline panel where they can add a personal note - a short message explaining why the memory matters. The original content is preserved alongside their note, so others see both the memory and the reflection.
Optional personal message (up to 500 characters)
Public wall feed with a paginated grid layout
Author avatars, timestamps, content type badges, and “years ago” indicators
Full IPS reaction support on every shared memory
Duplicate sharing prevention
Delete options for authors and admins
Responsive grid that adapts from multi-column to single-column
Including reactions
It turns private nostalgia into shared community moments.
Widget
A Today’s Memories sidebar widget gives members a quick daily snapshot.
Shows how many memories they have today
Preview list grouped by year
Direct link to the full timeline
Sidebar and CMS compatible
Clean empty state with a subtle icon when no memories exist
Place it on your homepage or activity page to create a daily habit.
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IPS5.0.0+
Build trust between your members, one trade at a time.
Feedback Trader is a member-to-member feedback and reputation system for Invision Community Suite v5. It lets your members rate each other after trades, sales, and deals, building transparent trust scores that are visible across your community. Perfect for buy/sell/trade forums, classifieds communities, and anywhere member reliability matters.
How It Works
Members leave feedback (positive, neutral, or negative) for each other after a transaction. Each entry includes a written comment and an optional link to the related listing or deal. Over time, members build a visible reputation score that acts as a trust signal for the entire community.
Your community polices itself. Trust is earned, not assumed.
Browse Page
Dedicated feedback hub at /feedback/ with a full-width hero banner and global stats
Statistics dashboard showing total feedback, positive feedback, active traders, and satisfaction percentage
AJAX-powered member search with autocomplete
Top Traders leaderboard with gold, silver, and bronze badges, progress bars, and satisfaction scores
Filterable feed: All, Positive, Neutral, Negative with pill-style filters and live counts
Color-coded feedback cards with avatars, rating badges, comments, timestamps, and linked transactions
Load More infinite scroll with no page refresh
Friendly empty states with a call-to-action when no feedback exists
Feedback & Ratings
3-tier rating system: Positive, Neutral, Negative with color-coded icons
Written comments up to 2,000 characters (configurable)
Transaction linking with listing title and URL
Configurable edit window (default 7 days or unlimited)
Anti-spam cooldown between feedback for the same member pair
Self-feedback prevention
Reputation Engine
Automatic per-member reputation cache with positive, neutral, negative, and total counts
Satisfaction percentage calculated as positive / total
Net score showing positive minus negative
Profile Integration
Dedicated Feedback tab on every profile with count badge
Summary stats grid: +positive / ~neutral / -negative / %satisfaction
Filter buttons for All, Positive, Neutral, and Negative
Hovercard integration with +X / ~Y / -Z summary
“Leave Feedback” button shown
Edit and delete actions for authorized users
Profile sidebar widget with reputation display, certificate badge (80%+ positive), and CTA
Your reputation follows you everywhere on the site.
Widgets
Feedback Stats: Grid with totals and active traders
Latest Feedback: configurable feed (1-25 items) with comments and links
Top Traders: ranked list (1-25) with badges, avatars, and stats
All widgets are sidebar and CMS compatible with configurable limits.
Notifications
Inline, push, and email notifications when feedback is received
Fully configurable per member
Direct link to the recipient’s feedback tab
Perfect For
Buy/sell/trade communities
Classifieds and marketplace forums
Gaming trading communities
Freelance and service exchanges
Any community with member-to-member transactions
Car enthusiast and parts trading forums
Collector and hobbyist swap communities
Cryptocurrency and digital goods trading forums
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IPS5.0.0+
Turn your community into a trusted review destination.
Reviews Directory is a comprehensive review and listing platform for Invision Community Suite v5 that lets you build a categorized directory of businesses, products, venues, or anything your community wants to review - complete with star ratings, location mapping, custom fields, forum integration, and deep IPS framework integration. Still in active development, more features coming soon!
Demo
Discovery & Browsing
4 configurable homepage layouts: Hero, Search-focused, Reviews-focused, and Feed/stream
Hero stats dashboard: total listings, total reviews, average rating, contributor count
Featured listings (random rotation, configurable count 1–12)
Top Rated, Newest, and Recent Reviews sections on homepage
Unlimited nested categories with drag-and-drop ordering and custom icons
Grid and List view toggle for category browsing
Advanced sorting: newest, top rated, most reviewed, most viewed
Full pagination with AJAX load-more
SEO-friendly URLs with auto-generated slugs
IPS Search and Sitemap integration
Browse all listings with multi-sort and filtering
RSS feeds for new listings (global and per-category)
Side-by-side listing comparison (select 2–4 listings to compare ratings, pricing, location, and more)
Your directory looks native, fast, and fully integrated.
