Invision Community 5

Managing permissions across multiple member groups in IPS can quickly become confusing. Even small differences between groups may go unnoticed, and tracking them down manually is tedious.
Group Compare makes this easy.
This tool allows administrators to select any two member groups and instantly see their differences side by side. Each permission and setting is stored in the core_groups table is displayed clearly, making it simple to identify where groups differ and how they are configured.
Instead of jumping between multiple ACP pages trying to remember which group has which setting, you can compare everything in a single view.
Key features include:
Side-by-side comparison of any two member groups
Option to display only the differences for faster review
Clear visual indicators for enabled/disabled permissions
Quick actions to copy a value from one group to the other
Whether you are auditing permissions, troubleshooting group behavior, or trying to keep several groups aligned, Group Compare provides a much clearer overview of how your groups are configured.
A simple tool that saves administrators a surprising amount of time.

Blog Entry Reading Time displays an estimated reading time on each entry, so members can instantly see how long it may take to read the full entry from start to finish. The estimate is calculated using the entry’s entire content (including comments) and is shown directly on the entry page.
Settings
This app includes flexible configuration options:
Cache Expiration Time – controls how long reading time values are cached.
Words Per Minute – adjust the reading speed used for the calculation.
Allowed Groups – choose which member groups can see the reading time.
Smart Cache Invalidation
To keep the estimate accurate, the cache is automatically rebuilt whenever the entry is updated:
A new comment has been added
A comment is deleted
A comment visibility state changes (hidden/unhidden)
This keeps reading time accurate at all times without slowing your community.

Requirement
Blogs application

This application adds the ability to schedule comments for any content type within your board, such as posts in topics and comments in Downloads, Blogs, Pages, Gallery, Events, and in all 3rd-party apps that support Comment systems, like Tutorials, Videos Directory, Links Directory, Games, Movies, Music, Lyrics, Staff Applications System, Raffles System, Quizzes, and several others.
Admin CP & Front End: You can choose the content item, type the comment content, and a date/time to post the comment. You can also change the schedule status to PAUSED, which means it won’t be posted while paused.
Admin CP: Beyond that, you can choose who will be the comment author and if you want to post it anonymously.
Front End: If you’re a user with permission to use the application (a moderator with proper permission or a user from chosen groups by the admin), you will be the content author. You can, however, choose if the comment will be posted anonymously if you have permission to do so.
Setting up a cron job is highly recommended to make sure the comment will be posted at the desired time.
Settings:
Task frequency (in minutes)
Number of days to delete completed schedules
Number of scheduled records to be displayed on ACP and in the front end
Type of user to use the schedule system: moderators or specific user groups

This application enables moderators (with alert permission) to send alerts to multiple members. By default, alerts can be sent to an individual member or an entire group.
Setting:
Number of members to send the alert to.

This application will allow users from specific user groups to add notes to members, to have better control of the member's life in the community.
Adding Notes: Users from specific groups can add notes in 4 places:
In the user Profile, on a new tab called Notes, where notes can be edited or deleted, if you have permission to do it.
In the user card (mini profile), if you have permission to do it.
Directly on member's posts.
In the Admin CP user profile → Member Notes tab.
Features:
A new tab called Member Notes on ModeratorCP -> Member Management to display notes from all members, where notes can be edited or deleted if you have permission to do it.
Number of notes on user's card stats (mini profile on hover user link).
Widget to display the latest notes.
A notification to all users who can view notes when someone gets a new note.
Ability to send a private message to the member with the note content.
Ability to send an alert to the member, with a different text, for those who can send alerts.
Group permissions:
Can view notes
Can add notes
Can edit notes
Can delete notes
Settings:
Display the PM option on the Member Notes form
Display the ALERT option on the Member Notes form
Number of notes per page on the Profile tab
Number of notes per page on the ModeratorCP tab
IMPORTANT:
Since hooks cannot be used, the option to display the number of notes on user’s posts has been removed in this version. A request was made to IPS so it may come back someday if IPS provides a way to do it.

