Member Tools
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IPS5.0.0+
Credits & Shop adds a full credit economy to your Invision Community, allowing members to earn credits naturally through participation and spend them on perks, rewards, and upgrades - all while staying fully under your control.
No pressure.
No forced engagement.
Just a system that rewards people for being part of your community.
Earning credits feels natural
Members earn credits simply by doing what they already do:
Creating topics and replies
Receiving reactions
Having solutions accepted
Daily visits and login bonuses
Unlocking achievements and milestones
Uploading images, files, blogs, or events
Referrals and general participation
You control everything:
How much each action earns
Per-forum or per-area values
Daily caps and cooldowns
Group-based rules and exclusions
Credits are earned because members are active - not because they’re chasing points.
A real, transparent credit system
Members can:
View a full transaction history
Transfer credits to other members
Donate credits
Store items for later use
Apply temporary earning boosts
Optionally purchase credits
Optionally withdraw credits to account credit
Admins can:
Adjust balances
Reverse transactions
Set limits, fees, and permissions
See exactly where credits come from and where they go
Every change is logged.
Nothing happens silently.
The Members Shop
Credits can be spent in a built-in Members Shop
Example shop items:
Username or profile changes
Badges and cosmetic perks
Password protected forum unlocks
Temporary or permanent group upgrades
Mystery boxes and random rewards
Credit boosts
Games and chance-based items
Unlocks and special abilities
Custom items
Digital downloads allows you to sell downloads for credits.
Members can:
Buy and use items instantly
Store items in their inventory
Gift items to other members
Admins stay in full control:
Pricing per group
Stock limits
Cooldowns
Permissions
Manual or automatic rewards
Use as much or as little of the shop as you like.
Games, bonuses & optional extras
When it fits your community, you can enable fun extras like:
Lottery system
Spin the wheel
Scratch cards
Rock / Paper / Scissors
Number guessing games
Daily, weekly, or monthly bonus credits
These are entirely optional.
Turn them on for engagement - or leave them off for a more serious setup.
Optional: Sell credits directly to members
If you want, you can also sell credits directly to your members.
Create credit packages
Set prices and amounts
Let members buy credits instantly
Automatically deliver credits after successful payment
This works perfectly alongside earned credits, giving members two paths:
earn credits through activity
or buy credits when they want something now
You decide if selling credits makes sense for your community - it’s completely optional.
Optional: Convert credits into real account credit
For communities using Commerce, Credits & Shop can turn engagement into something tangible.
Members can optionally convert their earned credits into Commerce account credit, which they can then use to:
Purchase products from your IPS store
Pay for subscriptions or upgrades
Or, if you choose, request an actual payout
This creates a strong incentive to stay active - without turning your community into a grind.
How withdrawals work
You stay fully in control.
Members request a withdrawal
You can approve or decline each request
Set a conversion rate (credits → account credit)
Apply a withdrawal fee (or none at all)
Define minimum and maximum withdrawal amounts
Restrict withdrawals by user group
Nothing is automatic unless you want it to be.
Why this matters for engagement
This feature bridges the gap between:
activity → rewards → real value
Members aren’t just earning points “for fun”.
They’re earning something that can be used across your Commerce ecosystem - or even withdrawn.
That means:
More participation
More motivation
More reasons to stick around
And because it’s optional and controlled, it works just as well for:
hobby communities
creator communities
support forums
marketplaces
UPDATE 1.1.2
Collections & Trading Expansion
A complete digital collectibles system for Invision Community 5
Expands the Credits system into a fully-featured collectible, trading, and reward ecosystem.
Perfect for digital cards, profile gifts, seasonal items, rarity-based rewards, and community engagement systems.
