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Timetable for Brandon Support
So at the end of September, we converted our old Invision board to a Zetaboard. We were under the impression this would take a few days tops. Our Invision…
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Ad Removal Or Premium Not Activating For You?
If you have purchased Ad Removal and/or ZetaBoards Premium for either InvisionFree and/or ZetaBoards recently, you may have noticed your purchase is not activated immediately like it usually is.…
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Happy Thanksgiving!
To our Canadian friends, have a safe and wonderful Thanksgiving Day tomorrow! Hopefully your weekend has been full of turkey, ham, stuffing and gravy. Save room for pumpkin pie!…
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ZetaBoards Servers 7 & 11
We are aware that users on ZetaBoards servers 7 & 11 have been experiencing slow connections and timeouts off and on for the past couple of days. Our developer…
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Can't access your board? Custom Domains (GoDaddy)
All GoDaddy domains should now be functioning correctly. If you still having trouble please open a Support Ticket, or post in the forums here. GoDaddy, the domain registrar, is…
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Coming Soon: IF turns 10 and ZB turns 5!
Keep an eye out here for more news as we get closer to the party!
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Welcome to our New Support Admin!
We'd like to extend congratulations to Nicolas, our newest Support Administrator. He'll be taking over the role from Jonathan who will be continuing on as a member of the…
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Domain problems? Can't connect to your board?
If you are using a custom domain name with your board and are having trouble connecting, your domain’s A record may be out of date. You’ll need to update…
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Validation Email
How long does it usually take for new registrations to have their validation sent to their email? It said a few minutes but..... Is there any way to make…
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Database Errors
We are currently aware that some communities on ZetaBoards and InvisionFree are experiencing database errors when attempting to post. Our developer has been alerted of the problem and is…
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Database Errors
We are aware of a current database error that is affecting some communities on our ZetaBoards and InvisonFree softwares. The issue has been reported to our service developer who…
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IF servers 12, 13, 14
We are aware that InvisionFree servers 12, 13, and 14 have been experiencing intermittent downtime. We apologize for the inconvenience this causes. We will update this announcement when we…
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IF s13 Users
There was some downtime earlier and while the server is back up some users have been having trouble accessing the server. We're looking into why this could be and…
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ZetaBoard s7/s11(w11)
We are aware of the current Server 7 and 11 downtime. These machines will be back online as soon as possible. The servers have since come back online. Thanks…
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Support Board Announcement
Announcing the merger of Zathyus Networks Support and Resources One year ago, we played an April Fools prank. The prank declared that Zathyus Networks' two boards: Support and Resources…
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InvisionFree Update
We're pleased to announce a few fixes to our InvisionFree service. InvisionFree to ZetaBoards Conversions You can opt into the conversion service via the Convert to ZetaBoards option in…
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Attention Board Owners!
Share a link to your online ZetaBoards community with us on Facebook, and you could win a free month of ZetaBoards Premium or free Ad Removal credits! It's really…
Community
Anniversary Winners Announced
Zathyus 4th Anniversary Concludes Thanks to all who participated in our anniversary celebration! We know this announcement is a bit delayed, but we truly appreciate those of you that…
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Help stop SOPA/PIPA
Today you logged in to notice that our logo was censored as well as your avatar, signature and our team icons. You may have seen similar statements across the…
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Custom Domain Issues (Updated/Fixed)
Communities on ZetaBoards may be currently experiencing custom domain issues. While this is related to the recent server upgrade, it is being caused by a change out of our…
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Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas and happy holidays to all of our staff, users and the communities of IF and ZB!
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New IF and ZB Servers!
As we bring another anniversary celebration to a close, we saved the best announcement for last. Beginning tonight, both InvisionFree and ZetaBoards will be upgrading to brand new servers.…
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Server 11
Server 11 has been under a DoS attack for the last few days. While this is ongoing some users may have trouble connecting to the server. We've been working…
Community
Zetaboards' 4th Anniversary Celebration
Once more, it is time for our annual InvisionFree and ZetaBoards anniversary celebration! November marks the 9th anniversary of InvisionFree and the 4th anniversary for ZetaBoards. As always we…
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ZetaBoards Resource Database
We're excited and proud to announce our latest feature, the ZetaBoards Resource Database. Any ZetaBoards Premium members can now get a sneak peak at this awesome new feature. The…
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It's a Zathyus Halloween. Boo (yah)
It's a Zathyus Halloween! It's that time for spookifying, lots of candy and the lusty singing of Pumpkin Carols. Our Zathyus celebration will go on through the eve of…
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Jour de l'Action de grâce
Happy Thanksgiving to all of our Canadian friends! Stay safe, and enjoy these golden October days... not to mention this long weekend... The Zathyus Networks Team
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Avast me hearties! It be Talk like a Pirate Day!
