ForumSpark Support

Forum Spark is an incredible project that truly brings back strong Zetaboards vibes — a platform I genuinely miss. It captures that classic forum feel while adding modern improvements.

Cedric is doing an excellent job developing and maintaining the platform, and Jamie — the original founder — also did an amazing job building the foundation. The progress and effort behind it are impressive.

Setup is straightforward, and both the settings and forum creation process are easy to navigate. I also really like the directory that has been set up for forums using Forum Spark — it adds great visibility and organization for communities.

The only improvement I’d love to see is making theme imports simpler and more accessible. That would make customization even smoother for users.

I’m looking forward to the continued success of the platform and believe it has strong potential to become something on the level of ProBoards.

I would like a checkbox or something that allows me to set a redirect forum to open in a new window. I've got two external redirect forums on my forum and they open in the same window meaning they'll navigate away from my forum.

I would like an easier way to sort emotions and reactions in admin. Right now it can only be done by editing each one and changing the display order.

I have another suggestion that I think will be a good feature for Forum Spark. Awards or trophies, some platforms call them badges. I think they get people interested in posting on a forum, and this feature could be used in role playing forums as well. :)

I think implementing a multi account feature to Forum Spark would be a good idea. Proboards has this feature and it's great for role playing forums. A member can have one account for out of character chat, but have extra aliases so they can roleplay as their characters on the forum.

Could there be an option to make our profiles/email addresses private please? Just so anyone who joins cant view everyones details and perhaps send unwanted emails. We could also use an option to block another user like pro boards has.. you can block the user..posts, the lot,

Would it be possible to have a forum owners section where we can share info on troublesome users..ip’s..etc? It’s a handy thing to have to keep each other informed…

I was thinking about this the other day - I think it'd be nice if the page did not refresh as a whole upon saving theme code (more specifically the CSS) so that, upon saving your code, you would remain on the same view of the code editor. It's kind of a pain if you have to scroll all the way down every time and you're writing the code in there and would like to continue at the bottom.

It's natural to see members and guests/bots on the Users Online list as with every other forum platform and, it would make more sense for admins and mods to be able to see IP addresses them also.

So I wonder if these can be added in, pretty please?

So on Xenforo it shows a little avatar icon (Mini Me Avatar) if I've replied to a thread. It would be cool to see if I've replied to a thread on Forum Spark.

As the topic title implies. I think this should be done because no one wants to be navigated away from a site when they are viewing the site. You could have it where all links open in a new window/tab, or perhaps off-site links only.

Was just scrolling around and realized there isn't a go to top button or a bottom breadcrumb. Just a thought.

Another suggestion - a page that shows the latest posts from the forum since the last time I logged in.

I think this should be changed to the user's username instead of their name.

Currently only regular notifications count in the topic title for the forum (eg. (1) Home - ForumSpark Support)

Should conversation notifications also count here? I am finding that I am missing conversation notifications because they are not quite as obvious.

I'm curious to hear others' thoughts and if it is the same for you.

Now I don't expect this to be the next thing implemented but I think having a best answer feature would be great for Forum Spark! If you have a resource community or a research community where people are needing questions addressed, seeing the best answer can help others out. Heck it can even help out the support forum!

• In the ACP, the 'Read More' buttons in the ForumSpark News section do not work
• It would be better if the 'Support Forum' link would open in a new tab, instead of navigating away from your ACP
• The same goes for the 'Changelog' link
• In 'API token', the link is 'Create Api Token': Api -> API
• It'd be nice if the board templates would use the same font as the CSS editor

Also, it'd be nice if the registration/login screens used the same styling as the rest of the board.

I can't seem to find the ability to post an image inside the post. If I post youtube link, it will embbed it as it should, but if I post an URL of the image, nothing happens. Links stays like that.

How do y'all plan to help people discover boards across the network? An advertising forum, a directory, a profile field for users to input their board link, etc.

Hi! ^_^

I'd like to see something for the Admin CP where you can upload the database of one's existing forum to it and also export it, something that Jcink has.

Would be handy for those wanting to move to this forum software instead of having to close one and start a brand new one again.

I am not sure but I was looking for somewhere to post for theme support, I.E a place to ask for specific help on certain things. Whether it be themes, edits or basic admin/user questions.

How does the domain manager work as I don't see any options on that page?

From a UX perspective, I'd also put a 'Register your board for free' button somewhere above the fold (in the top-right corner, for example). It doesn't really make sense to only have it at the bottom of the page, since it is supposed to be your main CTA.

Not sure if there is an option but I don't see one on email to subscribe to my own thread to get email updates.