Core Collection Features
Collection Categories - Organize items into themed categories (e.g., Pokémon, Retro Gaming)
Collection Items - Individual collectible items with:
Name, description, icon, and full image
Rarity levels (Common, Uncommon, Rare, Epic, Legendary, Special)
Purchaseable toggle with credit pricing
Tradeable toggle (per-item and per-category)
One-per-member restriction option
Game reward drop chance configuration
Serial number tracking per item instance
New shop item: Collection Booster Packs allows you to gamify the collection by adding packs with rarity drops
Inventory System
Personal Inventory - Members own instances of collection items
Acquisition Methods - Track how items were obtained (purchase, trade, gift, game, admin, other)
Showcase System - Members can feature favorite items on their profile
Serial Numbers - Unique serial numbers for each item instance
Trading System
Trade Creation - Propose trades with other members
Trade Offers Include:
Multiple collection items from your inventory
Optional credit amounts (initiator and/or recipient)
Personal message with the offer
Trade Workflow:
Pending → Accepted/Declined/Cancelled
Only recipient can accept/decline
Either party can cancel while pending
Trade Notifications:
New trade offer received
Trade accepted
Trade cancelled
Trade History - Full history of all trades with status filtering
User Preferences (Account Settings)
Trading Preferences Tab - New tab in Account Settings
Allow Trade Offers - Toggle to opt-out of receiving trade offers
Matches IPS Content Preferences styling
Admin Features
Collection Management (ACP):
Create/edit categories
Create/edit items with full configuration
Issue items directly to members
Trading Bans (ACP):
Ban members from trading
View list of banned members
Unban members
Actions logged to member history
Member Restrictions Integration:
Trading ban shows in member profile restrictions
Can ban/unban from member profile "Edit Restrictions"
Collection Item Purchase
Direct Purchase - Buy collection items with credits
Confirmation Form - Confirm before purchase
Transaction Logging - Records purchase in credit history
Profile Integration
Collection Showcase - Display favorite items on member profile
Collection Statistics - Show completion progress
For any feature requests and bug reports, please use the forums. I'm open for any wanted change or additional feature.
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IPS5.0.8
Advanced Topic Summaries
📋 Overview
Advanced Topic Summaries is a comprehensive IPS v5 application that automatically generates intelligent summaries of forum topics, combining AI-powered analysis with community-driven content curation. The application helps members quickly understand long discussions, identifies key posts, tracks topic health metrics, and encourages community participation through voting and highlighting systems.
🎯 Core Features
1. Intelligent Summary Generation
Three Summary Types:
AI-Powered Summaries: Natural language summaries generated by AI that analyze the entire discussion
Extracted Summaries: Community-driven summaries based on key posts, statistics, and metrics
Hybrid Summaries: Combines AI-generated text with extracted key posts and statistics
Two AI Provider Options:
Google Gemini: Support for Gemini 2.5 Flash, Gemini Pro, and other Gemini models
OpenAI: Support for GPT-4, GPT-4 Turbo, GPT-4o, GPT-3.5 Turbo, and GPT-5 models
Extended timeout support for GPT-5 reasoning models (up to 10 minutes)
Separate token limits for standard models vs. GPT-5/o1 models
Configurable AI Parameters:
Custom system prompts for tailored summary generation
Temperature control (0.0 = focused, 1.0 = creative)
Max tokens for response length
Maximum posts to analyze (to avoid API limits)
Poll data integration (AI can mention poll trends)
Media metadata integration (AI can reference images/videos/attachments)
Summary Length Options:
Brief: Short summary with key statistics only
Standard: Balanced summary with statistics and highlights
Detailed: Comprehensive summary with all available information (timeline, key posts, contributors, health scores)
Automatic Generation:
Auto-generate summaries when topics reach minimum post count
Auto-regenerate when topics receive X new posts (configurable threshold)
Forum-specific enablement (choose which forums have summaries)
Minimum post requirement (default: 10 posts)
2. Key Posts Identification System
Automatically identifies and highlights the most important posts based on multiple criteria:
Best Answer: Posts marked as the solution to question-style topics
Helpful Posts: Posts manually marked as helpful by moderators/authors
Staff Highlights: Posts manually highlighted by moderators (with optional approval workflow)
Community Votes: Posts voted as important by community members
High Reactions: Posts with the most community reactions
First Post: Always included in AI summaries (guaranteed inclusion)
Key Posts Display:
Configurable number of key posts to display (default: 5)
Two display styles:
List View: Compact list layout with content on left, actions on right
Grid View: column card grid layout
Post excerpts with configurable length (default: 200 characters)
Reason badges showing why each post was selected
Direct links to view full posts in context
3. Community Voting System
Vote Types:
Vote to Include: Members vote for posts they think should be in the summary
Vote to Exclude: Members vote to exclude posts from the summary (requires group permission)
Vote Features:
Vote counts displayed on posts (optional)
Vote weight system (different groups can have different vote weights: 1.0x to 5.0x)
