ForumSpark Support

As a platform, we always want to support you in any way possible. We try to make everything as easy as possible, so you don't need any knowledge to start a community. But we also want you to be able to earn money through your community. Member subscriptions make that possible.

Now, I want to be honest upfront, subscriptions are only available for Premium ForumSpark boards. Our Launch plan will give you access to basic subscriptions. Which is perfectly fine to start with. You can setup one subscription plan, receive income and give value to your members. Our Earn plan will give you a much more advanced experience. Think about coupons, multiple payment processors, multiple plans, analytics, revenue dashboard, etc.

For the differences, here is a table:

I'm currently about 90% done with Subscriptions. But I expect this to be release sometime next week.

Release 1.5.2

Another update is here. This one is focused on polish - fixing a few rough edges across emoticons, moderation tools, and the forum list, with a couple of new additions that have been on the roadmap for a while. Emoticons - Several emoticon-related issues have been resolved in this update. Clicking an emo...

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Release 1.5.1

Another update is here. There's a mix of new features, quality-of-life improvements, and some deliberate removals that we think make the overall experience cleaner and more focused towards our 2.0 release. Pages Character Cap IncreasedThe character limit for Pages has been raised from 60,000 to 500,...

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The ForumSpark Developer Portal is Live

Greetings everyone,I've been working on this one for a while, and it's finally ready to talk about properly.ForumSpark now has a full Developer Portal. It's a place where anyone can build extensions - themes, widgets, and scripts - and publish them for the entire platform. Every board gets access to...

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Release 1.5.0

I'm happy to share another solid update with you all. Version 1.5.0 focuses on giving board owners more control over how their community looks, along with a number of important fixes behind the scenes.Font Awesome Icon MarkersForums can now use Font Awesome icons as their markers. You can see this l...

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I'm pleased to announce @Mace has officially joined the ForumSpark Team.

Some of you may already know Mace as a top-notch UI/UX designer, and now we’re lucky to have that talent on board. Mace has already been working on some exciting improvements behind the scenes, and I can’t wait to show you what’s coming.

Big things are ahead for ForumSpark, and having Mace on the team just makes the future even brighter. 😁

Customizing ForumSpark: Themes, Extensions & What's Coming

One of the things I get asked about most is how far you can take ForumSpark when it comes to making it your own. So I wanted to put together a proper rundown of what's possible today, where the limits are, and what we're working toward.ThemesThe theme system is probably the most powerful tool you ha...

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Release 1.4.0

I'm pleased to announce our newest version: 1.4.0. I've bumped this version up a bit because there are some pretty major changes under the hood.We’ve moved from Laravel 10 to 12 and Livewire 2 to 3.7. These updates give us a much more stable and future-proof base to build on, while we wait for newer...

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Greetings everyone!

Happy to announce we've just upgraded the server with double the resources as before. Along with a new fresh breath of air, I've also released 1.3.7 which in short gives the following:

• Widget system: full sidebar/content widget framework with 13 built-in widgets, drag-and-drop management, per-user dismissal, context-aware placement, widget creation, etc.

• Theme editor: panel corner radius setting, dropdown menu colors in color palette

• Avatar settings: configurable max width, height, and file size per board in ACP

• Add Mark All Read button on conversations index

• Show modal to move all members to selected group before deletion

Along with a few minor improvements.

Our Widget Manager can now be found in the ACP and the user menu dropdown under Theme Editor.

What's the Widget Manager you may ask?

The Widget System lets board admins customize their forum's layout by placing configurable content blocks (widgets) into different areas of the page - no coding required.

Widget Areas

Widgets can be placed in 5 page zones:

• Header Banner: Right area at the very top of the page

• Above Board: Between the header and the forum listing

• Sidebar: Right column alongside the main content

• Below Board: Under the forum listing

• Footer: Bottom of the page

Widgets can be dragged and dropped between areas to rearrange them instantly.