Yo-ho! It be Talk like a Pirate Day once o'gain! Grab a special Pirate Avatar from our Pirate Day gallery 'n join th' ruckas. Any scurvy pirate who refuses…
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ZetaBoards Upgrade
All ZetaBoards servers have been upgraded. This upgrade includes 14 new/improved features as well as 45 bug fixes. Highlights are in green . New Features as of September 18th,…
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ZetaBoards Server 4
Unfortunately, server 4 is undergoing a DDOS attack at the moment and users may experience slow connections, or timing out, when loading boards on server 4. Please rest assured…
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Maintenance for Documentation Wiki and Planet Zeta
Our Documentation Wiki and Planet ZetaBoards pages are currently undergoing maintenance on the host side. They should be back up within the next few hours. In the mean time,…
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Connect, share and grow!
Connect, Share and Grow! Connecting your ZetaBoards or InvisionFree community into the social circle of the web has never been easier. Let us share with you some of the…
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Server 15
We are currently investigating a performance related issue with server 15 at the moment. We believe it could be related to the attack experienced yesterday. Thanks to Brandon, the…
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Win with Facebook
ZetaBoards Win 1 month of ZetaBoards Premium AND 27,777 ad removal credits! OR InvisionFree Win up to two 33,333 ad removal credit packages for your board! Share your ZetaBoards…
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Zathyus Apprentice
With the summer looming over the horizon, it's time for a big event to rock the board. This summer, our resource board will be hosting Zathyus Apprentice! Compete to…
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ZB Server 1
We are aware of the downtime on s1 and our developer is working to resolve it. We will update this topic when we have more information.
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[PRANK] Zathyus Networks Resources and Support Merge
Announcing the merger of the Zathyus Network Support and Zaythus Network Resources boards! Providing quality support to all the users of our service has always been our first priority.…
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ZB Server 4
This server is currently experiencing issues. We are monitoring the situation and hope to have it resolved shortly Our apologies for the inconvenience, and we greatly appreciate your patience.…
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Network latency
All visitors to InvisionFree and ZetaBoards servers may encounter some network latency. We are working to resolve this issue.
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Support Board: Domain Support Changes
As part of our ongoing process to make our support forums as easy to use as possible, the domain support forums have been discontinued for both ZetaBoards & InvisionFree.…
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Sky and Plusnet Users
We're aware of an issue that may prevent you from accessing forum communities on s15. We're doing what we can to resolve the issue, but it appears it will…
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ZB s1 and IF s12/14
These servers are currently experiencing issues. We are currently monitoring the situation and we hope to have it resolved shortly. We apologize for this inconvenience and thank you for…
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ZetaBoards Servers 1 & 4
These servers are currently experiencing issues. Our developer has been notified. We apologize for this inconvenience. Zathyus Staff These problems seem to have subsided. Zathyus Staff
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Think your Board is the best? [BOTB winners announced!]
It's been three years since the last Zathyus Networks Battle of the Boards , and much has changed. One big change has been the addition of Zathyus Networks Resources…
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ZetaBoards Update
All ZetaBoards servers have been upgraded. This upgrade includes 6 new/improved features as well as 6 bug fixes. This upgrade primarily focuses on the blogging system. New Features as…
Community
New Staff Additions
Please welcome Cody who will be joining our Community Team. Cody's promotion marks the first hire from our recently launched staff applications. Cody will be the first of several…
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InvisionFree Server 15
As I'm sure many of you are aware, InvisionFree server 15 has been encountering ongoing problems this week. These occasional periods of slowness are the result of a DDoS…
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ZetaBoards' Server 4
Users trying to access ZetaBoards' server 4 are currently experiencing a "database error" message. We have notified management, and expect this issue to be resolved shortly. Thanks for your…
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Happy Holidays!
Happy holidays from the Zathyus team to all of you and your great communities! ~Brandon, Brian, Stephen, Jonathan, and the rest of the Zathyus team.
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Anniversary Winners
So after a long delay, we're pleased to announce our winners of the Anniversary Celebration. These results have been checked and certified by Brandon, Brian, Jonathan, Stanley the Cow,…
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Congratulations Aaron!