Vote weight badges (show members their vote multiplier)
Daily vote limits per member (configurable, 0 = unlimited)
Per-topic vote limits (configurable, 0 = unlimited)
Members can toggle their votes on/off
Votes automatically excluded from key posts if score is negative
Highlighted posts cannot be voted on (staff curation takes precedence)
First post cannot be voted on (guaranteed inclusion)
Vote Statistics:
Total voters count
Total votes cast
Top voted post with score
Vote history tracking in member profiles
Vote Management:
ACP Management: View, and remove all votes
ModCP Integration: Moderators can manage votes from ModCP
Member Management: Members can view and remove their own votes
4. Staff Highlights System
Highlight Features:
Manual post highlighting by moderators/staff (group permissions)
Optional approval workflow for highlights
Auto-approve for trusted groups (group permissions)
Priority levels (1-10) for highlight importance
Custom reason/notes for each highlight
Highlight badges on posts (optional)
Priority display in badge tooltips (optional)
Daily highlight limits per member (configurable)
Per-topic highlight limits (configurable)
Highlight Management:
ACP Management: View, approve, and remove all highlights
ModCP Integration: Moderators can manage highlights from ModCP
Member Management: Members can view and remove their own highlights (requires group permission)
Notifications: Members receive notifications when their posts are highlighted
5. Topic Health Scores & Analytics
Three Health Metrics:
Overall Health Score: Composite score (0-100%) based on engagement and quality
Engagement Score: Measures activity, participation, and interaction patterns
Quality Score: Evaluates content quality based on reactions, helpful posts, and best answers
Engagement Scoring:
New Topics (< threshold age): Scored based on posts per day (rewards active discussions)
Old Topics (> threshold age): Scored based on total posts (rewards comprehensive guides)
Evergreen Bonus: Topics that continue receiving views long after creation get bonus points
Configurable thresholds:
Old topic threshold (default: 365 days)
Comprehensive posts target (default: 100 posts)
Evergreen age requirement (default: 90 days)
Evergreen views per month (default: 10)
Quality Scoring:
Post length analysis (longer, detailed posts score higher)
Reaction counts (community appreciation)
Best answers and helpful posts
Featured/pinned status
Community voting activity (optional)
Approved highlights count (optional)
Visual Display:
Native IPS progress bars showing each metric
Percentage scores displayed prominently
Color-coded indicators (blue primary color)
Responsive design for all screen sizes
6. Statistics & Analytics
Topic Statistics:
Total posts count
Total views count
Topic age (days since creation)
Posts per day average
Reading time estimates:
Summary reading time
Full topic reading time
Time saved by reading summary
Voting Statistics:
Total voters
Total votes cast
Top voted post with score and link
Activity Timeline:
Visual timeline showing topic activity over time
Posts grouped by time periods
Identify when discussions were most active
Only shown in detailed summary length
7. Top Contributors
Features:
Identifies members who contributed most to the topic
Configurable number of contributors to display (default: 10)
Two display styles:
Inline List: Horizontal list with names and post counts
Small Avatars: Avatar grid with post count badges
Member preference for display style
Clickable member profiles
8. Display Options & Customization
Three Display Locations:
Sidebar: Compact widget in topic sidebar (similar to Clubs app)
Topic Title Header: Summary displayed in topic header
Below Topic Action Buttons/Poll: Summary displayed after topic action buttons/poll
Admin Controls:
Enable/disable each display location
Set default display location
Set default collapsed state for guests and new members
Member Preferences:
Choose preferred display location (from admin-enabled options)
Choose summary length (brief, standard, detailed)
Start summaries collapsed or expanded
Choose contributors display style
Choose key posts display style
Collapsible Summaries:
IPS-style +/- toggle button (matches forum category toggles)
Smooth slide animations
Persistent collapsed state (saved per member)
9. Permissions & Group Settings
Member Group Permissions:
Can highlight posts: Allow group to highlight posts for summaries
Highlights auto-approve: Skip approval workflow for trusted groups
Can remove own highlights: Allow members to remove their highlights
Highlight daily limit: Max highlights per day (0 = unlimited)
Highlight per-topic limit: Max highlights per topic (0 = unlimited)
Can vote on posts: Allow group to vote on posts
Can vote to exclude: Allow voting to exclude posts from summaries
Vote weight: Multiplier for vote value (1.0 to 5.0)
Show vote weight: Display vote weight badge to members
Can remove own votes: Allow toggling votes on/off
Voting daily limit: Max votes per day (0 = unlimited)
Voting per-topic limit: Max votes per topic (0 = unlimited)
Moderator Permissions:
Can approve highlights: Approve pending highlights
Can remove any highlights: Remove any member's highlights
Can manage votes: Manage/remove any member's votes
Can regenerate summaries: Manually regenerate summaries
Can edit summaries: Edit summary content
Can delete summaries: Delete summaries
10. Member Integration
Account Settings Tabs:
Summaries Tab: Configure display preferences, location, length, collapsed state, display styles
Highlights Tab: View and manage own highlights with filtering and sorting
