Omri Amos Posted September 29, 2016 Share Posted September 29, 2016 Hi, I'm just wondering... do you realize that the IPS Marketplace is completely useless at its current state? 90% of the items, all the "highest rated", "most downloaded", search results.... everything just shows prehistoric plugins that are compatible with IPB 3.x only, and completely irrelevant for anything from the recent years.... Just wanted to point that out in case you missed it. I consider IPS 4.x to be a standalone app that is coming "as is", with no plugins available... that is because I honestly couldn't find any useful plugin for IPS 4 at all. And that's a shame Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaltyBart Posted September 29, 2016 Share Posted September 29, 2016 I don't agree, there are a lot of nice and useful apps and plugins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Woods Posted September 29, 2016 Share Posted September 29, 2016 There is good stuff in the Marketplace. Using search will fail you on most things, since it is mostly terrible by any regular person's standard, let alone people looking for third-party software. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adriano Faria Posted September 29, 2016 Share Posted September 29, 2016 1 hour ago, Omri Amos said: Hi, I'm just wondering... do you realize that the IPS Marketplace is completely useless at its current state? 90% of the items, all the "highest rated", "most downloaded", search results.... everything just shows prehistoric plugins that are compatible with IPB 3.x only, and completely irrelevant for anything from the recent years.... Just wanted to point that out in case you missed it. I consider IPS 4.x to be a standalone app that is coming "as is", with no plugins available... that is because I honestly couldn't find any useful plugin for IPS 4 at all. And that's a shame It's just math! IP.Board 3.0 was released in 2009 IPS 4 was released in sep 2015 So it's pretty reasonable to find more resources to IP.Board 3. So obviously, old files has more downloads, reviews, etc. Someone else already requested to IPS to "filter" that blocks only for new stuff; couldn't find the topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Woods Posted September 29, 2016 Share Posted September 29, 2016 It's sad to say but I stopped paying attention to that storefront page a while ago. Navigating through the categories is more productive, even if just the thought of that deters most people from the Marketplace entirely. You've got to grit your teeth and work around the idea IPS currently has for a "store". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adriano Faria Posted September 29, 2016 Share Posted September 29, 2016 4 minutes ago, Simon Woods said: It's sad to say but I stopped paying attention to that storefront page a while ago. I only pay attention to the What's New block. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel R Posted September 29, 2016 Share Posted September 29, 2016 That brings up a good point to archive / hide the old v3 files so the new v4 files can be found. The homepage of Marketplace is useless. The Marketplace itself, though, is quite useful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CP Posted September 29, 2016 Share Posted September 29, 2016 I think Joel brings up a good point and something that should be taken in to to account. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Woods Posted September 29, 2016 Share Posted September 29, 2016 +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Management Lindy Posted September 30, 2016 Management Share Posted September 30, 2016 With the help of Omri's keen observations and insightful feedback, I am pleased to report that I have just made the Marketplace great again!™ - Lindy / Omri 2016. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CP Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 I am sorry, I fail to see how you made the marketplace great again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Management Lindy Posted September 30, 2016 Management Share Posted September 30, 2016 3 minutes ago, CP said: I am sorry, I fail to see how you made the marketplace great again? The complaint was the homepage showing "prehistoric" and "useless" information. It no longer does so. You're welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CP Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 Thank you for your clarification on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Management Lindy Posted September 30, 2016 Management Share Posted September 30, 2016 Just now, CP said: Thank you for your clarification on that. I live to please! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InsideEdge Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 1 hour ago, Lindy said: With the help of Omri's keen observations and insightful feedback, I am pleased to report that I have just made the Marketplace great again!™ - Lindy / Omri 2016. Thank you ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaltyBart Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 3 hours ago, Lindy said: I live to please! +10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adriano Faria Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 8 hours ago, Lindy said: With the help of Omri's keen observations and insightful feedback, I am pleased to report that I have just made the Marketplace great again!™ - Lindy / Omri 2016. There's only one problem here. The change made also affects the My Paid Files page: https://invisionpower.com/contributors/files/ There are no 3.X files there and sometimes we need to know who bought what, etc. Example: 3.x files are still available to be purchased, so I need to know who's buying/requesting support because I still support PAID submissions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Management Lindy Posted October 1, 2016 Management Share Posted October 1, 2016 19 hours ago, Adriano Faria said: There's only one problem here. The change made also affects the My Paid Files page: https://invisionpower.com/contributors/files/ There are no 3.X files there and sometimes we need to know who bought what, etc. Example: 3.x files are still available to be purchased, so I need to know who's buying/requesting support because I still support PAID submissions. There's a contributor topic you're welcome to add to, as necessary. As you may recall, the contributors polled wanted to stop sales of IPB3 resources, so there should not have been anything available for purchase for a couple of months now. Feel free to contact me if that wasn't the case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omri Amos Posted October 4, 2016 Author Share Posted October 4, 2016 On 9/30/2016 at 0:24 AM, R-023 said: I don't agree, there are a lot of nice and useful apps and plugins. Did you even bother to read my full post? Thank you Lindy for making the marketplace great again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJ77 Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 On 9/29/2016 at 3:11 PM, Adriano Faria said: I only pay attention to the What's New block. This! I try to check in often to see whats new. Sometimes I miss things as they can fall off the list quickly. If I could have one wish it would be to allow the whats new list to work for more than a few items. I wish I could work may way back in time as far as I would like to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adriano Faria Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 Just now, superj707 said: Sometimes I miss things as they can fall off the list quickly. Downloads shows only latest 14 files there. I use that block in 2 of my apps but I let the admin decide, via setting, how many items will be display there. Honestly, 14 is not enough. Should list more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel R Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 More broadly, I don't understand why IPS hardcoded these two blocks. They should be blocks with settings like any other block. For websites that don't get a lot new files, you list less. For websites that get a lot of new files, you list more. I think the past few responses suggest that the Whats New queue doesn't even work for IPS' own Marketplace. I don't understand how IPS thinks those hardcoded settings will be appropriate for the multitude of our websites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Management Lindy Posted October 7, 2016 Management Share Posted October 7, 2016 I'll see what I can do about the blocks. In the interim, the activity stream is a perfect use case for this. I have created a stream you may like https://invisionpower.com/discover/668/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CP Posted October 7, 2016 Share Posted October 7, 2016 Kind of a dumb question but will it also work for updated files? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel R Posted October 7, 2016 Share Posted October 7, 2016 1 hour ago, Lindy said: I'll see what I can do about the blocks. In the interim, the activity stream is a perfect use case for this. I have created a stream you may like https://invisionpower.com/discover/668/ If I wanted a stream then why use your IP.Downloads homepage? Why don't you slap the stream on IP.Downloads homepage because, ultimately, that's the kind of infinite customization your clients demand? From a larger perspective: IP.Gallery, IP.Downloads, and IP.Commerce suffer from having hard coded blocks. IPS has a very powerful model of offering customized blocks that can be placed into zones, but you're shortchanging that model by hard coding those apps' homepage blocks. I think Video box by @onlyME is a good example of an extensible front-page using mix and match of blocks unique to that app. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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