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Kathy ·Community Manager Chat ·1 hour ago
What do you think ForumSpark is missing that the other platforms have?

The other big platforms have been years in the making, and for what ForumSpark has accomplished, Iโ€™d say itโ€™s on the right track to give them some competition in the future. But when youโ€™re looking at what the big platforms offer, what do they have that ForumSpark is missing besides millions of users?

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Gizmo ·Plug Your Board ·2 months ago
๐Ÿ”ฅ Spark Promotion Is BACK โ€” Come Get Your Site Noticed!

๐Ÿ”ฅ Spark Promotion is BACK! ๐Ÿ”ฅ

Looking for a place to promote your forum, website, blog, or online community? Spark Promotion has officially made its return! โœจ

Get your site noticed, connect with new members, discover awesome communities, and take advantage of a range of promotion opportunities designed to help your project grow.

Whether youโ€™re launching something new or bringing an old project back to life, Spark Promotion is ready to help you make some noise! โšก

๐Ÿ‘‰ Join Spark Promotion today and get your project sparking again!

https://sparkpromotion.forumspark.net

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Excalibur ·Feedback ·22 hours ago
Guest preview

Iโ€™d like to suggest a feature where guests can only see part of topics, like for instance, if you only want the first post in topics visible to guests, (you could set how much they see, in the admin panel) it would allow guests to get an idea of your content, without making everything visible.

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Excalibur ·Bug Report ·22 hours ago
Activity page doesn't respect permissions

I noticed if you set a forum to be visible but not readable, to guests, for example, those posts are still shown on the activity page to groups that it shouldnโ€™t, in this case, guests.

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Gizmo ·Feedback ·3 days ago
Soft delete posts

It seems that once you delete a post itโ€™s lost forever. Is it possible to add a soft delete option or a confirmation prompt when deleting to make sure that I want to delete a post? I clicked delete on a post by accident on one of my forums instead of react ๐Ÿ˜›

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Shawn ·Community Manager Chat ·23 hours ago
Forums then, forums now

Do you like what forums are today or do you miss what they were like in the past?

I miss the days before HTTPS became a thing. Not because I donโ€™t like security, just because Iโ€™m using that to reference when forums seemed to be a lot better in terms of popularity.

Of course, forums got a lot easier to user moving forward.

What do you all think? What was your favorite forum era?

Cedric ·Themes & Extensions ·1 week ago
Matchday

Matchday

Matchday is now available in the marketplace.

Matchday is a theme for football clubs, supporters' groups and sports communities. A floodlit stadium opens the header next to a club crest, the navigation is a stadium-blue bar with a red active tab, and every category is numbered like a squad list.DEMOWhat you get- A stadium photo header with a metal club crest, the MATCHDAY wordmark and a tagline. The MATCH lettering turns red on hover.- A Matc...

View the product, screenshots and reviews

Use this topic for questions and discussion.

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Shawn ·Community Manager Chat ·23 hours ago
Favorite forum niches

What are your favorite forum niches to run?

How about to be a member of?

What forum niche are you simply not a big fan of?

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K Kim Winchester ·Introductions ·1 week ago
Hi Guys!

Hi Guys! I finally made it here and registered. Kim here. I am 54 and a mom of two. I own the Creators Connection forum and am currently redoing it. I am looking forward to chatting with everybody. Hey Cedric!

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Shawn ·Community Manager Chat ·2 days ago
Directory Links

Do you still add your forum to directories?

Do you think directory links still provide a good way for people to find your forum?

Or do you think directory links are a thing of a the past?

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Gizmo ·General Chat ·1 day ago
Looking for a custom theme designer for Spark Promotion

Hey everyone! ๐Ÿ˜Š

I'm looking to have a custom theme designed for Spark Promotion, and I'm happy to pay for the work.

I'm not entirely sure what I want the theme to look like just yet, so I'm open to ideas and suggestions. I'd love something modern, professional, and fitting for a forum promotion community.

A few things I'm looking for:

- A custom, unique design for Spark Promotion.

- Both light and dark mode options.

- A responsive design that works well on desktop and mobile.

- A theme that is exclusive to Spark Promotion and not resold or shared with other forums.