Votes Tab: View and manage own votes with filtering and sorting
Member ACP Profile Blocks:
Summary Preferences: View member's summary display settings
Highlight History: View all highlights created by or received by member
Vote History: View all votes cast by member
Activity Log: Track member's summary-related actions
Member Profile Tab:
Topics Highlighted: Public tab showing topics where member has highlighted posts
Member History Tracking:
Highlights created
Highlights received
Highlights removed
Votes cast (include/exclude)
Votes removed
Summaries regenerated
Full history with dates, actions, and context
11. Notifications System
Notification Types:
Highlight Approved: Notify when your post is highlighted by staff
Highlight Pending: Notify moderators when highlights need approval
Summary Generated: Notify topic author when summary is generated (optional)
Notification Channels:
Inline notifications (in-app)
Email notifications (optional)
Push notifications (optional)
12. Dashboard & Statistics
ACP Dashboard Widgets:
Summaries Overview: Total summaries, AI vs. extracted breakdown, recent activity
Most Highlighted Posts: Topics with the most staff highlights
Most Voted Posts: Topics with the most community votes
Statistics Dashboard:
Summary generation statistics
AI usage and cost tracking
Highlight statistics
Voting statistics
Health score distributions
Topic engagement metrics
13. ModCP Integration
ModCP Tabs:
Highlights: View and manage pending/approved highlights
Votes: View and manage community votes
Moderator Actions:
Approve/reject highlights
Remove highlights
Remove votes
Regenerate summaries
View highlight/vote history
14. Admin Management
ACP Controllers:
Manage Summaries: View, edit, delete, and regenerate summaries
Settings: Comprehensive settings with multiple tabs
Manage Highlights: View, approve, and remove all highlights
Manage Votes: View and manage all votes
Statistics Dashboard: View application-wide statistics
Activity Logs: View all summary-related actions
Settings Tabs:
General Settings:
Enable/disable summaries
Auto-generation settings
Minimum posts requirement
Forum selection
Auto-update threshold
Display location options
Default collapsed state
Enable user preferences
Display Settings:
Show/hide statistics
Show/hide timeline
Show/hide key posts
Key posts count
Max key posts
Show/hide top contributors
Contributors count
Max contributors
Show/hide health scores
Include best answers
Include helpful posts
Excerpt length
Voting Settings:
Enable/disable voting
Show vote counts
Voting groups
Highlights Settings:
Enable/disable highlights
Highlight groups
Show highlight badges
Show priority in badges
AI Settings:
Enable/disable AI
AI provider selection (Gemini or OpenAI)
Gemini API key
OpenAI API key
Model selection (provider-specific)
Temperature control
Max tokens (standard models)
Max completion tokens (GPT-5/o1 models)
Custom system prompt
Max posts to analyze
Include poll data
Include media metadata
Health Score Settings:
Old topic threshold (days)
Comprehensive posts target
Evergreen age requirement (days)
Evergreen views per month
Include voting in quality score
Include highlights in quality score
History Settings:
Enable/disable version history
Number of versions to keep (0 = unlimited)
Performance Settings:
Cache TTL (time-to-live in seconds)
15. Version History
Keep history of summary versions
Track changes over time
Configurable retention (number of versions to keep)
View previous versions
Compare versions
16. Background Processing
Queue System: Summary generation runs in background queues
Batch Processing: Efficient handling of multiple summaries
Timeout Protection: Long-running AI requests handled gracefully
Error Recovery: Automatic fallback to extracted summaries on AI failures
Logging: Comprehensive error logging for debugging
💡 Use Cases
Support Forums: Help members quickly understand support topics and find solutions
Discussion Forums: Summarize long debates and highlight key arguments
Community Engagement: Encourage participation through voting and highlighting
Content Curation: Staff can highlight the best content for new members
Time Savings: Members can quickly scan summaries instead of reading hundreds of posts
Quality Control: Health scores help identify high-quality discussions
Knowledge Base: Evergreen content identification for reference material
Moderation: Moderators can quickly assess topic quality and importance
📋 Requirements
IPS Community Suite: v5.0.0 or higher
AI Provider (choose one):
Google Gemini API key, OR
OpenAI API key
🎉 Why Choose Advanced Topic Summaries?
This application transforms how your community interacts with long topics by:
✅ Saving Time: Members can quickly understand discussions without reading every post
✅ Encouraging Quality: Health scores and voting systems reward high-quality content
✅ Empowering Community: Members participate in content curation through voting
✅ Supporting Moderators: Tools to highlight important content and manage summaries
✅ Leveraging AI: Optional AI integration for natural language summaries
✅ Providing Flexibility: Extensive customization options for admins and members
✅ Maintaining Performance: Background processing and caching for optimal speed
✅ Ensuring Compatibility: Native IPS v5 integration with no core modifications
Transform your forum into an intelligent, community-driven knowledge platform! 🚀
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IPS5.0.0+
Most communities are full of valuable information.
The problem isn’t content - it’s organization.
Great resources get buried in old threads.
Recommendations repeat.
Questions get asked again and again.