As of 2:00am this morning, our Community Moderator Aaron officially celebrated his 5th year as a member of our staff team. Aaron joined the Community Moderator staff on December…
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Introducing Staff Applications to Zathyus Support
Introducing Staff Applications to Zathyus Support For many years now, InvisionFree and ZetaBoards have been staffed by a team of hand-picked volunteers, excelling at customer service. Identifying members of…
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Another Anniversary has ended
As we end November and head into December, our anniversary celebration is wrapping up and points are being tallied across both Support and Resources. We hope those of you…
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Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving to you and your communities from the ZetaBoards and InvisionFree teams!
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Zetaboards' 3rd Anniversary Celebration has Begun!
Welcome to our 3rd annual InvisionFree and ZetaBoards anniversary celebration! November marks the 8th anniversary of InvisionFree and the 3rd anniversary for ZetaBoards. As always we use our anniversary…
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[Updated] Scheduled Server Downtime: InvisionFree and ZetaBoards
On Wednesday November 17th between 1:00 AM EST and 6AM EST at 2AM EST our data center will be making some changes that require server downtime. This means that…
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Server 15
We are conducting ongoing investigations into problems reported on server 15. Problems include connectivity issues, and incomplete conversions to ZetaBoards from our InvisionFree service. As a precautionary measure, we…
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Yo Ho! It be Pirate Day Once Again!
Avast me hearties! It be Talk like a Pirate Day! Grab a special Pirate Avatar from our Pirate Day gallery and join the fun. Any pirate who refuses to…
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InvisionFree Maintenance
We will be performing some infrastructure upgrades to the InvisionFree servers. We expect there to be roughly 45 minutes to 2 hours of downtime per InvisionFree server as we…
Security & Community
ZetaBoards Spam Blocking Upgrade
We have completed a major upgrade to the spam detection system on all ZetaBoards forums. If you have seen a spam posting since September 5th, you can open a…
Security & Community
InvisionFree Spam Blocking upgrade
We have completed a major upgrade to the spam detection system on all InvisionFree forums. If your board has seen spam postings, you should have seen an almost 100%…
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Welcome to Our New Support Admin
After years of dedicated service to the Zetaboards and InvisionFree community as a member of our Support Team, we are happy to announce that Jonathan is being promoted to…
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Resource World IRC Event
For those of you who aren't part of our Official Resources Community , a massive IRC event is currently taking place in our IRC channel, #zetaboards , and can…
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Planned Server Outage June 20th
Our server provider has warned us of a possible planned network outage on June 20th 2010. They will be upgrading their network to handle additional traffic. As a result…
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ZetaBoards Upgrade
All ZetaBoards servers have been upgraded. This upgrade includes 23 new/improved features as well as 55 bug fixes. Highlights are in green . New Features as of June 11th,…
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Blank Page Loads
We are currently aware of an error affecting boards on ZetaBoards server one where some pages on the board and Admin CP are loaded blank. The most commonly affected…
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Network Issue
Our datacenter appears to have had a brief network issue that resulted in all InvisionFree and ZetaBoards servers being unreachable. All servers are back now. We will update this…
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Superhero Month!
Welcome to Superhero Month! Last March, a superhero event was run on the resources board and was met with great success. This year, we've extended the event to a…
Security & Community
Security Announcement
There has recently been a massive influx of tickets and queries regarding viruses being detected on InvisionFree and ZetaBoards' boards. Users using Internet Explorer may be directed to an…
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DNS Issues
This is a quick notice to let you know we're aware of the connection problems some of you have had with some ZetaBoards servers today, particularly server 1. The…
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InvisionFree Directory Upgraded
The InvisionFree Forum Directory has been upgraded. Improvements include vastly improved ranking accuracy, improved search, and more categories. If you have an InvisionFree forum, we recommend visiting the Board…
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New Design for the InvisionFree.com Site
Some of you may have already noticed the new IF site thanks to the Directory Upgrade announcement Brandon posted earlier. For those of you that missed it, not only…
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InvisionFree Live Conversions
We're happy to announce that we recently finished upgrading the board converter to allow for InvisionFree board owners to request an immediate conversion for their community. The process is…
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Happy New Year to all IF and ZB Users!
We hope this year has great things in store for all of you and your communities. We know we have a few things up our sleeves that we can't…
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Merry Christmas!
A very merry Christmas to everyone on InvisionFree and ZetaBoards! The Zathyus Team
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New Site Announcement - DealsFor.me
So far during the ZB and IF Anniversary celebration we've announced several big releases. From a new round of conversions , to the full release of an upgraded shoutbox…
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ZetaBoards Search Released
Search for ZetaBoards is now available on all servers. Features include: - Searching topics (title,description,tags) or searching posts. - Searching a single forum section, the whole board, or a…
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Conversion (Round 8)
Conversions are running on all InvisionFree servers right now for boards that had opted into the immediate InvisionFree to ZetaBoards conversion.