Built-in Widgets (13 total)

Per-Widget Settings

Every widget supports:

• Visibility Rules: Show to everyone, guests only, members only, or specific user groups

• Device Targeting: Show on desktop only, mobile only, or both

• Dismissable: Let users hide widgets they don't want to see (restorable from profile settings)

• Custom CSS: Add your own styling tweaks per widget

• Custom Padding: Fine-tune spacing (top/right/bottom/left)

• Wrap in Panel: Choose whether the widget gets a titled card wrapper or renders standalone, great if you want to style it yourself

Custom Theme Compatible

Widgets work on all themes, including fully custom themes that don't inherit the default stylesheet. Every widget includes fallback styling so it renders correctly regardless of theme configuration.

Our docs will soon be updated with the new widget manager. As always, feel free to leave some feedback and help shape ForumSpark's next version! 😊

Hi everyone,

Version 1.3.6 is here, and it's another big one - touching almost every corner of the platform. Let's get into it.

Theme Editor

The highlight of 1.3.6 is the brand new Theme Editor, available directly from the front end clicking your username dropdown.

You can now customize every color in your theme - in both light and dark modes - using a visual color picker. No more guessing hex codes or editing raw CSS.

Beyond colors, the editor also allows you to:

• Write custom CSS

• Edit layout templates

• Upload your own board logo and forum marker images

All changes happen in real-time through a slide-out panel, so you can instantly see the results of your adjustments.

Under the hood, the entire theme system has been rebuilt using CSS custom properties and variables, making your customizations cleaner, more predictable, and resilient to future updates. Some custom themes may need some minor fixing. I tried to cause as little damage as I could. If wanted, I can look into an automatic migration later. But now our theme system is finalized, so we can stop pushing changes to the theme system. 😇

The theme editor is still a work in progress.

Custom Templates (RPG Templates)

For RPG and creative communities, this is a game changer. Due to some great feedback from the RPG community, ForumSpark now supports fully custom Mustache-style HTML templates across six key areas:

• Mini-profiles

• Profile pages

• Forum rows

• Topic rows

• Replies

• Categories

You’ll have access to variables, conditionals, and loops - everything needed to build immersive, highly customized layouts.

If you’ve ever wanted your forum to feel like it belongs in a completely different universe - now you can build it that way from the ground up. The custom templates are found in the theme editor.

TipTap Rich Text Editor

The old textarea is gone.

ForumSpark now uses TipTap v3, a modern WYSIWYG editor for all posts and replies.

Formatting & Structure

• Bold, italic, headings

• Text alignment

• Lists and formatting tools

Media & Embeds

• Images (paste + drag & drop)

• YouTube embeds

• GIF search (powered by Klipy) => Coming soon. We need to verify our production license.

Advanced Features

• Tables

• Code blocks

• Mentions

• Text color and highlight pickers

Legacy BBCode content is automatically converted, so nothing breaks.

The editor is lazy-loaded, ensuring it doesn’t impact page performance for browsing users.

And importantly - draft autosave is now built in. If a tab is closed or navigation is interrupted, your content will be restored when you return.

Gravatar Support

ForumSpark now integrates with Gravatar.

• Avatars can be pulled automatically on registration

• Members can link or unlink their Gravatar anytime

Help Pages & Custom Pages

Help pages and custom pages now support group-based visibility permissions.

This allows you to restrict content to specific user groups - ideal for:

• Staff documentation

• Member-only guides

• VIP content

Both page types now use the TipTap editor, replacing the old plain textarea.

Google Analytics Integration

You can now add your Google Analytics tracking ID directly from board settings.

No template edits. No code injection. Just paste your ID and go.

Security Improvements

Security has been significantly strengthened in this release.