As I'm paying for a custom design, exclusivity is important to me. I want something that is made specifically for Spark Promotion.

If you're a theme designer interested in taking on this project, please let me know what you can offer, examples of your previous work, and how much you'd charge.

I'm happy to discuss ideas and work together to come up with something great!

Thanks! ๐Ÿ˜Š

Gizmo ·Plug Your Board ·2 days ago
Health and Wellness Galore โ€” Your community for health, happiness, and wellbeing.

Looking for a friendly community to talk about health, wellness, and everyday life?

Welcome to Health and Wellness Galore, a community where you can connect with others, share experiences, ask questions, and discuss all things health and wellbeing.

๐Ÿ’š General Health & Wellness
๐Ÿง  Mental Health & Wellbeing
๐Ÿฅ— Healthy Living & Nutrition
๐Ÿƒ Fitness & Lifestyle
๐Ÿ’ฌ Off-Topic Chat & Forum Games
๐ŸŒ Websites, Forums & Online Communities

Whether you're looking to share advice, find support, discuss your wellness journey, or simply make new friends, there's a place for you here!

Everyone is welcome, and we would love to have you join our growing community.

Come say hello and become part of the conversation!

๐ŸŒ https://wellness.forumspark.net/

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NeoMetallix ·Feedback ·1 day ago
Insert a post?

Sometimes you make a huge first post with tons of info about something(example a new game launching) and new info comes out you want to address but the first post is already too long and people already started commenting.

Iโ€™ve seen big topics where the OP will reserve the next few posts for future information which is good if you already planned it out.

What I think would be a good option for administrators or groups with the permissions enabled is to insert a post between other posts already in a topic. It could be for adding new information or for moderation purposes, pointing out a specific post to the public that wonโ€™t be allowed to continue.

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Gizmo ·Feedback ·4 days ago
Badges

Iโ€™ve had a couple of people suggest badges for Spark Promotion but we really need an extension or something for it. Basically they could be granted manually or automatically based on various things such as member length, post count, etc.

These would display in the member profile and somewhere in the users post. Either under the post or in the post rail.

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Cory ·Themes & Extensions ·2 days ago
Badges in Mini Profile

Preview

This code allows you to add image badges to the mini profile on a user-basis.

Admin CP โ†’ Themes โ†’ Board Templates โ†’ Below the board

<script>
document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', () => {
    const BADGE_SIZE = 25;

    const userBadges = {
        'USERNAME': [
            { src: 'IMAGE_URL', title: 'BADGE_TITLE' },
            { src: 'IMAGE_URL', title: 'BADGE_TITLE' },
        ],
    };

    const layouts = [{
            post: '.b2-post',
            name: '.post-author-name',
            target: '.b2-post__rail',
            mode: 'append'
        },
        {
            post: '.post-card-layout',
            name: '.post-author-name',
            target: '.post-card-layout__byline',
            mode: 'append'
        },
        {
            post: '.reply__details',
            name: '.reply__details__username',
            target: '.reply__details__username',
            mode: 'append'
        },
    ];

    const buildBadges = badges => {
        const box = document.createElement('div');
        box.className = 'user-badges';
        box.style.cssText = 'display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:.25rem;justify-content:center;margin-top:.3rem';

        for (const {
                src,
                title
            }
            of badges) {
            const img = document.createElement('img');
            img.src = src;
            img.width = BADGE_SIZE;
            img.height = BADGE_SIZE;
            img.alt = title;
            img.title = title;
            img.loading = 'lazy';
            box.append(img);
        }

        return box;
    };

    for (const layout of layouts) {
        document.querySelectorAll(layout.post).forEach(post => {
            if (post.querySelector('.user-badges')) return;

            const author = post.querySelector(`${layout.name} .user-tooltip[data-username]`);
            const badges = author && userBadges[author.dataset.username];
            const target = post.querySelector(layout.target);
            if (!badges || !badges.length || !target) return;

            target.append(buildBadges(badges));
        });
    }
});
</script>

This is the only part you need to edit:

    const BADGE_SIZE = 25;

    const userBadges = {
        'USERNAME': [
            { src: 'IMAGE_URL', title: 'BADGE_TITLE' },
            { src: 'IMAGE_URL', title: 'BADGE_TITLE' },
        ],
    };

The 25 can be changed to the width and height you want the badges to be.