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Just Released: ZetaBoards Shoutbox
As part of our anniversary celebration we just released the integrated ZB Shoutbox to all ZetaBoards communities. The ZB Shoutbox expands the ways your community can interact. While there…
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ZB and IF Anniversary Celebration
Welcome to the 2nd annual InvisionFree and ZetaBoards anniversary celebration! This month marks the 7th anniversary of InvisionFree and the 2nd anniversary for ZetaBoards. Last year we held our…
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ZetaBoards Search
An experimental search is now available on all server 1 and server 2 ZetaBoards forums. If it meets our performance requirements, this new search will be rolled out immediately…
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ZetaBoards Fast Reply
We are aware that some users are experiencing problems using the ZetaBoards fast reply and personal message system, as indicated by the high volume of reports we've received from…
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Conversions (Round 7)
Conversions are running on all InvisionFree servers right now for boards that have opted into the immediate InvisionFree to ZetaBoards conversion.
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Happy Talk Like a Pirate Day
Yo ho me maties! It be talk like a Pirate Day once again! Remember to talk like a pirate or it's off to Brandon's Locker with ya! I am…
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Page-Unique CSS for Theme Makers
Theme makers can use these CSS Classes and IDs to help tailor style changes to a specific page of a ZetaBoards board. Active User List: #active_list Blog posting page:…
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ZetaBoards Upgrade & ZetaBoards Shoutbox
All ZetaBoards servers have been upgraded. This upgrade includes 17 new/improved features as well as 8 bug fixes. Highlights are in green . New Features as of August 24th,…
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Shoutbox Beta
The ZetaBoards® Shoutbox is now available to all ZetaBoards® forums with active Premium. The shoutbox can be turned on and set up on the "ZetaBoards Premium" section of your…
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ZetaBoards Directory Update
The ZetaBoards Directory now includes all converted boards that are opted into the directory and meet the minimum requirements for listing. The directory will receive frequent updates to add…
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Server Maintenance
InvisionFree Servers 1-15 will be offline for roughly 1-2 hours starting at 2AM EDT (GMT -4) on July 18th, 2009. During the maintenance a message will be displayed letting…
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Conversions (Round 6)
Conversions are running on all InvisionFree servers right now for boards that have opted into for the immediate InvisionFree to ZetaBoards conversion.
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Happy April Fools Day!
On behalf of all the staff, we'd like to wish you a Happy April Fools day! You may be wondering "What's with all the bunnies and the pink?" Part…
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ZetaBoards Upgrade
All ZetaBoards servers have been upgraded. This upgrade includes 8 new features as well as 10 bug fixes. Highlights are in green . New Features as of March 29th,…
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Conversions (Round 5)
Conversions are running on all InvisionFree servers right now for boards that have opted into the InvisionFree to ZetaBoards conversion.
Security & Community
Enhanced InvisionFree Spam Protection
As you may be aware, our ZetaBoards service is well known for its passive protection against spam-bots. Well we're excited to announce that we'll be adding some of that…
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Server Upgrades
All boards will be temporarily offline as we upgrade our servers. This upgrade process is expected to take 1-2 hours. We'll be scheduling this upgrade in the next 12-72…
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Conversions (Round 4)
Conversions are running on all InvisionFree servers right now for boards that have opted into the InvisionFree to ZetaBoards conversion.
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Happy New Year's to All
Many of our users have already started 2009, and pretty soon the rest of us will follow. Before we get to far into the new year we wanted to…
Community
Congratulations to the Anniversary Winners!
After three weeks of games and events, we have totaled the points for everyone who participated. Over 120 users participated in our Anniversary Celebration. The three users with the…
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ZetaBoards Premium Feature Highlights
ZetaBoards Premium includes the following features as of December 8th 2008: Admin accessible PM logs. The option to record sent messages in an Admin CP log. Useful if you…
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ZB December 8th Upgrade
We are proud to announce another upgrade to ZetaBoards. This quick upgrade includes 7 new features as well as 9 bug fixes and comes less than 2 weeks after…
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ZetaBoards Premium
Just over one year ago, we released ZetaBoards as the one of the most advanced message boards. Since that release, we've added over 60 new features. Still, some have…
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Conversions (Round 3)
As part of the ZetaBoards anniversary celebration, we will be continuing conversions to ZetaBoards in the next two days. Conversions of calendar events and uploaded files have been corrected…
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Happy 1 year Anniversary Zetaboards!