Listing Pages
Each listing includes:
Cover image with gallery tab for multiple screenshots
Interactive Lightbox for browsing screenshots
Star ratings with review count
Contact actions: website link, phone, email (toggleable via ACP setting)
Price range indicator ($$$)
Location with interactive map (Leaflet/OpenStreetMap)
Hours of operation (toggleable via ACP setting)
Social media links: Facebook, Twitter/X, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube, TikTok (toggleable via ACP setting)
Admin-defined custom fields (per-category, with sidebar/listing display options)
Tags and prefix support
Related listings ("More in this category")
Tabbed interface: Overview, Reviews, Gallery, Comments
Automatic forum topic creation (per-category, with configurable prefix/suffix)
Claim system - members can claim ownership of listings
Add to comparison directly from listing cards or detail pages
Reviews & Ratings
1-5 star rating system
Author responses - listing owners can reply to reviews
Photo reviews - attach images directly to reviews
Per-category review moderation (auto-approve or require approval)
Reactions on reviews, comments, and listings
Report Center integration for flagging abuse
Every review matters. Owners can respond. The community votes on helpfulness.
Comments & Social
Threaded comments on listings (per-category toggle)
Follow listings for updates
Follow categories for new listing notifications
Content sharing integration
Reactions support on all content types
Location & Mapping
Full geolocation support: address, city, region, country,
Interactive map view with up to 500 plotted listings
Per-category location settings: required, optional, or disabled
Map markers with listing info popups
"View on Map" link from homepage
Perfect for local business directories, travel guides, and venue reviews.
Comparison Tool
Compare 2-4 listings side by side in a detailed table
Persistent compare list via floating bottom bar
Add/remove listings from any browse page or listing detail page
Compares: rating, category, price range, website, phone, location, hours, claimed status, views, and date added
Moderation & Trust
Full approval workflows for listings, reviews, and comments
Per-category moderation settings
Hide with reason, edit history tracking
Moderator CP queue integration
Member restrictions (block submissions per-member)
IP address logging
Pin, feature, lock, and hide controls
Anonymous posting with staff visibility
You control the quality. Every piece of content goes through the gates you set.
Administration
Full IPS-native ACP experience:
Manage all listings: approve, feature, pin, hide, move, change author, delete
Advanced search: filter by name, author, rating, views, date, status
Quick filters: visible, hidden, unapproved, featured, pinned
Full Node-based category tree with permissions matrix
Custom fields builder (per-category assignment, multiple display locations)
Forum integration settings per category
Statistics: listings over time with area charts, date range filtering
Dashboard card with quick overview stats
Member ACP profile integration: listings submitted, reviews written, recent activity
Group permissions: view, submit, claim, review, comment, max listings per member
Landing page layout selector
Configurable limits for featured, per-page, and homepage sections
Toggle settings for contact fields, hours of operation, and social media links
Rebuild & Recount tool for recalculating all listing statistics
My Listings and My Reviews member pages accessible from front-end navigation
Built-in Widgets (5)
Widget
Description
Listing Feed
Configurable content feed of listings
Top Rated
Timeline-style top-rated listings with rank badges
Trending Listings
Engagement-scored trending items (7-day velocity algorithm)
Recent Reviews
Latest approved reviews with star ratings
Directory Stats
Overview statistics block
All widgets are sidebar/CMS compatible with configurable limits.
Background Automation
Review Reminder Task: Automatically notifies listing owners of unapproved reviews after 3 days without response. Runs every 6 hours, prevents duplicate notifications, scans a 14-day rolling window.
Rebuild & Recount Task: Recalculates review counts, comment counts, average ratings, and timestamps for all listings in batches of 50.
Trending Algorithm: 7-day engagement scoring: (reviews x 3) + (comments x 2) + views
Claiming System
Members can claim ownership of unclaimed listings
Permission-controlled per group
Tracked with full audit trail
Claimed listings show owner badge
Let your community build the directory - then let business owners step in and take ownership.
Forum Integration
Auto-create forum topics when listings are approved
Per-category forum assignment
Configurable topic title prefix and suffix
Two-way sync: edit listing => update topic
Optional: delete topic when listing is deleted
"View Forum Topic" and "Post to Forum" context menu links
Bridge your directory and your discussion forums seamlessly.