Community Items fixes that.
Community Items is a structured, community-driven Item Management System for Invision Community that lets members create, review, and discuss items in one clean, searchable place - without turning your forum into a database admin panel.
It feels native.
It feels familiar.
And it finally gives your best content a proper home.
Introducing: Community Items
Community Items allows your members to submit and manage items - tools, resources, projects, services, guides, or anything your community cares about - inside a dedicated item directory.
Each item becomes its own hub:
Description
Images
Reviews
Questions & answers
Discussion topics
Everything connected.
Everything easy to find.
No more “Which tool should I use?” threads every week.
No more lost recommendations.
Just structured knowledge that grows with your community.
What Can You Use Community Items For?
Honestly? A lot more than you might expect.
Here are some of the most effective (and popular) use cases.
Resource Libraries (Without the Mess)
Perfect for communities that share tools, websites, or downloads.
Examples:
“Recommended hosting providers”
“Best productivity apps”
“Community-approved plugins”
Each item has:
A clear description
Screenshots or galleries
Reviews from real members
Questions answered once - and reused forever
Instead of long recommendation threads, you get a curated library the community can actually maintain.
Project & Portfolio Showcases
Community Items isn’t just for tools - it’s great for projects.
Use it to showcase:
Member projects
Open-source tools
Community creations
Case studies
Each project becomes an item with:
A featured image
Full description
Update history
Q&A from interested members
A discussion topic that grows naturally
It’s a portfolio system without needing a custom app.
Reviews That Actually Matter
Most forums have reviews… scattered across threads.
Community Items brings them together.
Members can:
Leave 1–5 star ratings
Write full reviews
Vote reviews as helpful
Highlight or pin the best feedback
Admins can:
Moderate reviews
Highlight standout reviews
Keep low-quality noise out
The result?
Reviews that feel credible, useful, and worth reading.
Questions & Answers (Done Right)
Instead of repeating the same questions in multiple threads, each item gets its own Q&A section.
Members can:
Ask questions directly on an item
Reply with threaded answers
Mark the best answer
Item owners stay informed.
New visitors see answers instantly.
And knowledge stops being fragmented.
Automated Discussions (Without Forum Clutter)
Community Items integrates directly with your forums.
When an item is published:
A discussion topic can be created automatically
The topic is linked back to the item
Prefixes and target forums are configurable per category
This keeps conversation flowing without flooding your forums with duplicate or messy threads.
Items stay structured.
Discussions stay social.
Category-Based Organization That Makes Sense
Not everything belongs in one big list.
Community Items supports:
Hierarchical categories
Category-specific custom fields
Per-category forums for discussion
Category-based widgets and listings
Each category can be tailored to the type of items it contains - whether that’s software, services, tutorials, or projects.
Designed to Feel Native (Because It Is)
Community Items isn’t bolted on.
It:
Uses IPS permissions
Integrates with reactions and notifications
Supports widgets across your community
Feels at home in list or grid layouts
Members don’t have to learn a new system.
They just start using it.
Widgets That Surface the Good Stuff
Community Items includes widgets to keep items visible and relevant:
Category navigation
Trending items
Featured items
Statistics
Configurable item lists (grid or list)
Your best content stays in front of your members - not buried three pages deep.
Built for Growth (And What’s Coming Next)
Community Items already handles:
Items
Reviews
Ratings
Q&A
Galleries
Notifications
Auto-topics
And the roadmap goes even further:
Per-category permissions
File downloads
Achievements & badges
Item recommendations
Multi-author items
With more features coming soon, it’s designed to scale as your community does.
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IPS5.0.x
This plugin adds a customizable snow effect to your website, bringing a festive and wintery atmosphere.
Key features:
Attach snow to specific elements – choose from a list of available page elements and have the snow appear only on them.
Lightweight and easy to use – adds visual flair without slowing down your site.
Perfect for adding a seasonal touch or holiday spirit to your website with precise control over where the effect appears.
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IPS5.0.x
Holiday Addons is a lightweight and easy-to-use application that adds festive, seasonal visual effects to your website. With just a few clicks, you can bring a warm and wintery atmosphere to your community.
Current features include:
Falling Snow Effect – fully customizable (amount, speed, direction, flake style)
Classic Holiday Lights – animated decorative lights that gently blink to create a cozy holiday ambiance
Smashable Lights – interactive lights that break when hovered over, providing a playful effect
Widgets Decoration – extra decorations and visual options for widgets
Main Widgets and Sidebar Widgets Decorations – decorate both main widgets and sidebar elements for a complete festive look
Easter Eggs – hidden surprises and interactive elements for users to discover
Personalizable Switcher – a flexible toggle that lets users enable or disable specific effects according to their preferences
More decorations and visual options are coming soon to give you even greater flexibility in styling your site for the holiday season.