It was one year ago today that Brandon proudly released the final version of Zetaboards. All of us are very proud of this milestone and hope all of you…
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ZetaBoards Upgrade
As part of the ZetaBoards anniversary celebration, we are proud to announce another large upgrade to ZetaBoards. This upgrade includes 13 new features as well as 34 bug fixes.…
Community
InvisionFree and ZetaBoards Anniversary
Welcome to the InvisionFree and ZetaBoards anniversary celebration! This month marks the 6th anniversary of InvisionFree and the 1st anniversary for ZetaBoards. Over the years millions of communities have…
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Facebook Pages and iPod Giveaway
As part of our anniversary celebration we've created 3 Facebook fan pages. One for ZetaBoards, one for InvisionFree, and one for Zathyus Networks. These pages provide a great opportunity…
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New Ad Removal Option
New Ad Removal Option! We are excited to offer a new way for you to purchase ZetaBoards Ad Removal credits. Thanks to a deal with TrialPay, we can now…
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ZetaBoards Ticket System
If you're using a converted ZetaBoard, your Admin CP ticket system should now be working. We're still moving old tickets that were opened prior to the system being online,…
Community
Zetaboards Anniversary Celebration
November 27th will mark the one year anniversary of Zetaboards full release. In addition, this month marks the 6th Anniversary of Invisionfree's release. We are very proud of both…
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Happy Halloween
We're a little bit early for America, but for some of you, it's already October 31st. From all of staff, we wish you a very Happy Halloween. Thanks go…
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ZB Server 2/IF Server 1
The server for s2.zetaboards.com and s1.invisionfree.com will be offline shortly for what is expected to be 15 minutes of maintenance.
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Server 6
Server 6 (InvisionFree & ZetaBoards) will be offline for at most an hour tonight to have a hardware component replaced. This will improve page load times and allow for…
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ZetaBoards Server 1 (s1.zetaboards.com)
ZetaBoards Server 1 (s1.zetaboards.com) is currently unavailable, we are working on bring it back online and expect it to be back online shortly.
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New ZB Forum Moderator System
The new ZetaBoards forum moderator system is available now on all ZB servers. Improvements include: - Error messages when attempting to to add or edit a forum moderator have…
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Conversion Process Update
We're happy to announce that a new round of InvisionFree to ZetaBoards conversions will be performed in the next two weeks. All boards that are opted in to be…
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IF to ZB Conversion Update
All boards that have opted into the InvisionFree to ZetaBoards conversion will be converted within the next two weeks. We are also working on an update to ZetaBoards to…
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Support reopened here
Support on this board is now open again. Please post in the appropriate section in the support category.
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ZetaBoards
We're proud to announce that we recently released our new message board service, ZetaBoards. Like InvisionFree, ZetaBoards is a free message board host. We used our years of experience…
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ZetaBoards Full Beta Release
We are pleased to announce the full ZetaBoards beta. You can register test boards at: http://beta.zetaboards.com/in/board_reg.php Please report any bugs you encounter. [ Bug Report Forums ]
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Happy Birthweek InvisionFree!
As you may know, this week marks the 5-year birthday of InvisionFree. Some of you have been members here that whole time, and some of you may have just…
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Support Forum Domain
The support forums are now using support.invisionfree.com as their primary domain. Any InvisionFree board can use their own domain as well. To learn more read this announcement .
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Use Domains on your Board
InvisionFree is proud to announce our new domain manager, which can be found in the Admin CP of all boards. With the domain manager you can now allow multiple…
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Server 6
Server 6 should be noticeably faster. We have made some changes that should improve server 6's response time. The server may still be slightly slow and we are working…
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Board Directory
All boards, including newly registered boards can place their board on the Board Directory. Anyone who had been experiencing an error can now put their board on the directory.…
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Service Upgrade: Bug Fixes
I have just updated all InvisionFree servers. The upgrade fixed the following issues: Fixed poll error. Prevented voting in multiple choice polls. Your lower admins no longer can delete…
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Upgrade Topics (IF 2, IPB 2.0, etc)
Topics regarding IPB 2.0 and InvisionFree 2 will be closed to keep this forum organized and so everyone can get a proper answer to any questions or concerns. Many…
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Disk Space: Price Reduction
Many of the extra disk space plans are now lower priced. We have also adjusted the price of the larger packages. See the new prices.
