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We are currently living through one of the most turbulent times in history. A once-in-a-century pandemic has a grip on all of us. Whatever the outcome, come the end of the year, few of us are going to be the same again. We will have to sacrifice our personal freedoms, and some of us much more. Like you, I'm worried about my family, my friends and neighbours. I'm watching the news, scrolling through social media and consuming articles from scientists, scholars and doctors. The news coming out of Italy is truly heartbreaking. Doctors and nurses have to make life and death decisions daily as they wage war with the virus. Those of us in the UK and the USA are nerv…

A topic is more than a collection of posts; it's a living entity that ebbs and flows over time. Evergreen topics can see month-long gaps between posts and longer topics spanning numerous pages can end up hard to navigate through to find useful content. With this in mind, we've added numerous improvements to the topic view to bring context and summaries key areas within the topic. Topic view updates Topic Activity The first thing you likely spotted in the above screenshot is the new sidebar. This acts much like a summary of activity within the topic. It very quickly lets you know how old the topic is and how long it has been since the last reply. This …

Zapier is a service that allows you to connect over 2,000 web apps. In Invision Community 4.5 we are launching a beta service of Zapier integration for Invision Community in the Cloud. What does Zapier do? Zapier acts as a bridge between Invision Community and other apps, such as Google Docs, Twitter, Facebook, Slack, Trello, Facebook Ads, ActiveCampaign, Zendesk, Asana, Salesforce, Hubspot, Discord, Stripe and more. Zapier has over 2000 apps registered currently, and that number grows every single day. Let us look at a real life example. Right now, if you wanted to add a member to a Google Sheets document each time a new registration was completed, you'd need…

Invision Community has had different view modes for a good number of years. Forum grid view was added to create some visual interest when listing forums, and we've had expanded and condensed view modes in streams since they were introduced. We've taken both of these views a step further in Invision Community 4.5 Forum Grid View To create even more visual interest, the grid view now allows you to upload, or choose a stock image for the header. This instantly makes for a more dynamic and inviting forum list. The new grid view image headers You can choose an image from the Admin CP when creating or editing a forum. Choose a stock photo, or up…

[HEADING=1]vBulletin 5.6.1 Changes and Updates[/HEADING] A pre-release version of vBulletin Connect 5.6.1 is now available for download. This version is made available for testing and development purposes only. Pre-release versions should not be used on production sites. [HEADING=1]Front End Changes[/HEADING] [HEADING=2]Blogs[/HEADING] The grid view has been added to the Blog Listing. This works similarly to the grid view on Groups. In addition to this, sorting functionality has been added to the Blog Listing. [img alt=Click image for larger version Name: blog1.png Views: 7 Size: 208.3 KB ID: 4437866]http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/filedata/fetch?id=44…

Posted by morgan.mcmurray For the last few weeks, you’ve probably experienced an influx of emails from companies detailing how COVID-19 is affecting them and thus you, their customer. It's... a lot, isn't it? So today, we want to take a departure from the world of "how this affects us" and focus instead on actionable things we can all do to make things brighter for ourselves and our communities. This won't be your regularly scheduled programming — we won't be discussing SEO or marketing. Instead, we're sharing ideas and advice from the folks at Moz who've been finding ways to be helpers as we all navigate this new normal. Donate and shop For those who have st…

Posted by rjonesx. Building local pages in any amount can be a painful task. It's hard to strike the right mix of on-topic content, expertise, and location, and the temptation to take shortcuts has always been tempered by the fact that good, unique content is almost impossible to scale. In this week's edition of Whiteboard Friday, Russ Jones shares his favorite white-hat technique using natural language generation to create local pages to your heart's content. http://d2v4zi8pl64nxt.cloudfront.net/generating-local-content/5e7d91fae95763.71258833.png Click on the whiteboard image above to open a high-resolution version in a new tab! Video Transcription …

Wir haben soeben Updates für unsere Produkte freigegeben: WoltLab Suite 5.2.4 Stabilitäts- und Fehlerbehebungsversionen (auch bekannt als "minor releases"), beseitigen ausschließlich Fehler in der aktuellen Version und führen keine neuen Funktionen ein. Es wird ausdrücklich empfohlen diese Updates anzuwenden. E-Mail-Versand von Benutzern an andere Benutzer Im Standardumfang gibt es eine historisch entstandene Funktion, mit der Benutzer (und je nach Konfiguration auch Gäste) andere Benutzer über ein Formular per E-Mail anschreiben können. Diese Funktion hat in der heutigen Zeit keine fundamentale Bedeutung, wird aber bei der Konfiguration, insbesondere…

Die WoltLab Cloud – Jetzt verfügbar! Die WoltLab Cloud ist ab sofort verfügbar, unsere belastbare und ausgeklügelte Lösung für den Betrieb Ihrer Community. Mit unserem Managed Hosting-Angebot WoltLab Cloud bieten wir eine umfassende Lösung für den Betrieb der WoltLab Suite. Wir übernehmen den gesamten technischen Betrieb, angefangen von der Installation über die kontinuierliche Aktualisierung der Software bis hin zu täglichen Datensicherungen. Alle WoltLab Suite Apps stehen unbeschränkt zur Verfügung und durch den konsequenten Einsatz von Elasticsearch profitieren Sie ohne Aufpreis von einer Suchfunktion auf Enterprise-Niveau. ➡️ Informationen & Preise der…

