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Welcome to Invisioneer
We help online community managers and forum administrators build great online communities. Discover one of the largest, free resources for online community management. Discuss, Learn, and Be Inspired.
Good communities become great at Invisioneer.
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Converse with other forum admins, community leaders, and Invision Community (IPS) clients.
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Browse, shop, and be inspired in the third-party Marketplace Directory for Invision Community (IPS) to find themes, mods, and more.
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Learn
Educate and empower yourself with some of the world's largest databases of community management resources.
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Great things happen when talent comes together!
We're proud to be the new home of the Marketplace Directory, the free third-party listing site for Invision Community (IPS) themes and mods. Browse, shop, and be inspired by the amazing contributions of the Invision Community third-party.
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Who Viewed
Who Viewed is an application that tracks and displays users who view content. Easily adjust specific apps, tracked member groups, and who can see the list.
Supports: Forums, Pages, Download, Blog, Gallery, Calendar and Videobox.
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Popp Theme
Popp Theme
A new template for your forum straight from the author. It has many built-in functions. It will be enhanced with additional features in future updates.
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Active Viewers
Active Viewers is an application that displays the list of members currently viewing specific content on your site with AJAX updates, helping users see who is engaging with discussions or browsing category.
Key Features:
- Displays the list of members currently viewing specific content (Supports: Forums, Downloads, Pages, Blog, Gallery and Videobox).
- In category view, shows the total number of users viewing each post.
- Specify which member groups can use this feature.
- Polling interval is configurable.
- Polling pauses when the user is idle.
- 2 display layouts for the online members list.
This application does not work on IPS Cloud
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Chatbox+
Coded with ♥
Chatbox+ is an application that uses Ajax calls to the server to get new messages. Supports room chat, club chat and the private one-2-one chat. The chat boxes can display in widget, new page, or floating on the bottom right to allow member easy to chat with each other.
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‼️ Using the Chatbox on Cloud may result in limited connections and potential blocking of Ajax requests.
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⭐Features:
Private one-2-one chat:
- Chat boxes display on bottom right allow member to chat with each other.
- Multi chat at same time.
- Permission for who can use the private chat.
- Ability to select skin for each box.
- Load more messages on scroll up (or down).
- Easy to find member name to start the chat.
- Sound notification for new message.
- Report messages.
- User online status.
- Minimize and close chat boxes.
- Ban settings.
- Supports Clean Text Input with emoji, Youtube, URL, images, audio files, GIPHY
- Supports Lazyload images.
- Interval in milliseconds.
- Flood control.
- Message length limit.
- Permission to edit/delete messages.
- Fully responsive - will adapt to mobile, tablet, desktop.
Group Chat
- This feature is an extension of Member Chat to allow users to create a group and invite people to chat.
- Option to set maximum users in a group.
- Users can leave group whenever they want.
- Displaying users list in a group.
- System notification when user joins/leaves group.
- Group owner can rename the group.
- Permission for who can invite people to join group.
Rooms & Clubs Chat
- Admin can create multiple rooms, display rooms in widgets, or a new page.
- Club owner can create a room.
- Announcement & Rules for each room.
- Online Users list.
- Allow guest to join and chat with their custom nickname and random avatar.
- Show online users in the panel or popup.
- Auto idle after X minutes.
- Auto schedule: You can now set specific times for your room to automatically open and close.
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Global Chat:
- Show room in a a floating popup on the bottom of the pages so users can chat anywhere.
- Toggle show/hide the popup.
- Option to hide popup chat on mobile.
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User controls:
- On/Off sound notification.
- Open chat in a popup.
- Select skins.
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Moderator controls:
- Edit Announcement.
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User blocking system:
- Display moderator who blocked the user.
- Ability to add the reason.
- Auto unblock user after X minutes.
- Clean room (delete all messages).
- Quick edit/delete a message.
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System messages to notify when:
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New content posted from 3rd-party apps, supports:
- Forums (new topic, new reply)
- Downloads (new file, new comment, new review)
- Pages (new article, new comment, new review)
- Gallery (new image, new comment)
- Blogs (new entry, new comment)
- Calendar (new event, new comment)
- Status updates, status replies
- New registration.
- Videobox (new video, new comment, new review)
- Musicbox (new song, new comment)
- Tutorials (new article, new comment)
- New announcement.
- New donation.
- User joined/left room.