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New InvisionFree Website
In addition to the new design, InvisionFree's website has useful content for all Invisionfree users. The new Articles section has weekly/bi-weekly articles that will improve your forums. The first…
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Terms of Service and Privacy Policy Update
The Terms of Service and Privacy Policy have been updated. Here is a quick listing of major changes in the Terms of Service: - Copyright Notice Added. - Link…
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Free Upload Space Doubled
The space given to each board for free has been increased from 8 MB to 16 MB. The space is for uploaded files such as attachments or avatars. All…
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New InvisionFree Website
In addition to the new design, InvisionFree's website has useful content for all Invisionfree users. The new Articles section has weekly/bi-weekly articles that will improve your forums. The first…
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Terms of Service and Privacy Policy Update
The Terms of Service and Privacy Policy have been updated. Here is a quick listing of major changes in the Terms of Service: - Copyright Notice Added. - Link…
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IPB 2.0
http://forums.invisionpower.com/index.php?showtopic=118715 The first public release of IPB 2.0 came out today. The release notice says, "This release is not suitable for a main production board, it is for testing…
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InvisionFree Update
InvisionFree is now running version 1.3.0g. This release is mostly for bug fixes. Speed: Moderate Topics. (20-40 times faster, possible cause of DB Errors eliminated) Bug Fix: New boards…
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Shop Items
The shop itself is now finished. The next few days will be your last chance to suggest items to be included in the first release. Post your suggestions in…
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Server Maintenance
I apologize for the short notice. Servers 1, 2, 3, and 4 will be offline for 30-45 minutes (estimated) for maintenance. [ Completed ] Server 6 registration will be…
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Server 6 Registrations Open
All new boards will be registered on Server 6. While we expect no bugs, Server 6 is different from our previous servers so you may want to wait 1-2…
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Feature Bundle Update
This coming weekend will have some popular feature additions: The Shop and Custom Avatar Gallery. The Shop features include (more will be added after the initial release): - Donate…
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New Instant Ad Removal
We have completed our automated ad removal system. You can now have your ads removed instantly when purchasing via PayPal . In your ACP, a new option can be…
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S3 Fixed Up
S3 had a short period of slow page loading tonight. It was due to an attack on a board on s3. We have implemented early a system to protect…
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Ad Removal
You pay by page views. You can limit the ad removal to groups of your choice. If you wish you can also disable your ad removal whenever you want.…
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New Feature Bundle
We hope to have a bundle of several major new features out within 1 month. Features that could possibly be added are: Shop, custom profile fields, custom avatar galleries,…
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Free Conversion Offer Ending
Our Free Conversion offer which has been running unofficially for a while will end 3 days from today. The free conversion was sometimes available if you had moved to…
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New Ad Removal Policy
Our Ad Removal policy and payment system will be changing soon. From now until the change, requests for Ad Removal will be dealt with on a case by case…
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Server 4 Swap [Completed]
Server 4 has some defective hardware that can not be replaced. It will have its hard drives pulled out and put into a new machine shortly. Since the hard…
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Server 3 Hardware Upgrade
Server 3 will be undergoing a hardware upgrade shortly. It will be offline while the upgrade is performed.
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File Manager Upgraded
Changes: Intro Page added. Pips section added. Emoticons section added. Avatars section added. Bug Fixed: Can view/delete attachments that no longer are used in a post. This addresses files…
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What's with the name changes?
You may notice some names on staff you haven't seen before... those are current staff members, just with new names. Many of us are moving over from screen names…
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Server 3 Issues (Fixed)
In the past few weeks you may have noticed server 3 has gone down 3 times. Each of these downtimes has been related and we are aware of the…
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Usabilty Survey
In an effort to make signing up for and getting a board started easier there is a survey avilable to reply to. You can response to the survey here.…
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Directory Upgrade (1/1/04)
http://invisionfree.com/directory.php I encourage everyone to check the new sub-categories and place your board in the most appropriate. New single column format. Sub-categories. Formatted totals for categories. (ex: 1,164) Several…
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Happy New Year
On behalf of the staff here at InvisionFree, I would like to welcome you all to 2004. This year has been very eventful and not just for InvisionFree but…
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Merry Christmas InvisionFree
On behalf of the great Man of Duff, and the rest of the Staff, I would like to wish everyone of InvisionFree a Merry Christmas. Enjoy your day, and…
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Image Server Upgrade
This mostly affects Server 1 boards. Page and Image loading should now be faster as the recent upgrade cut down on bandwidth usage. Images should no longer 'die' on…
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Server 1 Move Complete
The move was completed succesfully in about 35 minutes. I will be optimizing the new server tonight and tomorrow to run nice and fast. We will be enabling invisionfree.com…
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Server 1 Upgrade This Week
This is advanced notice that server 1 will be upgraded this week. Part of the upgrade is a move to a new machine. There will be a few changes…
