Invision Community (IPS) v4.7.17

Invision Community 4.7.17​

Released 05/29/2024

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Key Changes​

This is our May maintenance release.
This release also improves bruteforce detection for logins and updates to local Stripe payment methods (such as iDEAL, Sofort, Giropay, Bancontact).

Additional Information​

Core

• Added a maximum recommended PHP version warning.
• Removed the club join button from the clubs rules page.
• Improved the club overview and member page to include a page title.
• Improved the handling of the custom upgrade page to prevent errors.
• Improved bruteforce login protection across login attempts for multiple accounts.
• Fixed an issue on the profile where the solutions section would return an error if there's no class which utilizes solutions.
• Fixed alignment of club names in cover photos.
• Fixed an issue where embedding images could fail.
• Fixed an issue where the s3Delete task may not be enabled.
• Fixed alignment of club names in cover photos.
• Fixed an issue where unapproved content notifications did not use the item read status.
• Fixed an issue where the Device Usage block was displaying incorrectly.
• Fixed an issue where saved Points charts were not showing.
• Fixed an issue where announcements could be created with an end date in the past.
• Fixed an issuer where the timescale for saved charts would not change.
• Fixed an issue where the background task to move/delete content items could fail if the first comment was missing.
• Fixed the hardcoded content type name in the recognized content block.
• Fixed an issue where Moderator Activity charts were using the same date range.
• Fixed an issue where a not available item from the search index could break the daily stream subscriptions mail.

Blogs

• Fixed an issue where the blog seo name wasn't updated when the blog name was changed.
• Fixed an issue where the blog grid view could have a broken pagination.

Commerce

• Fixed an issue where hiding a subscription package in the ACP would throw an error.
• Fixed an issue where duplicate records could be generated for PayPal billing agreements.
• Fixed an issue where some stripe payments were processed twice.
• Fixed an issue where users could upgrade subscription plans at no charge if the expiration date had passed but the purchase was not marked as expired.
• Stripe non-card payments now use the updated version of the Stripe API.

Events

• Fixed an issue where the offset wasn't casted to an integer which could have caused an error on the events overview page.

Forums

• Improved the efficiency when viewing very large archived topics.
• Fixed an issue where forum post counts may not be accurate.
• Fixed an issue where moving the file storage location would not update the file path in the database.

Pages

• Improved the php block code validation while saving the custom blocks content.
• Fixed an issue where club categories did not show in the list when club content is visible throughout the community.
• Fixed an issue where page template names could have a space in the title.
• Fixed an issue where creating new records via REST would fail when revision history is enabled.
• Fixed an issue where deleting a database wouldn't delete all it's categories.
• Fixed an issue where club category menu entries would be shown even if the visitor has no permissions to view the page.
• Fixed an issue where guests couldn't open the club categories page.

Platform

• Fixed an issue where live topic notifications would be shown to for hidden/deleted topics.

Changes affecting third-party developers and designers​

• Removed a MySQL 5.7 specific optimisation for loading content item with lots of comments.

Key Changes​

This is our March maintenance release. This release also includes an important security related fix for Commerce users.
New features:

• Pages Databases in Clubs

Additional Information​

Security

• Resolves an issue in Commerce when tampering with filters could cause errors.

Core

• Improved the efficiency when getting attachments for topic statistics.
• Improved the efficiency of streams when "Content I posted in" is selected.
• Improved the Internal Embeds system to show better error messages for deleted comments & reviews.
• Improved performance of invalidating member sessions when using Redis.
• Added new Moderator actions by action statistics section.
• Fixed Checkbox Overview Statistics not working properly.
• Fixed Moderator Activity statistics table not displaying properly.
• Fixed Warnings over time statistics table not displaying properly.
• Fixed Suspended users over time statistics table not displaying properly.
• Fixed saved charts not displaying data correctly when custom form filters are used.
• Fixed Geographical Charts CSV download not generating properly.
• Fixed an issue where creating an activity stream in the ACP could be missing the clubs filter.
• Fixed an issue where the badge title would be shown as hash value in translated notification emails.
• Fixed an issue where the Posts Per Day Limit was also used for private messages.
• Fixed an issue in the members/warnings endpoint where the POST request could fail while giving a member a warning if warning actions were present.
• Fixed an issue where deleting content may send a delete request to Community Hive, even if it was not enabled.
• Fixed an issue where 3rd party applications with a broken/missing versions file would break the upgrader.
• Fixed an issue where members with a false validation flag would be unable to login.
• Fixed an issue where the Google Maps Autocomplete Integration could display an error message.
• Fixed an issue where not all clubs may be shown on the member profile clubs page.
• Replaced the hardcoded forum_id in the promotion achievement extension.
• Fixed an issue where the Signature Settings page couldn't be accessed to change the signature visibility, without permissions to edit signatures.
• Fixed an issue where new comment notifications posted in anonymous topics were showed as posted by an anonymous member.
• Fixed an issue with the post count value for the Mass Move /Mass Delete action.
• Fixed an issue where delayed deleted content from private clubs isn't shown in the ModCP - Deleted Content area.
• Fixed the default value for the Manifest related manifest_details setting.
• Fixed an issue where the guest group settings couldn't be edited.
• Fixed an issue where YouTube embeds may not lazy-load.
• Fixed an issue where the guest group settings couldn't be edited.
• Fixed an issue where admins with permission to manage stored replies could still not manage these.
• Fixed an issue where the club filters could cause an EX0 error when a not existing field was used.
• Fixed an issue where IP address pruning may not prune all IP addresses.