You can add more images, like so:

        'USERNAME': [
            { src: 'IMAGE_URL', title: 'BADGE_TITLE' },
            { src: 'IMAGE_URL', title: 'BADGE_TITLE' },
            { src: 'IMAGE_URL', title: 'BADGE_TITLE' },
        ],

You can repeat that whole block to add badges for more users:


    const userBadges = {
        'USERNAME': [
            { src: 'IMAGE_URL', title: 'BADGE_TITLE' },
            { src: 'IMAGE_URL', title: 'BADGE_TITLE' },
        ],
        'USERNAME': [
            { src: 'IMAGE_URL', title: 'BADGE_TITLE' },
            { src: 'IMAGE_URL', title: 'BADGE_TITLE' },
        ],
    };

Kathy ·General Chat ·6 days ago
Come Join the Forum Crawl!

This event is 3 years in the making!! Itโ€™s a collaboration between Forum Promotion and Spark Promotion and will be 3 days of fun; going around posting and interacting in two different time waves on the forums that sign up.

Sign up either on Forum Promotion or at Spark Promotion:

Come Join the Forum Crawl! Sign Ups now!! | Forum Promotion - Best Webmaster, Admin and Internet Marketing Forum

https://sparkpromotion.net/topics/51918-come-join-the-forum-crawl-sign-ups-now?page=1#reply-11360

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Shawn ·Community Manager Chat ·4 days ago
1000 Member Milestone

How long did it take you to get 1,000 members on your forum?

The 1,000-member milestone is a big deal in terms of forum membership, especially these days where not as many people are into forums as they were 20 or 30 years ago.

Do you think most forums wonโ€™t see 1,000 members for years or will some even see that metric at all?

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Antex ·Feedback ·3 days ago
Ability to delete custom items.

Hello,

Loving the forum so far. It would be great if we could delete custom items from usersโ€™ inventories. From what I can tell, we can only set them to expire at the moment.

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Shawn ·Community Manager Chat ·4 days ago
Quora

Have any of you successfully used Quora to generate new members to your forum?

If so, how did you do it? What was your strategy?

How often did you use Quora for the purposes of getting new forum members?

Shawn ·Community Manager Chat ·4 days ago
Fake members

How do you feel about using fake members to make your forum look active?

Is this a practice you have used in the past? Would you still use it today?

Would you be afraid of getting caught and it ruining your reputation on the forum?

empire ·Feedback ·6 days ago
Approval Option, for topics

Hi,

I'm trying to set up certain sections where members can create topics, but these need to be approved by an admin or moderator before becoming visible.

I've looked through the Posting & Topics settings, but I can't see an option for topic approval.

Is this feature available on ForumSpark, or am I missing a setting somewhere?

Thanks!

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Gizmo ·Plug Your Board ·1 month ago
๐ŸŽฌ PopFuse โ€” where entertainment comes together! ๐ŸŽต๐ŸŽฎ

๐ŸŽฌ PopFuse โ€” where entertainment comes together! ๐ŸŽต๐ŸŽฎ

Love movies, TV, music, gaming and pop culture? Then PopFuse is the place for you!

๐Ÿฟ Movies & TV โ€” Talk about your favorite films, shows, characters and everything you're watching.
๐ŸŽต Music โ€” Share your favorite artists, albums and songs.
๐ŸŽฎ Gaming โ€” Chat about games, consoles and the latest releases.
โญ Celebrities & pop culture โ€” Discuss the stars, trends and stories everyone is talking about.
๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Voice actors โ€” Celebrate the talented voices behind your favorite characters.
๐Ÿ’ฌ General discussion โ€” Meet other members and chat about whatever interests you.

Whether you're a movie buff, TV fan, music lover, gamer or just love keeping up with pop culture, there's something for you at PopFuse.

๐Ÿ”ฅ Plug into the conversation and join us today!

๐Ÿ‘‰ https://popfuse.net/

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