A short while ago we revealed the new look Admin CP for Invision Community 4.5. The focus was on increasing the workspace, brightening and modernising the look. However, for some this new look was perhaps a little too bright, especially when setting your OS to use dark mode. Rather than cause an increase in sales for sunglasses, I went ahead and implemented a dark mode for the Admin CP. You can set it to work inline with your OS preference, or you can choose to enforce light or dark mode. I'm sure the next question you're about to ask is "Hey Ehren that looks amazing and now working at 3 am won't wake up the neighbours when I log into the AdminCP but can you…

Posted by Roger-MozBot The well-being of our community — from our customers to our readers to our team members — is of the utmost importance to us here at Moz. The ongoing situation around the spread of COVID-19 is ever-changing. Many of you are experiencing the impact of this pandemic, and we want to address the difficulties you’re facing and acknowledge how you might be feeling. The state of the world and current events bring significant, often crushing, impact to businesses large and small. While it can be really hard to focus on work and on what is happening in the SEO industry during this difficult time, we also know that your work can’t stop. Whether you’re…

Posted by Dr-Pete The next few months are going to be uncharted territory for all of us, with serious challenges for both brick-and-mortar and online businesses. Many e-commerce sites are already facing a unique situation right now, and it looks something like this: http://d1avok0lzls2w.cloudfront.net/uploads/blog_original/temporarily-out-of-stock-1-135894.png These are hand sanitizer results from Staples.com, and this screenshot is just a portion of the first page. I'm not picking on Staples — this page is representative of a problem across every major e-retailer right now. While there are many ways to handle out-of-stock and discontinued items under normal cond…

Posted by rjonesx. Modern SERPs require modern understanding. National SERPs are a myth — these days, everything is local. And when we're basing important decisions on SERPs and ranking, using the highest quality data is key. Russ Jones explores the problem with SERPs, data quality, and existing solutions in this edition of Whiteboard Friday. http://d2v4zi8pl64nxt.cloudfront.net/getting-smarter-with-serps/5e696e14352321.56433750.png Click on the whiteboard image above to open a high resolution version in a new tab! Video Transcription Hey, folks, this is Russ Jones here again with another exciting edition of Whiteboard Friday. Exciting might be …

XenForo 2.1.8 Released XenForo 2.1.8 is now available for all licensed customers to download. We recommend that all customers running previous versions of XenForo 2.1 upgrade to this release to benefit from increased stability. Download XenForo 2.1.8 or Upgrade directly from within your control panel Some of the changes in XF... XenForo 2.1.8 Patch 2, Media Gallery 2.1.8, Resource Manager 2.1.6 and Enhanced Search 2.1.4 Released Continue reading...

[HEADING=1]vBulletin Mobile Suite 2.4 Changes[/HEADING] Mobile Suite 2.4 is available to be built via the Mobile Publisher. [HEADING=1]Improvements[/HEADING] The following improvements have been added to the Mobile Suite Apps. Add Ukrainian translations When opening a push notification it sometimes doesn't reduce the subscription count Notifications do not reload automatically Hide Create Account button if registration is not allowed Android 10 compatibility [HEADING=1]Bugs Resolved[/HEADING] The following bugs have been resolved in the Mobile Suite Apps. Blogs Page - Blog entries are missing the creation time Messages Page …

Posted by briangormanh If you’ve been an SEO for even a short time, you’re likely familiar with Google Search Console (GSC). It’s a valuable tool for getting information about your website and its performance in organic search. That said, it does have its limitations. In this article, you’ll learn how to get better-connected data out of Google Search Console as well as increase the size of your exports by 400%. Google Search Console limitations While GSC has a number of sections, we’ll be focusing on the “Performance” report. From the GSC dashboard, there are two ways you can access this report: http://d2v4zi8pl64nxt.cloudfront.net/how-to-query-google-sea…

XenForo 2.1.8 Released XenForo 2.1.8 is now available for all licensed customers to download. We recommend that all customers running previous versions of XenForo 2.1 upgrade to this release to benefit from increased stability. Download XenForo 2.1.8 or Upgrade directly from within your control panel Some of the changes in XF... XenForo 2.1.8 Patch 1, Media Gallery 2.1.8, Resource Manager 2.1.6 and Enhanced Search 2.1.4 Released Continue reading...

Invision Community has had a question and answer mode for a good few years now. This mode transforms a forum into a formalized way to handle your member's questions. Members can upvote answers, and the topic starter and your community management team can mark a reply as the "best answer". This is great when you want to add rigour to specific forums which encourage your members to find solutions. The existing "QA" mode But how about a way to mark a topic as solved without transforming the look and feel of the forum? We get asked this a lot. Happily, it's now a feature just added to Invision Community 4.5! Those with a long memory will recall we ha…

The news is currently filled with anxiety over coronavirus and workers are being encouraged to work from home where possible to limit or delay its spread. For many people used to commuting daily and working in shared offices, this is a huge upheaval which will take a while to adjust. How do you stay motivated and productive when you're not at your desk and held accountable by your colleagues next to you? Remote working has become popular over the last few years. The internet has transformed how we work, and improvements to connection speeds, authentication systems and cloud architecture make working home a viable alternative for many office workers. Working fr…

Posted by barryloughran For a while now, I’ve been disappointed with the People Also Ask (PAAs) feature in Google’s search results. My disappointment is not due to the vast amount of space they take up on the SERPs (that’s another post entirely), but more that the quality is never where I expect it to be. Google has been running PAAs since April 2015 and they are a pretty big deal. MozCast is currently tracking PAAs (Related Questions) across 90% of all searches, which is more than any other SERP feature. The quality issue I’m running into is that I still find several obscure PAA questions and results or content from other countries. When I run searches that h…