Archive For March, 2006

Hi everyone,

NBSdesignz is currently having server problems on both of our servers (Josh and Chloe). You might experience slow page loads and the server might be down sometimes while we try to fix this.

We are sorry for the inconvenience this has caused and are trying our best to fix it in a…

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Our brand new Bug Tracker is now online.
This bug tracker is our official method for reporting and handling bugs.
Do you have a problem with our skins? Let us know ^_^ and we will do our best to fix any possible problem that might arise.

You can access the…

Upgrade to vBulletin 3.5.4
Yeah, we did the big upgrade now. Let’s say it was a hard work and we are still not yet finished. Those of you waiting for…

Invision Power Services is proud to reveal Invision Power Converge (IP.Converge).

IP.Converge is a new product that allows several products or several product installations to share the same log in credentials database. This means that your members only need to register once and they’ll have access to all your converged applications with a single username and password.

IP.Converge will be free to IPS customers who have a current license for IP.Board, IP.Nexus or IP.Dynamic.

IP.Converge, via its powerful administration interface, allows you to register new IP.Converge ready applications, such as IP.Nexus, IP.Dynamic and IP.Board. Once an application is registered, your members will begin using IP.Converge transparently to log in and manage their account.

IP.Converge only stores the member’s log in details. Profiles, such as permission information and display names are kept with the local applications.

Not only can you centralize your member’s log in credentials, you can also link up several applications over the internet. IP.Converge is specifically designed to allow IP.Converge ready applications the ability to link up - the applications don’t need to be in the same database, server or even network!.

For example, you may wish to create a social network of IP.Boards all sharing a single log in. All participating sites are listed in the IP.Converge welcome page. Clicking the link from the IP.Converge welcome page automatically logs you in.

Preview IP.Converge Now

We have set up a fictitious website for a fictitious company called “Widgets, Inc”. This website makes use of IP.Dynamic for the actual website management, IP.Nexus for handling the customer center (sales, tickets, etc) and two separate IP.Boards for handling community and technical support.

IP.Converge is still in private beta; IP.Nexus is in closed public beta testing and IP.Dynamic is still in private alpha. Please be aware that as the software is still under development the versions shown for this demonstration are not final and you should expect to come across bugs and other oddities.

Additionally, the “Widget” skin is only a demonstration skin and will not form part of the template set for any of our products and will not be available for download. Please be aware that the skin is just for demonstration and as such expect some odd positioning or link coloring on different browsers. The aim was to provide an overview of the applications and not a compliant perfect template set.

Visit the Widgets, Inc. website

Simply click the “Register” link from the Widgets website to create your IP.Converge account. Once your account has been created, you’ll be returned to the Widgets Website already logged in.

You can visit the IP.Converge application at any time by clicking on the “Member Services” link in the Widgets Website menu.

More Information

We’re compiling a list of FAQs to answer all the common questions. Please visit this page for the list of FAQ titles.

Tell us what you think

We’re always interested in customer’s comments and feature ideas. We have created a new forum for providing feedback on the IP.Converge framework and application. Please use the relevant IP.Nexus and IP.Dynamic forums to discuss those products.

Reporting Bugs

Please note that this demonstration is alpha and beta software. If you wish to report any bugs please use this bug reporting category. Please do not report any templating or CSS bugs as it has been noted that all the templates have been designed specifically for this demonstration and will not form part of any final product.

This announcement details the required steps to perform this security update to your IPB 2.1.5 installation. If you have yet to upgrade to IPB 2.1.5, do so before running this security update.

If you have downloaded IPB 2.1.5 AFTER 3:00pm GMT (10:00am EST) then you can disregard this notice as the main download zip has been updated.

It has come to our attention that a potential XSS attack exists in all versions of IPB 2.1.x which can allow javascript to be executed via PM under some circumstances.

Downloading the IPB 2.1.5 (08-03-06) Patch

Please make sure you’re logged in to your client center. Once logged in, please visit this download page and download the patch.

Once the patch is downloaded to your harddrive, unzip and upload the patched files over the ones on your webserver. The directory structure has been preserved for your convenience.

There is no need to run the IPB upgrade system and no langauge or template files have been modified for this update.

all skins in the IPB 2.1.x downloads section has now been updated for IPB 2.1.5 compatablity

thanks to wimpie for uploading them into the DB

I’m pleased to announce that the Customers Area is back online. ^_^

We have implemented a new Shopping Cart that integrated with the current Customers Area.

You will be able to use the user name that you are using on this forum to make the purchase and finally you will be able to order multiple…

I’m pleased to announce that the Help Desk and Knowlegebase are back online.
I have changed slightly how the ticketing system works:

In order to open a ticket you will not require to be registered in the forums.
You can open a ticket directly from the Help Desk or simply email directly one of our…

We are officially on a new server.
The move was faster than expected.
The Customers Area and Help Desk will re open in the next 24Hours.

vBStyles.com will be moving to a new server in the next 48hrs.
We are expecting some minimal downtime during DNS changes.