Posted by B.Ramburn in Forum Software, IP.Board, Invision Power Service on Aug 6th, 2009 | No CommentsThe price tag has been placed on Invision Powers Services’ Content managem system, AKA CCS.
From sources it is to be priced at $35 on its release and will have a $30 support renewal fee. At $35 for a initial and introductory price its a bargain! for what it can do!
To find out more what this is, you can look at the blog entry from IPS.
More details on the pricing can be found on this blog entry on the IPS blog.
First impression on converting MSEO (IPBSEO) to Invision Power Board 3
Moderately easy, I have been playing around with the sytem for around 3-4 hours today and I was pretty impressed with the application folder system. It is quite nifty and powerful. The installation system and development tools are a true helper while importing the settings.
So far I have been able to get the acronymiser and secure redirects working with only 2 file edits. This means good news and I could get a working version within the first or second week of June.
I’ve had a first look at the new IPB 3.0.0 from Invision Power. I must say the new software is robust and powerful. The installation was very long, approximately around 4min. That was done locally on my machine therefore very fast, but if that was installed on a server it might take some time. (BTW i have an intel Quad Core running at 2.6ghz, so it should be running fast 
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I really like that IPB now includes hooks, it should now allow developers to deploy their mods much faster. But I could see this harming the software after a while. Too much hooks can and will affect the stability, security and the speed of the board. That doesn’t mean its bad, we just have to use it in moderation.
I have been able to figure out how it work so far. When the source code is available I will be able to understand it and be able to post a guide on my blog on how to create and use the hook system.
For the moment I am going to start writing a skinning guide for IPB 3.x.x and I will post it as soon as I can.
A detailed review will be posted soon.
After recent replies on my guide on how to edit skin template for IPB here is a section that I felt I missed out for new comers who wants to edit their logo.
There are 2 ways, the easy way and the hard way. Both are useful at their own circumstances.