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Advertising Test
We are testing some advertising that has no pop-ups and could offer more choices to board owners. The test will run for up to 2 days. During that time…
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Server 2 Back Online
Server 2 is back online after recovering as much as possible. We are sorry about the inconvience caused by the loss of some of your board's data. We are…
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Notice to Board Owners
Some data was recovered from all boards. getting your board back up and running should take only a short time if you follow these steps. Verify your board settings.…
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Notice to Users
The forums on server 2, including the forum you have tried to visit have lost some of their data. All remaining data is visible only to the owner of…
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Board Directory Upgrade (s2 now listed)
A new version of the board directory is now running. All s2 boards are now on it. New registrations (on s2 and soon to be on s3) will be…
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Speed Increased, Errors Decreased
I performed a server upgrade on s1 and s2 this morning. The following results have been recorded. Both servers are 2-10 times faster. s1 has had zero errors in…
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Daylight Savings Time ends
You need to change your account options to make the time on your board (and this one) show correctly. Choose My Controls and look for the Board Settings link…
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Upgrade 10/19/03
I have completed installing an upgrade that brings InvisionFree's IPB up to the latest version and add some extra bug fixes. Change List: Bugs Fixed: Poll Percentages <{CAT_IMG}> text…
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New Features from IPB v1.3
There aren't any major features from IPB v1.3, but here they are: Admin CP -> Forum Control -> New Forum (also found in Manage Forums -> Settings) " Email…
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Portal, v1.3, and more news
The Portal is now available on all boards. The purpose of it is to be a summary of the baords information. It can be a useful intro page to…
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Support Tickets have been a big success
It has been five days since the Support Ticket System has been opened. Since then 2/3 of all support has been requested handled via tickets. The new system ahs…
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Portal Release Date
We expect to add our first portal to all boards within the next few days. The other portals are still being developed. A preview can be seen @ http://invisionfree.com/forums/support/index.php?act=site
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The new support ticket system
Longer Description So we have been receiving a lot of support tickets questioning what is this new feature is all about. Well, here is the explanation: The new support…
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Abuse of the Support Ticket System
I just want to make a few notes to everyone: The Support Ticket System is used if you need support. The Support Ticket System is NOT , I repeat,…
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New Features Coming Soon (Info on Portal too)
I have created a list of new features to expect. Some will come one by one and others will be added in bundles. As the list is large, the…
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Signature bug fixed (on this board)
If the IPBCode or a URL isn't formatted in your signature then just edit your signature and submit it with no changes and it should work again.
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Terms of Service Violations Reporting
You may report a board that is not in English if you do not see (i) in the copyright message at the bottom of each page.
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MySQL Backup
I have decided to remove the option for the following reasons: The data and structure changes regularly so a backup every thirty days often becomes useless soon after it…
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Upgrade Bundle 1 of 2 Complete
I just finished a series of upgrades/improvements. I will be starting on a second set immediately. Here are the major highlights: Improved Registration : No need to validate using…
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URL of attachments changed
One small side effect of the upgrade to the attachment system is that the URL changed. If you used an attached image in your skin, you will want to…
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Progress! (95%)
I am dedicating all my time to removing the database errors and it has made great progress. Yesterday (July 26th) we had 22-40 'units' of errors. Today we had…
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New Services available this summer
InvisionFree will now offer more than just Boards for free. Each of these services will be fast, stable, secure, and full of features. They each have no pop-ups. We…
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This week
This week I will rtry to add Bulk Emailing and some other commonly requested features ( http://invisionfree.com/forums/support/ind...?showtopic=8022 ) I will also fix every single known bug. After that I…
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Board Directory Updated
The InvisionFree Board Directory The following is a list of the changes: Bug Fixed: The count of how many boards are in each category is now correct. Change: Business,…
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Terms of Service Update
The terms of service has been updated. The following is a summary of some things that were changed or added. [Section 3.1] Gambling was added. Section 3.4 added. This…
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Update on the Errors and Searching
Searching is temporaily offline for another upgrade which should be completed this week. The database errors seen over the last week or so should be gone. As a result,…
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Board Directory Categories
Two categories will be removed because they are underused: Business and Technology. A Misc Category will be added and a few subdivisions will be added to the Games Category.
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High Speed Search
All boards now are using a new high speed search engine. The only change you will notice is it returns only the first 100 results. (This is not finalized…
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Database Errors
The database errors are being addressed and shall be fixed tomorrow. I will give everyone an update in this update.