Blogs

• Fixed an issue where moving a blog entry and sending a moderation alert may cause an error.

Forums

• Added new Solved Topics by Group statistics section.
• Added new Unsolved Topics statistics section.
• Added Top Solvers statistics section.

Courses

• Fixed Enrollments statistics table not displaying status correctly.
• Fixed an issue where sorting the enrollments in the ACP by name would throw an error.
• Fixed a missing language string.
• Fixed not translatable module titles.

Pages

• Added ability for database categories to be added to Clubs.
• Views are now tracked for Pages.
• Fixed an issue where pages were not reindexed after WYSIWYG blocks were added/edited.
• Fixed an issue where record thumbnails which were created via the REST API hadn't the proper thumbnail size.

Platform

• Page views for pages will now be included in analytics reports.
• Fixed an issue with the post before registering flow when content was identified as spam.

Commerce

• Fixed an issue with the subscriptions member filter.
• Fixed a broken default value in the businessAddress.
• Fixed an issue in the commerce categorySidebar template.

Events

• Added organizer, eventAttendanceMode, and VirtualLocation to events JSON_LD.
• Fixed an issue where guests searching for events could see an error.

Downloads

• Fixed an issue in the Downloads File Embed Template where the comment count was shown for files in categories without comments.

Gallery

• Fixed an issue where the vertical image widget wouldn't show the image in Chrome.
• Fixed missing alt texts for event cover images.

Converters

• Improved conversion of attachments in WordPress, Attachments will now be converted inside posts instead of converting to media files.

Changes affecting third-party developers and designers​

• Added new core/admin/global template userLinkWithPhoto.
• Added new tableLangPrefix property for Dynamic Charts.
• Fixed adding new warning reason throwing an error while IN_DEV.
• Fixed an issue where the radio form template would result in an error if no htmlID was set.
• Fixed an issue where clean IN_DEV installations have a broken serviceworker if no manifest details were set.
• Updated HTMLPurifier to 4.17.0.
• Replaced JShrink with JS-minify for better Javascript compatibility.
• Removed jQuery History, removing deprecated 'onunload' handler.

Key Changes​

This is our November maintenance release.

Key changes include the removal of the AdminCP Marketplace.

Additional Information​

Core

• Added X share link options.
• Improved the efficiency of sitemap generation.
• Improved the Node Form Helper to include only nodes where a member has permissions to create content for the "Create New" menu.
• Improved performance of clubs.
• Improved pasting images that were copied in Chromium-based browsers.
• Improved the title on the clubs overview page to be different based on the filter.
• Reset state of Account Deletion AdminCP Notification.
• Fixed an issue where moderators with only move permission couldn't see moderation checkboxes.
• Fixed an issue where banned users may show in the mention list if they recently participated.
• Fixed searching specific API endpoints not working fully.
• Fixed an issue where it may be difficult to set custom meta tags on the root page.
• Fixed an issue where it wasn't possible to restrict access to the SEO acp section.
• Fixed Bulk Mail (and other) filters not detected Yes/No and Checkbox Profile Fields correctly.
• Fixed an issue where a blank error message may be shown in some circumstances when testing mail settings.
• Fixed an issue where two messages assumed a gender.
• Fixed reverting templates not taking effect immediately when disk caching is in use.
• Fixed custom Header and Footer theme settings not validating code upon saving.
• Fixed members showing twice in the members list when viewing the list of administrators.
• Fixed acronyms in word expansion unable to be saved in Firefox if the expansion contained quotes.
• Fixed an issue where it wasn't possible to restrict access to the SEO acp section.
• Fixed staff only profile fields showing on search form for non-staff.
• Fixed an issue where it was possible to configure a Reaction based achievements rule for Items that cannot be reacted to.
• Fixed an issue where issuing a warning removing achievement points may cause an SQL error.
• Fixed an issue where the leaderboard area filter would show comments and reviews for all content types, even if they didn't support comments or reviews.
• Fixed an issue where custom staff directory templates weren't shown while creating/editing the staff directory.
• Fixed an issue where some content (topics etc) created as hidden did not show in the condensed activity stream.
• Fixed an issue where synching topics for all content would create topics for items pending deletion.
• Fixed an issue activating Bit.ly in promotion tools.
• Fixed a potential error when issuing a warning due to PHP bug #66545.
• Removed the AdminCP Marketplace.