Perfect For
Restaurant and food review sites
Local business directories
Hotel and travel review platforms
Product review communities
Venue and event space directories
Service provider directories
Community-curated "best of" lists
Educational resource directories
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IPS5.0.0+
IPS ships with a built-in "Similar Content" feature. It works by matching tags - and only tags. If your members don't tag their content (and let's be honest, most don't), Similar Content shows nothing. Your sidebar stays empty, and your members never discover the conversations they'd actually care about.
Related Content does it differently.
Instead of relying on members to manually tag everything, Related Content reads the actual title of whatever your member is viewing and finds content that shares the same meaningful words. No tagging required. No manual curation. It just works.
Three matching methods, one widget
Keyword Matching: Extracts significant words from the title (filtering out noise like "the", "and", "how"), then searches across your entire content index using word-boundary matching. A topic called "Building REST APIs" will find other content about building, REST, and APIs - but won't false-match on words that merely contain those letters.
Tag Matching: For communities that do use tags, Related Content also supports tag-based discovery.
Hybrid Mode: Gets the best of both. Fills results from tag matches first, then supplements with keyword matches to always show relevant suggestions. No more empty sidebars.
Cross-content discovery
Related Content searches across your entire community:
Forum topics
Blog entries
Club posts
Pages/CMS articles
Database records
Any content type in the search index
A member reading a forum topic about "Migrating from MySQL 5 to MySQL 8" will see related blog posts, knowledge base articles, and database records - not just other forum topics.
Elasticsearch native support
If your community runs Elasticsearch, Related Content automatically uses its built-in "More Like This" query - a machine-learning-grade similarity engine that analyzes the full content, not just titles. No configuration change needed; it detects your search backend and adapts.
Permission-aware, always
Every result respects IPS group permissions. If a member can't see a forum, they won't see its topics in Related Content. If content is hidden or pending approval, it's excluded. No information leaks.
Configurable per widget
Drop the Discover widget into any sidebar, footer, or widget area. Each instance is independently configurable:
Custom title
Number of results (1-25)
Matching method (tags, keywords, or hybrid)
Place it on topic pages, blog entries, CMS articles - it automatically detects what content the member is viewing and finds related items.
ACP settings
Enable/disable globally with one toggle
Set the default matching method and result limit
Configure cache TTL for performance (default: 15 minutes)
More content discovery means more page views, longer sessions, and higher engagement. Members find conversations they didn't know existed. Old content resurfaces naturally. Your community feels bigger and more active - because it is.
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IPS5.0.0+
See how popular each theme is, right inside the theme selector.
This app adds a small counter next to each theme, showing how many members are using it — or what percentage of your community prefers it.
Setting:
Display mode
Count – 96 members
Percent – 4% of all users
Both – 96 members / 4% of all users
Note:
Uses caching and background tasks for performance
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IPS5.0.0+
Show member activity in a simple, visual way with a monthly calendar on the profile. Quickly see when a user was active, their busiest days, and their current streak. Activity includes content items, comments/replies, and reviews across the community. Admins can choose which groups can view the tab, and it won’t appear for banned members.
Setting:
Groups that can view the profile tab
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IPS5.0.0+
This sleek application enables users to effortlessly toggle the visibility of signatures within topic view. By default, signatures remain hidden, ensuring a cleaner and more focused browsing experience. Users can reveal them at any time with a simple click.
Toggle Signature App.mp4 -
IPS5.0.x
🔹 Topic Presets is a smart autofill tool designed for forums that require structured topic formats. It allows administrators to define preset templates for topic creation, ensuring consistency and clarity across user submissions.
🧩 Whether it's support requests, recruitment threads, or bug reports - users simply select a preset, and the topic fields are automatically populated with the required format. No more confusion, no more formatting errors.
✨ Key Features:
Admin-defined topic templates
One-click autofill for users
Ideal for forums with strict posting guidelines
Reduces moderation workload and improves user experience
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IPS5.0.0+
The application integrates cleanly with Invision Community Suite 5 using the standard hook and extension system, so it installs without any core edits and runs alongside the normal forum templates.
Features
Displays the post number for each reply in a topic.
The number links to the direct URL of that post.
Positioned next to the post options menu for easy visibility.
Uses the built-in IPS comment position system to keep numbering accurate.
Lightweight and efficient, with no unnecessary database queries.
Responsive mode supported.
Fully compatible with Invision Community Suite 5.
Overall, it restores a small but useful feature that many communities used in earlier versions of the software, making it simpler to point to specific posts in longer discussions.
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