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New content posted from 3rd-party apps, supports:
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Auto Messages (Chat Bot)
- Create multiple messages with cycle time in seconds.
- Select a member as a Bot to post the messages automatically every X seconds.
- The auto messages run on client-side, will not be saved to database for the best performance and saving database.
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Archive messages:
- Permission for who can view archive messages.
- Search messages by member name, guest name, content, time.
- Sorting messages by time, content, chatter name.
- Edit/Delete/Report message.
Other features:
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Input message:
- Clean text: only supports URL, image URL, Youtube URL, GIF from GIPHY, upload image
- Editor: You can use full formatting from Editor: color, bold, size, emoticons...
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Many stylish designs available:
- Standard
- Bubbles
- Condensed
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Donation & SuperChat (requires IPS Commerce)
- Allow users to donate directly in the room.
- After making a payment, the message will be highlighted in a different color.
- Ability to select permission for who can donate.
- Select a donation goal from Commerce.
- Easy to setup the color for SuperChat based on the donation amount.
- Sending system notification when someone donates to the room.
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Tools for admin:
- Delete all system messages
- Delete all room's messages
- Delete all conversation
- Import messages from the Chatbox FREE
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Extra features:
- Report center integration allows users to report bad massages.
- Auto loads old messages when scrolling down (or up).
- Highlight the message row if someone mentions you.
- Flood control, max messages, limit characters, sorting messages...
- Display number of online users in Chat menu.
- Display counter of characters when typing message.
- Support IPS Link Filter for disallowed/allowed links.
- Ignored Users.
- Lazy load images.
- Fully responsive.
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Codey
Codey Theme
A new template for your forum straight from the author. It has many built-in functions. It will be enhanced with additional features in future updates.
( IPS version 5 )
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(IC5) Server List Monitor
Introducing our Server List Monitoring App for Invision Community 5—a straightforward solution to keep your forum updated with real-time game server data.
What It Does:
This application adds a server list monitoring feature directly into your forum. It uses GameQ to fetch live server data and even supports Discord servers.
Key Features:
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Responsive Design:
- Desktop users see a clean table layout.
- Mobile and tablet users enjoy a sliding card view for easy browsing.
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Custom Buttons:
- Add as many custom buttons as you need.
- Each button can have its own title, redirection URL, and Font Awesome icon.
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Custom Connect URL:
- Specify a unique connect URL for each server to make joining games easier.
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Real-Time Data:
- View current player counts and server status.
- Fully supports Discord servers too.
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Statistics Footer:
- Automatically display key stats like last refresh time, total players, and server occupancy.
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Flexible Settings:
- Customize exactly what information you want to display for your community.
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Wide Compatibility:
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Supports all server mods that GameQ offers.
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Supports all server mods that GameQ offers.
This app is designed to be easy to use and configure. It will be actively maintained and receive updates with even more functionalities.
View demo of the application at: https://ic5.csowicze.pl/
For any questions contact me on:
Discord: mesharsky
Steam: https://steamcommunity.com/id/mesharskyh2k/ -
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Topic Utilities
🚀 Topic Utilities is a powerful application designed to streamline forum discussions with automation and moderation tools. Whether you're managing an active community or optimizing engagement, this app provides essential features to keep discussions organized and efficient.
Key Features:
✅ Auto Welcome – Automatically creates a welcome topic when a new member registers, helping foster engagement.
✅ Auto Reply – Automatically respond to new topics with a predefined message, perfect for support forums to confirm message receipt.
✅ Restrict Consecutive Posts – Prevent users from posting multiple consecutive replies. A user must wait for another member to reply before they can post again in the same topic, reducing spam and encouraging balanced discussions.
✅ Topic Rules – Define and display custom rules for specific topics, ensuring users understand and follow guidelines before participating.
✅ Auto Pin – Automatically pin a topic when it reaches a predefined number of replies, keeping important discussions visible.
✅ Auto Lock – Automatically lock a topic when it reaches a set number of replies. Useful for limiting discussions in announcements, event promotions, job postings, or special offers to avoid irrelevant comments.
✅ Change Author – Change the author of a topic to another user, useful for content management or ownership transfers.
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Advanced Messenger
Advanced Messenger enhances private messaging with powerful features:
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Reactions – Send reactions in private conversations, making interactions more engaging and expressive.