Tired of boring messages spread across your site? Then liven it up by downloading Sticky Notes. This application will allow you, or if you have selected members, to post global Sticky Notes to other members on your board. Users can easily dismiss each Sticky Note and then can even drag and drop them around their screen
Global Sticky Notes ( ACP )
Create and display unlimited global Sticky Notes to your members
Choose which user groups can see each Sticky Note
Add a signature ( username and avatar ) to the bottom of each Sticky Note, allowing members to see who wrote it, as a clickable link to said profile
Choose the colour of each Sticky Note
Choose from 9 different positions to show each Sticky Note
Set an expiry time and date for each Sticky Note with an option to show it until the user dismisses it
Select where to show each Sticky Note from a list of your installed applications, or just to show it everywhere (For example, only show the Sticky Note when users are browsing the forums or the downloads section, etc.)
Use a wide range of tags to engage your members more personally
Global Sticky Notes Front End Admin
The admin/s can create new global Sticky Notes from the front end via the create menu ( Only admins can use this feature )
Personal Sticky Notes ( MEMBERS )
Allow chosen user groups to send personal Sticky Notes to other members
Members can receive an unlimited number of Sticky Notes
All Sticky Notes are dismissible
All personal Sticky Notes will automatically add the username and avatar unless you have selected in the ACP to allow anonymous Sticky Notes (read ACP Menu below)
Personal Sticky Notes will display the time the note was sent to the member, for example, "just now", " 5 minutes ago", "4 hours ago", "16th July", and so on
Members can either send Personal Sticky notes to members by their hovercard or via their forum topics
Each (non-anonymous) personal Sticky Note has a reply icon allowing users to reply to other members' notes easily
Front End ( PERSONAL STICKY NOTES )
Added a link to the user drop-down menu linking to the new tables listed below
Shows a table listing all the members who received Sticky Notes, with the ability to restore the note, bringing it back to life
Shows a table listing all the members who sent Sticky Notes, with the ability to edit and resend or just resend the Sticky Note, and it also shows if the user has dismissed the Sticky Note
Members can view all their sent and received Sticky Notes between them and the X member
All tables can be sorted by time and date, and also have an advanced search for members or a time and date stamp
Widgets
Show a widget with a list of members who have sent the most Sticky notes
Show a widget with a list of members who have received the most Sticky Notes
ACP Menu
Sticky Notes (Global, including personal)
Choose to use either a pin or a bit of sticky tape to hold the Sticky Note
Choose to show or hide Sticky Notes on mobile or tablet devices
Change the z-index of the Sticky Notes ( This is only needed for some custom themes you might have installed )
Allow users to drag and drop the Sticky Notes around their screen by hovering over the pin and dragging the Sticky Note
Personal Sticky Notes
Allow members to send anonymous Sticky Notes to other members (admin can view all Sticky Notes in the ACP, read below)
Read all the Sticky Notes sent by members in a nice and tidy table, and you (being the admin) can even view the sender if they sent it anonymously
Select which member groups can use personal Sticky Notes
Choose from 9 different positions to place the Sticky Notes
Mass delete Sticky Notes by either "ALL", "READ", or "UNREAD", by individual members, or by chosen user groups
Choose the colour of personal Sticky Notes
Member Group ACP
Choose how many personal Sticky Notes each member group can send per day, with an unlimited option
Members Restrictions ACP
Block individual members from using personal Sticky Notes
Block individual members from receiving Sticky Notes

Translate Posts lets your community translate forum posts instantly with a single click. A simple language menu is added directly to posts, making multilingual discussions easy and seamless. The app supports multiple languages, including English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Romanian, and Greek. Actually, it can use any language available on Google Translate. For better performance, translations are cached, so once a post is translated, it loads instantly on future views. The cache is automatically refreshed when the original content is edited.
Settings:
Google Translate API key
Languages availables
Cache
Groups
Forums

Creating engaging topics has never been easier! This application uses AI to provide instant, relevant title suggestions based on what you write. Just type your post and get multiple relevant topic titles instantly, ready to use.
Key Features:
Powered by 3 AI Providers: Choose between OpenAI, Perplexity, or Gemini to generate concise and accurate topic titles.
Minimum Post Length: Ensure meaningful suggestions by setting a minimum number of characters for posts before titles are suggested.
Multiple Suggestions: Configure how many title suggestions the AI should provide for each post.
Instant Title Insertion: Click on any suggested title, and it will automatically populate the topic title field. No copy-paste needed!
Flexible Permissions: Control which forum sections and user groups can use the feature, making it easy to restrict suggestions to specific areas or members.
Seamless Integration: Works directly on the "Create New Topic" page without altering your forum workflow.
This app saves time, inspires better topic titles, and helps maintain high-quality posts across your community.

Enhance your user info panel with this powerful, fully customizable application for forum topic posts. You do not need to show all the information; you can choose to show or hide any one of them or just hide them for mobile viewing. You can also choose what user groups can see each piece of information.
User Info Panel
Edit the width of the user info panel between 200px and 350px
Profile Info
Show/Hide the user ID
Show/Hide the user group with color formatting
Personal Info
Show/Hide the user's birthday
Change the birthday view to show the member's age instead
Show/Hide the user joined date
Change the joined date to one saying "With Us For X Days"
Show/Hide the user's online status
Show/Hide the user's last activity
Show/Hide the users timezone
Show/Hide the user's follower count
Show/Hide the user's connected device
Content
Show/Hide the user post count
Show/Hide the user's post-per-day ratio
Show/Hide the user's reputation
Show/Hide the user's amount of leader board members of the day won
Show/Hide the Achievements
Choose to use a gold font for the member of the day
Show/Hide the user's solved content
Clubs
Show/Hide the user's clubs as icons at the bottom of the user info panel (The club name will appear on hover)
Change the size of the club's icons
Requirements:
Forums application
Notes:
This version doesn’t show the Number of Topics created and the topics-per-day ratio; it may return in a future version.
This version doesn’t show the secondary group’s names or images; it may return in a future version.
This version doesn’t show profile fields as it is already displayed on userInfoPanel and we can only add new stuff on IPS5; we can’t hide/remove existing stuff so it would show twice.

This app automatically sorts Saved Actions alphabetically in the topic moderation menu, making moderation faster and more organized.