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Commonly Requested Features Coming Soon
Rename board: This will allow you to change the URL to your board. You will have to inform your members of the new URL. (A paid package will probably…
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Board Directory Open
http://invisionfree.com/directory.php The directory is now open. You can perform saeches or naviagte categories of boards. Your board will immediately appear in the directory after you have selected a category.…
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New Advertising
We are currently looking into advertising that will be more useful and less annoying on every forum. Here are several possibilities we are working on. We may end up…
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Resources
If you have a website or forum that contains a useful resource for InvisionFree PM me to have it added to a list. Include in the PM a short…
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More free space
All boards now have 8MB of space to use for uploads. This is a 3MB increase from 5MB. All your posts and members still do not count towards your…
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Save Your CSS Code!
Go to Admin CP -> Skinning & Styles -> Manage Style Sheets In your browser, select the Edit menu and click Select All. Then click on the Edit menu…
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Upgrade for today (June 10th)
I am doing an upgrade to fix bugs, improve some existing features and add more features. This will continue until later tonight. I will keep this topic up to…
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InvisionFree Roadmap
Now that v1.2 Beta 1 has been released I would like to show the order of updates we will be performing. 1st: Upgrade to v1.2 2nd: Fix all known…
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Forum Upgrade Underway
Right now and for the next couple hours we will be upgrade boards in small groups. The oldest boards are being done first. This is part of our new…
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New Home for the Board
This support board is now running with all the other boards. The new URL to reach it and stay logged in is: http://invisionfree.com/forums/support/
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Database Issues
We are sorry about the latest database issues. I am still checking to make sure they are under control, but you should see that they have stopped mostly. The…
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InvisionFree Growth
InvisionFree was started with the purpose of offering remotely hosted Invision Power Boards at no cost. We originally expected to serve a couple hundred small/medium boards. InvisionFree has passed…
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June 15th Release Of IPB v1.2 (notice)
IPB v1.2 uses a new skinning system and therefore some of your skins will not work. [*]Your wrapper (headers and footers) will still work. [*]Your CSS will not work.…
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More Skinning Choices Coming
June and July will bring a variety of new features and tools that should help make InvisionFree more customizable and give you, the admin, more control. Our goal is…
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Board Wrappers
The skinning upgrade required the board wrappers to be reset. If you had a custom wrapper you can either change it right now or wait for a few hours…
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Database Errors And Slowdowns
I have identified the causes of the occasional WPOD/slowdown/database error. I have already fixed the worst causes and will be fixing the more rare causes. There is already a…
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Planned Downtime
We will be performing some maintenance on the database on May 25th. The expected time for the work to be performed is 7:30-11:00AM EST (GMT -5). The boards will…
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Advertisement Placement
You now have several choices for the placement of advertisements. The placement can be adjusted in the "Advanced Settings" section of your Admin CP. You can place the banner…
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Custom Logo
You can now create pick a custom logo using the image macros in your Admin CP. If you edit the logo then the banner advertisement will be moved to…
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CSS Editor
The CSS editor is now available. I have plans for an easy editor that requires less knowledge of CSS.
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Custom Skinning Alert
We will be making several changes and additions to the custom skin system this week. Some of the changes may cause problems with your already built custom skins. The…
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BB Codes
If you need the the basic BB Codes, click the link entitled " BB Code Help " when posting. Additional Codes: Draw a horizontal line across the page
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Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas to everyone at ZetaBoards and InvisionFree! The Zathyus Team
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ZB Server 1 Forum/Thread Problems
Owners of boards on the Zetaboards Server 1 may have noticed that we're currently experiencing a problem with forum sections and topics. Unfortunately, we don't have any solid information…
Guides & Resources
Practical Ways to Protect Your Forum
Simple precautions can help protect a forum and its members. This guide brings together the security advice covered in the original InvisionFree article.
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How to Choose the Right Staff for Your Forum
The people who help run a forum shape its community. This guide explores the considerations behind selecting a responsible staff team.
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How to Promote Your Forum and Grow a Community
A successful forum needs more than a good setup. Explore ways to attract members, encourage discussion and give people a reason to return.
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Sunday Upgrade
Registration will be re-enabled today. In addition we will also turn on all the skinning features so that you can make custom skins. The database upgrade is going well…
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Didn't get your email?
If for some reason you do not get a confiramtion email please post in the forum either your account name you picked or your email address.
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Ezboard Conversion Service
InvisionFree will be offering a conversion service for ezboards in the near future. We expect to release the convertor in less than 2 weeks. The cost of a conversion…
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InvisionFree opens for testers
You may now register to be one of the 100 test accounts to test out InvisionFree. During the test period we will be adding new features until we are…
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Weekend Upgrade
We will probably be ending the beta this weekend and opening soon after. Your board must have at least 1 post or you must have logged into the admin…