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Signature – Allow users to showcase their personal signature in private messages, adding a personalized touch to conversations.
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Auto-Reply Messages – Allows users to configure an auto-reply message which is sent as an automatic response to incoming conversations.
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Restrict Consecutive Messages – Prevent users from sending multiple messages in a row without receiving a reply.
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Message Notes – Allows users to attach notes to messages, visible to all participants in the conversation. This feature helps highlight important information, reminders, or additional context within discussions.
Upgrade your messaging experience with better engagement and control 😬
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TMDB EasyPost
TMDB EasyPost – Create Movie & TV Show Topics Instantly from TMDB!
TMDB EasyPost is the ultimate tool for creating captivating topics about movies and TV shows from TheMovieDB (TMDB) with just a URL! Perfect for movie communities, review websites, and entertainment forums, this app simplifies content creation, helping you engage your audience with rich, detailed posts.
✨ Key Features:
- 🚀 Instant Post Creation: Generate fully detailed posts from TMDB URLs in seconds.
- 🌍 Multi-Language Support: Import movie details in any ISO-639-1 language supported by TMDB
- 🎯 Multi-App Integration: Seamlessly publish to Forums, Pages, Downloads, and Videobox.
- 📊 Rich Content: Automatically includes poster, trailers, cast, crew, genres, backdrops and more.
- With TMDB EasyPost, creating professional-looking movie and TV show topics has never been easier. Delight your audience and grow your community effortlessly! 🎬🌟
🫱Demo:
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Chatbox FREE
This is very simple chat system with the basic features:
- Ajax chat, auto update.
- Display as a widget, so you can place it in sidebar or top page.
- Sound notification. User can toggle on/off.
- Admins/Moderators can block users.
- Load more messages when scrolling end (or top).
- Rules.
- Supports emoticons, URL, Images (GIF, PNG, JPG)
- Supports GIPHY to finds GIFs and Stickers by using /giphy command (Eg: /giphy happy new year)
- Supports Youtube, playing video in iframe and popup
- @mention by clicking on usernames.
- Flood control.
- Bad word filters.
- Time format.
- Display newer messages in top or bottom.
- Permissions for viewing, chatting & management.
- Edit/Delete messages.
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Garage This OR That
Garage This OR That is a fun game based upon the Garage application. Its will randomly select vehicles from the garage and put them up against each other for users to go and vote on which one they like better.
Features:
- Keep track of wins and losses.
- Widget to show a leaderboard of top vehicles.
- Show in vehicle's garage listing their score, losses, and loss ratio.
- Algorithm attempts to prioritize those with lower scores to keep vehicles showing fresh.
Coming Soon:
- See what top makes/models are in your garage.
- Detailed user breakdown of what makes/models they beat most and lose to most.
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Garage
Garage allows users to create online "garages" on your community. Users can share information about their cars, upload photos, and other users can make comments.
Features:
- Organize vehicles into like categories.
- Create your own Make/Model lists or allow for open insert by the user.
- Create custom fields for vehicles (e.g. vehicle trim, color, engine, etc... the sky is the limit!)
- Users can upload multiple photos to their vehicle.
- Comment with other users.
- Share their vehicle in a topic via an embed.
- Statistics related to all vehicles, most popular make/model, and more.
- Vehicle content is searchable.
If you utilize DevFuse's Collection application in version 4, you can purchase the following migration application to transfer the data:
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How to reintroduce a BIG FORUM online safely for search engines?
