IPS 5.0 - Major Platform Update

[ENTERPRISE]

Hello all. 

 

As some of you may know, EHW runs on the IPS software suite (Invision Community). They will soon be releasing IPS 5.0 of the software which is considered a major release, and with that there will come functional changes to the site because of this. I will not outline all of the changes that the new platform will bring (such as standard performance updates etc), but I will list below any items that will directly affect the community. There is no confirmed release date as of yet and once it is known, I will update this topic. This topic is to allow the community to be made aware of the upcoming changes, just so they do not come as a shock. 

 

It goes without saying that before EHW rolls out the new software, we will be doing some testing to ensure that we can squash any bugs/unwanted behaviours. EHW is fairly complex so far as what we have running that makes the site what it is, so I expect there to be a couple of hiccups to deal with before we release.

 

Welcome to Invision Community 5. 

 

For a general summary for some of the changes coming in the new update, please see the below video. 

 

 

**Please note that features/changes/theme layout as noted in the video may not make it to EHW. It will be decided which changes we look to implement that best fits the community**

 

New Editor 

 

With the new platform update, the CKEditor will be leaving us and replaced with "TipTap" After taking a look at the editor, there are some excellent advantages over our current editor and I do not foresee the introduction of this new editor as any form of downgrade so far as capabilities, if anything it will be an upgrade. For anyone interested in learning more about the upcoming Tiptap editor, I invite you to take a look at the below article. 

 

Invision Community 5: The all-new editor - Invision Community - Invision Community

INVISIONCOMMUNITY.COM

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Invision Community 5 has a brand new editing experience powered by a lightweight, fast React text editor built for mobile and modern browsers. The venerable CKEditor v4 at the core of our current editor is starting...

 

**Please note that not ALL functions of the new editor will be made available to users depending on any safety/abuse concerns. That assessment will be made at a later date.**

 

More news as it comes! 

 

All the best,

E

[ENTERPRISE]

Released.

[SoloCamo]

Thanks for the heads up