Welcome to Invision Community 5!
Over the coming weeks, we'll be exploring a bunch of new features and improvements coming to our user interface including our brand newtheme editor, a newmobile UI,dark modeandperformance improvementsthanks 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 5.0.17
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This is our April maintenance and enhancement release.
Key changes include:
New: Pages improvements:
Workflow Manager ( Creator Pro, Team, Business, Enterprise )
Reusable Blocks
Field Templates
Status Field
Updated: Ability to noindex archived topics.
#6447 send the member to the newest message instead of the messenger index page
#6607 Removed the XRegExp library in favour of native alternatives
#6627 Fix an issue where meta tags could be missing from Builder Pages;
#6645 Fix color of summary in Stream Subscriptions in dark emails
#6648 Stop pages from being broken because of invalid database ids and when the advancedsearchform is requested
#6651 Added username next to avatar in mobile header
#6652 Add a missing language string on the Theme Editor Settings Form + Adjust Redirects to take the currently used tab into account
#6653 Improved accessibility of Registration form
#6654 Remove an unnecessary query for topic hover output
#6657 fix wrong modal title when splitting a topic
#6658 Delete Login Handlers when an application is uninstalled
#6659 Fix an issue where anonymous users were displayed as "Guest Anonymous"
#6660 Remove outdated "Tablet" visibility option from Widget settings
#6667 Removed use of underscore.js in favour of native JS equivalents
#6669 Update ips.core.followForm.js
#6672 fix hardcoded album privacy badge
#6674 Restored large, bold text for dropdown headers
#6675 Preparation for upgrading jQuery to 4.0.0
#6678 Fixed visibility of carousel navigation
#6683 Stop queue from breaking because of an invalid class being used in IndexSingleItem queue
#6687 Prevent labels from falling to their own line
#6692 fix broken ads manager
#6696 Workflow Manager & Other Pages features
#6699 Approval Queue Factory Method
#6708 Reduced excess gap on mobile
#6716 add missing langauge string
#6721 set the data direct instead of calling the setter
#6722 Ensure screen readers announce password strengths on registration form
#6724 adds the missing „api_webhooks“ language string
#6725 Allow for archived topics to be noindexed
#6726 Fix an issue where specific forums cannot be selected in the advertisement form
#6727 Fix an issue where an extra space appeared after the Anonymous username in list view
#6729 Fixed issues where Administrator Logs did not always show the correct Node type
#6730 Fix an issue where a malformed extensions.json can break the site
#6732 Fix an issue where clicking on a link with a hovercard can throw a JS error
#6733 Fix an issue where a disabled application can break the menu
#6736 Allow users to quote selections from the main content of an item
#6737 Fix an issue where Permissions extension did not allow for all permission checks
#6738 Fix an issue where bypassing permissions on post feed widgets can throw an exception
#6741 fix duplicate error code
#6744 Implement proper settings and permission check for the helpful button in comments
#6747 Fix issues with deleting profile steps when deleting an application
#6750 Only prevent scrolling when certain dialogs are open
#6753 Fix an issue where the Create Event button was visible to guests
#6762 Add commerce products to the sitemap
#6763 Remove the JS call to a non-existent method
#6764 Fix an issue where members could not edit cover photos if they could not edit profile photos
#6765 Fix an issue where all Key Statistics menu items were missing for restricted admins
#6766 Add missing gallery advertising location
#6768 Fix an issue where clubs had an invalid default priority for the sitemap
#6769 Fix an issue where word expansions were applied to attachments
#6770 Prevent the editor from allowing invisible links
#6777 Fix an issue where listing rows applied the assignment class if assignments are disabled
#6778 Block ACP assignments pages if assignments are disabled
#6780 Fix an exception on the ACP member screen
#6782 add missing language string
#6783 Ensure autocomplete works in .ipsDialog
#6784 Remove global event listeners when tooltips are removed
#6785 Darkened backdrop of modals in dark mode
#6786 Correctly formatted the ACP blankTemplate (including attributes)
#6787 Added space between selected sidebar items to prevent them from touching
#6788 PHP Requirements check updates
#6789 Allow admins to search invoices and transactions by country and/or currency
#6792 fix advertisement locations extension
#6793 Prevent automatic adding of members to quests
#6795 Fix an issue where the Assignments ACP menu item was not properly selected
#6796 Added "pending content" message to all content types and polished design.
#6798 Prevent date inputs from exceeding 100% width in iOS and iPadOS
#6799 Fix an issue where synced topic generation can fail when executed by a background task
#6801 Fix an issue where containers with disabled assignments still appeared in the assignment list
#6802 Fix issues with saving groups on the Live Topics ACP settings
#6803 Remove unused wordbreak option from the Lang class
#6805 Fix issue automatically unfeaturing events
#6809 Adds notificationCount to API Member object
#6814 Truncate Activity Stream snippets
#6818 nofollow citation links
#6819 Remove bad CSS URLs on embed controller
#6820 Adds club forums in node filter selection
#6829 Ensure hcaptcha is shown correctly in dialogs
#6850 Fix Helpful recount failing when item doesn't exist
#6854 Updated select menu backgrounds
#6865 Allow SSO buttons to bypass form validationDeveloper Notes
Removing underscore.js in favour of native JS equivalents
UnderscoreJS has been deprecated and will be removed in a future release. If Underscore code has been used in any plugins/addons, it needs to be converted to native JavaScript. Underscore functions start with _., so they're quite easy to find and update.
Preparing to upgrade to jQuery 4.0
jQuery will be updated to v4.0 in an upcoming release. This new version removes deprecated APIs that may break custom applications/code. - https://blog.jquery.com/2026/01/17/jquery-4-0-0/
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