By MaxiusHello, I got a client who wants to relaunch his old forum which was online since early 2000s and was online until around 2021 and then it all went offline. The original domain was lost to squatters and is unrecoverable. However the domain is blank and all indexed content from search engines has been dropped. Client thinks about migrating to IPS and relaunching it on another domain (which at the time of speaking is already 1.5 years old). The forum has around 300k posts and 15k topics. So I -
On the 4th Solution
By JoelRhttps://invisioncommunity.com/forums/topic/482262-forums-is-warning-that-feature-we-use-q-a-is-depreciated-but-not-signposting-any-upgrade-path/ One of the most common support scenarios in online communities recently played out in the Invision Community support forums. A user posted a question about upgrading from Invision Community v4 to v5—something that’s been asked multiple times before and, without a doubt, will be asked again. The user was directed to the forums for answers, wher -
No more hamster forum
By JoelRhttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/03/18/hamster-forum-local-residents-websites-shut-down-new-laws/ Britain’s Online Safety Act, a sprawling set of new internet laws, include measures to prevent children from seeing abusive content, age verification for adult websites, criminalising cyber-flashing and deepfakes, and cracking down on harmful misinformation. Under the illegal harms duties that came into force on Monday, sites must complete risk assessments detailing how they deal -
No more hamster forum
By JoelRhttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/03/18/hamster-forum-local-residents-websites-shut-down-new-laws/ Britain’s Online Safety Act, a sprawling set of new internet laws, include measures to prevent children from seeing abusive content, age verification for adult websites, criminalising cyber-flashing and deepfakes, and cracking down on harmful misinformation. Under the illegal harms duties that came into force on Monday, sites must complete risk assessments detailing how they deal -
The most redacted post in the history of IPS
By JoelRI'm going to make a bold claim and say that this topic has the most redactions in the history of IPS https://invisioncommunity.com/forums/topic/481831-you-forced-my-bill-from-80-a-year-to-200-a-year-wtf/ This topic has given me faith that forum drama is alive and well, and filled with fiery [REDACTED] 🤣 Also, ironically, the post has earned IPS several 5 star Trustpilot reviews so ... All's well that ends well? -
On Communicating Your Wins
By JoelRThis is something that I struggle with. I may have done an amazing thing with my community. Maybe we hit a new milestone. Maybe we hit a major achievement. Maybe we've been quietly building one of the world's largest dictionaries contextualized for online communities: https://invisioneer.org/index.php?/cmxdictionary/ In my head, I have already acknowledged those milestones as another step in my community journey, so nothing more is needed. It's one of many achievements laying before me. -
WordPress offers 100 year domains
By JoelROwn time upfront payment of $2000 for a domain for 100 years which ... doesn't seem that bad, especially when you think about how much renewal costs have increased on domain names. https://www.searchenginejournal.com/wordpress-offers-new-100-year-domain-name-registrations/540195/ I'm waiting for IPS to offer the 100 year license, so we can have a forum to last as long as that domain. 😀 -
Friendly number format
Hi, I miss the friendly number format app. It seems that is too hard to redo for the entire suite. Would anyone be willing to create a custom widget that would pull this info? https://invisioncommunity.com/forums/topic/481794-friendly-number-format/#findComment-2992016 Thanks -
What are your limits on 'free speech'?
By JoelRIf you follow the news, one of the biggest and most consequential changes to the entire globe is the election of President Trump in America. And even if you live in another country, his election will likely have ramifications. Over the weekedn, the United States VP JD Vance criticized Europe for censoring social media, interfering in elections and violating the rights of Christians. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/2/14/vance-slams-europe-on-free-speech-migration-in-first-international -
On Holidays, Themes, and Events
By JoelRValentine's Day is coming up this weekend, which is a perfect excuse to host a "Love Your Members" theme, contest, or event. There are plenty of fun celebrations throughout the year, anchored by big seasonal ones such as Valentine's and Christmas. These are "easy" themes. The dates and context behind these holidays are well-known, well-understood, and easily adoptable. But it's also heavily overused and generic. Every forum tries to do a Christmas thing. Every forum tries to do -
IPS proposes private forum boards for support tickets
By JoelRhttps://invisioncommunity.com/forums/topic/481595-support-tickets-v4-to-v5/ Matt proposed a replacement of private forums for support tickets, where users can only see their own topics. This seems to be a very easy and simple replacement, and it uses existing capabilities in the forum. -
On Self Management
By JoelREverybody talks about community management. But I actually think that the #1 component of success behind your community management - and this is especially targeted at independent sites, hobbyists, and solopreneurs - is self management. What I mean by this is that, before you can run your community and spend time on your community, you need to make sure you manage yourself. Literally, how well do you manage your 'real world' life before you try to manage your 'digital life'? Do yo
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Passion & Strategy
We take a fundamentally different approach to building great communities on the modern web. We focus on the hard questions of strategy, and believe communities of all sizes can succeed with the right passion and strategy.
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Continuous Learning
We believe in learning from expert education and best-in-class advice to inspire us. We built some of the world's largest resources for community building, and won't stop sharing the best advice from the smartest people we can find.
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Modern Perspectives
Modern communities deserve modern approach to community building. We believe in pushing everyone to a more forward-thinking approach to building great communities that thrive on the modern web.
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