ForumSpark Support

Soft glass surfaces, neon cyan accents, and a subtle hex-mesh motif. Hexagon ships with both dark and light modes, a refined mobile experience, and dozens of tasteful micro-interactions that make communities feel premium without feeling flashy.

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Install through ACP => Extension Directory

I don't know if this was suggested already, so forgive me if it has, but is there a way to change an Avatar one time across all forums that I've joined? I noticed that I switched my avatar on one forum, but the old one was on the other ones. If there isn't a way, do you think it could be added at some point to a new release?

Hi,

I was wondering if my forum could be deleted, I don't want to upgrade to 2.0 right now, and want to save room on the server for people who are using there forums. My forum is thechilloutlounge.forumspark.net. Thank you.

I want to do this properly. Not a wall of bullet points, not a "we're thrilled to announce." Just me telling you what changed, the way I'd tell a friend over coffee or a beer.ForumSpark 2.0 has been the better part of almost a year of work, and it is easily the biggest thing I have ever built. So let me start with the part that matters most to the people who have been here a while.If you are already on ForumSpark, nothing gets taken awayA promise, not a launch-week softenerEvery forum running to...

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Minor bug but I noticed on the new directory it isn't calculating posts right, it seems to be overstating actual forum posts. At least mine isn't accurate, it lists it as more. I think it may be combining posts with topics but I'm not sure.

A simple early 2000s bulletin board inspired theme. Gradient headers, striped topic rows, beveled avatars, underlined links, etc. Fully responsive underneath, with a matching after-midnight dark mode.

Demo: https://themes.forumspark.net/ (Select Retro)

File attached (and available to download in your Extensions ACP area)

A glimpse on ForumSpark 2.0

I'll keep this one relatively short, because I don't want to give too much away just yet - but there's enough to talk about that it felt wrong to stay quiet any longer. And I can't contain my excitement personally.ForumSpark 2.0 is in active development.As most of you know, Mace has recently joined...

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I was just scrolling my phone after long gaming session last night, I then realized I don’t even have hobbies outside gaming again 😅. Before I used to watch movies, football, even editing videos for fun, now everything is about games, sleep and repeat. Is it the same with you?

I was literally rearranging my forum categories because the whole place was looking so rough. There are too many sections everywhere and half of them are empty. I think few broad categories make more sense especially when the community is still very small. One forum i joined recently had like 40 categories but activity was weak.

Hi. I wanted to create a forum but was unable to do so through the main site. Also, there's a banner error on the sign-up page that says account creation is unavailable & maintance is still active.

Is it possible to have Font Awesome Icons in Section Titles? If so, how?

Hello,

I would like to suggest adding advanced filtering and sorting options for topics within forum sections. For example, allowing users to filter topics by thread title, author, post date, number of replies, and view count, as well as sort them alphabetically (A–Z / Z–A), by newest/oldest, most replies, or most views.

I believe these features would make it much easier for users to find the content they are looking for and improve the overall browsing experience.

I hope you will consider implementing this enhancement in a future update.

Thank you very much for your time and consideration!

Hello,

I would like to report an issue. I am unable to create a free forum. Every time I reach the step where I check "I agree to the terms and conditions" and click "Create My Board", the page loads for a while and then displays the following error:

"Something went wrong creating your board, please try again in a few moments."

(As shown in the screenshot below.)

I have already tried twice using two different email addresses, but I encountered the same error each time.

Could you please look into this issue and help me resolve it?

Thank you very much!

I tried many different things but it will only upload a screenshot of cloudflare.

I have something exciting to share.

As you know, a great deal of our time goes into building features that make it easy to customize your ForumSpark community. Now, creating themes just got a whole lot easier.

It has always been possible to build stunning themes on ForumSpark, provided you know your way around CSS. With the new Theme Studio, that knowledge is no longer required. Designing a theme now takes just a few clicks, and the only real limit is your imagination. 😉

What you can do inside the studio:

• Curated themes: A library of 18 ready-to-use themes you can apply in a single click, with many more arriving later this year.

• From your logo: Upload an image or logo and the Studio pulls out its colors to build a theme around your brand.

• Color tuner: Fine-tune hue, chroma, and lightness to craft a look that is completely your own.

• Core palette: Click any of the core colors to reshape your forum's entire appearance in seconds.

• Surprise me: Not sure where to start? Generate a brand-new theme with one click, then keep clicking to explore. There is even a Previous button to jump back to one you liked.

• Smart Start: An AI-powered generator that builds a theme from a simple prompt, such as "Make me a retro-inspired theme with red colors."

This is just a taste of what is coming. Stay tuned!

I have given ownership of Drama Llama to @llammaboy (AdminMaster on FP), and we'd like to know how to actually MAKE him owner and remove me as staff? Thanks!

Edited to add that I was able to remove myself from the Admin usergroup, but can still get into ACP because I'm still considered the owner.

Maybe tags for topics (and other content) would be nice to have similar to what some other forum software has. It could make things better organized and easier to search for. I know there are topic labels but its not really the same thing, and kinda limited.

I've used custom CSS for certain things on the forum, but it seems like it transfers between both light and dark. Is there any way to have custom CSS separate? So different sets of custom CSS for light and dark? For example, if I use a background image on light that same background is there on dark.

Im not sure if this is possible, But Id like to suggest the ability to redirect topics to multiple sections at once.

I'll give an example, lets say i run a forum about soft drinks, and i have sections for Coca Cola, Pepsi and Dr Pepper. But where would i post a topic about your favorite soft drink? It would apply to multiple sections and it doesnt make sense to post the same topic multiple times, so the best thing would be to be able to post it once in the Coca Cola section for example and then have the topic in the Pepsi and Dr. Pepper sections redirect to the original topic. Hope that makes sense.

Guide on creating a drop down menu with multiple links, Hello can i get guidance to create a drop down menu with multiple link like the Help dropdown in this side @Cedric

Hi I would like to close my forum. due to not be able to keep my theme updated since my developer of my theme sadly got busy with work and I am not good developer myself.

I was interested in possibly creating a forum but I noticed registration is disabled, and has been for the past couple days, at least, i was curious how long it will be disabled and when it will be back available.

Thanks.

Not sure if this was asked before, but is there any plans on allowing users to self-host with Forum Spark? Not sure if self-hosting would fix reload times. I've been noticing that it takes quite a few seconds to open any page or any thread

Light mode the words are not that visible

can I add meta tag like for google AdSense for advertising platform domain verification