Guides

Got an icyboards forum? Want to transfer your icyboards database to your hosting here on the Initiative? Here's how!

So you have found a theme that you like? Here is a guide on how to import it, along with some of the common issues that you might come across.

Using IPS template logic and a little PHP, you can access, manipulate and display almost any field in the database. Although this tutorial focuses primarily on moving profile fields around to display in posts, the process of finding, naming, and displaying data across the board remains the same. 

In this guide, we have a look at the features and benefits of the IPS forum software, compared to the most common option for roleplayers: JCink Premium.

Welcome to this shiny new documentation on IPS Pages (formerly known as IP.Content), the content management component of the community suite system by InvisionPower Services. This documentation will guide you through what Pages is, the benefits you'll get from working with a full content management system, and guide you through some of the most excellent features of a very powerful software.

If you're using a Linked Accounts mod (specifically, Adriano's Linked Accounts), you'll be aware that it doesn't acknowledge that a member has been online in the Members Online Today list. To get around that, and also give an accurate view of how active your forum is, this block creates a styled list of every member who has posted some form of content in the last 24 hours.