Forum Update

[Mana 3,867]

I have updated our IPB forum software to version 3.1.0. This has made our old skin incompatible so it will not be available until its updated.

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New Features:

<strong class="bbc"><a href="http://community.invisionpower.com/blog/1174/entry-4162-ipboard-310-dev-update-sharing-links/" class="bbc_url" title="External link" rel="nofollow external">Link Sharing</a></strong><br>

Easily share links from your community to Facebook, Twitter, and more. Great way to drive traffic to your community!<br>

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<strong class="bbc"><a href="http://community.invisionpower.com/blog/1174/entry-3882-ipboard-310-dev-update-status-updates/" class="bbc_url" title="External link" rel="nofollow external">Status Updates</a></strong><br>

Enhancements to the existing member status system in IP.Board to include the ability to reply and more.<br>

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<strong class="bbc"><a href="http://community.invisionpower.com/blog/1174/entry-4300-ipboard-310-dev-update-topic-preview/" class="bbc_url" title="External link" rel="nofollow external">Topic Preview</a></strong><br>

Preview the first few lines of a topic without loading the entire topic.<br>

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<strong class="bbc"><a href="http://community.invisionpower.com/blog/1174/entry-4343-ipboard-310-dev-update-view-reputation/" class="bbc_url" title="External link" rel="nofollow external">View Reputation</a></strong><br>

Optionally allow your members to see who gave reputation points on their posts.<br>

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<strong class="bbc"><a href="http://community.invisionpower.com/blog/1174/entry-4007-ipboard-310-dev-news-twitter-integration/" class="bbc_url" title="External link" rel="nofollow external">Twitter Integration</a></strong><br>

Your members can now link their account with their Twitter account!<br>

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<strong class="bbc"><a href="http://community.invisionpower.com/blog/1174/entry-4176-ipboard-310-dev-update-improved-facebook-integration/" class="bbc_url" title="External link" rel="nofollow external">Improved Facebook Integration</a></strong><br>

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/" class="bbc_url" title="External link" rel="nofollow external">Including new Facebook Graph API</a><br>

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<strong class="bbc">Advertising Code Integration: <a href="http://community.invisionpower.com/blog/1174/entry-4059-ipboard-310-dev-update-ad-code-integration/" class="bbc_url" title="External link" rel="nofollow external">Part 1</a> and <a href="http://community.invisionpower.com/blog/1174/entry-4072-ipboard-310-dev-update-ad-code-integration-part-2/" class="bbc_url" title="External link" rel="nofollow external">Part 2</a></strong><br>

Easily place advertising code throughout your community with simple settings in the admin area.<br>

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<strong class="bbc">Profile Customizations: <a href="http://community.invisionpower.com/blog/1174/entry-4289-ipboard-310-dev-update-profile-customization/" class="bbc_url" title="External link" rel="nofollow external">Part 1</a> and <a href="http://community.invisionpower.com/blog/1174/entry-4294-ipboard-310-dev-update-profile-customization-ii/" class="bbc_url" title="External link" rel="nofollow external">Part 2</a></strong><br>

Allow your members to customize the look and feel of their profile page.<br>

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<strong class="bbc"><a href="http://community.invisionpower.com/blog/1174/entry-4031-ipboard-310-dev-update-skin-upgrader/" class="bbc_url" title="External link" rel="nofollow external">Skin Upgrader</a></strong><br>

Upgrading your skin between versions of IP.Board just became a lot easier.<br>

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<strong class="bbc"><a href="http://community.invisionpower.com/blog/1174/entry-4081-ipboard-310-dev-update-soft-delete/" class="bbc_url" title="External link" rel="nofollow external">Soft Delete Posts and Topics</a></strong><br>

Rather than actually deleting a post or topic you can now hide it from view to easily restore it later.<br>

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<strong class="bbc"><a href="http://community.invisionpower.com/blog/1174/entry-3911-ipboard-31-notifications/" class="bbc_url" title="External link" rel="nofollow external">Notification System</a></strong><br>

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/" class="bbc_url" title="External link" rel="nofollow external">And Improvements</a><br>

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<strong class="bbc"><a href="http://community.invisionpower.com/blog/1174/entry-3977-ipboard-310-dev-update-modification-development-enhancements/" class="bbc_url" title="External link" rel="nofollow external">Modification Development Enhancements</a></strong><br>

Great tools for those that create modifications for IP.Board<br>

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<strong class="bbc"><a href="http://community.invisionpower.com/blog/1174/entry-3884-ipboard-310-dev-update-hook-system/" class="bbc_url" title="External link" rel="nofollow external">Hook System Improvements</a></strong><br>

Improvements to the IP.Board hook system to make it easier for modification developers to expand the functions in the software.<br>

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<strong class="bbc">Search Engine Optimization: <a href="http://community.invisionpower.com/blog/1174/entry-3809-ipb-31-search-engine-optimization/" class="bbc_url" title="External link" rel="nofollow external">Part 1</a> and <a href="http://community.invisionpower.com/blog/1174/entry-3814-ipb-31-search-engine-optimization-part-deux/" class="bbc_url" title="External link" rel="nofollow external">Part 2</a></strong><br>

Allow search engines to better index and rank your community in results.<br>

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<strong class="bbc"><a href="http://community.invisionpower.com/blog/1174/entry-4573-ipboard-310-dev-update-search-overhaul/" class="bbc_url" title="External link" rel="nofollow external">Search Engine Overhaul</a></strong><br>

Search engine rebuilt from the ground up introducing more flexibility and power.<br>

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<strong class="bbc"><a href="http://community.invisionpower.com/blog/1174/entry-4865-ipboard-310-dev-update-template-merge-center/" class="bbc_url" title="External link" rel="nofollow external">Template Merge Tool</a></strong><br>

Merge skin changes between versions right in the AdminCP.<br>

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<strong class="bbc"><a href="http://community.invisionpower.com/blog/1174/entry-4977-ipboard-31-update-mobile-skin-improvements/" class="bbc_url" title="External link" rel="nofollow external">All new Mobile Skin</a></strong><br>

Mobile skin for many popular devices to enable easy access to your community.<br>

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<strong class="bbc"><a href="http://community.invisionpower.com/blog/1174/entry-4934-ipboard-31-dev-update-auto-parsing-of-urls-strengthened/" class="bbc_url" title="External link" rel="nofollow external">Automatic Media Embedding</a></strong><br>

Automatic parsing of YouTube and other media into posts.<br>

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<em class="bbc">Plus many bugs fixed from the 3.0.5 version and performance improvements.</em>

[kuttlewug 28]

I like the new colors and stuff. Looks good to me!

[Krash 1,040]

I'm guessing the update today was the stripes?