IP.Board 3.1.0 and Applications Released

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<b>Invision Power Services, Inc. is pleased to announce the release of IP.Board 3.1.0 and its Applications!</b>
<ul><li><b><a href="http://www.invisionpower.com/products/board/" target="_blank">IP.Board</a> 3.1.0</b>
<i>Fully featured community platform including forums, members profiles, calendar, status system, integration, and much, much more.</i></li><li><b><a href="http://www.invisionpower.com/products/gallery/" target="_blank">IP.Gallery</a> 3.2.0</b>
<i>Categories and photo albums for your members to share their images and videos on your community.</i></li><li><b><a href="http://www.invisionpower.com/products/blog/" target="_blank">IP.Blog</a> 2.2.0</b>
<i>Allow you and your members to post blogs on your community or syndicate externally hosted blogs easily.</i></li><li><b><a href="http://www.invisionpower.com/products/downloads/" target="_blank">IP.Downloads</a> 2.2.0</b>
<i>Complete file management application including file version control, commenting, and forum topic linking.</i></li><li><b><a href="http://www.invisionpower.com/products/content/" target="_blank">IP.Content</a> 2.0.0</b>
<i>Content management for your community - run a full web site or a simply community portal. The possibilities are endless.</i></li><li><b><a href="http://www.invisionpower.com/products/chat/" target="_blank">IP.Chat</a> 1.1.0</b>
<i>Engage your members in real time chat or send them private chats while in the chat room.</i></li></ul>
<b>In addition to the core software, the following products and services are also available:</b>
<ul><li>Microsoft SQL Server Database Drivers for alternate database solutions.</li><li><a href="http://www.invisionpower.com/suite/iphone" target="_blank">IP.Board iPhone App</a> for easy mobile access for you <i>and</i> your members!</li><li><a href="http://www.invisionpower.com/suite/convert.php" target="_blank">Converter Services</a> to convert from other community software to IPS.</li><li><a href="http://community.invisionpower.com/index.php?app=core&module=skingen" target="_blank">Skin Generator service</a> to easily create a custom skin for your community.</li><li><a href="http://www.invisionpower.com/products/spammonitor/" target="_blank">Spam Monitoring Service</a> to stop spam account registration at the source.</li></ul>
<b>Downloading</b>

You can download these releases in the <a href="http://www.invisionpower.com/customer/" target="_blank">client area</a> and begin enjoying the new features.

<b>Release Notes</b>
<ul><li>We have had three beta releases for testing and are confident any major issues have been addressed. <i>However, as this is the first supported release that will be used by thousands of people, <b>there could be as yet undiscovered issues.</b></i> Please report issues in the <a href="http://community.invisionpower.com/tracker/" target="_blank">bug tracker</a>.</li><li><b>Important technical support note:</b> During the launch of the new products, and the great interest they will create, support response times (especially for install or upgrade requests) may be delayed. We appreciate your understanding during the launch time. <i>If your community is critical in nature and even the slightest delay in support services would impact you then you may wish to wait until version 3.1.1 to upgrade.</i></li><li>If you are upgrading from IP.Board 3.0.x then please note that, although this is not a destructive upgrade, you may need to manually update any skins you have using the new <a href="http://community.invisionpower.com/blog/1174/entry-4865-ipboard-310-dev-update-template-merge-center/" target="_blank">merge center</a> to add the new functionality. You may also need to update any custom applications or hooks to use some <a href="http://community.invisionpower.com/resources/documentation/index.html/_/knowledge-base/310-moving-third-party-application-plug-in-files-r447" target="_blank">new file locations</a>. Technical support from IPS for skins is limited. When in doubt contact the author of the skin or use the default skin that ships with IP.Board.</li><li>If you are currently using Facebook Connect integration, you will now need to add your Facebook application ID into the system settings. Please see <a href="http://community.invisionpower.com/resources/documentation/index.html/_/knowledge-base/310-upgrading-with-facebook-connect-r430" target="_blank">this article</a> for more information.</li><li>Legacy chat services Addonchat and Parachat are no longer supported from version 3.1 onwards. If you are using these older services and wish to continue doing so: <i>do not</i> upgrade to version 3.1 at this time. You may wish to consider switching to our new <a href="http://www.invisionpower.com/products/chat/" target="_blank">IP.Chat service</a>.</li></ul>
<b>Version 3.1.1 Coming Soon</b>

IPS is dedicated to promptly fixing any reported issues and will do so with the release of version 3.1.1 soon after 3.1.0's release. You may also wish to keep an eye on our <a href="http://community.invisionpower.com/resources/documentation/index.html/_/knowledge-base/" target="_blank">knowledge base</a> where we will release patches for any critical issues that come up between the two version releases.

As defined in the release notes: because this is the first widely-distributed release there will be as yet undiscovered issues. You can expect a maintenance release, IP.Board 3.1.1 (and other application maintenance releases), in the next two to three weeks (around mid-June) to address issues reported in this first supported release. We appreciate your understanding and hope you can assist us in identifying any problems in this first supported release so we can quickly remedy them in our next update.




