ForumSpark Support

There is no option to add an image to the image carousel widget.....where is it supposed to pull the images from?

I set the visibility to everyone and it shows nothing because there are no images or any option to add any images......

in addition to that, would it be possible to link the images to a URL of our choice? Could a carousel widget be expanded in the future for say an embedded Twitch stream that only shows up on the site if the streamer is live?

Right now, the file manager only allows you to upload an image, but there's no way to get the direct URL of the upload after it's uploaded? there's just a "Download" or "Delete" button.

Edit: Scratch that, I see the "Download" button is what i'm looking for lmao.

Howabout the ability to set a specific theme/skin within a forum? like have a theme hidden from regular use but let it be used for a specific set of forums on a board?

to expand on this idea further, can we have it so there's a group permissions section for themes? So which groups can see/use a theme, etc.

This would be helpful for account upgrades for say a premium membership gets access to a different theme regular members cannot use?

When you hover over a user's name, and their profile card pops up, having a "View profile" or easy way to get to their profile from the profile card would be a good implementation IMO.

When I go to the Feed, it's kind of confusing that I see the first post in a thread instead of the most recent post. Is there a way to show the latest post instead?

I understand why the mass email members option isn't there in the admin panel. I do have a workaround.....you can utilize the Jcink method for non-premium subscribers.... how this works is you click on the "Mass Email" option in the admin panel, then there's your list of groups, you select which ones you wish to send a mass email to, and hit "Generarte email list." then what it does is it'll fire back a list of user emails that were apart of the usergroups you selected.

From there, you use your favorite email service, IE: Gmail, and send an email that way, while putting the list of emails in the CC box, so their email stays private from others.

Neat idea/workaround right? :) Think this is something that can be done, Cedric?

Howabout a section in profiles where other users can leave messages on a user's wall or perhaps let the user post status updates? Similar to the likes of Facebook?

This has been a feature on most forum softwares since the days of vBulletin 3.7.x and I figured it couldn't hurt to see it on ForumSpark? :)

A lovely feature I see on other forum software is the ability to highlight specific text in a post to quote that text only. That way, people can be selective about what text they quote and not have to quote a whole reply to quote a specific portion or delete part of the quote on the reply screen to quote that portion only.

A neat feature in the admin panel would be to allow admins to award users achievements.

Example, because I imported my DB, it says my join date was today....despite my site being over 5 years old, I cannot gain this achievement I should already have, while my co-admin Shortie was granted the achievement due to her registration date.

If not that, perhaps allow the admin to change registration date in the admin CP?

Howabout an account upgrades system where admins can monetize their forums a bit? Perhaps an ecommerce system so they can offer services such as posting packages and the like for money?

As it stands, it's not possible for admins to change or reset a user's password within the admin CP. This needs to be fixed ASAP. I have a co-admin who cannot log into the forum because their password no longer works post-conversion and I cannot reset or change it for them.

Until this is added or addressed, I simply can't move forward with moving my site over to ForumSpark :(

Just dropping this here so it gets seen and not lost within PM's and the like.

Howabout allowing the use of a profile banner similar to how Xenforo & IPS have it?

It can utilize the big blue background on the profile page as seen here:

Maybe have that be the banner/background?

What do you think?

I'd like to see pages be able to have multiple layers.....example:

a page such as sitename.com/streams

but also have that act as a category of sorts too so:

sitename.com/streams/smokey

could also exist.....

I know it won't be possible but i'd like to build something similar to this: Live streams | Revillution - Your Portal to Video Game and Content Creation Entertainment | Gaming Forums

I figure for selected users i could build a page where i embed their stream and then have a section on their page with their socials and the like.....I think that'd be pretty cool.

Howabout a friend or follower list for members to follow each other and have their followers displayed on their profile? Similar to Xenforo?

Hi,

I wanted to make a suggestion that I think would improve ForumSpark for a lot of forum owners.

At the moment, if we want to have a sidebar next to the forum boards, we have to edit the theme layout and try to build it ourselves. I’ve actually been trying to add one to my own theme recently, but I haven’t been able to get it working properly.

Because of that, I think it would be really helpful if ForumSpark had a built-in sidebar widget option that could be enabled from the admin panel and would work across all themes.

For example, an option to enable a left or right sidebar on the forum page, and then choose which widgets appear there.

This could include things like:

• Recent Activity

• Users Online

• Recently Online

• Custom HTML or BBCode widgets

• Image widgets (for banners or announcements)

• Social media links

• Affiliate banners or partner links

A custom widget would be really useful so we could add things like social media links, affiliate images, announcements, or any custom content we want to show beside the forum boards.

Right now it seems like the only way to do this is through theme editing, which can be difficult and may break when switching themes. Having a built-in sidebar widget system would make things much easier and more flexible for forum owners.

Thanks for taking the time to read the suggestion.

My only real gripe with the software is the way PM's are laid out & handled, it seems very.....messy......unorganized.

too much like an instant message and less like a PM. A more traditional layout & design for PM's, even as a toggable option would be cool.

Hi new ideas. Report profile. Login with Email instead username for more security, admin can change. Admin can change user password. Thanks

Hi. How much will be paid plans?
Ideas: implement gravatar and external link avatar. And accept jpg and gif. I think only accept png upload avatar. Thanks

Hi thanks your forum is very nice simple for everyone with no skills. Can you add options when i create new forum page and put on forum menu "guest" can not see this. Must register. Menu items members and staff and forum - guest cant see. Can you add this for new item pages? Thanks

What about bringing in group icons or even user title pips/badges?

I noticed neither exist in this current build of ForumSpark? ZetaBoards used to allow for both......

https://web.dev/explore/progressive-web-apps

I recommend making PWA available for ForumSpark. It makes the service more accessible and easier to use. Plus, you can receive notifications on your smartphone.

Hey Cedric, I noticed that the links in people's profile fields aren't clickable. Could you make it to where these links are clickable? It's more convenient to click on a link rather than copy/pasting it into the browser. I know this is a small suggestion, and probably isn't a priority but I think it would make visiting member's websites easier.

I wanted to build a site and wanted to use my announcement forum as a "news" repository.

I looked at the the API guide, and noticed that the "API tokens" menu link is no longer there. I guess it's being worked on.

So in lieu of that, can we have an XML feed per forum? The admin can toggle it on or off if they want.

It would be cool if we could set up certain topic labels to only be used by certain groups. Say for example a Read Me one that you only want staff to be able to set up.

Until a warning system is built out, it could be beneficial to have a notes section for staff to leave notes on members profiles such as the case for moderation.