Performance Improvements

A number of performance enhancements have been introduced:

• New database indexes for faster queries

• Search result caching

• Fixed N+1 queries in key areas (Most Active Users, Users Online)

• Non-render-blocking font loading

• Lazy-loaded images

• Lazy-loaded editor and theme editor assets

• Refactored CSS into smaller, component-based files

SEO & Accessibility Improvements

Building on 1.3.5, this release continues to improve:

• Page structure

• ARIA labels

• Contrast ratios

These changes contribute to better accessibility and improved search engine visibility. We're nearing that perfect score:

Removed Widgets

The following widgets have been retired:

• Today’s Active Topics

• Today’s Top Posters

• All Time Top Posters

These were lightly used and introduced unnecessary database queries on every page load.

The underlying data remains available, and these features will return in a more optimized form in the future.

As always, feel free to leave some feedback or suggestions.

Greetings everyone,

Due to our continued growth I'll be upgrading our server once again. We'll be doubling our server resources to assure we're good to go for a while. The upgrade shouldn't take longer than 5-10 minutes. This will likely also be the time the new Widget Manager will be deployed to all forums.

Tomorrow March 24th

Estimated time window:

• 14:00 (CET)

• 13:00 (UK)

• 08:00 (Eastern US)

• 05:00 (Pacific US)

Thanks for understanding!

Hi everyone,

I’ve just successfully imported a XenForo forum into ForumSpark. The entire process took around 10 minutes, from uploading the database to completing the import.

If you're interested in importing your own community, you can find the Import Data option in the ACP under the Advanced section. Currently, we support imports from XenForo and Jcink, with more importers on the way.

If there’s another platform you’d like to import from, feel free to let me know - I'm happy to prioritize based on demand.

The importer is fairly barebones at the moment, but I’ll be improving it soon with additional import options and export tools.

I just wanted to share a quick update.

At ForumSpark, we believe in transparency and flexibility. If you build your forum with us and later decide that it’s time to move to a paid platform, we’ll fully support that decision. We offer free database exports so you can take your hard work with you and continue growing your community elsewhere.

At the same time, we’ll always welcome you if you decide to move from another platform to ForumSpark.

To support both directions, we’re planning to introduce a streamlined import and export system to make transitions as smooth as possible. I don’t have an ETA just yet, but it’s coming soon.

Hi all,

First of all, apologies for the ~ 25 minutes downtime. I ran into an issue with the PWA. Took me a bit to figure it out.

So far it's been a joy working on ForumSpark since I took over the reins from Jamie. In March we've seen over 50 new boards being created already! I still have a ton of ideas I want to bring to the platform, and I'm excited to release ForumSpark 1.3.5, which is safe to say is a pretty substantial update.

I take this work very seriously, and I'm proud to help take ForumSpark into its next chapter. Slowly but surely, we're becoming the growth and monetization infrastructure for independent communities - and this is only the beginning.

Version 1.3.5 introduces several exciting and much-needed improvements.

Discoverability (SEO Enhancements)

Running a successful community requires strong SEO behind the scenes. While ForumSpark already had a solid foundation, there were still important pieces missing. This update adds:

Sitemaps
Meta descriptions
Open Graph tags (links shared on Discord, Twitter, Facebook, etc. now show rich previews)
Structured data (helping Google understand forum content and display rich search results)
RSS feeds for forums and topics
Canonical URLs to prevent duplicate content issues
Improved Twitter card support
With these improvements, our SEO score has increased from 83 to 92!

There is still room for improvement, but I'm committed to near the 100 soon. ;) There will soon be more settings to control for you as the community admin.

Username Improvements

Usernames have received a major overhaul. The biggest change: underscores are no longer required, making usernames cleaner and easier to read. Spaces and more natural display names are now supported, which is something many of you have asked for.

Mention Improvements

Because of the username changes, mentions have been rebuilt as well. When typing @, you can now simply start entering a username and a dropdown will appear with matching members, making mentions much faster and easier.

Usergroup Banners

A bit of a traditional forum-thing. Usergroup banners are now back. Admins can assign banners to usergroups, which display under member names in posts and profiles - a nice visual touch for staff, VIPs, or any group you want to highlight.