<b>What's New</b>

We hope you are as excited as IPS staff is about what's new in these product versions. Here are the highlights:

<b>IP.Board 3.1.0</b>

<b><a href="http://community.invisionpower.com/blog/1174/entry-4162-ipboard-310-dev-update-sharing-links/" target="_blank">Link Sharing</a></b>
Easily share links from your community to Facebook, Twitter, and more. Great way to drive traffic to your community!

<b><a href="http://community.invisionpower.com/blog/1174/entry-3882-ipboard-310-dev-update-status-updates/" target="_blank">Status Updates</a></b>
Enhancements to the existing member status system in IP.Board to include the ability to reply and more.

<b><a href="http://community.invisionpower.com/blog/1174/entry-4300-ipboard-310-dev-update-topic-preview/" target="_blank">Topic Preview</a></b>
Preview the first few lines of a topic without loading the entire topic.

<b><a href="http://community.invisionpower.com/blog/1174/entry-4343-ipboard-310-dev-update-view-reputation/" target="_blank">View Reputation</a></b>
Optionally allow your members to see who gave reputation points on their posts.

<b><a href="http://community.invisionpower.com/blog/1174/entry-4007-ipboard-310-dev-news-twitter-integration/" target="_blank">Twitter Integration</a></b>
Your members can now link their account with their Twitter account!

<b><a href="http://community.invisionpower.com/blog/1174/entry-4176-ipboard-310-dev-update-improved-facebook-integration/" target="_blank">Improved Facebook Integration</a></b>
Further enhance the link between your community and Facebook to drive traffic. <a href="http://community.invisionpower.com/blog/1174/entry-4845-ipboard-310-dev-update-facebook-api-updates/" target="_blank">Including new Facebook Graph API</a>

<b>Advertising Code Integration: <a href="http://community.invisionpower.com/blog/1174/entry-4059-ipboard-310-dev-update-ad-code-integration/" target="_blank">Part 1</a> and <a href="http://community.invisionpower.com/blog/1174/entry-4072-ipboard-310-dev-update-ad-code-integration-part-2/" target="_blank">Part 2</a></b>
Easily place advertising code throughout your community with simple settings in the admin area.

<b>Profile Customizations: <a href="http://community.invisionpower.com/blog/1174/entry-4289-ipboard-310-dev-update-profile-customization/" target="_blank">Part 1</a> and <a href="http://community.invisionpower.com/blog/1174/entry-4294-ipboard-310-dev-update-profile-customization-ii/" target="_blank">Part 2</a></b>
Allow your members to customize the look and feel of their profile page.

<b><a href="http://community.invisionpower.com/blog/1174/entry-4031-ipboard-310-dev-update-skin-upgrader/" target="_blank">Skin Upgrader</a></b>
Upgrading your skin between versions of IP.Board just became a lot easier.

<b><a href="http://community.invisionpower.com/blog/1174/entry-4081-ipboard-310-dev-update-soft-delete/" target="_blank">Soft Delete Posts and Topics</a></b>
Rather than actually deleting a post or topic you can now hide it from view to easily restore it later.

<b><a href="http://community.invisionpower.com/blog/1174/entry-3911-ipboard-31-notifications/" target="_blank">Notification System</a></b>
An easier way to be notified of all the various events that happen in your community. <a href="http://community.invisionpower.com/blog/1174/entry-4817-ipboard-31-notifications-updated/" target="_blank">And Improvements</a>

<b><a href="http://community.invisionpower.com/blog/1174/entry-3977-ipboard-310-dev-update-modification-development-enhancements/" target="_blank">Modification Development Enhancements</a></b>
Great tools for those that create modifications for IP.Board

<b><a href="http://community.invisionpower.com/blog/1174/entry-3884-ipboard-310-dev-update-hook-system/" target="_blank">Hook System Improvements</a></b>
Improvements to the IP.Board hook system to make it easier for modification developers to expand the functions in the software.

<b>Search Engine Optimization: <a href="http://community.invisionpower.com/blog/1174/entry-3809-ipb-31-search-engine-optimization/" target="_blank">Part 1</a> and <a href="http://community.invisionpower.com/blog/1174/entry-3814-ipb-31-search-engine-optimization-part-deux/" target="_blank">Part 2</a></b>
Allow search engines to better index and rank your community in results.

<b><a href="http://community.invisionpower.com/blog/1174/entry-4573-ipboard-310-dev-update-search-overhaul/" target="_blank">Search Engine Overhaul</a></b>
Search engine rebuilt from the ground up introducing more flexibility and power.

<b><a href="http://community.invisionpower.com/blog/1174/entry-4865-ipboard-310-dev-update-template-merge-center/" target="_blank">Template Merge Tool</a></b>
Merge skin changes between versions right in the AdminCP.

<b><a href="http://community.invisionpower.com/blog/1174/entry-4977-ipboard-31-update-mobile-skin-improvements/" target="_blank">All new Mobile Skin</a></b>
Mobile skin for many popular devices to enable easy access to your community.