A perfect solution if you want to quickly and beautifully decorate your forum or website — without complexity or hassle.
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IPS5.0.12+
🎓 Community Experts for Invision Community
Recognize and showcase your community's most knowledgeable members with automatic or manual expert designation.
📋 Overview
Community Experts is a powerful application for Invision Community that identifies and highlights expert members within specific forums. The application displays visual badges next to expert posts, tracks expert assignments through comprehensive logging, and provides both manual and automatic expert assignment capabilities based on member reputation and activity.
✨ Key Features
Expert Badge System
Visual Recognition - Display customizable expert badges on posts within designated forums
Custom Icons - Choose from Font Awesome icons or upload custom badge graphics
Follow Integration - Quick-follow buttons on expert badges for non-logged-in members
Forum-Specific - Experts are designated per-forum, allowing members to be experts in their areas of knowledge
Flexible Assignment Methods
Manual Assignment
Admin Control - Administrators can manually assign/remove expert status for any member
Forum Selection - Assign experts to specific forums through an intuitive interface
Reason Tracking - Optional reason field for documenting why expert status was granted/removed
Bulk Management - Manage all experts from a centralized table view
Automatic Assignment
Reputation-Based - Automatically promote members based on reputation points
Post Count Criteria - Set minimum post requirements for automatic expert status
Smart Forum Detection - Multiple strategies for determining which forums to assign:
Active Forums - Assign to forums where member is most active
All Forums - Assign expert status across all forums
Top Forums - Assign to member's top-performing forums by reputation
Scheduled Task - Background task processes automatic assignments periodically
Real-time Sync - Member listener detects reputation changes and triggers automatic updates
Hybrid Mode
Both Manual & Automatic - Combine manual assignments with automatic promotion
Flexible Control - Administrators can override automatic assignments
🎯 Member Features
Opt-In/Opt-Out System
Member Choice - Members can opt-out of expert designation in account settings
Privacy Respect - Automatic assignments respect member preferences
Account Settings Integration - Easy toggle in member account preferences
Expert Status Visibility
Profile Integration - Expert status visible on member profiles
Profile Hovercard - Expert status visible in member hovercard
Post Badges - Badges appear on posts within designated forums
Member History - Expert assignments logged in member history with full details
🛠️ Administrative Tools
Settings & Configuration
Enable/Disable - Global on/off switch for the entire feature
Group Restrictions - Limit expert eligibility to specific member groups
Badge Customization - Configure badge icon and appearance
Assignment Mode - Choose between Manual, Automatic, or Both
Reputation Threshold - Set minimum reputation points for automatic assignment (default: 100)
Post Threshold - Set minimum post count for automatic assignment (default: 30)
Forum Strategy - Configure how automatic assignments determine target forums
Expert Management
Centralized Table - View all current experts in a sortable, searchable table
Quick Actions - Add or remove experts with one click
Member Search - Find and manage experts by member name or ID
Forum Filtering - Filter experts by forum assignment
Batch Operations - Manage multiple expert assignments efficiently
Comprehensive Logging
Action Tracking - Every expert assignment/removal is logged
Assignment Type - Distinguish between manual and automatic assignments
Administrator Attribution - Track which admin made manual changes
Reason Documentation - Store reasons for manual assignments
Forum Details - Log which forums were affected
IP Address Logging - Security tracking for all actions
Date/Time Stamps - Full audit trail with timestamps
Member History Integration - Expert changes appear in member's ACP history
ACP Integration
Dedicated Menu - "Community Experts" section in ACP
Three Controllers:
Settings - Configure all application options
Manage Experts - Add, remove, and view current experts
Logs - View comprehensive audit trail of all expert actions
Permission System - Granular ACP permissions for each controller
📊 Use Cases
Support Communities
Identify members who consistently provide helpful answers
Build trust by highlighting knowledgeable support providers
Encourage quality contributions through recognition
Technical Forums
Showcase subject matter experts in specific technology areas
Help members find reliable information sources
Build credibility for your community
Educational Communities
Recognize educators and experienced practitioners
Guide students to trusted knowledge sources
Foster mentorship relationships
Gaming Communities
Highlight expert players in specific game modes or characters
Build competitive credibility
Encourage knowledge sharing
🎨 Customization Options
Badge Icon - Choose any Font Awesome icon or upload custom graphics
Badge Text - Customize the "Expert" label text
CSS Styling - Full control over badge appearance through custom CSS
Language Strings - All text is translatable for multi-language communities
🔒 Security & Privacy
Member Opt-Out - Respects member privacy preferences
Group Restrictions - Control which member groups can become experts
Permission System - Granular ACP permissions for administrators
Audit Trail - Complete logging of all administrative actions
IP Tracking - Security logging for accountability
📈 Benefits
✅ Increase Engagement - Recognize and reward knowledgeable members
✅ Build Trust - Help members identify reliable information sources
✅ Reduce Moderation - Experts can help answer questions and guide discussions
✅ Encourage Quality - Incentivize members to provide valuable contributions
✅ Improve Retention - Recognition keeps valuable members engaged
✅ Enhance Credibility - Professional appearance builds community reputation
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IPS5.0.0+
Features:
Select a group for trial accounts.
