Cerberus1 Posted August 10, 2017 Share Posted August 10, 2017 I've updated the forum software to the latest version today. A list of changes can be found at https://invisioncommunity.com/news/invision-community-42-r1030/ 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 10, 2017 Share Posted August 10, 2017 Pretty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evandale Posted August 10, 2017 Share Posted August 10, 2017 Love it, much more pleasing on the eye and very partial to the new icons! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calNgary Posted August 10, 2017 Share Posted August 10, 2017 I like the options to the 'LIKE' button.. Cal x 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerberus1 Posted August 10, 2017 Author Share Posted August 10, 2017 I'll cover some of the changes on this thread. First up: Security When using 2 Factor Authentication, members can now choose Authy as an authentication handler. Authy can send a user a text message, make a phone call, or send a push notification to a smartphone app to authenticate the user. Set Up To set up Two Factor Authentication with Authy, the user will enter their phone number. To verify their phone number they will then enter a code shown in the Auhy app or have a code sent by text message or phone call. Setting up Authy with the app available as an option Setting up Authy with just phone or text message options enabled Verification with Authy When the user needs to verify their account, the system will automatically show an appropriate interface. If you allow verification with the Authy app and either it is the only option you allow, or the system knows that the user has installed the Authy app, the system will prompt them to use the app. This can either be done using Authy's OneTouch option (where the user will receive a push notification to the app, and when they click approve, the screen will automatically refresh) or their SoftToken option (where the user will be instructed to open the Authy app and enter the code they see). If you allow authentication by text message and/or phone call as well, the user will also see options for using those instead. These screenshots show the process for OneTouch authentication: The user is shown a waiting screen Simultaneously they will receive a push notification and when opening it be able to approve Once the user has approved, the waiting screen will automatically refresh with the user authenticated. For SoftToken authentication, the user is prompted to enter the code shown in the Authy app: Authy SoftToken option Phone Verification If you have disabled the Authy app as an option, or the user does not have it installed, they will be prompted to choose from the available options how they want to authenticate. These screenshots show the process for authenticating by text message: The user is asked how they want to authenticate The user receives a text message or phone call with a code The user enters this code to authenticate Management If the user changes their phone number they can reconfigure the system in their account settings. The system automatically shows "Phone Verification" rather then "Authy" if the app is not available as an option. Account Settings showing Authy as Phone Verification Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerberus1 Posted August 10, 2017 Author Share Posted August 10, 2017 Also related to Security: Notification of a new device sign in If enabled, users can receive an email notification when a new device is used to log into their account: Email sent when a login from a new device is detected When a user signs in for the first time, a special key is set to recognise the browser on subsequent logins. This mean the notification email does not trigger on a new IP address, which would be annoying when travelling or if using a network where the IP address changes regularly. Instead, the notification is only triggered if someone signs into your account from a new physical device or web browser. UserCP Device Management If enabled, a new page will show in the user's settings page showing all the devices which have been used to log into their within the last 90 days (which is recent enough that could still be logged in if "Remember Me" was checked). Recently Used Devices Users can see the device, browser, physical location (obtained by a GeoIP lookup) and if applicable, how the login was processed (for example, if the sign in was with Facebook or Twitter, this will show). If they chose "Remember Me" when logging in, they can undo that (handy if you realise you accidentally left yourself signed in on a public computer). If they see anything they don't recognise, a page to walk them through the necessary steps to re-secure their account is available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerberus1 Posted August 10, 2017 Author Share Posted August 10, 2017 FILE UPLOADING IPS Community Suite has supported drag and drop uploading to the attachments area at the bottom of the editor since 4.0. In 4.2 we're pleased to add the ability to drag and drop right into the editor, so you can drop your attachment exactly where you want it to show without having to add it afterwards. Drag and drop into editor If your browser and OS supports it you can also copy and paste, either from the desktop or from other content on the web: Copy and Paste Naturally this works for ordinary files as well as images: Drag and drop a file Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerberus1 Posted August 10, 2017 Author Share Posted August 10, 2017 REACTIONS IPS Community Suite has long had a reputation system; first we had a simple up/down system, later updated to introduce a Likes system as an alternative. Whichever system you chose to use, it tied in with our reputation system. We're pleased to introduce the latest updates to the reputation system, and it's something that has been requested for quite some time: Reactions. Quite simply, reactions allow users to offer more fine-grained sentiments towards content than a simple up/down or 'like'. They are now in common usage on social networks, and so users expect to be able to be more nuanced in their response to something they see. Let's see how they work in a post, and then cover the options you'll have available. What you see above is the default setup for a site that has used the Like system in version 4.1. We include 5 reactions by default: Like Thanks Confused Sad Haha If you currently use the older style up/down reputation system, don't fret - you'll still get the new reactions on upgrade, but they'll be disabled by default and instead the new reaction UI will show up/down reactions. This gives you the flexibility to decide which of the new reactions, if any, you want to allow. So, those are the basics - but what configuration options can you expect to see? First, you can of course add your own reactions! We expect that beyond the default reactions you'd expect to find, some sites will want reaction types specific to their use-case. On an intranet, you might want to have 'agree' and 'disagree' reactions for staff to use when responding to discussions. On a gaming community, you might replace the icons to be some graphic from a video game that means something to your particular userbase. There's a wealth of possibilities. Each reaction you set up can be configured to adjust the original author's reputation count - a reaction can be positive (i.e. award a reputation point), negative (i.e. subtract a reputation point), or neutral (i.e. leave the reputation count unchanged). Our default set won't include any negative reactions, but you are free to configure these and new reactions to suit your own use-case. A user's total reputation count is still shown alongside their content and in their profile, of course. If you don't want to use the new reactions for whatever reason, you can disable all of them except Like, and it'll behave just the like 4.1-and-earlier system: Sites that currently use the up/down system don't show a list of names of users, and instead show an overall reputation score for the content. With the new reaction system, you can enable this even if you don't use up/down reactions. This is great if you plan to use reactions as, for example, an agree/disagree system, or where the content score is more important to your site than the individual reaction types. How the reaction UI looks with the 'count only' setting enabled As you'd expect, you can click individual reaction counts (or the overall reputation score, if you enable that setting) to view who reacted to the content. This remains a permission setting that you can apply per-group. On touch devices, on-hover functionality is not suitable, and so for these devices the reactions UI looks like this: Reactions play well with all areas of the suite, including Recommended Replies: ...and activity streams... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VERYSTORMY Posted August 10, 2017 Share Posted August 10, 2017 Pretty nifty! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritChickx Posted August 10, 2017 Share Posted August 10, 2017 Thanks for this! I love it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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