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Hi again,

I'm trying to customise the forum layout. I didn't see a variable for forum marker, though, only {{ forum.is_read }}

Is there a forum marker variable? Would it be something like {{ forum.marker }} ? I want to be able to use that font-awesome forum marker feature that's been implemented in the acp. c:

Thanks for your time!

Edit: I've tried {{ forum.marker }} but it doesn't show anything. I also tried {{ forum.is_read }} for giggles, and it just shows the number 1.

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I tried removing the Registrations Enabled: and you can still access the registration form. I also tried to remove it via CSS

.user-menu .container {
display: none;
}

I don't want users to register in this forum since I'm just using it as an extension. I don't want to close it since I want users to be able to view the redirecting links.

https://sparkpromotiondirectory.forumspark.net/

When using the users online widget, if you click on a user's avatar, it should go to the user's profile, but instead it simply refreshes the page/index.

This feels like a bug and should be addressed.

Even if you don't have the color option checked for categories & forums it still utilizes the color choice.

Also, since this has been implemented all themes basically break (probably due to this bug) using a black background for categories & the like.

Just thought i'd bring this to your attention as a potential bug. :)

Good morning!

This is a tiny detail, but it annoys me all the same. When viewing my messages on the Conversation page, there are no extra line breaks between Sparko's paragraphs. But, the same conversation in the messages bar at the bottom of the screen has the extra line breaks, improving readability.

Please make them match, next time you're digging around in there!

EDIT: Firefox 150.0 on Windows 11 10.0.26200

Hello ForumSpark,

I am Sparkles, an indie developer from India.
I was just exploring different forums and found this host.
Looked very cool so I joined.

I haven't created my own forum yet, but I might create one soon.

Cheers :star_struck:

Hi As the title says I know its still being worked on but I want to move my forumotion to ForumSpark if its possible now to do it manually?

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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Introducing Malokai, one of the first ForumSpark themes!

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Log:

• Update: merged two html files, of which one would cause other themes to contain assets of this theme (21/01/2025)
• Update: shoutbox styling (20/01/2025)
• Initial release (20/01/2025)

The most recent .zip file always contains the updates posted in the log above.

Hi! I've been poking around at ForumSpark's features, and I've been really impressed so far. There are a few features that I haven't seen, though, that I think could help FS cater to the rpc and get more traffic from that direction.

One is enabling CSS and HTML in posts. The rpc is big on using in-thread templates for a lot of things. Making their posts look like phones when characters are texting each other, for example, or tabbed templates for threads where multiple characters are being listed as part of a group. These templates are freely available in roleplay hubs, but do require the on-site coding to work. Guests usually don't use templates, so restricting this feature to logged-in members would work.

Profile apps are also super popular. Basically, a character's information is put into custom profile fields that are then displayed on the main profile (and sometimes repeated on the miniprofile as well). They require multiparagraph input for things like a character's personality and history. Allowing long text boxes, and easy paragraph breaks, would be a huge boon. The main catch for this, I think, is that custom profile fields are currently set up to only display on the miniprofile instead of the main profile (if I understand the documentation correctly). Obviously, Jcink runs on different software, but they have a pretty straightforward way of doing it: a custom profile field can be displayed anywhere on the site where "<!-- |field_1| -->" is inserted, with the number 1 changing to match the field's sort order in the admin panel.

The last is webpage length. Currently it's capped at 60,000 characters. Which, to be fair, is a lot! However, that's too short for character rosters that involve multiple lines of information and HTML. I tested a code I'd like to use on my site, and it only fit 28 characters. A larger roleplay site could have two or three times as many. Some of these rosters are designed with Javascript filters or effects, so I think it might be easier to allow longer webpages, than allow JS in posts?

Even if these aren't things you want to add, ForumSpark has been a lot of fun to play with and I look forward to seeing where it goes!

Enable the credit system and shop ;)

Via the Board Menu, added another menu, well it's already there anyway.. but edited it and now I can't see the shop under type. I got to add it via external URL.

:D

The feeds currently are great, but as some forums get more popular, I've noticed that I'd love to remove certain forums from the feed at times or choose multiple forums to see their feeds all at once.

For example, I love Post Loop, but the feed is filled with the activity there. I do go there to post at times, but I'd love to be able to filter it out and get to the smaller forums to save some time and help them out too by posting. Doing it one by one is slow, so maybe in the future I can select from the drop down multiple forums?

Suggestion/request: could the character cap on Pages be removed?

I'm trying to make a guidebook (a tabbed table with lore), but I've hit the 60k character cap. If necessary, I can move the lore to an external site, or into threads. Pages is just preferred.

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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Most of the edits I'm making to my site's CSS are only showing up for other accounts. When I view the site from my main, all that's changed are the fonts and the new custom membergroup colours. It also seems that changes to HTML are saving fine, since I edited my main profile code a lot and that's all showing up. I've checked in the ACP that there's only one theme, and I currently don't have the light/dark toggle enabled on my site. The pop-out theme editor, and the ACP stylesheet, both show the edits that I've made, they're just not conveying to the site for some reason.

I think I found a potential bug with the theme editor. When using the colour selectors it'll change the colours for the account that I am using but doesn't apply them to other accounts. It seems like it doesn't actually change the CSS and that may be why this is happening.

Hey how do I make topic labels here?

I was playing around with the avatar dimension settings in the ACP but couldn't find the default HTML in the style sheets or layout templates. I inspected the page and saw that the default dimensions are set to 96x96.

Is there an easy way to tweak this in the mini profile without completely customizing the section?

I was changing around a few things in the Admin Panel (https://test_forum.forumspark.net/admin/themes/1/style) and saved the changes. None of them appeared onsite. I opened the theme editor and none of the CSS there was changed to match what I'd done in the AP. I coped the Admin Panel stylesheet to the theme editor, clicked save, and all my changes appeared immediately.

A cosmetic question for anyone. c:

I was wondering if there's a way to make the mini profiles be on the right side of a post, instead of the left? Like this:

Second related question is, is it possible to change the over all layout/design of the mini profile if I wanted to? If so, where would do that in the ACP? Example (not my design, just an example I have on hand from a site I'm on; I'd still want stats unlike this example):

Hi there! I was trying to upload into the file manager but it seems to get stuck on Uploading and not do anything. Its been sitting here for about 5 minutes now. Very small image file (& not actually a photo of a booger.. i feel like i need this disclaimer lol)

A few weeks ago I was able to use the file manager and I remember it was uploaded very quickly. Tried logging out & back in but that doesn't seem to help. Potentially a bug with one of the newer updates?

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. 😁