Editing Invision Community

{{Short description|Internet community software}}
{{primary sources|date=May 2015}}
{{Infobox software
| name = Invision Community
| logo = Invision Community logo.png
| caption = The IPS Company Forums, running IP.Suite 4
| developer = Invision Power Services
| latest release version = 4.7.19
| latest release date = {{start date and age|2024|11|12}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://invisioncommunity.com/release-notes/|title=Release Notes|website=Invision Community|accessdate=27 November 2023}}</ref>
| platform = [[PHP]] / [[MySQL]]
| genre = [[Internet forum|Forum software]]
| license = [https://www.invisioncommunity.com/legal/license Proprietary]
| website = {{url|invisioncommunity.com}}
}}
'''Invision Community'''  is a brand of [[Internet forum|forum]] software developed in 2002 and originally marketed as Invision Power Board.  The current version of the software was written in [[PHP]] and uses [[MySQL]] for [[database management system|database storage]]. 

Invision Power Services (IPS) was created in 2002 by [[Charles Warner (software developer)|Charles Warner]] and [[Matt Mecham]] after they left [[Jarvis Entertainment Group]], which had bought the forum software [[Ikonboard]] from Mecham. Their first product sold by IPS was the forum software Invision Power Board, which quickly gathered a community of former Ikonboard users.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sitepoint.com/matt-mecham-ibforums/|title=Interview -- Matt Mecham of Ibforums|publisher=SitePoint|date=Oct 29, 2002|access-date=May 6, 2014|author=Bes Zain}}</ref>

The software has been marketed for over twenty years and has been updated and changed over that timeframe. 

== Version 1.x.x ==
Early releases of Invision Power Board were available as a download free of charge under a proprietary license.<ref name="free">{{cite web|url=http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?threadid=326813 |title=CEO Invision Power Board, Matt Mecham Is a Liar, Thief! |publisher=Webhostingtalk.com |access-date=2009-10-17}}</ref>  
== Version 2.x.x ==

In 2004 Invision Power Board ended its free releases for non-commercial uses. 

After the 2.0.1 update, the free downloads were replaced with a free demo with restrictions of 5000 posts, 1000 threads, 200 members and other restrictions, thus ending its claims that Invision Power Board would be free forever thereby upsetting many users.<ref name="free" /> In version 2.3, the product shipped with 2 skins, the classic light blue skin and a new default darker skin.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://forums.invisionpower.com/index.php?showtopic=235197 |title=New Default Skin |publisher=Forums.invisionpower.com |date=2007-06-05 |access-date=2009-10-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080617093730/http://forums.invisionpower.com/index.php?showtopic=235197 |archive-date=2008-06-17 }}</ref>  

== Version 3.x.x ==

Version 3.0 was initially released on Tuesday, June 23, 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://forums.invisionpower.com/topic/286168-invision-power-board-3-0-0-and-applications-released/ |title=Invision Power Board 3.0.0 and Applications Released |publisher=Forums.invisionpower.com |access-date=2009-10-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090829222643/http://forums.invisionpower.com/topic/286168-invision-power-board-3-0-0-and-applications-released/ |archive-date=2009-08-29 }}</ref> 

== Version 4.x.x ==

In May of 2012, Version 4.0 represented a ground-up rewrite of Invision Power Board and related offerings.   

With the release of IP.Suite 4.0, IPS has decided to no longer honor the perpetual lifetime licenses they have sold earlier.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://community.invisionpower.com/topic/400847-perpetual-licenses-being-done-away-with/ |title=Perpetual licenses being done away with. |publisher=Forums.invisionpower.com |date=2014-11-15 |access-date=2014-11-15}}</ref> As a compensation for legacy customers, they offered a free transition period to the standard license type before legacy customers would be required to pay their first renewal if they wanted to continue to receive support and future updates.

The first officially supported release was version 4.0.0 on 9 April 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://community.invisionpower.com/release-notes/|title=Release Notes - Invision Power Services|access-date=2015-08-30|archive-date=2015-09-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910025940/https://community.invisionpower.com/release-notes/|url-status=dead}}</ref> IP.Suite 4 was not properly announced as released until 16 June, at which point it had already reached version 4.0.8.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://community.invisionpower.com/blogs/entry/9732-introducing-ips-community-suite-4/|title=Introducing: IPS Community Suite 4!|access-date=2015-08-30|archive-date=2015-10-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151004141028/https://community.invisionpower.com/blogs/entry/9732-introducing-ips-community-suite-4/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== See also ==

* [[Comparison of Internet forum software]]

== References ==

{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.invisioncommunity.com  Invision Community  ]
*[https://invisioncommunity.com/release-notes Release Notes]

[[Category:Internet forum software]]
[[Category:PHP software]]