Trial days limit, the account will be deleted after a certain number of days.
Set redirect URL after creating a trial account.
Allow trial account users to register after a certain number of minutes.
Trial account can not change password, email, username...
Captcha protection.
Check multiple accounts from the same IP address and User Agent.
Delay creating trial accounts from the same IP address for a certain number of minutes.
Display a message to trial users when they are about to be deleted.
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IPS5.0.x
The app adds a theme selector to the top panel, giving users a quick and convenient way to switch between themes. It uses the original theme changer code and bypasses the “system” appearance option in the footer.
Advantages:
Bypasses footer theme changes – avoids conflicts with the default footer theme selector.
One-click theme switching – no dropdown menus; the theme changes instantly with a single click.
Settings are remembered – user preferences are saved for future visits.
Uses original IC5 JavaScript code – fully compatible with Invision Community 5, ensuring stability and reliability.
This makes theme switching faster, cleaner, and more user-friendly for your community.
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IPS5.0.0
This app will add a new page to your forum linked to the navigation which will display the Most Replied Topics, Most Viewed Topics, Most Liked Topics and Most Topic Starters. A chart to display the new topics based on a time period is also available. Each block can be enabled/disabled individually. The topic viewing permissions are respected. Meaning users will not be able to see topics that they aren't supposed to. You can also select a forum or forums to exclude their topics from being displayed. Access to the page is group permission based.
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IPS5.0.0
This app will give the members at your forum the possibility to leave reputations feedback to each other. Reputation feedback are positive,neutral and negative. After a member has received a reputation feedback, they will receive a notification letting them know about it. The Reputation notification can be enabled/disabled from members notification settings page. Depending on their permissions members can delete reputations that they have given themselves or all reputations.
Permissions:
You can set the permissions for groups to use it on a group per group basis.
Restrictions:
Banned members can't receive reputation feedback.
The same goes for members that are on someone's ignore list.
Depending on the group permissions members can give the same member either only one specific reputation feedback or unlimited.
Group based daily reputation feedback limit.
Group based negative feedback protection.
Privacy:
From their Account Settings->Reputation Privacy, members can set it so only their followers will be able to give them reputation feedback, everyone or disable it completely so none one will be able to send them reputations. Members with the appropriate permissions will still be able to give them reputation feedback regardless of the privacy setting.
Display:
A new page linked to the navigation manager has been added that will display all the reputation feedback that members have given and received. Reputations can be filtered based on their status and a search option is available for member to search through the reputations.
Three sidebar blocks are available that will list the most positive/negative members as well as a total of all reputations stats.
A new tab has been added on members profiles where they can see all reputations that they have received.
Members reputations stats will be displayed on their postbits.
Logs:
Whenever someone is deleting a reputation feedback, that action will be logged at the Moderators log page.
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I have a bit of clients hosted offshore and seems a mix between high latency and IPS default chunk size was causing larger uploads to his -200 error.
The fix I found for this issue was to patch plupload options to 5mb instead of the default. This will also add in a retry so if one chunk fails it will retry that chunk instead of failing.
This is likely only needed when very specific environment conditions are met, but I needed it so maybe it will help you as well.
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IPS5.0.0+
Explore Feeds 2.0
A smarter, more social way to experience your community
Explore Feeds reimagines how members discover and interact with content. Instead of forcing people to browse forums the “old way,” it delivers a personalized, living feed that feels familiar, engaging, and effortless.
Members choose what they care about.
Explore Feeds does the rest.
Want cars and design? That’s what shows up.
Only interested in writing or business? Your feed reflects it.
No clutter. No digging. Just relevant content, front and center.
Now fully interactive
Version 2 turns Explore Feeds from a passive browsing experience into an active, social one.
Members can now reply directly inside the feed, create new topics without leaving the page, react to posts, and edit their content in place. The feed stays alive, updating automatically as new replies and topics come in - just like a modern activity stream.
Everything happens where the content lives.
Built for engagement, not empty pages
Explore Feeds is now fully enabled for both guests and members by default. That means no empty feeds and no dead first impressions. You can confidently use it as your landing page, showing fresh, active content the moment someone arrives.