Native Dark Mode

The entire ForumSpark platform now includes native dark mode, including the default theme. It's been carefully designed to feel like a proper dark experience rather than a quick CSS invert - every panel, every button, every element has been styled individually. This works with custom themes too.

Progressive Web Apps (PWA)

This was a highly requested feature. Every ForumSpark community now comes with a built-in Progressive Web App, allowing members to install the community directly on their device for a more app-like experience.

On Android, members will see a clean install banner at the bottom of the screen. On iOS, we show a helpful prompt with instructions to tap the Share icon and then "Add to Home Screen" - since Apple handles things a bit differently (of course).

The PWA also comes with offline support, so if a member loses connection briefly, they'll see a friendly offline page rather than a browser error.

Admins can toggle the install prompt on or off from their board settings. There is still some fine-tuning to do here. If you see something off, please report.

Push Notifications

Alongside the PWA, ForumSpark now supports real push notifications. When enabled by the board admin, members will see a gentle opt-in prompt asking if they'd like to receive notifications. Once enabled, they'll get push notifications for:

New replies to topics they're watching
Mentions
Private messages
Reactions on their posts
Achievements unlocked
Members can manage their push notification preferences from their notification settings at any time. This works on both desktop and mobile browsers.

Again, here applies the same, there is still some fine-tuning to do. If you see something off, please report.

ForumSpark Hub Updates

The ForumSpark Hub has also received a major refresh. It's now easier to explore communities, join discussions, and discover new forums. The feed is more polished, new community pages are better organized, and the overall experience is smoother across the board. You can react, reply, post topics directly to your favorite forum from the hub. And set your community's page in the Directory Listing ACP page.

The Hub also gets its own PWA support, so you can install ForumSpark Hub to your home screen as well.

Everything is better organized, fully synced, and designed with simplicity in mind. There's honestly too much to list - the best way to see the changes is to jump in and explore the Hub for yourself.

Multi-Account Enhancements

Thanks to some great feedback from the RPG scene, I've made some significant changes to the multi-account system. Members can now create and switch between aliases directly from their account. Each alias has its own profile, post history, and identity - perfect for roleplay communities, fiction boards, or any community where members want to maintain separate personas.

Admins have full control over how many aliases are allowed, and can see the link between accounts when needed for moderation purposes.

Achievements

The achievements system is now more flexible. Admins can change the thresholds and criteria types on achievements - Post Count, Topic Count, Reaction Score, Membership Years, and more. This means you can tailor achievements to better match your community's culture and activity patterns.

Search Improvements

Search is now smarter about matching content. The search engine does a better job of matching against post content rather than just titles. Still more to do here, but it's a noticeable step forward.

Smaller Fixes

• Birthday display fix
• Directory listing screenshot fix
• Various custom theme compatibility improvements

That's it for now. As always, I'm happy to hear your feedback and next improvements! ^_^

Hi everyone!

Just wanted to show off a short video showcasing the Theme Editor. It's about 95% finished and should be released in 1.3.6, though it will likely remain in beta for a few months.

The goal is to make it quick and easy to customize your forum without needing any technical knowledge.

I'll share a much deeper explanation of how the system works once it’s released.

Hi everyone!

I've been busy working on ForumSpark and have pushed a bunch of new features and improvements:

• Topic Labels Improvements
• New: File Attachments
• New: Welcome PM
• Users Online page Improvements
• Admin Users page Improvements

Topic Labels:

You can now add coloured labels to topics - great for marking things like [Solved], [Bug], [Suggestion], or anything you like for example General, Tech, Community, Sticky, ... Labels are fully customisable with your own colours and styles, and administrators can control which groups are allowed to assign them.

Labels are also clickable to filter:

File Attachments:

Members can now attach files to their replies. Administrators can enable or disable attachments, set a maximum file size, enable per group, and choose which file types are allowed - all from the Admin Control Panel.

