The 2020 BMW 2 Series Gran Coupe is BMW's first front-wheel-drive four-door sedan in the 2 Series family, offering a sleek fastback silhouette that blends coupe styling with practical four-door access. Available as both the standard 228i and the performance-oriented M235i xDrive, the Gran Coupe features a digital instrument cluster, iDrive touchscreen infotainment, and available ambient lighting. The M235i xDrive variant adds all-wheel drive and sport-tuned suspension to the turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder powertrain.
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04.18.2026 SPRING SPIRIT Chitown Meet'n'Greet
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04.18.2026 SPRING SPIRIT Chitown Meet'n'Greet
Darn. if it was 5/18/2026, I might have actually been in town. no firm plans yet but... -
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04.18.2026 SPRING SPIRIT Chitown Meet'n'Greet
Model cars, you say? I dabbled into the hobby for a couple years and really enjoyed it. Then I had kids and don't exactly have the free time. Do you have some pictures of your work? -
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CMS Canonical App for IPS V5
View File CMS Canonical App for IPS V5 Fixes a common SEO problem for sites using CMS articles with linked forum discussions. When a forum topic is associated with a Pages article for comment storage, search engines see two URLs with similar content, diluting your rankings. This app automatically sets the canonical URL on the forum topic to point back to the Pages article, consolidating SEO authority where it belongs. Configure which CMS databases should have canonical handling enabled from the ACP — everything else is automatic. Works with multiple databases and requires no template edits or manual intervention. This app could become redundant in future if IPS fixes this issue. Submitter Drew Dowdell Submitted 04/13/2026 Category Files- 1
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News Sitemap for IPS5
View File News Sitemap for IPS5 Automatically generates a Google News compliant XML sitemap from your CMS articles. Recent articles (published within the last 48 hours) are pulled from your chosen CMS databases and output as a standards-compliant sitemap at yoursite.com/newssitemap.xml, ready to submit to Google Search Console. Choose which CMS databases to include and set your publication name from the ACP. The sitemap respects Google's 1,000-article limit, includes proper publication dates, and is sorted newest-first; no cron jobs or manual steps required. NOTE: Per Google News sitemap specifications, only articles published within the last 48 hours are included. If no articles are published within that window, Google Search Console may report sitemap errors — this is expected behavior and not an issue with the application. Submitter Drew Dowdell Submitted 04/13/2026 Category Files- 1
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Bounce Detector for IPS V5
Bounce Detector for IPS V5 View File For IPS V5: Automatically processes email bounce notifications and spam complaints from Amazon SES and Sendgrid, keeping your member list deliverable without manual effort. When a hard bounce or spam complaint is received via webhook, the member's email delivery is disabled and their account is flagged as validating — preventing future sends until an admin intervenes. Soft bounces are tracked and escalate to a hard block after repeated failures. Admins can review all blocked members, filter by status or domain, and manually re-enable delivery with a single click. Includes a one-time migration tool to import existing bounce data from the legacy Mail Bouncer plugin. Submitter Drew Dowdell Submitted 04/15/2026 Category Files- 1
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Birthday Greeter for IPS V5
Birthday Greeter for IPS V5 View File Sends personalized birthday greetings to your members automatically on their birthday. Supports three delivery methods — email, private message, and forum topic — each independently configurable with rich text messages and template tags for the member's name, age, and site name. A configurable send time, timezone, and buffer window prevent duplicate sends if your task scheduler runs more than once. Members can be excluded by group, age range, or inactivity period, keeping greetings relevant and your sending volume under control. This App can be useful when combined with the Bounce Detector app to keep your e-mail lists clean of stale addresses. When combined with Bounce Detector, a yearly birthday message can check if the e-mail address of the user is valid. Bounce Detector Submitter Drew Dowdell Submitted 04/15/2026 Category Files- 1
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Wasabi S3 Workbench
Wasabi S3 Workbench View File A service status and storage management companion for communities using Wasabi S3 object storage. Adds live status monitoring for Wasabi S3 directly to your ACP dashboard, pulling from Wasabi's status API on a scheduled basis so you know about outages before your members do. Requires IPS v5 Submitter Drew Dowdell Submitted 04/15/2026 Category Files- 1
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Thank you! Definitely agree more people like him in life are needed. Oh. My. Goodness, yes! That tan MC is my 1981 Monte Carlo SC. Mom & Dad bought it brand new. It is at Brendan's place awaiting some work for me to be able to drive it to cruise nights & events. Maybe yet this year. Happy Belated New Year to you, too. * The 1st event of 2026 at Elgin IL's Steak'n'Shake is THIS weekend, 04.18.2026. ALL welcome, rain or shine. I will be in my 2003 Mercury Grand Marquis LS with some model cars & other items. Newest website entry: https://www.oldcarsstronghearts.com/2026/04/14/invite-posts/ # to TEXT me is on this page, under CONTACT & LINKS: https://www.oldcarsstronghearts.com/ocsh-cruise-nights/2026-ocsh-steaknshake-events/ PEACE | Cort, pig and cow valves with pacemaker 2003 MGM LS + 1981 cmc SC; need 1975 Chrysler Cordoba "The world rolls by a million miles away" | James Taylor | 'Our Town'- 1
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04.18.2026 SPRING SPIRIT Chitown Meet'n'Greet
* THIS weekend, 04.18.2026. ALL welcome, rain or shine. I will be in my 2003 Mercury Grand Marquis LS with some model cars & other items. # to TEXT me is on this page, under CONTACT & LINKS: https://www.oldcarsstronghearts.com/ocsh-cruise-nights/2026-ocsh-steaknshake-events/ PEACE | Cort, pig and cow valves with pacemaker 2003 MGM LS + 1981 cmc SC; need 1975 Chrysler Cordoba "You take the good, you take the bad" | Gloria Loring | 'The Facts Of Life'- 1
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