Navigation stays smooth too - users remain on the feed instead of being redirected away when interacting with content.
Clear signals, better conversations
To help members instantly understand what’s happening, Explore Feeds now includes engagement labels right in the stream:
Fast • 6/day • Active 10 minutes ago
Be the first to reply
First topic
Recently active discussions
These subtle cues encourage participation and make active conversations impossible to miss.
Replies now display with newest at the top, keeping discussions current and reducing scrolling friction. “Show older replies” lets members dig deeper when they want to.
More than just forums
Explore Feeds now supports blogs and articles, allowing you to surface editorial content alongside forum discussions in one unified feed. Long-form writing, announcements, or community discussions, everything flows together naturally.
Choose between interests-based or the forum filter system to give users even more control over what they see.
Key Features
Interest-based personalized feeds
Inline replying and topic creation
Reactions directly in the feed
Engagement labels for activity awareness
Blog and article support
Auto-updating feed and reply stream
Guest-ready feeds (perfect for landing pages)
Forum filtering system
Infinite scroll for continuous discovery
“Show more” handling for long posts
Smart synonyms system with customizable JSON support
A live demo can be found on Administrata.
What’s New (1.0.0 → 1.2.2)
Added inline replying directly inside the feed
Added topic creation from the feed
Added reactions support within the feed
Added topic engagement labels (Fast, activity rate, last active time, First Topic, Be the first to reply, etc.)
Added full blog content support
Added full article content support (Pages / Articles)
Added post and reply edit functionality
Enabled feeds for guests and members by default (no empty feeds)
Feed can now be used as a landing page
Added forum filter system
Reversed reply order (newest replies now appear at the top)
Updated redirection logic to keep users on the feed page
Fixed an issue where topic creation remembered previously posted topics
Renamed “Show more replies” to “Show older replies”
Increased username font size by 2px
Improved mobile reaction layout to prevent viewport overflow
Added auto-updating feed using All Activity logic
Added full auto-updating reply and post streams
Added live update indicator for new content
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IPS5.0.0+
A tiny app that drops members into a random discussion to help them discover great topics they’d otherwise miss. It adds a “Random Topic” button right next to “Start new topic.” The buttons are placed intentionally so members can keep hitting that button again and again.
Drive engagement
Surface long-tail content: Old-but-gold threads get fresh eyes, comments, and reactions.
Reduce choice paralysis: One click, one destination - perfect for new or casual visitors.
Boost session depth: Random jumps keep people moving, increasing time on site and pageviews.
Pro tip: Pair with onboarding or your “Welcome” widget - new members love a guided first click.
Changelog
v1.0.0 – Initial release.
Feedback, bugs, or feature requests? Don’t hesitate to reach out.
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IPS5.0.0+
Drive engagement - give members a reason to come back tomorrow. Activity Streaks tracks consecutive posting days, shows a friendly widget, and plugs into Achievements so you can award points/badges at milestones (3, 7, 14, 30, 100… you choose).
Highlights
Streak widget with multiple visualizations: Dots (classic), Weekly goal meter, Big number badge, Milestone progress bar, Compact sparkline, Donut meter.
“Best streak” label (member & profile sidebar support).
Achievements action: Streak reaches N days — award points/badges at the exact day threshold.
Admin-friendly rules: create multiple thresholds (e.g., 3/7/14/30/100) with your own points/badges.
End-of-day nudge (optional): configurable reminder hour.
Visibility controls: limit the widget to selected member groups.
Performance aware: lightweight queries with caching; adjustable TTL.
No external services: respects IPS permissions; zero tracking.
nudge.mp4
"Enable end-of-day nudge by default" will show a subtle effect reminding people to post.
Admin controls
Per-widget override of visualization style.
Fixed or auto milestones for bar/donut views.
Optional custom donut goals (CSV).
Group visibility allow-list.
Cache TTL (seconds).
What’s included
Application
Example rule presets to import.
Install & setup (2 minutes)
Upload & install the app in ACP.
Add the Activity Streak widget to a sidebar or block area.
(Optional) In Achievements → Rules, add rules like:
3 days → 10 pts + “Getting Warm” badge
7 days → 25 pts + “1-Week Streak” badge
14 days → 50 pts + “Two Weeks on Fire” badge
30 days → 100 pts + Silver badge
100 days → 300 pts + Gold badge
Save. Members earn awards the moment they hit each threshold.
Notes
Streaks are based on days with at least one qualifying post (or allowed content) - not logins.
Timezone behavior follows your IPS configuration.
Changelog
v1.0.0 – Initial release.
Feedback, bugs or feature requests? Don't hesitate to let me know.