Images will be downsized by a WEBP convertor to save storage up to 70%. Fair warning: when you run an image-heavy community, keep your board storage in mind. Don't panic: We will offer larger storage in the future though.

Welcome PM:

You can now configure an automatic private message that gets sent to every new member when they join your board. Set a sender and write your own welcome message from the ACP - perfect for sharing rules, useful links, or a friendly hello.

Users Online Redesign:

The "Who's Online" page has been completely redesigned. It now detects which device members are browsing from (desktop, mobile, or tablet) and lets you filter the list. Guests are shown separately with a cleaner layout.

IP's are stripped on the picture above.

Theme Safeguard:

An extra layer of protection has been added that validates theme layouts before saving. This prevents a broken layout (e.g. missing the main content region) from being saved and accidentally locking you out of your board.

Other (and earlier patch) improvements:

• Improved domain manager with clearer DNS setup instructions and visual examples
• SSO avatar syncing is now enabled by default
• Verification emails are now correctly sent when registering via SSO
• Admins can now manually verify an account
• Fixed mark-as-read not working on parent forums with no direct topics
• & page title fix

If you see anything off, let me know. As always, feedback is welcome. Feature requests are encouraged. ^_^

PS: Since json files are now able to be uploaded, it will make the releases of new themes slightly easier while we await the new Theme & Extensions manager.

I've just released our brand new Forum Directory, a much-needed feature to give forums on ForumSpark more visibility.

https://forumspark.net/directory

You can enable your forum and list it in the Directory through your Admin Control Panel. Simply go to the Directory Listing, choose a category (more will be added over time), add your description, and you're done. Make sure to keep your description brief as only 200 characters will show in the Directory.

The Directory automatically grabs a screenshot of your forum in the background. It may take a few hours for your screenshot to appear. If you’ve made significant changes to your forum and want to update your screenshot, there’s a button below the Directory Listing where you can request a new one.

Visitors can easily find forums to join through search or by browsing categories. On the side, you’ll also see sections for Most Active (updated in real time), Trending, and Newest Communities, helping users discover the most dynamic parts of ForumSpark. ;)

Hi everyone!

Among a better infrastructure for ForumSpark, I have also pushed some improvements and new features:

• Achievement system
• New Profile page
• Bulletins

Achievements (Suggestion by Ravenfreak):
ForumSpark now includes 34 built-in achievements across 5 categories: Posting, Community, Engagement, Milestones, and Special. All achievements are fully configurable, so you can easily change their names or icons if needed. Administrators can also add additional achievements.

• There are 4 tiers: Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Platinum - each with its own badge style and point value.
  Achievements are awarded automatically as you participate: create your first post, start a thread, hit post milestones (10, 50, 100, 500, 1000+), earn reactions, and more
• Progress tracking on milestone-based achievements so you can see how close you are to the next one.
• Secret achievements - some are hidden until you unlock them
• Trophy Case - a new "Achievements" tab on your profile shows every achievement you've earned (and the ones you're still working toward)
• Badge Showcase - Enable or disable this setting to choose from 1-6 of your favorite achievements to display prominently on your profile header, in your post sidebar, and in user hover tooltips
• Notifications - you'll get a notification the moment you unlock a new achievement
• A leaderboard will be available soon.

Some images:

New Profile Page:
To support the new achievement system, the profile page has been redesigned. The previous layout worked well, but it did not allow achievements and upcoming features to be integrated cleanly.

• "Reaction Score" has been renamed to Reputation across the board
• The "Member #" line has been removed from the mini-profile sidebar for a cleaner look
• Clickable tabs for posts, topics and best answer filtering

Bulletins:
Administrators can now display simple notices, announcements, or friendly messages to visitors using the new Bulletins system.

• Able to use CSS/HTML in bulletins
• Three display positions: Header bar, above content, and below content
• 7+1 preset designs: Primary, Accent, Info, Warning, Success, Dark, Light + Custom CSS
• Set a schedule and expiration time
• Able to set bulletins per group

These features are now implemented on your site and ready for use. As always, feedback is welcome.