Forums

• Added a new "Topics with No Replies" list to the Topics statistics section.
• Added a setting for each forum to exclude topics marked as solved that were posted before a specific time.
• Fixed an issue where it was possible to downvote answers even when negative ratings were disabled.
• Fixed an issue where club forums were showing in global forum stats.
• Fixed an issue where empty answers (including image/embed only answers) may cause a json-ld validation error.

Downloads

• Fixed linked files not showing a title on the download prompt when multiple files are available.
• Fixed new versions always requiring approval even if submitter is set to bypass content approval.

Events

• Fixed an issue where copying an event did not honor automatically following content posted.
• Fixed a permission conflict where a user could see a calendar, but not read events, could not see those events in the listing.

Converter

• Added Invision Community merge tools for Calendar and Blog.

Commerce

• Fixed Paid club memberships not able to be renewed if a renewal invoice is already pending.
• Fixed incorrect renewal terms description when manually adding a member to a subscription.

Pages

• Fixed an issue where records may show incorrect posted in badges if forum comment sync is enabled.
• Separated Records per page and Comments per page in database settings.
• Fixed record image not able to be set via REST API.
• Fixed an issue where promoting a topic to the CMS could fail if the target DB had a custom field which was set to be unique.
• Fixed an issue where some field types did not display properly when viewing revisions.

Gallery

• Optimized the ACP Dashboard widget.

Blogs

• Fixed extraneous arrow showing for child blog categories.

Courses

• Fixed an issue where module names were returning all languages simultaneously.
• Fixed an issue where images in course lessons wouldn't load in a lightbox.
• Fixed an issue where long descriptions caused the course image to stretch out on the page.

Platform

• Fix content removed by spam analysis still sending unapproved notifications.

Changes affecting third-party developers and designers​

• Searching specific REST API log endpoints with variables (ex, {id}, {key}, etc.) is limited to the following regex pattern: [a-zA-Z0-9-]+

Invision Community 4.7.13​

Released 09/05/2023

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Key Changes​

This is our September maintenance release.
Key changes include:

1. New Spam Prevention Features
2. Introducing Community Hive

Additional Information​

Core

1. Added the ability to moderate and block new registrations from specific regions.
2. Added email verification to Contact Us page.
3. Added the ability to moderate or block new registrations using known disposable email addresses.
4. Added aliases for x.com embeds.
5. Added the ability to manually upgrade Marketplace resources, further updates will need to be obtained from the author instead of the Marketplace.
6. Fixed an issue where disabling or removing the Twitter login handler may not remove the Twitter social promote option.
7. Fixed an error in the REST API when a member has an invalid primary group.
8. Fixed an issue where deleting a node via the API
9. Fixed an issue where profanity filters that block words did not work on content titles.
10. Fixed an issue where saving too many groups on a member can result in an error.
11. Fixed an issue where having many groups can cause an error when updating a users location.
12. Fixed an issue where the Who's Online and Active Users widgets will be cached by a guest and shown to everyone.
13. Fixed an issue where the default value of a language string may not be correct when entities such as > and < are used.
14. Fixed an issue creating new content with specific a specific tag configuration with alphabetic tags enabled.
15. Fixed an issue where a profile field with the type "Date" could break the search.
16. Fixed an issue with ACP notifications for PII & Deletion requests.
17. Fixed an issue where passing null to a text field may cause an error with PHP > 8.1.
18. Fixed an issue where lightbox meta titles were not being used.
19. Fixed an issue where REST API requests may set an incorrect language.
20. Fixed an issue where the move members queue offset was not being applied correctly.
21. Fixed an issue where it was possible to trigger a MySQL error by specifying an invalid API page parameter.
22. Fixed an issue where the cookie banner may show an error when used by guests.
23. Removed an orphan referrals module.
24. Removed the Edited By line for anonymous content that was edited by a moderator without the ability to silently edit.
25. Disabled responsiveness in the Admin CP > API.

Blog

1. Fixed an issue where moving blog entries between blogs can cause its category to be lost.

Courses

1. Fixed an issue where the Attachment Permission check could fail.

Commerce

1. Fixed an issue where a payment that is declined would show a generic failed error instead of a declined error.
2. Fixed an issue where post before register data was not properly accounted for when registering via Commerce.

Forums

1. Fixed an issue where a redundant message may show when a closed topic is archived.

Pages

1. Fixed an issue where articles set to publish in the future may persist in the unread stream after publishing.
2. Fixed an issue where item statistics may show incorrectly when record comments are stored in topics.

Events

1. Fixed an issue with searching for an event not working properly.
2. Fixed an issue where event search would try to load a map when none are enabled.
3. Fixed an issue where the next/prev month navigation links may not work in certain timezones.
4. Fixed an issue where the calendar time period links would default to the main calendar when viewing clubs.

Converter

1. Fixed an issue where some Pages database language strings may be missing after conversion.

Platform

1. Added the missing 'most_views' language string.
2. Added post content analysis scanning to detect spam in post content.
3. Fixed an issue where live topic creation fails if the Events app is disabled.
4. Removed the Marketplace resource restriction on lower plans, custom resources can now be installed.