<b><a href="http://community.invisionpower.com/blog/1174/entry-4934-ipboard-31-dev-update-auto-parsing-of-urls-strengthened/" target="_blank">Automatic Media Embedding</a></b>
Automatic parsing of YouTube and other media into posts.


<i>Plus many bugs fixed from the 3.0.5 version and performance improvements.</i>


<b>IP.Content 2.0.0</b>

<b><a href="http://community.invisionpower.com/blog/1174/entry-4111-ipcontent-20-dev-update-useful-updates-to-feed-blocks/" target="_blank">Feed Block Updates</a></b>
Great updates to make these blocks even more useful.

<b>Database Improvements: <a href="http://community.invisionpower.com/blog/1174/entry-4151-ipcontent-20-dev-update-improvements-to-databases/" target="_blank">Part 1</a> and <a href="http://community.invisionpower.com/blog/1174/entry-4349-ipcontent-20-dev-update-more-database-improvements/" target="_blank">Part 2</a></b>
Improvements to database usability.

<b><a href="http://community.invisionpower.com/blog/1174/entry-4205-ipcontent-20-dev-update-interface-improvements-to-pages/" target="_blank">Page Interface Enhancements</a></b>
Makes working with Pages in the admin area easier.

<b><a href="http://community.invisionpower.com/blog/1174/entry-4242-ipcontent-20-dev-update-friendly-urls-for-databases/" target="_blank">Friendly URLs for Databases</a></b>
Database URLs become human and search engine friendly.

<b><a href="http://community.invisionpower.com/blog/1174/entry-4460-ipcontent-20-dev-update-some-template-tweaks/" target="_blank">Template Improvements</a></b>
Easier to work with templates and updates.

<b><a href="http://community.invisionpower.com/blog/1174/entry-4493-ipcontent-20-dev-update-tighter-forum-integration/" target="_blank">Forum Integration</a></b>
More tools to enhance content sharing between your forums and pages.

<b><a href="http://community.invisionpower.com/blog/1174/entry-4671-ipcontent-20-dev-update-articles/" target="_blank">Articles</a></b>
Support for a comprehensive articles system.


<b>IP.Chat 1.1.0</b>

<b><a href="http://community.invisionpower.com/blog/1174/entry-4809-ipchat-11-dev-update/" target="_blank">Chat Count and Private Chats</a></b>
Show number of people in the room at top of page and support for private member-to-member chats.

<b><a href="http://community.invisionpower.com/blog/1174/entry-4862-ipchat-11-dev-update-logs/" target="_blank">Local Chat Logs</a></b>
View, search, and interact with your chat logs right in the admin area.

Note that, as of IP.Board 3.1's release, the old Parachat and Addonchat modules are no longer directly supported by IPS.


<b>Skin Generator Service</b>

<b><a href="http://community.invisionpower.com/blog/1174/entry-4744-skin-generator-service/" target="_blank">Introducing Skin Generator</a></b>
Our new, free service to active IP.Board license holders to easily generate a custom skin for their community.

<b><a href="http://community.invisionpower.com/blog/1174/entry-4898-update-to-the-skin-generator-service/" target="_blank">Improvements to Skin Generator</a></b>
New features and enhancements to the service.


<b>Spam Monitoring Service</b>

<b><a href="http://community.invisionpower.com/blog/1174/entry-4123-spam-monitoring-service-update/" target="_blank">Many Enhancements</a></b>
Many additions to the spam service both in IP.Board and behind the scenes to help combat spam on your community.


<b>IP.Blog, IP.Gallery, and IP.Downloads</b>

The new versions of these products are maintenance releases to fix known issues and to add compatibility for IP.Board 3.1.0. Also, IP.Blog received the new sharing tools from IP.Board. All of these products will receive full feature upgrades this summer.


<b>CleanCut, MSSQL Database Driver, and Converter Services</b>

CleanCut skin has been updated to support the new application versions.

The MSSQL database driver has been greatly enhanced and stabilized from previous versions, now only support MSSQL 2005+, and we are phasing out deprecated field types for greater efficiency.

Converter Services are now available for IP.Board 3.1.

<b>IP.Board iPhone App</b>

The new <a href="http://community.invisionpower.com/topic/311218-ips-introduces-iphone-app-for-ipboard-communities/" target="_blank">IP.Board iPhone App</a> is available and APIs for its use are included in IP.Board 3.1.0.


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не успела 3.1.0 версия выйти, как они уже говорят, что скоро ожидается 3.1.1 :pinch:
 
Порой возникает подозрение - что все эти апдейты версий нужны IPS только для того, чтобы клиенты оплачивали техподдержку и доступ к обновам.
Напомню - лицензия IPB - пожизненная, а продление 25$ каждые пол года... :D

зы - думаю к концу 2010 года вполне ожидаемо увидеть ну скажем версию 3.2.0 бета... ^_^
 
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