Enjoy!

PS: For theme designers, there are some new CSS classes, I'll update our docs later this week to include all new classes.

It was a bit long overdue, and since we've added some new features recently, those are now included as well. So I've expanded our documentation significantly - covering areas that were previously undocumented or only partially covered.

Updating documentation isn't fun, so anyone who says it is… is probably lying. ;P

Admin Guide - new pages added:

• Achievements, Bulletins & AutoMod
• Groups & Permissions
• Moderation Guide
• Custom Pages, Help Pages & Board Menu
• Custom Profile Fields, Name Changes & Banning
• Custom Domains & Directory Listing
• Security Logs

User Guide - now much more complete:

• Creating topics, replying, quoting & multi-quote
• Polls, reactions & mentions
• Private messages & notifications
• Your profile, search & BBCode formatting

Developer Docs - rewritten and expanded:

• Getting Started guide with authentication, scopes & error handling
• Webhooks guide with full payload examples and verification code
• JavaScript API reference covering widgets, dark mode & more
• New Recipes page with ready-to-use integration examples

You can browse everything here: https://docs.forumspark.net

The API reference at https://forumspark.net/api remains your go-to for endpoint details - the new developer guides complement it with practical walkthroughs and examples.

As always, if anything is unclear or you'd like to see something covered in more detail, just let me know and I'll get it added. ^_^

Hi everyone,

Apologies for the short notice, but we’re planning a short maintenance window tomorrow afternoon. Monday afternoons are usually one of the quietest periods on the forums, which makes it the best time to do this.

We’ll be upgrading the server to one with more memory and resources, as we’re starting to get close to the limits of the current one. The upgrade should only take a few minutes, but the forums will be temporarily offline while the server is upgraded. As a result, the FS Service should run smoother and faster!

Estimated time window:

• 15:00 (CET)
• 14:00 (UK)
• 09:00 (Eastern US)
• 06:00 (Pacific US)

I also have ForumSpark 1.3.3 planned for release tomorrow, which includes a few nice improvements. I’ll share more details about that on Monday.

Thanks for your support!

Hi everyone,

I've just released ForumSpark 1.3.2. This update includes several CSS fixes and general improvements, along with a few new features.

What's new in this version:

• Pages can now use HTML or BBCode as the content format
• Added multiple account / alias support
• Added secondary group support
• Redirect forums can now optionally open in a new window
• Fixed double posting issue where it would duplicate content when hitting Add Reply twice.

Multiple Account Support:
It's now possible to post under an alias, which can be especially useful for RPG-style communities or forums where members use multiple characters.

Admins can enable or disable this feature from the settings:

When enabled, a new link will appear on the user profile page:

Aliases will also appear on the public profile page, and a tooltip will indicate which account owns the alias.

Secondary Groups Support:

You can now assign secondary groups to members. This allows you to grant access to certain forums or permissions without changing a member’s primary group.

As always, if you run into any issues or have suggestions for future improvements, feel free to let me know. Feedback is always welcome and helps make ForumSpark better with every release.

Thanks to everyone using and showing your support!

Hello, Single Sign-On! <3

Finding and joining communities just got a whole lot easier. With pride, I present to you: ForumSpark Hub and SSO.

SSO makes perfect sense on a platform like ForumSpark. It allows you to join any community in the network with a single click of a button. If you join 5 communities on ForumSpark, you don't create 5 accounts. You don't manage 5 passwords. You don't rebuild your profile 5 times. Your identity follows you wherever you go.

Communities are no longer isolated islands - they become part of a connected network. Now imagine at some point, we have a thousand communities on ForumSpark... Never a dull moment!

This is where the ForumSpark Hub shines.

