Welcome to Invision Community 5.0.2 !
Over the coming weeks, we'll be exploring a bunch of new features and improvements coming to our user interface including our brand new theme editor, a new mobile UI, dark mode and performance improvements thanks to a reduction in both JavaScript and CSS. To kick off this series, let’s take a closer look at the new sidebar layout and new view modes for the forum index and topic pages.
Sidebar Layout
Traditionally, Invision Community has shipped with a horizontal header and navigation bar at the top of the page, which is still available in version 5. We're introducing a brand new (and optional) sidebar layout, which can be enabled or disabled easily from within your theme settings. The sidebar not only provides convenient access to your applications, activity streams and search bar, but you can now add links to nodes for even easier access to popular or commonly used areas of your community. For example - a category from your forum, an album from the Gallery, or a product group from Commerce.
Forum Index: Feed view
One of our goals for version 5 was to re-imagine new ways for your visitors to consume content, and the sidebar layout is just one of our solutions. Table view has been the typical way of displaying forums, providing visitors with a simple summary of the most recently active topic. Grid mode introduced cover photos to forums and is a great way to make your page more visually engaging, while fluid view allows visitors to filter through a list of topics to easily focus on multiple areas of the community.
Joining these view modes in version 5 is our new Feed view. Optional cover photos and featured forum colours allow you to personalise each forum, and a list of recently active topics with snippets of the most recent reply allow you to easily see what each forum is focusing on at a glance. The topic list drops below the cover photo and converts to a scrollable list on small devices. It's our fresh take on content display, and we can’t wait to hear your feedback!
Topic pages: Compact view
In addition, Invision Community 5 also introduces a new, compact layout option for topics. We wanted to create a layout which placed focus on your content while still keeping all of the authors profile information easily accessible within a mini profile. Stats, rank, badges, reputation points and more can be found by tapping the icon at the top of every post. The mini profile strip has also been added to other areas of the software too, such as comments and reviews in applications like Gallery and Blogs, and will appear on the mobile layout when the traditional "table view" is used in topics.
Switching between the new compact view and the author sidebar view takes just seconds giving you complete control over your community.
As part of this view, you also have the choice to feature/pin the original post to the top of every page, making it a breeze for your visitors to easily understand the context of replies without navigating back to page 1. Pinned posts have a slightly larger font-size to distinguish them from replies, and we've thoughtfully truncated them on pages beyond the first to keep scrolling to a minimum.
The new sidebar layout and view modes offer a fresh and innovative approach to navigating and interacting with your community. We’re really keen to hear your thoughts on these new views and whether you’ll be unleashing them on your own sites! We appreciate that no two sites are the same, and those who are a fan of the classic header look will benefit from quick styling tools and a visual way to re-arrange the header elements which we’ll cover in a later blog.
We’re looking forward to showcasing a whole bunch of new features over the coming weeks - so stay tuned, and we’ll see you then!
What's New in Version 5.0.1
See changelogReleased
#3547: Permissions for Downloads Custom Fields from v4
#3660: Fix issue where registration settings show raw HTML
#3573: Fix issue where adding a similar event did not call the UI extension
#3640: Fix an issue in the Block Manager when the Pages Application is not enabled
#3641: Associate the stream widget css file with the proper app
#3625: Always show scrollbars to prevent sporadic ACP nav menu widths
#3574: Use tab to select mention in editor
#3575: Fix Pages upgrade steps to remove manual queries adjusting the record tables
#3627: Add missing pruning ip address description
#3623: Fixed conflicts between floated content and lists in user content
#3626: Make customized icons match default icons in Download category list
#3572: Fix issue where some events with a location have null coordinates
#3624: Fixed colors of query log in light mode
#3609: Remove rich text styles from post wrapper after the editor loads
#3527: Preserve list indents around floated items
#3553: Fix issue where marking the site as read did not visually change some fields
#3455: Fix issues with Images builder widget
#3614: Fixes not found furls
#3587: Allow topic overview stats to wrap
#3588: Allow .ipsSelectTree to expand when long options are selected
#3602: Add the missing missing module name for the Assignments Module
#3589: Removed non-existent class name from Moderator's Control Panel table
#3590: Added padding to upgrade error page
#3592: Reduced the font-weight of unread stats/authors
#3593: Added padding around social login buttons
#3586: Fix incorrect column when importing themes
#3585: Remove unnecessary data from Badge API output
#3579: Fix wrapping on GraphQL credentials page
#3577: Remove editor attachments on upload error
#3440: Use configurable language strings in the Editor Block Type Selector
#3551: Adjust form toggles when adding/editing a forum
#3437: Uninstall out-of-date applications
#3513: Allow embeds to fill entire width of container
#3532: Code boxes inside collapsible boxes retain content
#3533: Various Editor Updates
- Issue #3281: Cannot move images into a quote (or wrap box) after they're already added
- Issue #3381: Emojis Suggestions
- Issue #3390: The URL from links which are turned to "no embeds" link still to embeds
#3557: Invision Community Cloud Bounce Bugfixes
#3508: Don’t use local search tree for remote Autocomplete results
#3539: Better iframe allow attribute handling
#3451: Automatically expand all parents of a selected record in the database navigation widget
#3470: Currency Changer CSRF Fix
#3548: Delete unused template
#3552: Remove more unused templates and language strings
#3531: Fix exception in viewupdates task
#3530: Fix exception thrown in pruneipaddresses task
#3441: Fix issue where ACP Linked accounts block loads endlessly
#3454: Fix TypeError in getCacheDataForPage
#3472: V4: Spam Improvements
#3485: Fixed Paypal icon in Customer tab
#3486: Fixed size of button and alignment of alternate contacts
#3491: Added featured color attribute to forum categories
#3490: Don't truncate forum descriptions
#3536: Copy custom templates when copying a theme
#3537: Use Dialog Style Config Form for Sidebar Widgets
#3538: Fix issue where theme editor enters an infinite loop after login
#3540: The PWA Refresh button no longer has invalid HTML
#3541: Ensure long strings of code don't break out of tiptaps code box
#3545: Fixed close icon of "Switch to Cloud" link in ACP-
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