What's new in Invision Community

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Our September release of Invision Community is packed with improvements and new features, including editor enhancements and a brand-new integration with a popular service. Our commitment to enhancing Invision Community, which is shaped by feedback from many of our customers and partners, continues with this release. In addition to the usual fixes, we have some exciting updates to share. Editor improvementsThe editor is one of the most important components of Invision Community, as it serves as the interface for contributing to the community. We have upgraded the editor by transitioning to the latest version of Tiptap for Invision Community 5. This update introduces several improvements, including support for touch events on mobile devices and enhanced overall efficiency. The editor's toolbar is designed to be compact, making it suitable for all devices, whether large or small. However, many found it difficult to locate the code box button and the spoiler feature. In our September release, these features are now more prominently featured in the menu. We've added the ability to drag and drop quotes, boxes, and images within the editor. editor_moving.mp4 We will never let you down. Finally, we've added the ability to set alt text for an image, and a video title and default start time for a video. MailchimpInvision Community can send emails to your members, but you may require more sophisticated content or wish to set up automation and email drip campaigns. Mailchimp is a widely-used service that we have experience with, and the new integration allows for automatic addition or removal of members from a list. You can also export existing members and import them into Mailchimp, which offers a double opt-in option via a confirmation email to ensure permission for subscription. Auto lock topicsA popular feature request is to have a way to auto-lock topics based on criteria, such as when they have not had a reply for a long time. This functionality is now available in our September release. You can exclude pinned topics, topics created by specific authors and those tagged with particular tags. Default pages per groupThere are several reasons why you may want your default Pages page to be different for each member group. You might have a membership community and want to show them a pricing page, or you may have a special VIP group that has access to more parts of your site. With our September release, you can now set a default page per group. This only examines the member's primary group, given the complexities that may arise when secondary groups are used, as they can be combined with many other groups. We hope you enjoy these new features, and we encourage you to keep sending in your suggestions; they truly help us shape the future of Invision Community. All these features are available to all Invision Community plans.

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