Topic Reading Time displays an estimated reading time on each topic, so members can instantly see how long it may take to read the full discussion from start to finish. The estimate is calculated using the topic’s entire content (including replies) and is shown directly on the topic page.
Settings
This app includes flexible configuration options:
Cache Expiration Time – controls how long reading time values are cached.
Words Per Minute – adjust the reading speed used for the calculation.
Allowed Groups – choose which member groups can see the reading time.
Allowed Forums – select which forums the reading time will be displayed in.
Smart Cache Invalidation
To keep the estimate accurate, the cache is automatically rebuilt whenever the topic is updated:
A new post has been added
A post is deleted
A post visibility state changes (hidden/unhidden)
This keeps the reading time accurate at all times, without slowing down your community.

This application will restrict the ability of to users reply to topics in specific forums. Only the topic author and staff (chosen groups or moderators of the forum) will be able to reply. The editor will not appear for those who cannot reply.
Settings:
Forums where the restriction will be applied
Type of restriction: specific groups or moderators of the forum
Enable message in the topic
Type of message
Message content

This application will display files from subcategories when the category you're browsing hasn't files.
It is compatible with the layout chosen for the categories (table or grid).
Requirement:
Downloads app

This application will enable 4 features that appear disabled when a new user creates an account:
Recent Profile Visitors block Pop-up when the user receives a new message View signatures? Automatically follow content/comments

This application adds a link in the forum view (classic or snippet) that opens a pop-up listing all users who posted in the topic, along with their post counts.
Setting:
Groups allowed to view the pop-up.
Requirement:
Forums app.

This application will add a link to a pop-up to display a list of all members who have downloaded the file. The pop-up link appears in index blocks and Downloads widgets and is only available to users who are allowed to see who downloaded the file. The link will appear on the download count for the file, as shown below:

Requirement:
Downloads app

This tiny application simply turns the Security Question field into a password field, so whatever you type isn’t visible on screen.
Why this matters:
Even if “no one is supposed to see it,” it’s the same idea as hiding a password. For example, I record videos all the time, and the security answer would show up in the recording. Because of that, I used to disable Security Questions for my group altogether.

This application allows you to mark a conversation as unread so you can come back to it later, when the time is right. It will appear as unread in your messages list, making it easy to find.

This application allows private messages to be converted into forum topics. Useful if you run a support forum and users keep sending private messages instead of using the forum for support.
Conversion options:
Select the forum where the topic will be created
Apply tags (if enabled)
Leave the conversation after conversion
Settings:
Choose which member groups are allowed to convert messages into topics

This application allows topic authors to run specific topic-saved actions that the administrator permits. Public saved actions will only be visible to the topic author if they do not have moderator permissions to run standard saved actions.
Requirement:
Forums app.

This application integrates Perplexity AI and Google Gemini AI with IPS5 to automatically generate AI-powered summaries for forum topics. When enabled, the app analyzes the content of a topic and produces a clear, concise summary using the selected AI provider, helping members quickly understand long or complex discussions.

The summary is generated in the same language as the first post and will mention any additional languages used throughout the discussion. Summaries are created on demand and displayed directly within the topic view, providing valuable context without replacing the original content.
This application is ideal for communities with long threads, support forums, or knowledge-based discussions where quick comprehension is essential.
Supported AI Providers
Perplexity AI
Perplexity AI is a paid artificial intelligence platform focused on delivering fast, accurate, and well-sourced responses. It combines large language models with real-time web search to generate clear, concise summaries grounded in up-to-date information.
Google Gemini AI
Google Gemini AI is an advanced large language model designed to understand and summarize complex content with high accuracy. It excels at processing long discussions and generating structured, neutral summaries suitable for forums and knowledge-based communities.
Settings:
AI to use
Select which forums the AI summaries are available in
Choose which member groups are allowed to view the summaries
Requirement:
API Key from Perplexity: https://www.perplexity.ai/enterprise
API Key from Gemini: https://aistudio.google.com/app/api-keys
Forums application

Will add a clock to display the board time, based on a time zone chosen by the admin, or the user's time, based on their time zone.
Setting:
Type of time to display
Board time
User time

With the appropriate 'Can Use IP Tools?' permission, moderators can now view all IP addresses associated with a member directly from their profile in a dedicated tab. This feature also enables moderators to ban these IPs directly from the same screen, accessible on the forum side. Only moderators with the 'Can Use IP Tools?' permission will see this IP address list, which will appear as a link on the member's profile card.
Setting:
Allow profile owner to view the list: only moderators with permission Can use IP tools? enabled can view the IP Addresses list. If you enable this, the profile owner will also be able to view the IP Addresses list but he won't see the links to BAN the IP and to USAGES of the IP.

This application will allow members (from specific groups) to rejoin users who left or were banned from conversations.
Setting:
Groups who can rejoin members

This application will enhance the Events application by introducing new features, including:
The user will receive a notification on the day of the event they RSVPed to.
Manage RSVP Attendees: add or remove attendees.
Change the event author.
Allow users to search for events by venue directly on the Events index page.
Add a new tab to the member profile to display all events the member has RSVPed to.