The Hub is your central identity across ForumSpark. One account, one profile, one place to manage it all. But it's also designed to be your starting point:

• Dashboard - See all the communities you're part of at a glance
• Feed - Stay up to date with the latest topics and replies across all your forums
• Notifications - Get notified about activity on any of your connected communities, all in one place
• Discover - Find and join new communities in the ForumSpark network
• Linked Accounts - Manage all your forum memberships from a single page

All forums have SSO enabled by default - but if you'd prefer to disable it for your community, you can do so from your Admin CP Settings page.

You'll find some extra links on our ForumSpark homepage, your user menu dropdown and the profile page where your SSO info can be found.

Getting started: You'll need to register a new account on the Hub. If you use the same email you've already been using on ForumSpark, it'll automatically link your existing forums to your Hub account - no extra steps needed.

Give it a try and explore it a bit.

If you have questions, ideas, or feedback - share it. This is a big evolution for ForumSpark and I want it shaped with the community. ^_^

I’ll be updating the documentation and homepage later this week with full details about the Hub and SSO along some other missing bits.

PS: Make sure your forum is listed in the Directory for it to show up in the Discover page.

Hi everyone!

I've just released the new What’s New page on ForumSpark, a central activity page designed to make it easier to keep up with everything happening across the community.

The page is accessible from the top navigation bar as well as the user menu (newspaper icon). It includes five filterable tabs: New Posts, New Topics, Trending, Watching, and Best Answers, so you can quickly switch between different types of activity.

https://forumspark.net/whats-new

The page refreshes automatically every 30 seconds, ensuring you always see the latest content without needing to reload manually. If you want to browse further, simply click “View more” to load additional results.

Unread topics are clearly highlighted with bold titles and a colored border, while read topics appear normal/muted. A divider also shows which topics have not been updated since your last visit, making it easier to pick up where you left off.

You can mark all topics as read using the button in the panel header. Hovering over a topic title will display a preview card with the author’s avatar, a short content excerpt, and reply and view counts for quick scanning.

Each row also shows the forum it was posted in, along with reply and view totals and the latest reply information.
This should make staying active on ForumSpark much smoother and more intuitive.

Custom themes have also been migrated to support the new page and its updated CSS.

Additionally, we will be removing the links for Today’s Active Topics, Today’s Top Posters, and All-Time Top Posters in the next update. These will be replaced by the upcoming Top Posters leaderboard and the new What’s New page.

Hope you enjoy!
Thanks,
Cedric

For those not familiar with Single Sign-On, this means users will be able to create one account and use it across multiple ForumSpark communities - no need to register again and again.

Our goal is simple: make participation easier, smoother, and more connected across the ecosystem.

Just like with anything, we’re building this with flexibility in mind. Community owners will have control over how SSO is used, and we’ll make sure implementation stays clean and straightforward.

I don’t have an ETA to share just yet, but development is has started and we’re excited about what this unlocks.

I’m happy to share that board registrations are officially open again.

ForumSpark will continue supporting community owners who want to build and grow their own forums, and I’m proud to say I’ve taken over the service from Jamie.

First, I want to thank Jamie for the opportunity and the trust. I’m forever grateful to continue what he started and to build upon the foundation that’s already there.

ForumSpark was originally created as a nostalgic throwback to ZetaBoards. That inspiration played an important role in its early identity. But as we move forward, I believe it’s time for ForumSpark to stand firmly on its own.

Rather than leaning on nostalgia, the goal now is to systematically shape ForumSpark into a modern platform with its own identity, one that respects the roots of forum communities while confidently embracing where they’re headed next.

Taking over ForumSpark hasn’t been without its challenges. There is a lot to review, understand, and refine. However, I’m fully committed to making this work, and to making it better.

Over the coming months, you can expect continued development and steady improvements. My focus will be on:

• Improving content discovery
• Expanding plugin capabilities
• Introducing a more flexible and modern theme system
• Strengthening overall stability and performance

If you’ve been waiting to start your own forum, now is the time.

Thank you for your support,

Cedric