Overview

Description

Invision Community has tags. They’re great for discovery, but they’re not built for structure.

Topic Prefixes brings a classification layer to IPS v5: one clear label per topic, admin-defined, forum-scoped, and optionally required.

Admin Features (ACP)

Prefix Management

• Create, edit, and delete prefixes

• Set title, and display order

• Define background and text colors

• Add custom CSS per prefix

• Enable or disable prefixes at any time

• Live visual preview of each prefix directly in the ACP list

Forum Assignment

• Assign prefixes to specific forums

• Optional “All Forums” behavior (no assignment = available everywhere)

• Per-forum “prefix required” toggle

• Visual forum tree showing assigned prefixes at a glance

Display

• Prefix Selector on Topic Create / Edit

• Prefix Display in Topic Lists

• Prefix Display in Topic View

• Prefix Display on Forum Index

Prefix Filter Bar

• Appears above the topic list within forums

• Shows only prefixes used in that forum

• Displays topic counts per prefix

• One-click filtering

• “Show All” button to reset the view

Styling System

Two-Tier CSS Architecture

• Base styling via ipsBadge and ipsTopicPrefix

• Per-prefix styling via ipsTopicPrefix--{id}

• Inline colors for simple setups

• Full custom CSS support for advanced designs

Final Notes

This app is intentionally not a tag replacement.
It’s a classification tool - for signaling intent, state, or type at a glance.

If you’ve ever wanted prefixes like:

• Question / Guide / Tutorial

• Solved / Open / WIP

• Announcement / Feedback / Discussion

…this does exactly that.

Feedback, suggestions, and edge cases welcome 👍